Advanced Concentration

Molecular Cell Biology

Mentor

Shalesh Kaushal, M.D., Ph.D.

Department

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology;  Ophthalmology

Enrolled 

August 2003

Lab Room

D4-31

Lab Phone

392-8557

E-mail

malhotra@ufl.edu

Education

B.S., Microbiology, University of Delhi (India)

Dissertation Research

Mitigation of Opsin-Related Retinal Degeneration by Pharmacological Approaches

Publications

Pang JJ, Chang B, Hawes NL, Hurd RE, Davisson MT, Li J, Noorwez SM, Malhotra R, McDowell JH, Kaushal S, Hauswirth WW, Nusinowitz S, Thompson DA, Heckenlively JR.  Retinal degeneration 12 (rd12): a new, spontaneously arising mouse model for human Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). Mol Vis. 2005 Feb 28;11:152-62.  abstract

Krebs MP, Noorwez SM, Malhotra R, Kaushal S.  Quality control of integral membrane proteins. Trends Biochem Sci. 2004 Dec;29(12):648-55. Review. abstract

Noorwez SM, Malhotra R, McDowell JH, Smith KA, Krebs MP, Kaushal S.  Retinoids assist the cellular folding of the autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa opsin mutant P23H. J Biol Chem. 2004 Apr 16;279(16):16278-84. Epub 2004 Feb 9. abstract

Abstracts Presented at Meetings

Honors & Awards