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Akansha Jain, M6G

akansha-jain@uiowa.edu

 

MSTP Learning Community:  Bean

MSTP Entry Date:  June 11, 2018

Graduate Program:

Molecular Physiology & Biophysics

Mentor:

Michael Welsh, MD

Graduate Profile Lab Website

Committees:

2019 (Spring) - MOHD II Committee Liaison

2019 (Fall) - MOHD IV Committee Liaison

2018-2020 - MSTP Seminar Committee

2018-present - MSTP Retreat & I Heart Science Committee

2019-present - APSA Institutional Representative

Awards:

2018 - Excellence in Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Research, Medical Student Research Conference, Sept 14

2021 - American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Research Award

Teaching:

2020 Fall - MSTP USMLE Step 1 tutor

Education:

2017 - BA, Biology - University of Pennsylvania

Publications:

ORCiD:  0000-0002-6991-9256

Guardia CM, Jain A, Mattera R, Friefeld A, Li Y, Bonifacino JS. RUSC2 and WDR47 oppositely regulate kinesin-1-dependent distribution of ATG9A to the cell periphery. Mol Biol Cell. 2021 Aug 25:mbcE21060295. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E21-06-0295. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34432492. (Pre-MSTP Publication)

Yu W, Moninger TO, Thurman AL, Xie Y, Jain A, Zarei K, Powers LS, Pezzulo AA, Stoltz DA, Welsh MJ. Cellular and molecular architecture of submucosal glands in wild-type and cystic fibrosis pigs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Jan 25;119(4). doi: 10.1073/pnas.2119759119. PubMed PMID: 35046051; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8794846.

Rehman T, Karp PH, Thurman AL, Mather SE, Jain A, Cooney AL, Sinn PL, Pezzulo AA, Duffey ME, Welsh MJ. WNK Inhibition Increases Surface Liquid pH and Host Defense in Cystic Fibrosis Airway Epithelia. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2022 Jul 18. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2022-0172OC. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35849656.