Advisory Board

Asst Professor Deepak Nihalani

University of Pennsylvania
USA

Biography

Deepak Nihalani is a Research Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division at the University of Pennsylvania. He has a PhD in biotechnology and is an established laboratory investigator with strong interest in the field of protein structure, function and dynamics and particularly interested in the mechanisms that govern podocyte cytoskeletal architecture. His laboratory investigates the biology of the glomerular podocyte, a unique epithelial cell that appears to play a central role in most forms of glomerular disease. Diseases of the renal glomerulus that result in the nephrotic syndrome are important causes of morbidity and mortality. Injury to the kidney glomerulus is often characterized by heavy proteinurea associated with the loss of kidney filtration barrier commonly referred to as “slit diaphragm”. His research is aimed at understanding the regulation and function of proteins that are the critical components of this slit diaphragm. It has been hypothesized that the interactions mediated by several proteins including Nephrin and Neph1 are required for maintining the integrity of slit diaphragm. The focus of his research is to define the structures of these proteins and understand their spatial distribution at the slit diaphragm. His other interests are in defining the intracellular signaling pathways that are activated in response to activation of Nephrin and Neph1. For this purpose his lab uses a combination of biochemical, molecular biology and systems biology approaches. His lab also engages in the development of transgenic and knockout mouse models and zebrafish models that will be instrumental in examining the functional biology of podocyte proteins and their interactions.

Research Interest

Protein structure, function, dynamics and mechanisms that govern podocyte cytoskeletal architecture, Intracellular signaling pathways that are activated in response to activation of Nephrin and Neph1

Professor Vivian Ellinger

University Severino Sombra
Brazil

Biography | Research Interest

Honorable Editors

	Professor Jan Michiels University Hospitals Antwerp Netherlands
	Asst. Professor Samuel Grossman American Association of Diabetes Educators USA
	Asst. Professor Larry K Ellingson National Diabetes Volunteer Leadership Council USA
	Dr Bryan Bullard Bullard Foot and Ankle Institute USA
	Assoc. Professor Dhiren Patel Massachusetts College of Pharmacy USA
	Dr Michael AB Naafs Naafs Health Consultancy, Europe Netherlands
	Professor Anutosh Chakraborty The Scripps Research Institute USA
	Dr Sunil Wimalawansa Cardio Metabolic Institute USA
	Professor Michael McDermott University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine USA
	Dr Margery Connelly Wake Forest University School of Medicine USA
	Assoc. Professor Benjamin U Nwosu University of Massachusetts Medical School USA
	Professor Paul Burn Sanford School of Medicine USA
	Professor Chilton Robert Univeristy of Texas USA
	Dr Frank Schwartz Ohio University USA
	Professor John Clapham University of Buckingham UK
	Dr Kamran Mahmood Ahmed Aziz Aseer Diabetes Center of Aseer Central Hospital Saudi Arabia
	Dr Pedro Marques Portuguese Institute of Oncology Portugal
	Assoc. Professor Davide Carvalho University of Porto Portugal Portugal
	Dr Arturo Zarate National University of Mexico Mexico
	Professor Louay Labban A Sharqiyah University Oman
	Professor Antonio Brunetti University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro Italy
	Prof. Dr. Damir Boras Novo Nordisk Canada
	Assoc. Professor Claudio Kater Federal University of Sao Paulo Brazil
	Professor John A Tayek David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA USA