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Hire Dr. Varun K.

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Harvard and Stanford trained Neuroscience and Ophthalmology PhD Scientist with >8 years of research experience.

Profile Summary

* An enthusiastic, innovative and self-motivated scientist with extensive experience in cellular, molecular neuroscience and neuro-ophthalmology leading to >10 highly ranked peer-reviewed publications. * Excellent project management, written and oral skills with focused creativity in fast-paced interdisciplinary team setting resulting in completion of >8 projects and receiving lab federal grant of >5 million. * Excellent team player, coordinator, negotiator, project and lab manager with strong analytical knowledge and problem-solving skills resulting in the training of >8 BS and >3 MD students.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Molecular Biology
• ★ Neurology
• ★ Ophthalmology
• ☆ Molecular Modeling
• ☆ Molecular Imaging
• ☆ Animal Behavior/Ethology
• ☆ Visual Neuroscience
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Computational Sciences
• ☆ Neuropathology

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing

Research Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis

Work Experience

Instructor/ Research Investigator/ Faculty

Harvard University

March 2020 - Present

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Harvard University

September 2018 - March 2020

Postdoctoral research scholar

Stanford University

May 2016 - August 2018

Education

PhD (Biomedical Sciences)

Kent State University

August 2011 - February 2016

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2020). Systemic hypoxia led to little retinal neuronal loss and dramatic optic nerve glial response . Experimental eye research.

(2019). Ultraviolet A light induces DNA damage and estrogen-DNA adducts in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy causing females to be more affected . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

(2019). Loss of NQO1 generates genotoxic estrogen-DNA adducts in Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy . Free Radical Biology and Medicine.

(2019). Endoplasmic Reticulum-Mitochondrial Cross-Talk in Neurodegenerative and Eye Diseases. Neurology (E-Cronicon).

(2019). Activation of PINK1-Parkin–Mediated Mitophagy Degrades Mitochondrial Quality Control Proteins in Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy . The American Journal of Pathology.

(2019). Increased ER Stress After Experimental Ischemic Optic Neuropathy and Improved RGC and Oligodendrocyte Survival After Treatment With Chemical Chaperon . Investigative ophthalmology & visual science.

Mohammad Ali Shariati, Varun Kumar, Tao Yang, Chandrani Chakraborty, Ben Anthony Barres, Frank Michael Longo, Yaping Joyce Liao(2018). A Small Molecule {TrkB} Neurotrophin Receptor Partial Agonist as Possible Treatment for Experimental Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy . Current Eye Research. 43. (12). p. 1489--1499. Informa {UK} Limited

(2018). Genetic inhibition of PKCε attenuates neurodegeneration after global cerebral ischemia in male mice . Journal of neuroscience research.

(2018). PKCε phosphorylation regulates the mitochondrial translocation of ATF2 in ischemia-induced neurodegeneration . BMC neuroscience.

(2017). Eye is the Window to the Brain Pathology . Current advances in ophthalmology.

(2017). Understanding Retinal Changes after Stroke . Open journal of ophthalmology.

(2015). Lipocalin-2 in Stroke . Neuro : open journal.

(2014). Generation and characterization of ATP analog-specific protein kinase Cδ . The Journal of biological chemistry.