Laboratories
Shiva Lab
Principal Investigator: Sruti Shiva, PhD
21 August 2018 – LEFT SIDE left to right: Jyotsna Pilli, Danielle Guimarães, Chris Reyes
RIGHT SIDE Seated left to right: Quyen Nguyen, Sruti Shiva, Andrea Braganza – Standing left to right: Mike Reynolds, Yinna Wang
Contact
Lab phone: 412-624-0462
Lab address: E1200 Biomedical Science Tower (Starzl BST)
Research
The overarching goal of our lab is to determine the molecular mechanisms by which reactive oxygen and nitrogen species regulate mitochondrial function and mediate signaling through the mitochondria, particularly in conditions of both physiological hypoxia and pathological ischemia/reperfusion.
See also: Center for Metabolism and Mitchondrial Medicine (C3M); NO Metabolomics Core Facility
Lab Members
Sruti Shiva, PhD
Principal Investigator
Courtney Sparacino-Watkins, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Medicine-PACCM
cew35@pitt.edu
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Research
Dr. Sparacino-Watkins is studying the kinetic properties of nitrite reduction to nitric oxide.
Gowtham Annarapu, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
annarapu@pitt.edu
Andrea Braganza Jardini, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar (K99)
acb80@pitt.edu
Krithika Rao, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
krs178@pitt.edu
Michael Reynolds
Research Staff
mjr122@pitt.edu
Wenxi An
Graduate Student Researcher
Molecular Pharmacology Gr Prgm
wea10@pitt.edu
Aaron Johnson
Trainee
Molecular Pharmacology Gr Prgm
LEFT SIDE left to right: Mike Reynolds, Jyotsna Pilli, Yinna Wang, Chris Reyes
RIGHT SIDE left to right: Danielle Guimarães, Andrea Braganza, Quyen Nguyen
Former Lab Members
Daniel Murillo, MD, currently practicing medicine in Uruguay
Matt Cunningham-Hill, BS, currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Biology.
Suhas Krishnamurthy
Nayra Cárdenes, PhD, currently a post-doctoral associate in the lab of Mauricio Rojas
Lisa Geary, PhD
Li Mo, MD
Maddie Adams, currently pursuing a degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
Sergey Zharikov, PhD
Kelly Quesnelle, PhD, currently an Assistant Professor at Western Michigan University
Christelle Kamga, PhD
Kayla Hempel
Rafael deLima Portella, PhD
Janelle Bickta, MS
Teague Cole
Catherine Corey
Danielle Guimarães, PhD
Gabrielle Hill
Jyotsna Pilli, PhD
Chris Reyes