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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
Sruti Shiva, PhD

Principal Investigator

Professor, Dept of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
sss43@pitt.edu
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Courtney Sparacino-Watkins, PhD
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
Gowtham Annarapu, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate
annarapu@pitt.edu

Andrea Braganza Jardini, PhD
Andrea Braganza Jardini, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar (K99)
acb80@pitt.edu

Krithika Rao, PhD
Krithika Rao, PhD

Postdoctoral Associate
krs178@pitt.edu

Michael Reynolds
Michael Reynolds

Research Staff
mjr122@pitt.edu

Yinna Wang, PhD
Yinna Wang, PhD

NO Metabolomics Core

Senior Research Specialist
yiw24@pitt.edu

Wenxi An
Wenxi An

Graduate Student Researcher
Molecular Pharmacology Gr Prgm
wea10@pitt.edu

Aaron Johnson
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

Gaowei Mao, PhD

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