Deepti Anand

Research Scientist

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803

Biography

Deepti Anand, Ph.D., is a Research Scientist at Nemours Children's Health, Delaware valley. Dr. Anand joined Nemours in August 2022, where she is interested in developing effective ways to understand the complexity of pediatric genetic diseases to support children's health, well-being, and development. In her research, she applies genetics, genomics, and computational biology approaches to identify genetic factors linked to pediatric diseases and developmental defects and develop effective ways to understand the molecular mechanism underlying disease pathobiology. Before joining Nemours, Dr. Anand spearheaded several research projects, managed national and international collaborations, and published in leading journals during her research tenure at the University of Delaware. She was awarded several awards and a prestigious career-starter grant funding to support her research in pediatric eye disease cataracts.

Education

  • Post-doctoral Researcher - University of Delaware, Biological Sciences, 2020

  • Computational Biology
  • Developmental Biology

  • Rare variants analyses suggest novel cleft genes in the African population; SCIENTIFIC REPORTS; (2024).

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  • Shared genetic risk between major orofacial cleft phenotypes in an African population; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; (2024).

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  • Genomic analyses in African populations identify novel risk loci for cleft palate (vol 28, pg 1038, 2019); HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS; (2023).

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  • High-Throughput Transcriptomics of Celf1 Conditional Knockout Lens Identifies Downstream Networks Linked to Cataract Pathology; CELLS; (2023).

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  • Identification of alternative spliced RNA targets of the cataract-linked RNA-binding protein CELF1: use of an multi-omics approach based an iCLIP-seq and RNA-seq; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2023).

  • Lens Epithelial Explants Treated with Vitreous Humor Undergo Alterations in Chromatin Landscape with Concurrent Activation of Genes Associated with Fiber Cell Differentiation and Innate Immune Response; CELLS; (2023).

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  • Proteomic profiling of retina and retinal pigment epithelium combined embryonic tissue to facilitate ocular disease gene discovery; HUMAN GENETICS; (2023).

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  • Transcriptome analysis of early postnatal lenses from Celf1 conditional knockout mice identify potential new regulators in lens development; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2023).

  • An integrative analysis using iCLIP-seq and RNA-Seq to identify genes post-transcriptionally regulated by the cataract-linked RNA-binding protein CELF1 in the lens; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2022).

  • Deficiency of the bZIP transcription factors Mafg and Mafk causes misexpression of genes in distinct pathways and results in lens embryonic developmental defects.; Frontiers in cell and developmental biology; (2022).

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  • Genome-wide Gene-by-Sex Interaction Studies Identify Novel Nonsyndromic Orofacial Clefts Risk Locus; Journal of Dental Research; (2022).

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  • High-throughput single-cell RNA sequencing of the developing lens; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2022).

  • The small Maf transcription factors Mafg and Mafk are required for embryonic lens development; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2022).

  • Whole-genome sequencing reveals de-novo mutations associated with nonsyndromic cleft lip/palate.; Scientific reports; (2022).

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  • A large multiethnic GWAS meta-analysis of cataract identifies new risk loci and sex-specific effects.; Nature communications; (2021).

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  • Genome-Wide Analysis of Differentially Expressed miRNAs and Their Associated Regulatory Networks in Lenses Deficient for the Congenital Cataract-Linked Tudor Domain Containing Protein TDRD7.; Frontiers in cell and developmental biology; (2021).

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  • Transcriptome analysis of lens epithelial explants upon vitreous-induced fiber cell differentiation; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2021).

  • Variant analyses of candidate genes in orofacial clefts in multi-ethnic populations.; Oral diseases; (2021).

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  • Variant Analyses of Candidate Genes in Orofacial Clefts in Multi-Ethnic Populations; FASEB JOURNAL; (2021).

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  • Characterization of long noncoding RNAs in lens development; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2020).

  • The Tudor-domain protein TDRD7, mutated in congenital cataract, controls the heat shock protein HSPB1 (HSP27) and lens fiber cell morphology.; Human molecular genetics; (2020).

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  • Missense Pathogenic variants in KIF4A Affect Dental Morphogenesis Resulting in X-linked Taurodontism, Microdontia and Dens-Invaginatus.; Frontiers in genetics; (2019).

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  • A systematic genetic analysis and visualization of phenotypic heterogeneity among orofacial cleft GWAS signals.; Genetic epidemiology; (2019).

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  • Genomic analyses in African populations identify novel risk loci for cleft palate.; Human molecular genetics; (2019).

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  • High-throughput transcriptome analysis reveals that the loss of Pten activates a novel NKX6-1/RASGRP1 regulatory module to rescue microphthalmia caused by Fgfr2-deficient lenses.; Human genetics; (2019).

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  • Molecular characterization of the human lens epithelium-derived cell line SRA01/04.; Experimental eye research; (2019).

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  • MS/MS in silico subtraction-based proteomic profiling as an approach to facilitate disease gene discovery: application to lens development and cataract.; Human genetics; (2019).

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  • Mutations in GDF11 and the extracellular antagonist, Follistatin, as a likely cause of Mendelian forms of orofacial clefting in humans.; Human mutation; (2019).

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  • MUTATIONS IN THE EPITHELIAL CADHERIN-P120-CATENIN COMPLEX ARE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTORS TO NON-SYNDROMIC CLEFT LIP WITH OR WITHOUT CLEFT PALATE; AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A; (2019).

  • Pathogenic variants in PLOD3 result in a Stickler syndrome-like connective tissue disorder with vascular complications.; Journal of medical genetics; (2019).

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  • Six2 regulates Pax9 expression, palatogenesis and craniofacial bone formation.; Developmental biology; (2019).

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  • A zebrafish model of foxe3 deficiency demonstrates lens and eye defects with dysregulation of key genes involved in cataract formation in humans; HUMAN GENETICS; (2018).

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  • Identification of OAF and PVRL1 as candidate genes for an ocular anomaly characterized by Peters anomaly type 2 and ectopia lentis.; Experimental eye research; (2018).

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  • iSyTE 2.0: a database for expression-based gene discovery in the eye.; Nucleic acids research; (2018).

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  • Mutation update of transcription factor genes FOXE3, HSF4, MAF, and PITX3 causing cataracts and other developmental ocular defects.; Human mutation; (2018).

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  • Mutations in the Epithelial Cadherin-p120-Catenin Complex Cause Mendelian Non-Syndromic Cleft Lip with or without Cleft Palate.; American journal of human genetics; (2018).

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  • Prdm16 and Mecom mutants exhibit cleft secondary palate as a result of perturbations that affect different stages of palatogenesis; FASEB JOURNAL; (2018).

  • RNA sequencing-based transcriptomic profiles of embryonic lens development for cataract gene discovery.; Human genetics; (2018).

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  • The RNA-binding protein Celf1 post-transcriptionally regulates p27Kip1 and Dnase2b to control fiber cell nuclear degradation in lens development.; PLoS genetics; (2018).

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  • Transcriptome landscape of early lens development; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2018).

  • Exome sequencing provides additional evidence for the involvement of ARHGAP29 in Mendelian orofacial clefting and extends the phenotypic spectrum to isolated cleft palate.; Birth defects research; (2017).

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  • N-myc regulates growth and fiber cell differentiation in lens development.; Developmental biology; (2017).

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  • PHASIS: A computational suite for de novo discovery and characterization of phased, siRNA-generating loci and their miRNA triggers; []; (2017).

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  • RNA-seq based identification of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in early lens development; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2017).

  • β1-Integrin Deletion From the Lens Activates Cellular Stress Responses Leading to Apoptosis and Fibrosis.; Investigative ophthalmology & visual science; (2017).

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  • Identification of abnormally expressed miRNAs in Tdrd7 null mouse lens; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2016).

  • Integration of cornea expression microarrays in iSyTE to expedite eye gene discovery; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2016).

  • Molecular Characterization of Two Human Lens Epithelial Cell Lines and Their Suitability to Study Function of Cataract Genes; FASEB JOURNAL; (2016).

  • Novel phenotypes and loci identified through clinical genomics approaches to pediatric cataract.; Human genetics; (2016).

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  • RNA sequencing analysis of Celf1 mouse mutants identifies a cohort of abnormally expressed lens development regulators; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2016).

  • Systems biology of lens development: A paradigm for disease gene discovery in the eye.; Experimental eye research; (2016).

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  • β1-integrn deletion from lens activates AKT signaling and EGR1 expression in the epithelium leading to fibrosis and apoptosis; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2016).

  • iSyTE-based in silico subtraction on RNA-seq datasets effectively identifies regulators of lens development; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2015).

  • A novel BTB/POZ domain zinc finger transcription factor Zbtb8b functions in lens development; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2015).

  • An integrative approach to analyze microarray datasets for prioritization of genes relevant to lens biology and disease.; Genomics data; (2015).

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  • Co-expression based regulatory network for lens development; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2015).

  • Compound mouse mutants of bZIP transcription factors Mafg and Mafk reveal a regulatory network of non-crystallin genes associated with cataract.; Human genetics; (2015).

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  • Molecular characterization of human lens epithelial cell lines HLE-B3 and SRA01/04 and their utility to model lens biology; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2015).

  • Novel InDel variation in GS3 locus and development of InDel based marker for marker assisted breeding of short grain aromatic rices; JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY; (2015).

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  • Prox1 and fibroblast growth factor receptors form a novel regulatory loop controlling lens fiber differentiation and gene expression.; Development (Cambridge, England); (2015).

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  • Prox1 and fibroblast growth factor receptors function in a novel regulatory loop to control lens fiber differentiation and gene expression; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2015).

  • A web-resource of curated lens gene regulatory networks reveals the interplay of diverse pathways in ocular development and disease; INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE; (2014).

  • Molecular characterization of mouse lens epithelial cell lines and their suitability to study RNA granules and cataract associated genes.; Experimental eye research; (2014).

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  • Validation of gene based marker-QTL association for grain dimension traits in rice; Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology; (2013).

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  • Analysis of molecular diversity and fingerprinting of commercially grown Indian rice hybrids; Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology; (2012).

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  • Adsorption and Desorption of Chlorinated Compounds from Pristine and Thermally Treated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes; JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C; (2011).

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  • Marker assisted selection: a paradigm shift in Basmati breeding; INDIAN JOURNAL OF GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDING; (2011).

  • Carbon nanotube-textured sand for controlling bioavailability of contaminated sediments; NANO RESEARCH; (2010).

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  • Marker-assisted improvement of bacterial blight resistance in parental lines of Pusa RH10, a superfine grain aromatic rice hybrid; Molecular Breeding; (2010).

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  • Safety and efficacy of Intacs in Indian eyes with keratoconus: An initial report; INDIAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY; (2009).

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  • Findings on placental pathology and routine biochemistry in the immediate neonatal period; PLACENTA; (2007).

  • Inconsistencies in reports that relate placental histology to brain injury in preterm infants; PLACENTA; (2007).

  • Placental pathology and neonatal heart rate; PLACENTA; (2007).