Membrane Biology Lab

About Membrane Biology Lab

The Nemours Membrane Biology Research Laboratory, one of several pediatric labs located at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, performs a wide range of basic and translational research projects related to membrane biology.

Principal Investigator

Ayyappan K Rajasekaran, PhD

Professor, Department of Pediatrics, at Thomas Jefferson University; Adjunct Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, and Affiliated Scientist, Biological Sciences, at the University of Delaware; and Senior Research Scientist, Helen F. Graham Cancer Center at Christiana Care Health System.

Current Research Group

• Ponniah Selvakumar, PhD, Post doctoral fellow, Studies the role of Myristoyltransferases in leukemia progression and treatment
• Justin David, Graduate Student, Studying the efficacy of  ionophores for kidney cancer treatment
• Vinu Krishnan, Graduate student, developing nanotechnology based drug delivery for childhood leukemia
• Pratima Patil, Graduate student, Mechanisms early stage development of cancer using 3D culture models
• Sona Lakshme Balasubramaniam, Graduate student, mechanisms of cell-cell adhesion in epithelial cells
• Tori Owens, Laboratory Assistant, Studies on the mechanisms of Wilms’ tumor progression in children

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