Rajasekaran Namakkal Soorappan

Rajasekaran Namakkal Soorappan
Associate Professor

Associate Scientist (C), Comprehensive Diabetes Center , School of Medicine 2014 -
Associate Professor (P), Molecular & Cellular Pathology , Joint Pathology 2014 -
Associate Scientist (C), Center for Exercise Medicine , Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology (CDIB) 2014 -
Associate Scientist (C), Comprehensive Cardiovascular Center , School of Medicine 2014 -
Assistant Professor (S), Dept of Biomedical Engineering , Academic Joint Departments 2016 -

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year	Title	Altmetric
2016	Disruption of nuclear factor (erythroid-derived-2)-like 2 antioxidant signaling: A mechanism for impaired activation of stem cells and delayed regeneration of skeletal muscle 2016
2016	Abrogation of Nrf2 impairs antioxidant signaling and promotes atrial hypertrophy in response to high-intensity exercise stress 2016
2015	Reductive potential - A savior turns stressor in protein aggregation cardiomyopathy 2015

Principal Investigator On

Reductive Stress Induces Proteotoxic Cardiac Disease awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS 2018 - 2022

Role of Nrf2 Signaling in Myocardial Defense on Aging awarded by American Heart Association 2020 - 2021

Defining the Role of miR-671 in Cardiomyocyte Redox State and Pathology awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS 2019 - 2021

Targeting Oxidative Stress to Prevent Vascular and Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction during Disuse awarded by University of Utah 2019 - 2020

Reductive Stress Induces Proteotoxic Cardiac Disease awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH/DHHS 2014 - 2018

Teaching Activities

BME798 - Non-Dissertation Research (Fall Term 2018) 2018

GBSC700 - Journal Clubs (Spring Term 2018) 2018

GBSC700 - Journal Clubs (Fall Term 2017) 2017

GBSC700 - Journal Clubs (Spring Term 2017) 2017

GBSC700 - Journal Clubs (Fall Term 2016) 2016

Education And Training

Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, University of Madras 2001

Full Name

Rajasekaran Namakkal Soorappan