Wednesday, April 3, 2024

CanBio Bagel Talk

9:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Hybrid meeting:
In-person at the Rogel Cancer Center, room 3206
or virtual Zoom meeting

Contact Kurt Nelson

Join the Zoom meeting. 

Meeting ID: 935 3982 3315. Passcode: bageltalk

Sravya Palavalasa, PhD, MBBS, in the Wahl lab 

Speaking on: N-Acetyl Glutamate secreted by microglia assists repair of radiation induced DNA damage in glioblastoma.

Sravya Palavalasa

Sravya Palavalasa, PhD, MBBS

Postdoctoral Fellow

Sravya is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Wahl lab. Sravya completed her medical training (MBBS) after earning a PhD in Neuro-Oncology from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in India. Her research focused on mitochondrial DNA content and its role in radiation resistance in Glioblastoma(GBM). In the Wahl lab, Sravya's research is centered on metabolism in the tumor microenvironment and its role in repair of radiation induced DNA damage in GBMs. The goal of her research is to identify strategies to sensitize GBM to radiation therapy.