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Priyanga Jayakrishnan

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Postdoctoral Researcher 2

Institution: Medical College of Wisconsin
Department: Surgery
Division: Surgery Oncology

image of /images/ORCIDiD_icon16x16.png   https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5352-6450


I am willing to collaborate on research projects.


Leadership Positions

  • Member of the Postdoc Advisory Committee
  • Publications (8)

  • Allele-Specific Mechanisms Guide Salvage Therapy to Overcome Daraxonrasib Resistance in Pancreatic Cancer. (Dorbin D, Herrera J, Davidson R, Chandrashekar NK, Scheuber G, Jayakrishnan P, Rajesh C, Johnson G, Yuan J, Sochor MA, Langenheim JF, Aldakkak M, Messerly C, Wittmann J, Szabo A, Sayahpour FA, Atallah NL, Peterson FC, Volkman BF, Ali M, Ke E, Evans DB, Tsai S, Lytle NK, Seo YD, Kurzrock R, Hobbs GA, Kamgar M, McFall T) Cancer Res 2026 Aug 27 PMID: 42658041 08/27/2026    
  • Overcoming Daraxonrasib Resistance: Allele-Specific Mechanisms Guide Salvage Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer. (Dorbin D, Herrera J, Davidson R, Chandrashekar NK, Scheuber G, Jayakrishnan P, Rajesh C, Johnson G, Yuan J, Sochor M, Langenheim JF, Aldakkak M, Messerly C, Wittmann J, Szabo A, Azam Sayahpour F, Atallah NL, Peterson FC, Volkman BF, Ali M, Ke E, Evans DB, Tsai S, Lytle NK, Seo YD, Kurzrock R, Hobbs GA, Kamgar M, McFall T) bioRxiv 2026 Jul 10 PMID: 42465401 PMCID: PMC13371077 07/17/2026    
  • Does microtubule motor-mediated centrosomal dyshomeostasis confer chemoresistance in breast cancer? (Priyanga J, Guha G, Bhakta-Guha D) J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia 2025 Sep 26;30(1):14 PMID: 41003863 PMCID: PMC12474719 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105017185247 09/26/2025    
  • Hormetic alteration of mTOR–mitochondria association: An approach to mitigate cellular aging (Mahalakshmi R, Priyanga J, Bhakta-Guha D, Guha G) Current Opinion in Environmental Science and Health October 2022;29 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85136582249 10/01/2022       3 Citations
  • Hormetic effect of low doses of rapamycin triggers anti-aging cascades in WRL-68 cells by modulating an mTOR-mitochondria cross-talk. (Mahalakshmi R, Priyanga J, Bhakta-Guha D, Guha G) Mol Biol Rep 2022 Jan;49(1):463-476 PMID: 34739690 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85118685868 11/06/2021       15 Citations
  • Microtubule motors in centrosome homeostasis: A target for cancer therapy? (Priyanga J, Guha G, Bhakta-Guha D) Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2021 Apr;1875(2):188524 PMID: 33582170 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85101339311 02/15/2021       13 Citations
  • A novel indenone derivative selectively induces senescence in MDA-MB-231 (breast adenocarcinoma) cells. (Priyanga J, Sharan Kumar B, Mahalakshmi R, Nirekshana K, Vinoth P, Sridharan V, Bhakta-Guha D, Guha G) Chem Biol Interact 2020 Nov 01;331:109250 PMID: 32956706 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85091494125 09/22/2020       5 Citations
  • Hexavalent chromium-induced autophagic death of WRL-68 cells is mitigated by aqueous extract of Cuminum cyminum L. seeds (Mahalakshmi R, Priyanga J, Vedha Hari BN, Bhakta-Guha D, Guha G) 3 Biotech 1 May 2020;10(5) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85083259503 05/01/2020       10 Citations
  • Last update: 09/12/2026