Contact Information
Medical Science Building (MSB) Room #412
506 S Matthews Ave
506 S Matthews Ave
Biochemistry PhD Candidate & Graduate Research Assistant (PI: Dr. Auinash Kalsotra)
American Heart Association (AHA) Predoctoral Research Fellow 2025 - 2027
Research Interests
Cardiac Mitochondrial Biology
Myotonic Dystrophy type I (DM1)
Education
Doctor of Medicine, M.D. | University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria | 12/2022
Master of Public Health, M.P.H. | University of Wolverhampton, UK | 10/2025
Grants
Elucidating the Molecular Basis for Cardiac Mitochondrial and Bioenergetics Defects in Type I Myotonic Dystrophy (DM1) | American Heart Association (Dallas, US) | Predoctoral Fellowship #25PRE1375107
Awards and Honors
- Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS) Travel Grant Award - American Heart Association (AHA) at Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2025
- Predoctoral Research Fellowship Award - American Heart Association (AHA), 2025 - 2027
- Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award – School of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2024
- Outstanding Research Presentation Award – RNA Society at the Rustbelt RNA Conference, East Lansing, Michigan, 2023
Courses Taught
- MCB 244: Human Anatomy & Physiology I (Fall 2023)
- MCB 246: Human Anatomy & Physiology II (Spring 2024)
External Links
Recent Publications
- Adesanya O, Nabie P, Betancourt A & Kalsotra A. Aberrant Splicing of Dnm1l Impairs Cardiac Bioenergetics and Mitochondrial Dynamics in Myotonic Dystrophy Type I (DM1). Circ Genom Precis Med., 2025. Online ahead of print. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGEN.125.005492
- Adesanya O, Nabie P & Kalsotra A. Abstract 4364638: Aberrant Splicing of Mitochondrial Dynamics Genes Impairs Cardiac Bioenergetics in Myotonic Dystrophy type I (DM1). Circulation., 2025; 152 (Suppl_3), A4364638 - A4364638. DOI: 10.1161/circ.152.suppl_3.4364638
- Adesanya O, Nabie P, Natua S & Kalsotra A. Abstract 4141966: Myotonic Dystrophy type I (DM1) Impairs Cardiac Bioenergetics and Disrupts Cardiac Mitochondrial Fusion-Fission Dynamics. Circulation., 2024; 150 (Suppl_1), A4141966–A4141966. DOI: 10.1161/circ.150.suppl_1.4141966
- Dewald Z, Adesanya O, Bae H, Gupta A, Derham JM, Chambazhi UV and Kalsotra A. Altered drug metabolism and increased susceptibility to fatty liver disease in a mouse model of myotonic dystrophy. Nat Commun., 2024; 15:9062. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-53378-z
- Adesanya O, Das D, Kalsotra A. Emerging roles of RNA-binding proteins in fatty liver disease. Wiley Interdiscip Rev RNA, 2024;15(2):e1840. DOI: 10.1002/wrna.1840
