Contact Information
Room #412, Medical Science Building, 506 S Matthews Ave
PhD Candidate (PI: Dr. Auinash Kalsotra)
American Heart Association (AHA) Predoctoral Fellow 2025 - 2027
Research Interests
Cardiac Mitochondrial Biology
Myotonic Dystrophy type I (DM1)
Education
M.D., 2022, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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
- Predoctoral 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 Rustbelt RNA Conference, 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., Natua, S. & Kalsotra, A. Abstract 4141966: Myotonic Dystrophy type I (DM1) Impairs Cardiac Bioenergetics and Disrupts Cardiac Mitochondrial Fusion-Fission Dynamics. Circulation 2024; 150, 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 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
