Dr Neha Agrawal
Lecturer in Molecular Genetics
- Institute of Cell Biology
- School of Biological Sciences
Contact details
Address
- Street
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Roger Land Building
Kings Buildings - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH9 3FF
Background
Neha did her PhD in Professor Gaiti Hasan’s lab at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, India where she studied the role of calcium signaling in regulating behavior. She started her postdoctoral research in Professor Pierre Leopold’s lab at the Institute of Biology Valrose, France where she examined the role of inter-organ communication in the nutritional regulation of growth. She then moved to Professor Andrea Brand’s lab at the University of Cambridge where she explored the genetic basis of obesity, in collaboration with Professor Sadaf Farooqi’s lab. Neha is also a Cambridge Borysiewicz Fellow and was a Bye-Fellow with Murray Edwards College.
Neha joined the University of Edinburgh as a Lecturer in Molecular Genetics and is investigating the systems physiology of metabolic disorders using the model system Drosophila melanogaster.
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Current PhD students supervised
Rebecca McBride
Devika Radhakrishnan
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Predicting novel candidate human obesity genes and their site of action by systematic functional screening in Drosophila
(22 pages)
In:
PLoS Biology, vol. 19
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001255
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Drosophila insulin release is triggered by adipose stunted ligand to brain methuselah receptor
(4 pages)
In:
Science, vol. 353, pp. 1553-1556
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf8430
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The drosophila TNF Eiger is an adipokine that acts on insulin-producing cells to mediate nutrient response
(10 pages)
In:
Cell Metabolism, vol. 23, pp. 675-684
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2016.03.003
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Developmental biology: Hedgehog turns Into a metabolic hormone
In:
Current Biology, vol. 25, pp. R117-R119
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.12.021
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Short survey (Published) -
Drosophila InsP3R mutants and their effects on cellular and systemic physiology
In:
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Membrane Transport and Signaling, vol. 1, pp. 70-77
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article (Published) -
Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor and dSTIM function in Drosophila insulin-producing neurons regulates systemic intracellular calcium homeostasis and flight
(13 pages)
In:
Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 30, pp. 1301-13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3668-09.2010
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Inositol 1,4,5- trisphosphate receptor function in Drosophila insulin producing cells
In:
PLoS ONE, vol. 4, pp. e6652
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006652
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Homeostasis of glutamate neurotransmission is altered in Drosophila Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor mutants
(11 pages)
In:
Invertebrate Neuroscience, vol. 7, pp. 137-47
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10158-007-0048-0
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Compensation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor function by altering sarco-endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase activity in the Drosophila flight circuit
(11 pages)
In:
Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 26, pp. 8278-88
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1231-06.2006
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)