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Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminars

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Upcoming Seminar

Tuesday: October 20th

Swathi Nedunchezian PhD Postdoctoral Fellow

Title: “Physiological Modeling of Vascularized Human Organoid “


Research Interest Statement: Dr. Swathi Nedunchezian, who joined the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Human Sciences. Working under the mentorship of Dr. Sankar Devarajan, professor and program director of nutrition and food science. As a postdoctoral research fellow, Dr. Swathi has designed and conducted laboratory experiments to investigate the health benefits of rice bran extracts using cellular and molecular approaches. Dr. Swathi earned her doctorate in medicinal and applied chemistry from Kaohsiung Medical University in Taiwan, where her research focused on biomaterials, regenerative medicine and tissue engineering approaches for osteochondral regeneration. Before joining UAPB, she conducted research at Taipei Medical University, the University of Illinois Chicago and the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research experience spans biomaterials, immunology, inflammation biology, gut organoids, molecular biology and translational biomedical research.

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