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  • Samhita Yadavalli
  • Samhita Yadavalli
  • Position: Assistant Professor
  • Research Focus: Small Proteins and Epitranscriptomic Factors: Emerging Mechanisms in Bacterial Gene Regulation
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  • Subset Area: Model Organisms | Bacteria/Yeast
  • Phone: (848) 445-0251
  • Address: Waksman Institute of Microbiology 190 Frelinghuysen Rd. Piscataway, NJ 08854
  • Office: Waksman A3037
  • Biography:

    Srujana Samhita Yadavalli received her bachelor’s degree from Anna University, Chennai, India; received her Ph.D. from The Ohio State University, Columbus; and completed postdoctoral training at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. She joined Rutgers as a research associate and transitioned to a faculty position in 2019. Research in the Yadavalli lab is focused on two emerging themes in bacterial gene regulation: (i) small proteins of ≤50 amino acids that are translated from short open reading frames and (ii) epitranscriptomic regulators that connect RNA modifications and translation to metabolism and stress response. Dr. Yadavalli’s research, funded by the NIH-NIGMS, integrates tools from high-throughput sequencing, genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, and proteomics to address fundamental questions in bacterial stress response. Dr. Yadavalli is the recipient of the 2024 Young Investigator Award, presented by the Theobald Smith Society, NJ branch of the American Society of Microbiology.
  • News Items:
  • 12/24-Dr. Samhita Yadavalli received the "FIGS Faculty Mentor of the Year Award" presented at the FIGS (First-year Interest Group Seminars) 25th Anniversary dinner.
  • Congratulations to Our 2024 Doctoral Students in Molecular Biosciences!
  • Research:

    Research in the Yadavalli lab is focused on two emerging themes in bacterial gene regulation: (i) Small regulatory proteins – proteins with less than 50 amino acids that are translated from short open reading frames; (ii) Epitranscriptomic regulators – proteins that connect RNA modifications and translation to metabolism and stress response. Our research, funded by the NIH-NIGMS, integrates tools from high-throughput sequencing, such as ribosome-profiling, RNA-Seq, etc., genetic engineering, microbiology, biochemistry, and proteomics to address fundamental questions in bacterial stress response.
  • Publications: Please click on the following PubMed or Google Scholar links for an updated publication list. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Yadavalli%20Srujana%20S&sort=date https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cw43C1cAAAAJ&hl=en