Meera Kharwa
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Meera finished her master’s degree from India in Cell and Molecular Biology, in 2024. Her thesis focused on how glucose regulates trafficking of Extracellular vesicles towards the plasma membrane. Currently, as a Post-Graduate Associate in the Muzumdar’s lab, she works on investigating how roles of fatty acids, the microbiome, tumor suppressor pathways and fatty acid transporters influence pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) development using an oncogenic Kras-driven mouse model. Beside the lab, she enjoys sketching, café-hoping and watching Rom-coms.
Last Updated on June 10, 2026.
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Frequent collaborators of Meera Kharwa's published research.
Christian Felipe Ruiz, PhD
Daniel McQuaid
Fred Sanford Gorelick, MD
John Wysolmerski, MD
Mandar Deepak Muzumdar, MD
Marie Robert, MD
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2026
Diet-induced phospholipid remodeling dictates ferroptosis sensitivity and tumorigenesis in the pancreas.
Ruiz C, Ge X, McDonnell R, Agabiti S, McQuaid D, Tang A, Kharwa M, Goodell J, Saavedra-Pena R, Wing A, Li G, Medici N, Robert M, Varshney R, Rudolph M, Gorelick F, Wysolmerski J, Canals D, Haley J, Rodeheffer M, Muzumdar M. Diet-induced phospholipid remodeling dictates ferroptosis sensitivity and tumorigenesis in the pancreas. Cancer Discovery 2026 PMID: 42053430, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-25-0734.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThis study investigates how dietary fat composition influences pancreatic cancer, showing that monounsaturated fats promote tumor growth while polyunsaturated fats reduce risk by enhancing ferroptosis sensitivity.
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