Udai Pandey, PhD

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	Udai Pandey, PhD Assistant Professor, Genetics 533 Bolivar Street, CSRB 748B New Orleans, LA 70112 Phone: 504-568-4617 Fax: (504) 568-8500 upande@lsuhsc.edu
Degrees	BS, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Environmental Sciences, 1997 Dr RML, Avadh University Faizabad, UP, India MS, Biochemistry, 1999 Dr RML Avadh University Faizabad, UP, India PhD, Medical Genetics, 2005 Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow, India
Bio	Dr. Pandey received his PhD in Medical Genetics from the Department of Medical Genetics at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India in 2005. Dr. Pandey conducted his postdoctoral training in Dr. J Paul Taylor’s laboratory in the Department of Neurology at University of Pennsylvania where he studied molecular pathogenesis of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy and was subsequently promoted to a staff scientist position in 2007. Dr Pandey decided to relocate to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN along with his postdoctoral mentor Dr. Taylor in July 2008. Dr. Pandey accepted an Assistant Professor position in the Department of Genetics at LSUHSC in July 2009.
Research Interests	The principal goal of our research is to develop a therapeutic intervention for neurodegenerative disease. In order to achieve our goal, we are: Utilizing Drosophila melanogaster as a model system (fruit fly) to apply the power of genetics to understand the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration Investigating the role of protein degradation pathways in neurodegeneration
Committees & Administrative Responsibilities	Professional Activities: Reviewer (Adhoc)FASEB Journal, Neurobiology of aging, Neuroscience Letters
Selected Publications	Pandey UB, Nie Z, Batlevi Y, McCray BA, Ritson GP, Nedelsky NB, Schwartz SL, DiProspero NA, Knight MA, Schuldiner O, Padmanabhan R, Hild M, Berry DL, Garza D, Hubbert CC, Yao TP, Baehrecke EH, Taylor JP. HDAC6 rescues neurodegeneration and provides an essential link between autophagy and the UPS. Nature. 2007 ; 447:860-4. This paper was previewed in Neuron and selected for ‘must read paper’ by faculty 1000 biology. Pandey UB*, Batlevi Y, Baehrecke EH, Taylor JP. HDAC6 at the Intersection of Autophagy, the Ubiquitin-proteasome System, and Neurodegeneration. Autophagy. 2007, 3 (6)
Additional Info	Udai Pandey, PhD, Curriculum Vitae

Assistant Professor, Genetics