- Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research
- Asthma and respiratory diseases
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- South Asian Cinema and Culture
- South Asian Studies and Diaspora
- Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- Animal Virus Infections Studies
- Indian History and Philosophy
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Transgenic Plants and Applications
- vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches
- Folate and B Vitamins Research
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Pineapple and bromelain studies
- Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Infant Nutrition and Health
- Food Safety and Hygiene
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
Stanford University
2022-2025
Phillips Exeter Academy
2022-2023
Berkeley Public Health Division
2022
University of California, Berkeley
2022
University of Oklahoma
2020
During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, novel and traditional vaccine strategies have been deployed globally. We investigated whether antibodies stimulated by mRNA vaccination (BNT162b2), including third-dose boosting, differ from those generated infection or adenoviral (ChAdOx1-S Gam-COVID-Vac) inactivated viral (BBIBP-CorV) vaccines. analyzed human lymph nodes after for correlates of serological differences. Antibody breadth against variants is lower compared with all vaccines evaluated but...
Clinical diagnosis typically incorporates physical examination, patient history, various laboratory tests, and imaging studies but makes limited use of the human immune system's own record antigen exposures encoded by receptors on B cells T cells. We analyzed receptor datasets from 593 individuals to develop MAchine Learning for Immunological Diagnosis, an interpretive framework screen multiple illnesses simultaneously or precisely test one condition. This approach detects specific...
Abstract Conditional gene regulation in Drosophila through binary expression systems like the LexA-LexAop system provides a superb tool for investigating and tissue function. To increase availability of defined LexA enhancer trap insertions, we present molecular, genetic, studies 301 novel Stan-X traps derived from mobilization index SX4 line. This includes insertions into distinct loci on X, II, III chromosomes that were not previously associated with or targeted constructs, an insertion...
Clinical diagnosis typically incorporates physical examination, patient history, and various laboratory tests imaging studies, but makes limited use of the human system's own record antigen exposures encoded by receptors on B cells T cells. We analyzed immune receptor datasets from 593 individuals to develop MAchine Learning for Immunological Diagnosis (Mal-ID) , an interpretive framework screen multiple illnesses simultaneously or precisely test one condition. This approach detects specific...
Abstract Background Conventional basophil activation tests (BATs) measure by the increased expression of CD63. Previously, fluorophore‐labeled avidin, a positively‐charged molecule, was found to bind activated basophils, which tend expose negatively charged granule constituents during degranulation. This study further compares avidin versus CD63 as biomarkers in classifying peanut allergy. Methods Seventy subjects with either allergy ( N = 47), food other than 6), or no 17) were evaluated....
PCR inhibitors are a formidable problem to the study of aged, degraded, and/or low copy number DNA. As result, there is need find alternate methods that ameliorate efficacy PCR. In this study, we attempted use genetic identify species salmonid (Oncorhynchus spp.) remains recovered from archaeological sites along Feather River located in northern California, United States. process doing so, compared enhancer cocktail called "PEC-P" and reagent rich recipe "rescue PCR" over standard Across all...
Abstract The prenatal environment may program health and disease susceptibility via epigenetic mechanisms. We evaluated associations of maternal trimester-specific intake micronutrients with global DNA methylation (%5mC) 5-hydroxymethylation (%5hmC) at birth in cord blood tested for persistence into childhood. quantified %5mC %5hmC cells ( n = 434) leukocytes collected early 108) mid-childhood 390) from children Project Viva, a pre-birth cohort Boston, MA. Validated food frequency...
JAWAHAR KALA KENDRA (JKK), जवाहर कला केन्द्र, Jaipur’s art center, could be considered an oasis within a semidesert city. On any busy street of Jaipur, there are tiny temples, stray dogs, and neon pink bougainvillea. It is easy to get lost in the haze Indian traffic: Uber drivers shout over cacophony horns, green yellow autorickshaws rumble past motorcycles where women sit sidesaddle, their vibrant saris flowing behind them. In chaos it difficult find single moment silence. There is,...
JAWAHAR KALA KENDRA (JKK), जवाहर कला केन्द्र, Jaipur’s art center, could be considered an oasis within a semidesert city. On any busy street of Jaipur, there are tiny temples, stray dogs, and neon pink bougainvillea. It is easy to get lost in the haze Indian traffic: Uber drivers shout over cacophony horns, green yellow autorickshaws rumble past motorcycles where women sit sidesaddle, their vibrant saris flowing behind them. In chaos it difficult find single moment silence. There is,...
Abstract Conditional gene regulation in Drosophila through binary expression systems like the LexA-LexAop system provides a superb tool for investigating and tissue function. To increase availability of defined LexA enhancer trap insertions, we present molecular, genetic studies 301 novel Stan-X traps derived from mobilization index SX4 line. This includes insertions into distinct loci on X, II III chromosomes that were not previously associated with or targeted constructs, an insertion ptc...