Rayees Padder

Biography

Rayees Padder is working as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Valvezan laboratory, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He completed his PhD under the mentorship of Dr Mohammad Husain at the Department of Biotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia (A central University) New Delhi, India. During his PhD, he studied mitochondrial dynamics in colorectal carcinogenesis. In the Valvezan Laboratory, Rayees is interested in studying nucleotide metabolism in certain oncogenic settings with focus on PI3K/AKT/mTOR, in T-ALL and colorectal cancers.  

Research Interests

PI3K/mTOR, nucleotide metabolism, T-ALL, colorectal cancer

Education

M.Phil. Life Sciences, Devi Ahilya University, India, 2013, Ph.D. Biotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia, India, 2021

Honors and Awards

2017- Senior Research Fellowship (for pursuing PhD) from Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India 

Selected Publications

DRP1 Promotes BRAF-Driven Tumor Progression and Metabolic Reprogramming in Colorectal Cancer., Preparation and Characterization of Chitosan Coated PLGA Nanoparticles of Resveratrol: Improved Stability, Antioxidant and Apoptotic Activities in H1299 Lung Cancer Cells, Curcumin decreases Warburg effect in cancer cells by down-regulating pyruvate kinase M2 via mTOR-HIF1α inhibition.