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Nikhil Adi
Assistant Scientist
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
United States
Biography
Dr. Nikhil Adi is an Assistant Scientist in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology and the Vascular Biology Institute at the Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Dr. Adi got his Ph.D. from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Baroda, India in 2005. Dr. Adi has also worked as a Teaching Assistant at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India. Subsequent to his Ph.D. Dr. Adi worked in pharmaceutical companies on G-protein coupled receptors as a therapeutic for treating obesity. Dr. Adi got his first postdoctoral training in gene expression profiling working on human postmortem brain tissue from Drug Addicts and Parkinson’s disease patients. At present Dr. Adi’s research focuses on microRNA and gene expression profiling of insulin resistant tissues in a new mouse model with polygenic susceptibility for type 2 diabetes. This study analyzes the involvement of diet on development/prevention of obesity/diabetes in this new animal model and also aims to establish a molecular profile for altered microRNAs in the insulin resistant tissues. Dr. Adi is also serving as a reviewer for several peer reviewed journals.
Research Interest
Molecular mechanism of insulin resistance, microRNA s in Obesity and Diabetes, Role of diet in Obesity and Diabetes, Gene expression profiling in human post mortem brain, Molecular basis of drug addiction