Education
Ph.D., Physiology, University of Minnesota, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, 2019
Thesis: Poloxamer 188 in pre-clinical models of acute myocardial infarction- old problem, new perspectives
Advisor: Demetris Yannopoulos, M.D.
M.S., Molecular Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore, 2012
BTech, Biotechnology, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India, 2010
Awards & Recognition
Dr. Marvin and Hadassah Bacaner award in Physiology, University of Minnesota (Apr 2019)
ReSS AHA young investigator award for best abstract, American Heart Association Scientific sessions, New Orleans, LA (Nov 2016)
Publications - PubMed Listing
- ShekarKC, Sebastian P, Ripeckyj A, Olocco M, Kosmopoulos M, McKnite SH, Matsuura TR, Bartos JA, Metzger JM and Yannopoulos D; “Poloxamer 188 treatment benefit on the myocardium does not extend to the cardiac mitochondrial subpopulations in a porcine model of acute myocardial infarction”; (Submission in progress to J Mol Cell Cardiol, Oct 2019)
- ShekarKC, BartosJA, Ripeckyj A, Sebastian P, MatsuuraTR, MetzgerJM and Yannopoulos D; “Membrane stabilizing copolymer poloxamer 188 increases survival despite minimal changes in infarct size in a porcine model of ST-elevation myocardial infarction”;(Manuscript in preparation for submission to JACC Basic Transl Sci.)
- Ribeiro Jr RF, Dabkowski ER, Shekar KC, O’Connell KA, Hecker PA, Murphy MP; “MitoQ improves mitochondrial dysfunction in heart failure induced by pressure overload”; (Free Radic Biol Med.2018 Mar; PMID:29421236)
- Bartos JA, Voicu S, Matsuura TR, Tsangaris A, Sideris G, Oestreich BA, George SA, Olson M, Shekar KC, Rees JN, Carlson K, Sebastian P, McKnite SH, Raveendran G, Aufderheide TP, Yannopoulos D; “Role of epinephrine and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the management of ischemic refractory ventricular fibrillation: a randomized trial in pigs”;(JACC Basic Transl Sci.2017 Jun; PMID:29152600)