TTUHSC School of Pharmacy
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Photo of Parul Gupta Name: Parul Gupta
Position: Research Assistant
Email: parul.gupta@ttuhsc.edu
Bio Parul Gupta completed her Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from the Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Delhi, India, in 2005 and her Master of Pharmacy from the same institution in 2007. Since obtaining her Masters, she has worked with Ranbaxy Laboratories in the department of European drug regulatory affairs as an Indian Research Associate as well as with Central Drug Standards Control Organization in India as a Technical Data Associate.
Parul joined the Department of Biomedical Sciences at TTUHSC as a PhD student with the Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences in August 2009. At present she is working in Dr. Sanjay Srivastava’s laboratory.

Education:

B.Pharm - Pharmacy, DIPS&R, Delhi, India, 2005
M.Pharm - Pharmaceutical Sciences, DIPS&R, Delhi, India, 2007

Publications:

  • Gupta P, Srivastava SK. Anti-tumor activity of phenethyl isothiocyanate in HER2 positive breast cancer models. BMC Med. 2012 Jul 24;10(1):80. [Epub ahead of print]
  • Loganathan S, Kandala PK, Gupta P, Srivastava SK. Inhibition of EGFR-AKT Axis Results in the Suppression of Ovarian Tumors In Vitro and in Preclinical Mouse Model. PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e43577. Epub 2012 Aug 27.
    Presentations:

  • Parul Gupta and Sanjay K. Srivastava. "Phenethyl Isothiocyanate Suppress the Growth of Breast Cancer Cells by Inhibiting EGFR and Her-2." Research Days, TTUHSC SOP Amarillo. 6/10
  • Parul Gupta and Sanjay Srivastava. "Cleavage of HER2 by Phenethyl isothiocyanate mediates apoptosis in breast cancer cells." Student Research Week, TTUHSC Lubbock. 3/11
  • Parul Gupta and Sanjay K. Srivastava. "HER2 sensitizes breast cancer cells to phenethylisothiocyanate induced apoptosis." AACR, Orlando. 4/11
  • Parul Gupta and Sanjay K. Srivastava. "HER2 Sensitizes Breast Cancer Cells to Phenethylisothiocyanate Induced Apoptosis." TTUHSC 2011 Annual Cancer Symposium, Amarillo. 4/11
  • Parul Gupta and Sanjay Srivastava. "HER2 Sensitizes Breast Cancer Cells to Phenethyl Isothiocyanate Induced Apoptosis." Tenth Annual SOP Research Days, Amarillo. 6/11
  • Oral Presentation. Parul Gupta, Christopher Adkins, Paul Lockman, and Sanjay K. Srivastava. "Phenethyl isothiocyanate inhibits breast tumor metastasis to brain in a mouse model by suppressing HER2 and VEGF expression." Student Research Week 2012, Lubbock. 3/12
  • Parul Gupta, Christopher Adkins, Paul Lockman, and Sanjay K. Srivastava. “Phenethyl Isothiocyanate Inhibits Breast Tumor Metastasis to Brain in a Mouse Model by Suppressing HER2 and VEGF Expression”. AACR 2012, Chicago. 3/12
  • Parul Gupta and Sanjay K. Srivastava. “Curcubitacin B Exhibits Cytotoxic Effects by Inhibiting ILK-Paxillin Signaling in Breast Cancer Cells”. AACR 2012, Chicago. 3/12
  • Parul Gupta and Sanjay K. Srivastava. “Curcubitacin B Exhibits Cytotoxic Effects by Inhibiting ILK-Paxillin Signaling in Breast Cancer Cells”. Eleventh Annual SOP Research Days, Amarillo. 6/12
  • Parul Gupta, Christopher Adkins, Paul Lockman and Sanjay Srivastava. “Phenethyl Isothiocyanate Inhibits Breast Tumor Metastasis to Brain in a Mouse Model by Suppressing HER2 and VEGF Expression”. Eleventh Annual SOP Research Days, Amarillo. 6/12
    Seminars:

  • 11/3/10 "Anticancer Effects of Phenethyl Isothiocyanate against Breast Cancer Cells"
  • 11/8/11 "HER2 Expression Sensitizes Breast Cancer Cells to Apoptosis In Vitro and In Vivo"
  • 8/22/12 "Role of Integrins in Cucurbitacin B mediated breast cancer growth suppression"
    Awards/Scholarships:

  • CH Foundation Scholarship, 2009
  • 3rd Place, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, Poster Presentation, Ninth Annual Research Days, TTUHSC SOP Amarillo. 6/10
  • 3rd Place, Dept of Biomedical Sciences, Poster Presentation, Tenth Annual Research Days, TTUHSC SOP Amarillo. 6/11
  • Mary Lou Clements-Mann Scholarship Award, 2012
    Memberships:

  • Graduate Student Association at Amarillo, 2009-current. Historian, 2010-11
  • National Association of Science Writers, 2009-current
  • American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, 2009-current
  • American Association of Cancer Research. 2009-current
  • Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society, 2010-current
  • Women in Cancer Research, 2011-current
  • The New York Academy of Sciences, 2012