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Meghal Desai

Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyORCID 0000-0002-4076-6049Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 2 Organism:human· 2 Organism:mouse· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 1

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Manasi AgrawaliD· 2 shared Pabitra Kumar SahooiD· 2 shared Alana LoRe· 1 shared Amitabha MajumdariD· 1 shared Ankita Deo· 1 shared ARTHUR WM. ENGLISHiD· 1 shared Bonnie L. FiresteiniD· 1 shared Brandon J. VaglioiD· 1 shared

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A CK2α-G3BP1 signaling axis regulates local translation in developing neurons and is disrupted in OCNDS

Manasi Agrawal, Meghal Desai, Shruti Ghumra, Yashashree Bhorkar, Brandon J. Vaglio, Kyle Stokes, Krishna Rana, Ny-Ziah Hamilton Hill, Peace Nweze, Nethra Sriram, Alana LoRe, Riki Kawaguchi, Bonnie L. Firestein, Jack M. Parent, Daniel H. Geschwind, , Pabitra Kumar Sahoo

This study identifies a CK2α-G3BP1 signaling axis critical for neuronal translation and development, showing its disruption causes OCNDS pathology.

bioRxiv · Aug 19, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience

Disruption of G3BP1 Granules Promotes Mammalian CNS and PNS Axon Regeneration

Pabitra Kumar Sahoo, Manasi Agrawal, Nicholas J. Hanovice, Patricia Jillian Ward, Meghal Desai, Terika P. Smith, HaoMin SiMa, Jennifer N. Dulin, Lauren S. Vaughn, Mark H. Tuszynski, Kristy Welshhans, Larry I. Benowitz, ARTHUR WM. ENGLISH, John D. Houlé, Jeffery L. Twiss

This paper shows that disrupting G3BP1 granules promotes axon regeneration in both CNS and PNS injuries, suggesting a therapeutic strategy for neural repair.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Feb 27, 2025Peer-reviewedNeuroscience

Mrj an Hsp40 family chaperone regulates oligomerization of Orb2 and long-term memory

Meghal Desai, Hemant Hemant, Ankita Deo, Jagyanseni Naik, Tania Bose, Amitabha Majumdar

This study identifies Mrj as a chaperone that regulates Orb2A oligomerization, which is essential for long-term memory maintenance in Drosophila.

bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2022 · PreprintNeuroscience