Alka Gupta, PhD
Postdoc
Upasna Sharma, UC Santa Cruz/UCSC Genome Institue
Pronouns: she/her
Dr. Alka joined the lab as a Postdoctoral researcher in 2021. She has earned her Ph.D. in reproductive biology - understanding the epigenetics of male infertility, from National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India. Soon after joining the lab, Alka won the IBSC-CIRM postdoctoral fellowship for her work on stem cells. Alka's major project goals include dissecting the mechanism for the soma-germline transfer of small RNAs, using polymorphic tRNAs and single cell small RNA sequencing. She is also working on revealing the role of specific microRNAs in embryonic development. Her long term goals are to elucidate the mechanism for how environmental factors like diet, stress, certain chemicals, etc; can alter the small RNA profile of sperm and cause developmental defects or disease predisposition to the offspring.
My Presentations
We are still accepting POSTER abstracts. Once you have submitted an abstract, and it is approved, it will appear here a few days ahead of the meeting.
Topics of Interest
- Bay Area RNA Conference
- RNA Mechanism
- RNA Technologies
- Sequence Exploration
- Gene Regulation
- In Vivo Function
- Workshops, Sessions, and Socials
- Careers in Industry
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