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Roopa Nalam, Ph.D.

Medical School

Undergraduate Institution: Tulane University

Year: Fourth-Year Medical Student

Graduate Program: Molecular and Cellular Biology

Mentor: Martin M. Matzuk, M.D., Ph.D.

Thesis Title: Genetic Dissection of Sertoli Cell Functions and Interactions with Germ Cells

Publications:

Nalam R, Matzuk M. Absence of inhibin alpha and retinoblastoma protein leads to early Sertoli cell dysfunction. PLoS One. 2010. 5:e11797.
Rajanahally S, Agno J, Nalam R, Weinstein M, Loveland K, Matzuk M, Li Q. Genetic evidence that SMAD2 is not required for gonadal tumor development in inhibin-deficient mice. Reprod Biol Endocrinol. 2010. 8:69.
Nalam R, Matzuk M. Local signalling environments and human male infertility: what we can learn from mouse models. Expert Rev Mol Med. 2010. 12:e15.
Edson M, Nalam R, Clementi C, Franco H, DeMayo F, Lyons K, Pangas S, Matzuk M. Granulosa cell-expressed BMPR1A and BMPR1B have unique functions in regulating fertility but act redundantly to suppress ovarian tumor development. Mol Endocrinol. 22010. 24(6):1251-666.
Nalam R, Lin Y, Matzuk M. Testicular cell adhesion molecule 1 (TCAM1) is not essential for fertility. Mol Cellular Endocrinol. 2010. 315(1-2):246-53
Nalam R, Andreu-Vieyra C, Braun R, Akiyama H, Matzuk M. Retinoblastoma protein plays multiple essential roles in the terminal differentiation of Sertoli cells. Mol Endocrinol. 2009. 23(11):1900-13.
Nalam R. Assisted reproductive technologies: the need for a public consensus. Harvard Health Policy Review. 2009. 10:6-7.
Nalam RL, Pletcher SD, Matzuk MM. Appetite for reproduction: dietary restriction, aging and the mammalian gonad. J Biol. 2008. 7(7):23.