Awards and Honors
Turock Award (Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences, 2015)
HHMI Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study (2017)
Research Interests
Regulation of copper homeostasis, structure and function of copper homeostatic proteins.
Publications
Padilla-Benavides T, McCann CJ, Argüello JM. The mechanism of Cu+ transport ATPases: interaction with CU+ chaperones and the role of transient metal-binding sites.
Undergraduate Institution
Bachelor’s of Technology, Amity University
MS, Johns Hopkins University
Awards and Honors
- 2021 Best Poster Prize, JCB – JEM Symposium on Neurodegeneration, “Neurodegenerative Diseases: – Emerging Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities”
- 2015 ‘Best use of the Mana Health API’ for team efforts in Medhacks organized by Johns Hopkins University
- 2014 ‘Best in Leadership Qualities’ at Amity University
- 201-2014 Merit Scholarship for academic excellence, Amity University
Research Interests
I study the role of PARP-1 activation in Alzheimer’s disease and Tauopathy.
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