
Munjal Acharya
@acharya_munjal
Neurobiology and Radiation researcher in quest of regenerative therapies for cancer survivors. Tweets my own.
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https://profiles.icts.uci.edu/munjal.acharya 18-04-2020 20:53:32
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Stay tuned for one more fine piece of work led by SanadKhatib + our lab team in collab with Alex Chan, PharmD, MPH & CNCM colleagues. In vivo enhancement in brain BDNF (using Riluzole) reversed cranial radiotherapy-induced cognitive decline & synaptic loss. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…



sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Our new publication: Patient specimen and breast cancer chemobrain mouse model show a decline in Dynamin-1, a synaptic plasticity and neurotransmission-related marker, and its link with cognitive impairments. In partnership with Alex Chan, PharmD, MPH Quinton Ng, PhD, RPh

Proud moments for the Acharya Lab: 🙌🏼 8 research poster presentations by our talented teams. TWO Wins: 🏆FIRST prize (Casey Hudson) and 🏆SECOND prize (Shreya Madan) UCI Health Cancer Center Research Retreat. Collaborative presence and synergy with Alex Chan, PharmD, MPH



Just published: we show the reversal of cranial radiation-induced cognitive decline and elevation of neuroprotective gene expression in the excitatory neurons (spatial transcriptomics) following riluzole treatment. Proud of our team, led by SanadKhatib, in collab Alex Chan, PharmD, MPH








Expression of Spring in the form of art! We had an amazing afternoon (3/26/25) welcoming spring with a collaborative spirit and expressing our inner artist! Thank you Shiva Othy Lab and Alex Chan, PharmD, MPH Chan Lab for making this a fun event!





This just in: NASA and DLR - English will partner to fly new radiation sensors aboard the 10-day Artemis II mission to the Moon and back. The test flight will be the first with crew under NASA Artemis. This collaboration supports our research to safeguard the health of astronauts as

