Staff Fellow
US Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Upendra is a Research-Regulatory Scientist in CBER, US FDA. Upendra received his bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Sciences from ANGR Agricultural University in India and PhD in Animal Sciences from University of Delaware, USA. Following graduation, Upendra worked as ORISE Fellow for about 5 years in Dr. Chava Kimchi-Sarfaty’s lab in CBER, FDA. As an ORISE Fellow Upendra studied; 1) VWF-ADAMTS13 axis regulation in various pathophysiological settings and 2) effects of synonymous genetic variants on physicochemical properties of encoded proteins. Before joining in FDA as Research-Regulatory Scientist, Upendra worked as Research Associate at University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA for 1 year. In this position, he worked on characterization of the molecular features contributing to elevated thrombosis in COVID-19 patients through evaluation of VWF-ADAMTS13 axis and thrombin/plasmin generation.
OC 04.5 - Structural, functional, and immunogenicity implications of F9 gene recoding
Saturday, June 24, 2023
14:00 – 14:15 ET
PB1316 - Impact of Synonymous Gene Recoding on ADAMTS13
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
18:30 – 19:30 ET