Surendra Rajpurohit
Other Faculty
Academic Appointment(s)
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
College of Science and Mathematics
Department of Biological Sciences
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Georgia Cancer Center
Administration
Department of Biological Sciences
Education
Awards & Honors
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FAHA
American Heart Association, 2023
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Mentorship, Summer Scholarship Program
CURS (Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship), 2020
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Mentorship, Summer Scholar Program
CURS Center for Undergraduate Research Service, 2019
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
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CURS 4990
Undergrad Research III
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BIOM 8215
Fundamentals of Oncology I
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CURS 2990
Undergrad Research I
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CURS 3990
Undergrad Research II
Teaching Interests
Fundamentals of Basic Oncology
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- Evaluation of the Effects of the Quaternary Ammonium Silane K21 on Zebrafish Viability, Toxicity, Growth, and Development, 2025
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Development of a Transparent Transgenic Zebrafish Cellular Phenotype Tg(6xNF-kB:EGFP); Casper(roy−/−, nacre−/−) to Study NF-kB Activity, 2023
Journal Article, Professional Journal
- Development of a novel purification protocol to isolate and identify brain microglia, 2022
Journal Article, Professional Journal
- Development of Tg(UAS:SEC-Hsa.ANXA5-YFP,myl7:RFP); Casper(roy−/−,nacre−/−) Transparent Transgenic In Vivo Zebrafish Model to Study the Cardiomyocyte Function, 2021
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- ARQiv-HTS, a versatile whole-organism screening platform enabling in vivo drug discovery at high-throughput rates., 2016
Journal Article, Academic Journal
Research Interests
Development of Transgenic Zebrafish Model Organism to study the Microglia Function in health and disease condition with special reference to Inflammatory process (NFkB) and Apoptosis (Annexin-V) in Brain Tumor and Heart disease. EGFR/sEGFR-Breast Cancer Research, Role of soluble isoforms (extra cellular domains) of EGFR Family members in targeted therapeutics and establishment of sEGFR as Biomarker in Cancer Research. In-vivo automated HTS Drug Discovery by using Zebrafish model in Diabetes beta cell neogenesis and proliferation, Creation of acute hypoxia in zebrafish model and its impact on Cardiovascular Biology.
College Service
University Service
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AU Statutes Review committee
2022 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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CURS Research Mentor
2018 - Present
Role: Mentor
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AU Faculty Senate Council of Chairs
2025 - 2028
Role: University Senate Service
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Secretary, Faculty Senate
2025 - 2028
Role: University Senate Service
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AU Faculty Sentae Faculty Development Committee
2022 - 2024
Role: Committee Member
Professional Service
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Gene Journal
2017 - Present
Role: Reviewer
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International Journal of Cardiology
2011 - Present
Role: Reviewer, Journal Article
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Biomedicine
2025 - 2030
Role: Editor, Journal Editor
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Frontier Journal Publication Group
2023 - 2030
Role: Editorial Review Board Member
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MDPI
2015 - 2030
Role: Editorial Review Board Member