Ankita Jaykumar belongs to the Department of Pharmacology, University of Texas Southwestern medical center, Dallas, Texas, USA. She graduated from Wayne State University School of medicine, Detroit, MI, USA in 2017. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Melanie H. Cobb lab, an eminent scientist in the field of kinase mediated cellular transduction.
Ankita Jaykumar received many awards and honors like Postdoctoral Travel award- ASBMB, 2018, Caroline tum suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity award- APS 2016, etc. She published articles in many national and international journals. She also attended various international congresses, symposia and gave oral presentations, poster presentations. She is a member of many professional associations like American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), etc. She acts as an abstract reviewer, Journal manuscript reviewer, discussion leader, event speaker etc.
Ankita Jaykumar research interests include WNK kinase pathway, Cell volume regulation, Protein trafficking, Cell migration, Angiogenesis, Blood pressure regulation, etc.
