Biography
Swastika grew up in Kolkata, India. She earned her PhD degree from Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, Nebraska. Her thesis research involved the investigation of the role of Polo-Like Kinase 1 and smooth muscle cells in coronary artery bypass conduits and arteries following angioplasty. Before that, Swastika earned her Bachelor’s and Master's degrees in Biotechnology from Bangalore University, India.
Awards & Honors
| Award | Conferred By | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Best Oral Presentation Award in Basic Science Category | Creighton University | 2015 |
| Margaret P. Moffat Award for Best Poster in Biomedical Sciences, | International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences North America | 2015 |
| Oral Presentatio at the Surgical Revascularization for Ischemic Heart Disease III session | American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions, | 2014 |
Education
| Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pittsburgh | Postdoc | Cardiology | 06/2017 |
| Creighton School of Medicine | Ph.D. | Biomedical Sciences | 08/2016 |
| Bangalore University | MSc | Biotechnology | 06/2006 |
Book Chapters
Swastika Sur and Devendra K. Agrawal. (2013) “PTEN and Cell Signaling in Health and Disease”, in PTEN: Structure,Mechanisms-of-Action, Role in Cell Signaling and Regulation Chapters, 1st Edition, Nova Publishers.
Swastika Sur, “Polo-Like Kinase 1 and Smooth Muscle Cells in Coronary Artery Bypass Conduits and Coronary Arteries Following Angioplasty” Ph.D. Dissertation, Creighton School of Medicine, May 2016.
Swastika Sur, Songcang Chen, and Devendra K. Agrawal, “Polo Like Kinase 1 Regulates Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation In The G2-M Phase In Human Coronary Artery Bypass Conduits,” Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (AHA), Poster Presentation.
Swastika Sur, Songcang Chen, Sugimoto Jeffrey T, and Agrawal Devendra K “PDGF-BB induces phosphorylation of Polo-Like Kinase-1 to potentiate proliferation of smooth muscle cells in human saphenous vein: Potential Implication in Vein-Graft Disease,” St. Albert’s Day Student Research Forum, Poster Presentation.
Swastika Sur, Songcang Chen, Vicki J. Swier, and Devendra K. Agrawal, “Increased Activity of PLK1 in the Pathogenesis Of Neointimal Hyperplasia Following Angioplasty And Saphenous Vein Bypass Graft,” Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum, Oral Presentation.
Swastika Sur, Songcang Chen, Sugimoto Jeffrey T, and Agrawal Devendra K, “PDGF-BB induces phosphorylation of Polo-Like Kinase-1 to potentiate proliferation of smooth muscle cells in human saphenous vein: Potential Implication in Vein-Graft Disease,” Annual Meeting of International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences – North American Section, Poster Presentation.
Swastika Sur, Songcang Chen, Sugimoto Jeffrey T, and Agrawal Devendra K, “PDGF-BB induces phosphorylation of Polo-Like Kinase-1 to potentiate proliferation of smooth muscle cells in human saphenous vein: Potential Implication in Vein-Graft Disease,” St. Albert’s Day Student Research Forum, Oral Presentation.
Swastika Sur, Songcang Chen, Sugimoto Jeffrey T, and Devendra K. Agrawal, “Role of Polo-Like Kinase 1 in Intimal Hyperplasia in Saphenous Vein Graft: Potential Implication in Vein-Graft Disease, American Heart Association's (AHA) Scientific Sessions, Oral Presentation.
Selvaraj, Kannan Bhaskar, Swastika Sur, and Devendra K. Agrawal, “Intrinsic Serotonergic System in Human Coronary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells: Potential Implication in Coronary Artery Disease,” 81st Congress of the European Atherosclerosis Society, Poster Presentation.
Swastika Sur, Velidi Rao, Vikash Kansal, and Devendra K Agrawal, “Potential Regulation of Intimal Hyperplasia by ADAM12 and Polo-Like Kinase-1 in Human Saphenous Vein Grafts in Coronary Artery Bypass Patients,”Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (AHA), Poster Presentation.
Vikash Kansal, Swastika Sur, Velidi Rao, and Devendra K Agrawal, “Vitamin D3 Attenuates ADAM-12-Mediated Shedding of EGFR in Carotid Artery Smooth Muscle Cells of Hypercholesterolemic Swine,” Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (AHA), Poster Presentation.
Velidi Rao, Vikash Kansal, Swastika Sur, and Devendra K Agrawal “Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Increases MMP-9 Expression in Carotid Plaques of Symptomatic Patients with Carotid Stenosis,” Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (AHA), Poster Presentation.
In the News
Publications
- Proteome Analysis for Inflammation Related to Acute and Convalescent Infection.| | PubMed
- Plasma proteome perturbation for CMV DNAemia in kidney transplantation.| | PubMed
- Multiplexed droplet single-cell sequencing (Mux-Seq) of normal and transplant kidney.| | PubMed
- FcER1: A Novel Molecule Implicated in the Progression of Human Diabetic Kidney Disease.| | PubMed
- Corrigendum: Near-Single-Cell Proteomics Profiling of the Proximal Tubular and Glomerulus of the Normal Human Kidney.| | PubMed
- Molecular Diversity of Clinically Stable Human Kidney Allografts.| | PubMed
- Near-Single-Cell Proteomics Profiling of the Proximal Tubular and Glomerulus of the Normal Human Kidney.| | PubMed
- Peripheral Blood RNA Sequencing Unravels a Differential Signature of Coding and Noncoding Genes by Types of Kidney Allograft Rejection.| | PubMed
- Phosphatases and kinases regulating CDC25 activity in the cell cycle: clinical implications of CDC25 overexpression and potential treatment strategies.| | PubMed
- Increased Expression of Phosphorylated Polo-Like Kinase 1 and Histone in Bypass Vein Graft and Coronary Arteries following Angioplasty.| | PubMed
- Functional constituents of a local serotonergic system, intrinsic to the human coronary artery smooth muscle cells.| | PubMed
- Coronary artery bypass graft: why is the saphenous vein prone to intimal hyperplasia?| | PubMed
- Transactivation of EGFR by G protein-coupled receptor in the pathophysiology of intimal hyperplasia.| | PubMed