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Purushothama Rao Tata is an Associate Professor at the Department of Cell Biology, Duke University. He is also a Director at the Duke Regeneration Center and an Affiliate Member of the Duke Regeneration Center. His research focuses on lung regeneration, lung stem cells, organoid models, lung fibrosis, and single-cell biology. He has received numerous grants from prestigious institutions such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute for projects aimed at understanding protein S-palmitoylation and its role in fibrotic lung disease, and investigating microtubule-mitochondrial dynamics in cell organization and repair mechanisms in alveolar epithelia. Additionally, he has been involved in studies related to pulmonary inflammation and optimizing gene delivery vectors in human airway explants. Tata has contributed extensively to the field of regenerative biology and has been recognized with awards like the International Society for Regenerative Biology Rising Star Award. He teaches various courses related to stem cell biology and cell molecular biology at Duke University.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)