Megha Padi, PhD

Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology GIDP

Assistant Professor, Applied Biosciences GIDP

mpadi@arizona.edu

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Publications

Yang, Jiawen, et al. “Transient Centrosome Loss in Cultured Prostate Epithelial Cells Induces Chromosomal Instability to Produce an Oncogenic Genotype That Correlates With Poor Clinical Outcomes.”. Br J Cancer, Jan. 2026, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-025-03323-8.

Parker, Sara S, et al. “EVL and MIM MTSS1 Regulate Actin Cytoskeletal Remodeling to Promote Dendritic Filopodia in Neurons.”. J Cell Biol, vol. 222, no. 5, May 2023, https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202106081.

Ryniawec, John M, et al. “GLUT3/SLC2A3/Is/an/Endogenous/Marker/of/Hypoxia/in/Prostate/Cancer/Cell/Lines/and/Patient-Derived/Xenograft/Tumors.”. Diagnostics (Basel), vol. 12, no. 3, Mar. 2022, https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12030676.

Singh, Neha, et al. “The Long Noncoding RNA H19 Regulates Tumor Plasticity in Neuroendocrine Prostate Cancer.”. Nat Commun, vol. 12, no. 1, Dec. 2021, p. 7349, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26901-9.

Grant, Adam, et al. “Molecular Drivers of Tumor Progression in Microsatellite Stable APC Mutation-Negative Colorectal Cancers.”. Sci Rep, vol. 11, no. 1, Dec. 2021, p. 23507, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02806-x.

Bearss, Jeremiah J, et al. “EDC3 Phosphorylation Regulates Growth and Invasion through Controlling P-Body Formation and Dynamics.”. EMBO Rep, vol. 22, no. 4, Apr. 2021, p. e50835, https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.202050835.

Watson, Adam W, et al. “Breast Tumor Stiffness Instructs Bone Metastasis via Maintenance of Mechanical Conditioning.”. Cell Rep, vol. 35, no. 13, Jan. 2021, p. 109293, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109293.

Singh, Neha, et al. “PIM Protein Kinases Regulate the Level of the Long Noncoding RNA H19 to Control Stem Cell Gene Transcription and Modulate Tumor Growth.”. Mol Oncol, Mar. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/1878-0261.12662.

Song, Jin H, et al. “Mechanisms Behind Resistance to PI3K Inhibitor Treatment Induced by the PIM Kinase.”. Mol Cancer Ther, vol. 17, no. 12, Dec. 2018, pp. 2710-21, https://doi.org/10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-18-0374.

Song, Jin H, et al. “Insulin Receptor Substrate 1 Is a Substrate of the Pim Protein Kinases.”. Oncotarget, Mar. 2016, https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.7918.