Kanwal Sadia , Dr.

Post-doctoral Researcher/Fellow

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Agricultural Research Station

With a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Dr. Sadia Kanwal has joined the team at ARS as a Post-Doctoral Researcher/Fellow. Dr. Kanwal is professionally skilled in research areas such as molecular biology, microbiology, biochemistry, food biotechnology and scientific data management and writing. Her specific focus at VSU will be food chemistry and nutrition science. Originally from Pakistan, she comes to us most recently from the University of Bolzano, Italy, where she worked in the area of food biotechnology.

Selected Publications

• AZA Tlais†, Kanwal S†, et al. “Effect of sequential or ternary starters-assisted fermentation on the

phenolic and glucosinolate profiles of sauerkraut in comparison with spontaneous fermentation”. Food

Research International, 2022 (DOI:10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111116)

• Joseph TP, Chanda W, Zhao QQ, Kanwal S, et al. “Expression and in vitro anticancer activity of Lp16-PSP, a member of the YjgF/YER057c/UK114 protein family from the mushroom Lentinula edodes C 91-3”, Archives of Microbiology2021 (DOI: 10.1007/s00203-020-02099-0)

• Din SRU, Zhong M, Nisar MA, Saleem MZ, Hussain A, Khinsar KH, Alam S, Ayub G, Kanwal S, et al.

“Latcripin-7A, derivative of Lentinula edodes C 91-3, reduces migration and induces apoptosis,

autophagy, and cell cycle arrest at G 1 phase in breast cancer cells”, Applied Microbiology and

Biotechnology, 2020 104(23) (DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10918-z)

• Kanwal S, Aliya S, et al. “Anti-obesity effect of Dictyophora indusiata mushroom polysaccharide (DIP) in high fat diet-induced obesity via regulating inflammatory cascades and intestinal microbiome”, Frontiers

in Endocrinology, 2020 (DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2020.558874)

• Kanwal S, Joseph TP, Aliya S, et al. “Attenuation of DSS induced colitis by Dictyophora indusiata

polysaccharide (DIP) via modulation of gut microbiota and inflammatory related signaling pathways”,

Journal of Functional Foods, 2019 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2019.103641)

• Kanwal S, Joseph TP, Owusu L, Xiaomeng R, et al. “A polysaccharide isolated from Dictyophora indusiate promotes recovery from antibiotic-driven intestinal dysbiosis and improves gut epithelial barrier function in a mouse model”, Nutrients, 2018. 10(8): p. 1003. (DOI: 10.3390/nu10081003)

• Joseph TP, Chanda W, Mohammad AF, Kanwal S, Batool S, Zhang M, et al. “Lp16-PSP, A member of

YjgF/YER057c/UK114 protein family induces apoptosis and p21(WAF1/CIP1) mediated G(1) cell cycle

arrest in human acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) HL-60 cells”, International Journal of Molecular

Sciences.2017;18(11):2407. (DOI: 10.3390/ijms18112407)