Research Assistant
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC

2250 Alcazar St.
CSA 113 – HSC 9062
Los Angeles, CA 90033-9062
Phone: (323) 442-3403
Fax: (323) 442-2981
psehgal@usc.edu

Education
Experience
Publications

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
M.S., 2017
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, UP, India
B.S., 2017
Technology, Biotechnology  

  • 2018 – present – Research Assistant – Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2015 – 2017 – Graduate Student Researcher – Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA
  1. Du J, Jing J, Chen S, Yuan Y, Feng J, Ho TV, Sehgal P, Xu J, Jiang X, Chai Y. (2021) Arid1a regulates cell cycle exit of transit-amplifying cells through inhibiting the Aurka-Cdk1 axis in mouse incisor. Development. 2021 Apr 15;148(8):dev198838. doi: 10.1242/dev.198838. Epub 2021 Apr 16. PMID: 33766930; PMCID: PMC8077510.

  2. Wu J, Chen X, Sehgal P, Zhang T, Jackson-Weaver O, Gou Y, Bautch V, Frenkel B, Sun H, Xu J. (2021) Arginine methylation of R81 in Smad6 confines BMP-induced Smad1 signaling. J Biol Chem. 2021 Mar 2;296:100496. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100496. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33667543; PMCID: PMC8050389.

  3. Sharma G, Sharma S, Sehgal P. (2014) Emerging Trends in Epidemiology of Breast, Prostate and Gall bladder cancer. International Journal of Pharma Sciences and Research, 5(7), 329-337.