Siddhika Pareek, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar – Research Associate
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC

2250 Alcazar St.
CSA 140 – HSC 9062
Los Angeles, CA 90033-9062
Phone: (323) 442-3190
Fax: (323) 442-2981
spareek@usc.edu

Education
Experience
Publications

Govt. Holkar Science College, India
B.S., 2006
Biotechnology, Zoology, Chemistry

VIT University, India
M.S., 2008
Biotechnology

Osaka University, Japan
Ph.D., 2018
Microbiology & Immunology

  • 2020 – present – Postdoctoral Scholar – Research Associate – Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2015 – 2020 – Research Assistant – Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

  1. Feng, J., Han X., Yuan Y., Cho, C.K., Janečková, E., Guo T., Pareek, S., Rahman, M.S., Zheng, B., Bi, J., Jing, J.J., Zhang, M., Xu, J., Ho, T.H., Chai, Y. (2022). TGF-B signaling and Creb5 cooperatively regulate Fgf18 to control pharyngeal muscle development. eLife. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.80405.

  2. Huang Y, Ling A, Pareek S, Huang RS. (2021) Oncogene or tumor suppressor? Long noncoding RNAs role in patient`s prognosis varies depending on disease type. Transl Res. 2021 Apr;230:98-110. doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2020.10.011. Epub 2020 Nov 2. PMID: 33152534; PMCID: PMC7936950.

  3. Pareek S, Kurakawa T, Das B, Motooka D, Nakaya S, Rongsen-Chandola T, Goyal N, Kayama H, Dodd D, Okumura R, Maeda Y, Fujimoto K, Nii T, Ogawa T, Iida T, Bhandari N, Kida T, Nakamura S, Nair GB, Takeda K. (2019) Comparison of Japanese and Indian intestinal microbiota shows diet-dependent interaction between bacteria and fungi. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2019 Dec 20;5(1):37. doi:10.1038/s41522-019-0110-9. PMID: 31885873; PMCID: PMC6925221.

  4. Pareek S, Nath A, Huang RS. (2019) MicroRNA targeting energy metabolism in ovarian cancer: a potent contender for future therapeutics. Ann Transl Med. 2019 Dec;7(Suppl 8):S299. doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.11.15. PMID: 32016018; PMCID:PMC6976402.

  5. Pareek S, Roy S, Kumari B, Jain P, Banerjee A, Vrati S. (2014) MiR-155 induction in microglial cells suppresses Japanese encephalitis virus replication and negatively modulates innate immune responses. J Neuroinflammation. 2014 May 29;11:97. doi: 10.1186/1742-2094-11-97. PMID: 24885259; PMCID: PMC4050406.

  6. Singh NK, Raichand R, Kaur I, Kaur C, Pareek S, Mayilraj S. (2013) Exiguobacterium himgiriensis sp. nov. a novel member of the genus Exiguobacterium, isolated from the Indian Himalayas. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2013 Apr;103(4):789-96. doi: 10.1007/s10482-012-9861-5. Epub 2012 Dec 11. PMID: 23229437.

  7. Chitnis S, Katara G, Hemvani N, Pareek S, Chitnis DS. (2013) In vitro activity of daptomycin & linezolid against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus & vancomycin resistant enterococci isolated from hospitalized cases in Central India. Indian J Med Res. 2013 Jan;137(1):191-6. PMID: 23481072; PMCID:PMC3657887.

  8. Raichand R, Pareek S, Singh NK, Mayilraj S. (2011) Exiguobacterium aquaticum sp.nov., a member of the genus Exiguobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2012 Sep;62(Pt 9):2150-2155. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.035790-0. Epub 2011 Nov 4. PMID:22058319.

  9. Manickam N, Pareek S, Kaur I, Singh NK, Mayilraj S. (2011) Nitratireductor lucknowense sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a pesticide contaminated soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2012 Jan;101(1):125-31. doi:10.1007/s10482-011-9623-9. Epub 2011 Jul 21. PMID: 21833481.