School
School of Pharmacy
Department
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Office Location
White 316
Boston
Office Phone Office Phone: 617.879.5979
About
Dr. Kirin Gada is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at MCPHS. Her research integrates electrophysiology and advanced microscopy techniques to investigate ion channel function in both health and disease.
Her work on inwardly rectifying potassium channels led to the identification of a novel therapeutic target for atrial fibrillation. She has also contributed to research on voltage-gated sodium channels, uncovering a previously unrecognized mechanism of channel gating that has influenced the field.
Education
- PhD in Pharmacology, Northeastern University
- MS in Forensic Science, George Washington University
- M.B.B.S., Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Ion channel regulation
- G-protein coupled receptor signaling
- Cardiac arrhythmias
Education
- PhD in Pharmacology, Northeastern University
- MS in Forensic Science, George Washington University
- M.B.B.S., Maharashtra University of Health Sciences
Research Interests
- Ion channel regulation
- G-protein coupled receptor signaling
- Cardiac arrhythmias
Publications
- Gada, K. D., Kawano, T., Plant, L. D., & Logothetis, D. E. (2022). An optogenetic tool to recruit individual PKC isozymes to the cell surface and promote specific phosphorylation of membrane proteins. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 298(5).
- Gada, K. D., Chang, M., Chandrashekar, A., Plant, L. D., Noujaim, S. F., & Logothetis, D. E. (2023). Mechanism of PKCε regulation of cardiac GIRK channel gating. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(1), e2212325120.
- Gada, K. D., Xu, Y., Winn, B. T., Masotti, M., Kawano, T., Vaananen, H., & Plant, L. D. (2023). Optogenetic dephosphorylation of phosphatidylinositol 4, 5 bisphosphate in Xenopus laevis oocytes. STAR protocols, 4(1), 102003.
- Gada, K. D., Kamuene, J. M., Chandrashekar, A., Kissell, R. C., Yauch, A. K., & Plant, L. D. (2023). PI (4, 5) P2 regulates the gating of Nav1. 4 channels. Journal of General Physiology, 155(6), e202213255.
Book Chapter
- Gada, K. D., Mahajan, R., & Logothetis, D. E. (2023). Regulation of G Protein-Gated Inwardly Rectifying K+ Channel Activity. In Textbook of Ion Channels Volume III (pp. 35-52). CRC Press.
Patents
- Gada, Kirin D., and Leigh D. Plant. "Microscale thermophoresis to evaluate channel lipid interactions and methods of treating Nav channels related diseases." U.S. Patent Application No. 18/635,427.
Awards and Honors
- American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship, Jan 2024 - Dec 2025
- The Biophysical Society 2023 Travel Award to attend the 67th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society
- Outstanding Research Award at The Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo (RISE) at Northeastern University, 2021
- The Biophysical Society 2021 Travel Award to attend the 65th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society
- Graduate Innovator Award at The Research, Innovation, and Scholarship Expo (RISE) at Northeastern University, 2020 – The Graduate Innovator Award recognizes a graduate peer who demonstrates remarkable innovation by identifying new approaches to problem solving for maximal social impact.
- The Jon Shevell-Cohen Memorial Student Research Award, 2019