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Rashna Sharmin

The University of Texas at Arlington

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Organism:C. elegans· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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Aladin ElkhaliliD· 2 shared Piya GhoseiD· 2 shared Shai ShahamiD· 2 shared Ginger ClarkiD· 1 shared Ginger Clark· 1 shared Karen Juanez· 1 shared Mark W. PellegrinoiD· 1 shared Melvin Williams· 1 shared

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Cell BiologyCell Death DiscoveryPeer-reviewedNov 28, 2025

EOR-1/PLZF-regulated WAH-1/AIF sequentially promotes early and late stages of non-apoptotic corpse removal

Nathan Rather, Aladin Elkhalil, Melvin Williams…·Piya Ghose

This study identifies EOR-1/PLZF as a regulator of WAH-1/AIF, which sequentially promotes non-apoptotic corpse removal during development.

DOI 10.1038/s41420-025-02874-2

C. elegansexperimental assay

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Cell BiologyCurrent BiologyPeer-reviewedSep 23, 2025

Mitochondria transported by Kinesin 3 prevent localized calcium spiking to inhibit caspase-dependent specialized cell death

Rashna Sharmin, Aladin Elkhalil, Sara Pena…·Piya Ghose

The paper investigates the role of mitochondrial transport by kinesin motors in preventing localized calcium spiking and caspase-dependent cell death during specialized elimination in C. elegans neurons.

5 citations

C. elegansimaging

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