Wenceslau Laboratory

University of Toledo - College of Medicine and Life Sciences

2018 - 2023

The Wenceslau Laboratory’s aim is to understand vascular physiology in cardiovascular and renal diseases. Training under Dr. Camilla Wenceslau, Shaunak was involved in multiple areas of their research work. Primarily, he evaluated the role of mitochondria and perivascular adipose tissue in intrinsic exercise capacity. He also worked to understand the molecular mechanisms associated with vascular injury (e.g trauma, high-salt, infection) and immune system activation.

Awards

  • 2019 Recipient of the AHA Hypertension Trainee Advocacy Committee New Investigator Travel Grant

  • 2019 Caroline tum Suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Award

Publications

  • Roy S, Edwards JM, Tomcho JC, et al. Intrinsic Exercise Capacity and Mitochondrial DNA Lead to Opposing Vascular-Associated Risks. Function (Oxf). 2021.

  • Edwards JM, Roy S, Galla SL, et al. FPR-1 (Formyl Peptide Receptor-1) Activation Promotes Spontaneous, Premature Hypertension in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats. Hypertension. 2021.

  • Edwards JM, Roy S, Tomcho JC, et al. Microbiota are critical for vascular physiology: Germ-free status weakens contractility and induces sex-specific vascular remodeling in mice. Vascul Pharmacol. 2020.

Textbook Chapters

  • Roy, S, Wenceslau, CF. Vascular Biology. In: Nazzal, M, Blebea, J., Osman, M. McGraw Hill, authors. Lange Vascular and Endovascular Surgery: Clinical Diagnosis and Management. New York: McGraw Hill; 2023.

Oral Presentations

  • AHA Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2019 in New Orleans, LA

  • Gull Lake Hypertension Meeting 2019 at Michigan State University, MI

Poster Presentations

  • (1st Place) Poster at the 46th Annual Pharmacology Colloquium at University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, OH

  • Poster at Experimental Biology 2019 in Orlando, FL

Tyler Laboratory

Case Western Reserve University

2015 - 2018

Shaunak assisted on a project focused on sensory restoration in subjects with limb loss. He worked on developing an anatomical mapping algorithm between the upper-limb nerves and specific parts of the hand to be used to personalize future prosthetic devices for a user. Over the years, he contributed to different aspects of the project including data entry, statistical analysis software development, and the creation of a gold standard for sensory feedback location reporting.

LNE Group

Cleveland, OH

2014

Shaunak worked as a research intern at LNE Group, a multi-national government advocacy, funding, and procurement firm. His work was in their federal and state advocacy group, supporting the team with research tasks. He traveled to Washington D.C. on behalf of the company and aided in a research project for one of their clients. Additionally, he assisted in the submission of a multi-million dollar grant for another client and became familiar with the process of grant writing and submission

Trapp Laboratory

The Cleveland Clinic

2013

Shaunak worked as an intern on a project involving the study of the hippocampus. His specific role in the project was tracing and 3D reconstruction of individual dendrites, spines, and axons in the hippocampus. He then created an in-depth tutorial and protocol on how to reconstruct the various parts in Amira for presentations and demos.

BioInVision

Cleveland, OH

2012

Shaunak worked as an intern on a project involving stem cell bio-distribution. His specific role in the project was 3D reconstruction of cryo-imaged data from adult whole-mice, visualizations of various organ structures, and analysis of stem cell population in fluorescent images. He also created short movie animations from the 3D data.