Faculty Profile

iyerDinakar Iyer, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Office: 
University of Houston College of Pharmacy
Health 2, Room 5011
4349 Martin Luther King Boulevard
Houston, TX 77204-5037

Contact: diyer@Central.UH.EDU 

Research:  Role of transcription factors SRF and YAP 1 in cardiac biology. Study of A-Kinase Anchoring Protein 12 (AKAP12), a multifunctional scaffolding protein with emerging roles in cardiac and neuro vascular physiology. 

  • Ph.D. - Bombay University, Mumbai, India

  • Xiao S, Liang R, Muili A, Cao X, Navran S, Schwartz RJ, Iyer D. Mutant SRF and YAP synthetic modified mRNAs drive cardiomyocyte nuclear replication. 2022. J. Cardiovascular Aging. 2:29. doi: 10.2517/jca.2022.17
  • Xiao S, Liang R, Lucero E, McConnell BK, Chen Z, Chang J, Navran S, Schwartz RJ and Iyer D. Stemin and YAP 5SA synthetic modified mRNAs regenerate and repair infarcted mouse hearts. J. Cardiovascular Aging.2022,2:3. doi: 10.20517/jca.2022.20.
  • Guest editor, Journal: Cells. Title: Therapeutic Approaches for Cardiac Repair.