LSU Health’s Alahari Elected as 1 of 14 ASCB 2021 Fellows

September 17, 2021

Suresh Alahari, PhD, FASCB, Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, is one of only 14 Fellows of the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) for 2021, and the only one from Louisiana.

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According to the Society, election as a Fellow of ASCB is an honor bestowed upon ASCB members by their peers. The list of approved Fellow nominees is reviewed and approved by the ASCB Council. Dr. Alahari’s selection is life-time recognition of his meritorious efforts to advance cell biology and its applications, as well as his work in service to the Society.

Dr. Alahari, who joined the LSU Health New Orleans faculty in 2004, is conjointly appointed as a professor in the Department of Genetics and is also a member of the LSU Health New Orleans Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center.

His research interests include the biochemistry of cell adhesion and the mechanism of action of the novel protein he discovered, Nischarin, in biological processes such as breast cancer cell migration, tumor suppression and metabolic diseases like obesity and diabetes. He and his colleagues have shown that it may have potential as a possible therapeutic or preventive compound.

The new ASCB Fellows will be formally recognized before the keynote address at the 2021 Cell Bio Virtual meeting online in December.

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ASCB is an inclusive, international community of biologists studying the cell, the fundamental unit of life. We are dedicated to advancing scientific discovery, advocating sound research policies, improving education, promoting professional development, and increasing diversity in the scientific workforce. ASCB has 8,500 members and members in 57 countries around the world.