Education
Ph.D., The University of Texas Health Science Center
Biomedical SciencesPh.D., Central Insititute of Fisheries Education
Fisheries SciencesM.Sc., University of Delhi
ZoologyMount Sinai School of Medicine
Cancer BiologyB.Sc. (Hons), University of Delhi
Zoology
Awards
2011 - -
Young Investigator Award
Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS)2008 - 2009
Post-doctoral Fellowship
American Urological Association Foundation/Novartis Pharmaceutical Sponsored Award2006 - 2007
Breast Cancer Research and Education Post-doctoral Fellowship
New York State Department of Health2001 - -
David Carrillo Memorial Fellowship
The University of Texas HSC1994 - 1998
Pre-doctoral Fellowship
The University Grants Commission, Govt. of India, India
Publications
Vijayakumar S, Liu G, Rus IA, Yao S, Chen Y, Akiri G, Grumolato L, Aaronson SA. High-frequency canonical Wnt activation in multiple sarcoma subtypes drives proliferation through a TCF/β-catenin target gene, CDC25A. Cancer cell 2011 May; 19(5).
Asciutti S, Akiri G, Grumolato L, Vijayakumar S, Aaronson SA. Diverse mechanisms of Wnt activation and effects of pathway inhibition on proliferation of human gastric carcinoma cells. Oncogene 2011 Feb; 30(8).
Grumolato L, Liu G, Mong P, Mudbhary R, Biswas R, Arroyave R, Vijayakumar S, Economides AN, Aaronson SA. Canonical and noncanonical Wnts use a common mechanism to activate completely unrelated coreceptors. Genes & development 2010 Nov; 24(22).
Akiri G, Cherian MM, Vijayakumar S, Liu G, Bafico A, Aaronson SA. Wnt pathway aberrations including autocrine Wnt activation occur at high frequency in human non-small-cell lung carcinoma. Oncogene 2009 May; 28(21).
Liu G, Vijayakumar S, Grumolato L, Arroyave R, Qiao H, Akiri G, Aaronson SA. Canonical Wnts function as potent regulators of osteogenesis by human mesenchymal stem cells. The Journal of cell biology 2009 Apr; 185(1).
Khan Z, Vijayakumar S, de la Torre TV, Rotolo S, Bafico A. Analysis of endogenous LRP6 function reveals a novel feedback mechanism by which Wnt negatively regulates its receptor. Molecular and cellular biology 2007 Oct; 27(20).
Vijayakumar S, Hall DC, Reveles XT, Troyer DA, Thompson IM, Garcia D, Xiang R, Leach RJ, Johnson-Pais TL, Naylor SL. Detection of recurrent copy number loss at Yp11.2 involving TSPY gene cluster in prostate cancer using array-based comparative genomic hybridization. Cancer research 2006 Apr; 66(8).
Vijayakumar S, Garcia D, Hensel CH, Banerjee M, Bracht T, Xiang R, Kagan J, Naylor SL. The human Y chromosome suppresses the tumorigenicity of PC-3, a human prostate cancer cell line, in athymic nude mice. Genes, chromosomes & cancer 2005 Dec; 44(4).
Naylor SL, Vijayakumar S, Garcia D. Anatomy of the human genome [review]. Revista de Investigacion Clinica. 2005; Special Edition No.5, .
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.
Dr. Vijayakumar did not report having any of the following types of financial relationships with industry during 2012 and/or 2013: consulting, scientific advisory board, industry-sponsored lectures, service on Board of Directors, participation on industry-sponsored committees, equity ownership valued at greater than 5% of a publicly traded company or any value in a privately held company. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
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