Titilola (Lola) D. Kalejaiye

Kalejaiye

Postdoctoral Fellow (2020-2023) & Research Scientist (2023-2024); Moved to another research scientist position at Duke University, Department of Cell Biology

Contact Information

  • Email Address: titilola.kalejaiye@duke.edu

Education

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Stem Cell Biology and Human Disease Modeling (Duke University, U.S.A., 2020-2023)

Ph.D. in Molecular Parasitology, Infection and Immunity (University of Glasgow, UK, 2019)

M.Res. in Biomedical Sciences (with Distinction), Infectious and Tropical Diseases (Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium, 2014)

M.Sc. in Molecular Biology (with Distinction), Applied Biological Sciences (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, 2010)

B.Sc.(Honors) in Microbiology (University of Lagos, Nigeria, 2006)

Research Interests

Translational medicine, drug and therapeutic discovery, biochemistry and cell biology, signalling pathways and molecular biology


Fun Facts

I love singing but I’ve often been told that I go off key, and I never seem to hear it.

Hobbies

Cooking, travelling, reading, and going to the movies  

Publications

  1. Kalejaiye, T.D., Bhattacharya, R.; Burt, M.; Travieso, T., Okafor, A., Mou, X., Blasi, M., Musah, S. SARS-CoV-2 Employ BSG/CD147 and ACE2 Receptors to Directly Infect Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Kidney Podocytes. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022. 10 doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.855340
  2. Kalejaiye, T.D., Barreto, A.A. and Musah S. Translating renal organoids into artificial kidneys. Current Transplantation Reports 2022. doi: 10.1007/s40472-022-00383-0
  3. Mou, X.; Shah, J.; Bhattacharya, R.; Kalejaiye, T.D.; Sun, B.; Hsu, P.; Musah, S*. “A Biomimetic Electrospun Silk Membrane Supports the Differentiation and Maturation of Kidney Epithelium from Human Stem Cells”. Bioengineering 2022
  4. Kalejaiye, T.D.†., Holmes, J. A†., Bhattacharya, R., Musah, S. “Reconstitution of glomerular capillary wall” Regenerative Nephrology 2021 Editor(s): Michael S. Goligorsky, Academic Press, 331-351, († equal contribution)
  5. Burt, M.; Kalejaiye, T.D.; Bhattacharya, R.; Dimitrakakis, N.; Musah, S*. “Adriamycin-induced Podocyte Injury Disrupts the YAP-TEAD1 Axis and Downregulates Cyr61 and CTGF Expression” ACS Chemical Biology2021