Nitin Pokhrel, PhD

Nitin Pokhrel, PhD

Primary Academic Title

Instructor, Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, WashU Medicine

Research Interest

I am interested in understanding the role of tumor derived extracellular vesicles in bone homeostasis and their potential use as biomarkers of bone metastasis.

Education

  • 2009: BSc, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu Nepal
  • 2011: MSc, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu Nepal
  • 2017: PhD, Kyungpook National University, Daegu South Korea

Training

  • 2017 - 2020: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
  • 2022 - 2024: Post-Doctoral Research Associate , Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO

Selected Research Publications

HTLV-1 infected T cells cause bone loss via small extracellular vesicles.
  • Pokhrel NK, Panfil AR, Habib H, [...] Veis DJ
  • J Extracell Vesicles 2024