Armen Khatchadourian.

Background
Armen received his B.Sc in Biochemistry from McGill University in 2006. After volunteering abroad (Armenia) for one semester, he started graduate studies in Pharmacology and Therapeutics at McGill in January 2007. Apart from biological sciences, Armen’s key interests are music (piano), sports (swimming, jogging) and astronomy.

Research highlight
Regulation of lipid droplet formation under oxidative stress and inflammation and role of lipid droplets in human pancreatic islets during obesity/type II diabetes.

Fellowships & awards

1.   Principal’s Graduate Fellowships (PGF) (2009/2010)
2.   First prize (for poster presentation) at Nanoquébec conference (2009)
3.   McGill Graduate Studies Fellowship (MGSF) (2008)

Publications

1. Dynamics and regulation of lipid droplet formation in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated microglia. Khatchadourian A, Bourque SD, Richard VR, Titorenko VI, Maysinger D. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012 Apr;1821(4):607-17.
2. Multivalent niacin nanoconjugates for delivery to cytoplasmic lipid droplets. Sharma A, Khatchadourian A, Khanna K, Sharma R, Kakkar A, Maysinger D. Biomaterials. 2011 Feb;32(5):1419-29.
3. Lipid droplets: their role in nanoparticle-induced oxidative stress. Khatchadourian A, Maysinger D. Mol Pharm. 2009 Jul-Aug;6(4):1125-37.
4. Molecular imaging of lipid peroxyl radicals in living cells with a BODIPY-alpha-tocopherol adduct. Khatchadourian A, Krumova K, Boridy S, Ngo AT, Maysinger D, Cosa G. Biochemistry. 2009 Jun 23;48(24):5658-68.