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Tanveer Sharif

ResearcherLaboratory Medicine and PathologyUniversity of Manitoba

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Tanveer Sharif

Researcher

Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

Health Sciences

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 11 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (5 CIHR, 2 NSERC), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Medulloblastoma Metabolism Differentiation Progenitor Cells Stemness Myc Oncogenes Precision-Medicine

Latest papers

Extracellular lactate reprograms mitochondrial metabolism and NAD+/NADH redox balance in blood-brain barrier endothelial cells via an LDHB-MPC-NAD+ axis.
Free radical biology & medicine · 2026 · senior author
Adapting high-resolution respirometry for adherent brain endothelial cells reveals stable and reproducible mitochondrial respiration.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications · 2026 · senior author
Exploiting metabolic dependencies for therapeutic targeting of brain cancers.
Cancer letters · 2026 · senior author

All 13 publications

Latest funding

For the Love of Lactate: Uncovering and Targeting a Novel Mutual Relationship Between Metabolism and Progenitor Cell Identity in Medulloblastoma
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$955,295
For the Love of Lactate: Uncovering and Targeting a Novel Mutual Relationship Between Metabolism and Progenitor Cell Identity in Medulloblastoma
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$25,000
Understanding the role of pyruvate metabolism-dependent signaling networks in the differentiation of neural stem cells
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$120,000

All 7 grants and awards

13 publications.

Extracellular lactate reprograms mitochondrial metabolism and NAD+/NADH redox balance in blood-brain barrier endothelial cells via an LDHB-MPC-NAD+ axis.

Jain C, Kuzmychova H, Grewal A, Chawla U, Mukherjee R, Banerji V, Anderson CM, Martell E, Sharif T

Free radical biology & medicine2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2026.05.335 PMID: 42217683

Adapting high-resolution respirometry for adherent brain endothelial cells reveals stable and reproducible mitochondrial respiration.

Jain C, Grewal A, Kuzmychova H, Mukherjee R, Chawla U, Banerji V, Martell E, Sharif T

Biochemical and biophysical research communications2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2026.153727 PMID: 41962410

Exploiting metabolic dependencies for therapeutic targeting of brain cancers.

Martell E, Kuzmychova H, Grewal A, Chawla U, Jain C, Anderson CM, Sharif T

Cancer letters2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2026.218426 PMID: 41825848

A functionally relevant model for interrogating brain tumor-endothelial cell interactions.

Grewal A, Martell E, Kuzmychova H, Chawla U, Jain C, Ramnauth K, Sharif T

Journal of neuroscience methods2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2025.110657 PMID: 41389895

Glioblastoma cells that evade chemoradiotherapy-induced cell death exhibit a bifurcated glycolytic program

Martell E, Kuzmychova H, Chawla U, Grewal A, Jain C, Venugopal C, Anderson CM, Singh SK, Sharif T

Cell Death and Disease20263 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41419-026-08646-9

Targeting SRC enhances differentiation and promotes multifaceted cell death mechanisms in recurrent group 3 medulloblastoma

Kuzmychova H, Chawla U, Martell E, Grewal A, Jain C, Ramnauth K, Kaul E, Senthil H, Venugopal C, Anderson CM

Cell Death and Disease2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41419-026-08751-9

TP63 expression correlates with mesenchymal-like gene signature in patient-derived recurrent glioblastoma cells

Martell E, Kuzmychova H, Grewal A, Chawla U, Jain C, Venugopal C, Anderson CM, Singh SK, Sharif T

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2026.153934

Metabolic Assays for Brain Cancer Cells.

Martell E, Senthil H, Kaul E, Kuzmychova H, Sharif T

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-4654-0_5 PMID: 40553274

Disease stage-specific role of the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier suppresses differentiation in temozolomide and radiation-treated glioblastoma

Martell E, Kuzmychova H, Senthil H, Chawla U, Kaul E, Grewal A, Banerji V, Anderson CM, Venugopal C, Miller D

Neuro-Oncology20257 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noaf008 PMID: W4406278654

A group 3 medulloblastoma stem cell program is maintained by OTX2-mediated alternative splicing.

Saulnier O, Zagozewski J, Liang L, Hendrikse LD, Layug P, Gordon V, Aldinger KA, Haldipur P, Borlase S, Coudière-Morrison L, Cai T, Martell E, Gonzales NM, Palidwor G, Porter CJ, Richard S, Sharif T, Millen KJ, Doble BW, Taylor MD, Werbowetski-Ogilvie TE

Nature cell biology2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41556-024-01460-5 PMID: 39025928

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Tanveer Sharif

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Extracellular lactate reprograms mitochondrial metabolism and NAD+/NADH redox balance in blood-brain barrier endothelial cells via an LDHB-MPC-NAD+ axis.

Adapting high-resolution respirometry for adherent brain endothelial cells reveals stable and reproducible mitochondrial respiration.

Exploiting metabolic dependencies for therapeutic targeting of brain cancers.

A functionally relevant model for interrogating brain tumor-endothelial cell interactions.

Glioblastoma cells that evade chemoradiotherapy-induced cell death exhibit a bifurcated glycolytic program

Targeting SRC enhances differentiation and promotes multifaceted cell death mechanisms in recurrent group 3 medulloblastoma

TP63 expression correlates with mesenchymal-like gene signature in patient-derived recurrent glioblastoma cells

Metabolic Assays for Brain Cancer Cells.

Disease stage-specific role of the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier suppresses differentiation in temozolomide and radiation-treated glioblastoma

A group 3 medulloblastoma stem cell program is maintained by OTX2-mediated alternative splicing.

For the Love of Lactate: Uncovering and Targeting a Novel Mutual Relationship Between Metabolism and Progenitor Cell Identity in Medulloblastoma

For the Love of Lactate: Uncovering and Targeting a Novel Mutual Relationship Between Metabolism and Progenitor Cell Identity in Medulloblastoma

Understanding the role of pyruvate metabolism-dependent signaling networks in the differentiation of neural stem cells

Therapeutic Exploitation of Metabolic Rewiring in Tumor Heterogeneity

Taking down the 'undruggable' oncogene: therapeutic implications for novel mechanism-based targeting of MYC

Prize - 202109PJT - Taking down the 'undruggable' oncogene: therapeutic implications for novel mechanism-based targeting of MYC

Understanding the role of pyruvate metabolism-dependent signaling networks in the differentiation of neural stem cells

Frequent collaborators

Sheila Singh

Versha Banerji

Yvonne Myal

Donald Miller

Sabine Hombach-Klonisch