RakeshKarmacharyaMDPhD

Psychopharmacology

Associate Professor, Psychiatry-Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

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Office
Center for Genomic Medicine
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-855-3947

Fax+1 617-855-2895

Harvard Medical SchoolM.M.Sc., 2007 - 2009
Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalChief Residency, Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Program, 2005 - 2006
Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean HospitalResidency, Psychiatry, 2003 - 2006
Massachusetts General HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2003
Albert Einstein College of MedicinePh.D., Biophysics, 1994 - 2002
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 2002
Yale UniversityM.S., Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, 1993 - 1994
Harvard UniveristyA.B., Biochemical Sciences, 1989 - 1993

PubMed

6 citations
Brain microvascular endothelial cells and blood-brain barrier dysfunction in psychotic disorders.
Paulo Lizano, Sovannarath Pong, Stephanie Santarriaga, Deepthi Bannai, Rakesh Karmacharya
Molecular Psychiatry. 2023-09-01
89 citations
Transcriptomic Landscape and Functional Characterization of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cerebral Organoids in Schizophrenia.
Annie Kathuria, Kara Lopez-Lengowski, Smita Jagtap, Donna L. McPhie, Roy H. Perlis
JAMA Psychiatry. 2020-07-01
438 citations
Increased synapse elimination by microglia in schizophrenia patient-derived models of synaptic pruning.
Carl M. Sellgren, Jessica Gracias, Bradley Watmuff, Jonathan D. Biag, Jessica M. Thanos
Nature Neuroscience. 2019-02-04

Journal Articles

Nonequilibrium Solvation and Quantum Kramers Problem: Proton Transfer in Aqueous Glycine
Karmacharya R, Antoniou D, Schwartz SD, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2001
Patient-Derived iPSCs as a Model for Schizophrenia
Berkovitch SS, Iaconelli J, Karmacharya R, Journal of Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, 2001
Quantum Proton Transfer Coupled to a Quantum Anharmonic Mode
Karmacharya R., Schwartz SD, Journal of Chemical Physics, 1/1/1999
The Effect of Coupled Nonreactive Modes on Laser Control of Quantum Wavepacket Dynamics. Journal of Chemical Physics
b. Karmacharya R, Gross P, Schwartz SD, Journal of Chemical Physics, 1999
The Ties that Bind: Protein Modules in Intracellular Signaling Pathways
Karmacharya R, Einstein Quarterly Journal of Biology and Medicine, 1996
Structure of the Trypsin-Cyclotheonamide A Complex: Lessons for the Design of Serine Protease Inhibitors
Lee AY, Hagihara M, Karmacharya R, Albers MW, Schreiber SL, Clardy J, Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1993
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Books/Book Chapters

Wnt Signaling in Development and Disease: Molecular Mechanisms and Biological Functions
Chapter: Neuropsychiatric Disease-associated Genetic Variation in the Wnt Pathway
Page 393 - 410Haggarty SJ, Singh K, Perlis RH, Karmacharya REditors: Hoppler S, Moon RT.John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ, USA. 2014
Wnt Signaling in Development and Disease: Molecular Mechanisms and Biological Functions
Chapter: Wnt Signaling in Mood and Psychotic Disorders.
Page 379 - 392Haggarty S, Singh K, Perlis RH, Karmacharya REditors: Hoppler S, Moon RT.ohn Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ, USA. 2014

Wnt/Gsk3/Beta Catenin Signaling As A Target For Treatment Of Bipolar DisorderNational Institute Of Mental Health2011
Wnt/Gsk3/Beta Catenin Signaling As A Target For Treatment Of Bipolar DisorderNational Institute Of Mental Health2010–2011
Ex vivo signature of psychosis and treatment response in patient-derived neuronsNational Institute of HealthPresent

Karmacharya Labhttps://www.hms.harvard.edu/dms/neuroscience/fac/Karmacharya.php
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Biographyhttp://scholar.harvard.edu/karmacharya/biocv