Shweta Devi

Shweta Devi, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases (IND) within the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is affiliated with the Gestwicki Lab, focusing on molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases. Her work integrates biochemistry, protein biology, and molecular chaperone research.

Research interests include:

• Protein aggregation and chaperone-dependent/independent pathways
• Heat-shock proteins (HSP70/HSP90) and their roles in neurodegeneration
• Protein phosphatase 5 (PP5) regulation and activation mechanisms

Publications emphasize structural and functional studies of CC-TPR proteins and PP5 binding determinants, contributing to understanding protein misfolding and neuroprotection.

Lab affiliation: Gestwicki Lab (collaborations with senior co-author Dr. Jason Gestwicki).