Sardana Lab

We study how membrane protein trafficking and quality control mechanisms surveil the membrane proteome, and how their dysregulation results in human disease.

We are in the Department of Molecular Medicine in the Veterinary Medical Center at Cornell University.

News
Priyanka presents at SURC

Congratulations to Priyanka for presenting her Honors thesis work at the Engineering Undergraduate Research Poster Session and at the SURC Upstate symposium!

Posted 27 Apr 2026 by Richa
Erick presents at CBI

Congratulations to Erick for presenting his work at the CBI poster session!

Posted 24 Apr 2026 by Richa
Jade and Julia present at ASCB

Congratulations to Jade and Julia for presenting their work at ASCB!

Posted 08 Dec 2025 by Richa
Priyanka presents at CURB

Congratulations to Priyanka for showcasing her research at the CURB symposium!

Posted 06 Dec 2025 by Richa
Posts
Sardana lab preprint: Ers1
Posted 05 Mar 2026 by Richa
Summary-Paper 57
Posted 25 Sep 2025 by Richa
Summary-Paper 56
Posted 09 Aug 2024 by Richa
Summary-Paper 55
Posted 17 Jul 2024 by Richa
Papers
Preprint: Cystinosin/Ers1 functions in redox homeostasis in the early secretory pathway
Zhu et al. Biorxiv 2026
Posted 01 Mar 2026
Adaptor linked K63 di-ubiquitin activates Nedd4/Rsp5 E3 ligase
Zhu et al. eLife 2022
Published 30 Jun 2022
Golgi membrane protein Erd1 is essential for recycling a subset of Golgi glycosyltransferases
Sardana et al. eLife 2021
Published 17 Nov 2021
Membrane protein quality control mechanisms in the Endo-Lysosome system
Sardana et al. TCB 2021
Published 04 Jan 2021