I received my PhD in Cancer biology from Institut Curie, Paris, France. My PhD work focused on understanding therapy resistance in glioblastoma tumors from both tumor cells and the microenvironment perspective. Building on my knowledge and skill set in tumor biology and therapy resistance, I joined UCSF as a postdoctoral researcher to investigate chemoresistance mechanisms in metastatic osteosarcoma tumors. I am focusing on elucidating both intrinsic and extrinsic tumor factors that drive chemoresistance in metastatic niches using lineage tracing techniques, mouse models, and transcriptomics. In addition to my PhD and present postdoctoral work, I have had the opportunity to work on oral cancer as part of the International Cancer Genome Consortium, and I have extensively worked on designing biosensors to detect different types of biological molecules. During my academic career, I have drafted, proofread, and peer-reviewed articles. I have also worked as a copy and substantive editor at Crimson interactive for a short period of time. 

2024
VC-resist glioblastoma cell state: vessel co-option as a key driver of chemoradiation
resistance Nature communications IF:17 CP Thievend*, O Anezo*, AM Pettiwala* (*first co-author), G Bourmeau, R Montagne, AM Lyne, PO Guichet, P Deshors, A Ballestín, B Blanchard, VM Ravi, K Joseph, DH. Heiland, B Julien, S Leboucher, L Besse, P Legoix, C Furumaya, LK Marcos, K Masliantsev, T Daubon, O Schnell, J Beck, N Servant, LK Tapon, FMG Cavalli, G Seano  *Equal contribution

2021
Aspirin Inhibition of Group VI Phospholipase A2 Induces Synthetic Lethality in AAM
Pathway Down-Regulated Gingivobuccal Squamous Carcinoma. K Pansare, B Mohanty, R Dhotre, AM Pettiwala, S Parab, N Gupta, P Gera, N Gardi, R Dugge, P Sahu, R Alhans, P Kowtal, P Chaudhari, R Sarin Cell IF: 6.7

2020
An anionic polyelectrolyte-induced aggregate assembly of Thioflavin-T: A prospective platform for protamine sensing NH Mudliar, AM Pettiwala, PM Dongre, PK Singh International Journal of Biological Macromolecules IF: 8.0  2019

Thioflavin-T: A Versatile Optical Probe for Chemo and Biosensing (Review)
AM Pettiwala, NH Mudlair, PK Singh  Proceedings Indian National Science Academy IF: 0.7 2018

Optical Sensors for Detection of Amino Acids (Review)  AM Pettiwala, PK Singh
Current medicinal chemistry, IF: 4.1 

A molecular rotor-based ratiometric sensor for basic amino acids  AM Pettiwala, PK Singh  Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy IF: 4.0

A supramolecular assembly enables discrimination between metalloproteins and nonmetalloproteins  AM Pettiwala, PK Singh  Chemical communications IF: 6.0