Sundar Ram Naganathan
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Postdoctoral fellow, Andrew Oates lab, The Francis Crick Institute (London) and EPFL (Lausanne), 2016-2022
HFSP long-term fellow, 2016-2019
Postdoctoral fellow, Stephan Grill lab, MPI-CBG (Dresden), 2014-2015
PhD, Stephan Grill lab, MPI-CBG (Dresden), 2009-2013
JRF, Sandhya Koushika lab, NCBS (Bengaluru), 2007-2008
B. Tech Industrial Biotechnology, A. C. College of Technology (Chennai), 2003-2007
Swarali Dighe (Masters by Research)
Swarali has always been fascinated by the interdisciplinary developmental sciences. Her research interests at the Symmetry lab include convergent extension flows during zebrafish gastrulation, and analyzing whether and how, these flows follow, disregard or perhaps even break--the left right symmetry of embryonic body plan. Outside of her workplace, Swarali enjoys sprinting, birdwatching, nature trails, photography, writing, collecting interesting stuff--and coffee!
swarali.dighe@tifr.res.in
Nandini Bhargava (Masters by Research)
Nandini completed her undergrad at Regional Institute of Education Bhopal. She is interested in understanding the emergence of left-right symmetry in palate development. Besides work, she is interested in reading books and listening to some good music.
nandini.bhargava@tifr.res.in
Siddhartha Bardhan (PhD student)
Siddhartha completed his BSc (Hons) and MSc in Zoology from the University of Calcutta, following which he joined TIFR to pursue basic science. In the Symmetry Lab, he is interested in studying the left-right flows of cells during gastrulation using the zebrafish model system. Outside the lab, he likes to engage himself in movies, music and watching cat videos.
siddhartha.bardhan@tifr.res.in
Neha Vats (PhD student)
Neha received her Bachelor’s in Microbiology from Amity University, Noida, and her Master’s in Molecular Medicine from JNU, New Delhi. With this diverse background, she joined the Symmetry lab as a PhD student. Fascinated by how looking at faces is always illuminating and 8 billion faces on the globe share a symmetrical distribution of facial features, including some exceptions, she is now interested in addressing how left-right craniofacial symmetry emerges during the development of an organism.
Outside the lab, one might find her singing, reading, and buying new gadgets. Lately, she has started trying her hands on drums and she loves to engage in philosophical discussions at any given time.
neha_001@tifr.res.in
Swetha Nagarajan (PhD Student)
Swetha completed her dual degree B.Tech/M.Tech in Bioengineering and Medical Nanotechnology from SASTRA Deemed University, following which she decided to pursue research in basic science in TIFR. She’s is interested in understanding how signalling and metabolic cues converge to regulate the process of Somitogenesis in development.
When she’s not working, you would find her at the seaface listening to music or discussing science and philosophy with people. She loves singing, playing her Veena and reading books. She also watches a lot of movies and series, with her favourite genre being true crime documentaries.
swetha.nagarajan@tifr.res.in
Subhanjan V. (Integrated PhD Student)
Subhanjan, fondly called SUV in the lab, completed his BSc in Microbiology from St Joseph's University, Bengaluru. As he was interested in basic research, he joined TIFR. He is interested in understanding the cross-talk between the left-right symmetry breaking pathway and somitogenesis in developing zebrafish embryo.
Besides regular research, he loves to spend time playing the mridangam, delve into Indian history, listening to podcasts, watching movies and reading Sanskrit books.
subhanjan.v@tifr.res.in