UPADHYAILAB - Key Persons

Neha got her Bachelor's degree in Microbiology, Biochemistry and Chemistry from Aurora Degree College, Hyderabad, India. As an undergrad she worked on a summer project under the guidance of Dr. Ravi Manjithaya, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India, through the Project Oriented Biology Education (POBE) fellowship program from JNCASR. She obtained a Master's from Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB), Bangalore, India. Currently she is performing doctoral research in the lab of Dr Priyanka Upadhyai. Here she is studying the crosstalk of primary ciliogenesis with other cellular processes in chondrogenic differentiation and their abrogation in rare chondrodysplasias.

Job Titles:

• Junior Research Fellow

Rahul did his Bachelor's in Biotechnology from Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Kolkata, India. He went on to obtain a Master's in Biochemistry from the School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU), Madurai, India. Here performed his Master's dissertation under the supervision of Dr. Govindan Sadasivam Selvam on catalase gene polymorphism in association with chronic kidney disease in the south Indian populations. He has also worked as a project fellow under the guidance of Dr. Sridhar Jayavel in the School of Biotechnology, DDE, Madurai Kamaraj University. Here, he performed transcriptomic studies on Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) gene function, mutation analysis, and network studies.

Vishal did his Bachelors in Medical Lab Technology from Dr. Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Kangra at Tanda, Himachal Pradesh, India. He completed Masters in Medical Biochemistry from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India. Currently he is pursuing doctoral studies in the lab of Dr. Priyanka Upadhyai. Here he is working on dissecting the molecular mechanisms of IFT52 and EXOC6B that are associated novel skeletal ciliopathies using mammalian cell culture and Drosophila. In collaboration he has also contributed in the functional characterisation of other candidate genes associated with known and novel skeletal and neurodevelopmental disorders. 'Out of lab' Vishal spends his leisure time playing badminton. He also likes cooking and watching science fiction movies.