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Our diverse team brings together expertise in developmental neurobiology, genetics, bioinformatics, and imaging technologies to tackle the complexities of central nervous system regeneration.

Dr. Vishnu Muraleedharan Saraswathy

Dr. Vishnu Muraleedharan Saraswathy

Principal Investigator & Assistant Professor
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Dr. Saraswathy is an incoming Assistant Professor at the Center for Neuroscience (CNS), IISc. He completed his Postdoctoral research at Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied fundamental mechanisms of neurogenesis and plasticity during spinal cord regeneration. His research interests focus on innate neuronal repair, single-cell transcriptomics, CRISPR screens, and neurodegenerative disease modelling in zebrafish.

Academic Background
  • Postdoc - Regenerative Neurobiology, Washington University in St. Louis (WashU), Missouri, USA
  • Ph.D. - Cellular and Molecular Biology, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France
  • Integrated BS-MS - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India

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Postdoc/ Ph.D. Student/Project assistant

We are always looking for motivated Postdocs, Ph.D. students, and Project Assistants to join our lab. If you are passionate about central nervous system regeneration, single-cell genomics, or zebrafish genetics, please reach out to us.

Institutional Links
Indian Institute of Science (IISc)Center for Neuroscience (CNS)Google Scholar Profile
Contact Info
Center for Neuroscience,Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore 560012, India
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