NISHANA MAYILAADUMVEETTIL
About Me
My Bachelor's and Masters were in Microbiology from Kannur University. I went ahead to do my PhD with Prof. Sathees C. Raghavan, Department of Biochemistry at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore working on the "physiological and pathological roles of RAG complex". In 2016, I switched to genomics and joined the lab of Prof. Jane Skok at New York University exploring how altered nuclear organization can result in tumorigenesis. In August 2022, I returned back home and joined as an Assistant Professor at IISER Thiruvananthapuram. At the Chromatin Biology Lab, I guide a team of enthusiastic students who tries to unveil the complexities of chromatin organization.
Education
2016-2022
Post-Doctoral Research
Dept. of Pathology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, United States.
2009-2015
Ph.D. in Biochemistry
Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
2006-2008
Master of Science in Microbiology
Dept. of Biotechnology & Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Kannur University, Kerala, India.
2003-2006
Bachelor of Science in Microbiology
Sree Narayana College, affiliated to Kannur University, Kerala, India.
Awards and honors
2020
Best research presentation (oral) at the Postdoc Research Symposium of New York University Langone Medical Center.
2019
Associate Faculty Member at Faculty Opinions (previously F1000) (https://f1000.com/prime/thefaculty/member/1070139)
2017
Aggressive Cancer Research Grant from National Cancer Center (June 1, 2017- May 30, 2019).
2014
Travel grant from Department of Science and Technology, India to attend Gordon Research Conference on “Mechanisms That Cause DNA Damage and Related Diseases” held at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong, China from July 6-11, 2014.
2013
Best poster award during the “82nd Annual Meeting of Society of Biological Chemists, India and International conference on Genomes: Mechanism and function”, Dec 2-5, 2013 held at University of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
2012
Best poster award during the “International Conference on Advances in Biological Sciences”, March 15-17, 2012 organized by the Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology and Inter University Centre for Biosciences, Kannur University, India.
2011
Dr. A. S. Perumal Award-2011” for the best student of the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science based on performance of the first two years of PhD.
“Rambhau Kulkarni Award for The Best Poster Presentation by Young Scientist” during the “30th Annual Convention of Indian Association of Cancer Research and International Symposium on Signaling”, Feb 6-9, 2011 held at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India.
2008
Qualified CSIR-JRF awarded by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India (December 2007 and December 2008).
Qualified GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) 2008
1st rank in M.Sc Microbiology 2006-08 at University Level from Kannur University, Kerala.
2006
2nd rank in B.Sc Microbiology 2003-06 at University level from Kannur University, Kerala,.
Conferences and Talks
2022
"Refresher & Preparative Winter School (RPWS)" for 2nd Year M.Sc. Students at IISER Thiruvananthapuram; December 5-22, 2022 (Talk).
Talk on “Dos and don'ts of research” at the "Science Talent Enrichment Programme (STEP)" for Pratibha scholars of KSCSTE at IISER Thiruvananthapuram; December 5-9, 2022.
Talk on "The joy and tears of research: where everything you dream is on the other side of fear!!" to students of Periyar University who visited IISER Thiruvananthapuram on November 24, 2022.
Talk on “Svante Paabo: unveiling the caveman within us!” as part of the "Nobel Prize exposition lecture series" conducted by Science and Technology council for the Annual Science fest - Anvesha '22 at IISER Thiruvananthapuram; November 6, 2022.
2020
Symposia for Post Doctoral Researchers at New York University, September 2020 (Talk).
2014
"Gordon Research Conference" held at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong, China; July 6-11, 2014 (Poster).
2013
"82 Annual Meeting of Society of Biological Chemists, India", December 2-5, 2013; University of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (Poster).
2012
"International Conference on Advances in Biological Sciences", March 15-17, 2012 organized by the Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology and Inter University Centre for Biosciences, Kannur University, India (Poster).
2011
"30th Annual Convention of Indian Association of Cancer Research and International Symposium on Signaling", February 6-9, 2011 held at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India (Poster).
2010
"79th Annual Meeting of Society of Biological Chemists (India)" held at IISc, Bangalore from December 13-15, 2010 (Poster).