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NISHANA
MAYILAADUMVEETTIL

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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.

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“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).

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Qualified GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) 2008​

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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

2024

Gave a talk on 'A Short Story on Sibling Rivalry Among Two Chromatin Organizer Proteins' at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bangalore on 'Interdisciplinary Aspects of Chromatin Organization and Gene Regulation' held from 09 to 20 September 2024(https://www.youtube.com/live/CyJoODCQAEs).

Gave a short chalk talk at the "Frontiers of DNA and Chromatin Dynamics (FDCD)" meeting conducted from June 7-9 at IISER Pune.

Invited talk on “Disruption of three-dimensional chromatin architecture: implications in oncogenesis” at the 43rd Indian Association of Cancer Research (IACR) conference from 19th to 22nd January  2024 at IISER Pune.

2023

Invited talk on “CTCF and CTCFL: a short story of kin competition among two paralogous chromatin organizer proteins” at the “8th meeting of The ‘Asian forum for Chromosome and Chromatin Biology’ held from 4th to 6th November 2023 at JNCASR, Jakkur, Bangalore-560064, India
 
Invited talk on "Altered three-dimensional chromatin organization as a driver of tumorigenesis" at the “International Conference on Cancer Biology: Molecular Mechanisms, Genomics and Novel Therapeutics” conducted at T.T.J. Auditorium, ICSR, IIT Madras, Chennai on September 14-16, 2023 (https://www.iccb23.org/)
 
Talk on “EVERY child is a scientist!!! Want to be a child forever???” for the Higher Secondary School students of St. Teresa's Anglo Indian Girls Higher Secondary School, Kannur, Kerala on August 14, 2023
 
“Dr. K. Surekha Memorial Oration” on "A handful of science (from microbiology to genomics) and a handful of dreams (for those who dare to dream)!!!!” at the Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Kannur University, Kerala on August 11, 2023.
 
Invited talk on  “Order and disorder in the nucleus: how errors and sibling rivalry among the chromatin organizer proteins leads to diseases” as part of the “Science Unlimited talk series” at Yenepoya Research Centre, Mangaluru, Karnataka on February 14, 2023.
 
​Invited talk on “Order and disorder in the nucleus: how errors and sibling rivalry among the chromatin organizer proteins leads to diseases” at the “Chromatin, RNA and Genome Conference 2023” conducted at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; January 9-10, 2023 (https://crg2023iisc.wixsite.com/cgr2023iisc)

2022

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 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore from December 13-15, 2010 (Poster).

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