Meera Vadakkath
Thesis Title: Role of Notch and related regulatory pathways in the maintenance and fate specification of neural progenitors.

Budhaditya Basu, PhD (2024)
Thesis Title: Elucidation of the role of circular RNA in retina and Hes1 expression in maintaining neural stem cell heterogeneity

Current Position:
Post Doctoral fellow,
University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, USA

Parvathy Surendran, PhD (2024)
Thesis Title: Understanding the regulatory mechanisms controlling the expression of Tlx3, a post-mitotic selector gene involved in glutamatergic neural fate specification.

Riya Ann Paul, PhD (2023)
Thesis Title: Differential Hes-1 promoter activation in regulating stemness in neocortical development and neuroblastoma.

Current Position:
Post Doctoral fellow,
Johns Hopkins University, USA

Lalitha Soundararajan, PhD (2021)
Thesis Title: Probing the molecules involved in retinal axonal guidance.

Current Position:
Research Scientist,
Eyestem Research, C-CAMP, Bangalore

Subashini C, PhD (2018)
Thesis Title: Wnt5a signaling and its implications in cerebellar neurogenesis.

Dhanesh S B , PhD (2009-2017)
Thesis Title: Differential regulation of Notch target gene Hes-1: Implications in maintenance, proliferation and fate specific differentiation of neural progenitors during neocortical development.

Current Position:
Post Doctoral fellow,
Duke University, USA

Divya T S , PhD (2012-2017)
Thesis Title :Transcriptional regulation of homeobox gene Tlx3 and its downstream targets in developing cerebellum.

Current Position:
Scientist,
Thermo Fisher, Bangalore

Abdul Rasheed V T , PhD (2008-2014)
Thesis Title: Identification of specific microRNAs involved in differentiation of retinal ganglion cells.

Current Position:
Assistant Professor,
Govt. College, Chittor, Kerala, India

Divya M S, PhD (2007-2013)
Thesis Title: Neural differentiation of embryonic and umbilical cord blood derived mesenchymal stem cells for possible cell replacement therapy in glaucoma model.

Current Position:
Scientist C,
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum

Sanalkumar R S, PhD (2005-2010)
Thesis Title: Characterization of regulatory pathways involved in the maintenance and differentiation of embryonic stem cell derived neural progenitors and their potential use in regenerative therapy for temporal lobe epilepsy.

Current Position:
Research Scientist
Genentech, San Francisco, USA

Indulekha C L, PhD (2005-2010)
Thesis Title: A study of hippocampal neurogenesis associated with temporal lobe epilepsy and the role of notch signalling in transcriptional regulation of Tlx3, a selector gene involved in excitatory vs inhibitory fate specification.

Current Position:
Asst. Professor
Amrita University