Group Leader

Maneesha S. Inamdar

Director, Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem)

Senior Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR)

Expertise: Stem Cells; Developmental Biology; Hematopoiesis; Cardiovascular development; Angiogenesis; Mitochondria; Cytoskeleton;

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Group Members

Kajal Kamat

Graduate Student

Stem cell biology | Mesodermal differentiation

My research focuses on investigating the molecular mechanisms that regulate pluripotent stem cell fate during mesoderm specification.

Alice Sinha

Graduate Student

Hematopoietic homeostasis

I am interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms governing hematopoietic homeostasis, particularly in Hematopoietic stem cell using mouse models.

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Prathamesh Dongre

Graduate Student

Alzheimer's | Microglia | Mitochondria

My research focus is to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms that regulate microglial activation and neuroinflammation in health and disease.

Aishwarya Prakash

Graduate Student

Mouse Hematopoiesis | EHT | Mitochondria

I study the mitochondrial regulation of mammalian hematopoietic stem cell emergence using mouse models.

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Yashashwinee Rai

Graduate Student

Fly hematopoiesis | Heterogeneity | Organelle

I study the organellar regulation of blood progenitor heterogeneity in fruit flies, with a focus on mitochondria and lipid droplets.

Arghakusum Das

Graduate Student

Stem cells | Cytoskeleton | EMT

I am trying to understand how the cytoskeletal proteins regulate developmental EMT in humans. I use 2D and 3D models of early human development generated from embryonic stem cells for the study.

Pratiksha Bhat

Graduate Student

Stem cell heterogeneity | Mitochondria

My research focuses on understanding the contributions of mitochondrial heterogenity during differentiation using human embryonic stem cells as a model system.

Manas Sanoria

Graduate Student

Embryonic hematopoiesis | Cytoskeleton

I am interested in studying cytoskeletal regulation of embryonic hematopoiesis using mice model.

Aman Gangwar

Graduate Student

Mitochondria | Hematopoiesis | Cell fate

I am interested in elucidating the molecular circuits that regulate mitochondrial dynamics and influence hematopoietic stem cell fate decisions. Additionally, Investigating how microenvironmental cues affect these processes in various model systems.

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Wulligundum Praveen

Program Manager

I am responsible for ensuring the overall coordination of all aspects of the project and liaising with project teams at inStem and the foundation, ensuring that the appropriate turn-around goals are met.

Prachiti Vithole

Project Associate I

Stem cells | CRISPR | Reporter Stem cell line

I am interested in looking into non-coding RNAs as an essential post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression to understand the crosstalk of splicing mechanism and phase-separation in cell.

Shekhar Patil

Project Associate I

Stem cells | CRISPR | Reporter Stem cell line

My fascination lies in understanding early developmental biological processes, particularly delving into how stem cell properties are retained and identifying the factors influencing stem cell fate during early development.