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NAMASIVAYAM GROUP

Epigenetic Codes and Gene Regulation

chemical biology of nucleic acids

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Chemical Probe based Nanopore sequencing for RNA modifications

Our pre-print on a novel chemical probe-based Nanopore sequencing is out and got hosted in Nanopore tech sequencing. Congrats team!

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Chemical Probe based Nanopore sequencing for RNA Modifications

First Author Interview: Dr Yu Zutao

Dr Yu is a Research Associate in the Namasivayam lab at iCeMS. His research focuses on advancing small-molecule genetic switch technology for regulation of therapeutically important genes on demand

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First Author Interview: Dr Yu Zutao

Enhancing Brain Tumor diagnosis with AI

Collaborative work with Prof. Balasubramanian Raman on using artificial Intelligence got accepted in IEEE Access and got extensive media coverage

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Enhacing brain tumor diagnosis with AI

Advancing Gene Therapies: PIP PIP Hurray!

Our research on a new type of biomimetic synthetic code for epigenetic gene regulation got published in RSC Chemical Communications and got extensive media coverage

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Advancing Gene Therapies: PIP PIP Hurray!

​Aylin Ozgen from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, joined us for the 6-months exchange program.​ Welcome, Aylin!

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Florian Stanicki from Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland spent two months of internship with us and gave a great presentation.​ Sayonara and Best wishes, Florian!

 

Lim EnTong (Amgen Intern from Singapore) and Jibraan Kadri (iCeMS Intern from Canada) spent two months with us and gave great presentations.​ Sayonara and Best wishes, Lim and Jib!

 

Mahima Kumar joined our group as a Researcher from NNF, Welcome Mahima!

 

Dr . Valentina Basoli joined our group as JSPS Visiting Researcher from AO Research Institute, Welcome Valentina!

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Dr .Anuthamman Parthasarathy joined our group as JSPS Visiting Professor from the University of Bradford. Welcome Parthsarathy!

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Dr .Reihane Ziadlou joined our group as a JSPS Visiting Researcher from the University of Zurich, Welcome Reihane!

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Dr .Shanmugavel Chinnathambi got JSPS Kakenhi Early Career fund for two years, Congratulations, Shan!

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Dr .Shanmugavel Chinnathambi and new graduate students joined our group. Welcome All!!

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Congratulations Yuki Shimizu, Yuki Kobayashi, and Dr. Shubham Mishra, for graduation!

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Dr. Surbhi Sharma successfully got a Post-doctoral position at the Baylor College of Medicine, USA; Congratulations Surbhi!

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Dr. Kandarp Joshi successfully got a Post-doctoral position at the University of Montreal, Canada; Congratulations Kandarp!

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Dr. Soundhar Ramasamy successfully got a Post-doctoral position at Weill-Cornell University, USA. Congratulations Soundhar!

 

Namasivayam delivered an invited talk at World Mitochondrial Society 

https://www.targeting-mitochondria.com/alert-on-mitochondria/949-deleting-dna-to-treat-mitochondrial-diseases

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Madhu's work on synergizing immunotherapy with targeted epigenetic induction of mitochondrial biogenesis got accepted in

CELL Chemical Biology, Congratulations, Madhu!

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Takuya Hidaka's work on the targeted elimination of mutated mitochondrial DNA got accepted into CELL Chemical Biology,

Congratulations Takuya!

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Japan's leading DNA nanotechnology Scientist Prof. Masayuki Endo joins as a Visiting Professor of our group, Welcome Prof. Endo!

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Takuya Hidaka's protocol on mitochondrial genetic switch got published in Mitochondrial Medicine, Congratulations Takuya!

 

Dr.Sangamithirai Subramanian, Dr. Kandarp Joshi, and new graduate students joined our group, Welcome All!!

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Congratulations Takuya Hidaka, Yutaro Tsubono and Tatsuya Kobayashi for graduation!

 

Yutaro Tsubono's work on using a near-infrared fluorogenic probe for live-cell imaging of telomeres got accepted in JACS. Congratulations Tsubono!

 

Takuya Hidaka's work on using a tri-arginine vector to enhance the accumulation of our synthetic transcription factor got accepted in RSC Chemical Communications. Congratulations Takuya!

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Dr. Zutao Yu successfully got a Research Scientist position at the University of Cambridge and moved to Prof. Sir. Shankar Balasubramanian's lab. Congratulations Zutao!

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Dr. Soundhar attended and won the "Merit Award" at the 2020 Society of Research on Biological Rhythms Virtual Meeting.

Congratulations Soundhar!

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Mr. Takuya Hidaka visited our collaborator, Dr. Martin Stoddart, at AO Research Institute through the SNF-JSPS program

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Dr. Zutao Yu visited the United Kingdom through the iCeMS Internationalization Program.

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