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Dr. Durga Jeyalakshmi Srinivasan | Neuroscience | Best Researcher Award

Research Scholar | National Centre for Biological Sciences | India

Dr. Durga Jeyalakshmi Srinivasan is an accomplished neuroscientist and biologist with extensive research experience in behavioral neuroscience, molecular biology, and neurodevelopmental disorders. She holds a Ph.D. in Biology from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, awarded in April 2025, with a dissertation on the impact of social dominance on stress vulnerability in rats. Her career spans over a decade of progressive research roles, including Senior Research Fellowships at CHINTA, TCG-CREST, NCBS, and inStem, as well as positions at CCMB and research internships at IICT. She has also gained international exposure as a Visiting Research Scholar at King’s College London, where she investigated chemogenetic silencing of the prefrontal cortex. Dr. Srinivasan possesses advanced technical skills in animal handling, behavioral assays, molecular biology, imaging techniques, and protein and nanoparticle-based delivery systems. Her scholarly contributions include multiple high-impact publications in leading journals such as PNAS, Molecular Autism, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, and Journal of Controlled Release. She has actively presented her work at international and national conferences, including the Society for Neuroscience (USA) and EMBO Global Lecture Course, earning distinctions such as the Best Poster Award, Infosys Foundation Travel Award, EMBO fee waiver, and DBT travel fellowship. Her early academic excellence is reflected in achievements like securing the Indian Academy of Sciences Summer Fellowship and a GATE All India Rank of 536. Dr. Srinivasan’s strong interdisciplinary expertise, impactful research on stress neurobiology and neurodevelopment, global collaborations, and a solid record of peer-reviewed publications position her as an outstanding candidate for Best Researcher Award, highlighting both her scientific contributions and her potential for continued leadership in the field.

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Featured Publications

Kotcherlakota, R., Srinivasan, D. J., Mukherjee, S., Haroon, M. M., Dar, G. H., & others. (2017). Engineered fusion protein-loaded gold nanocarriers for targeted co-delivery of doxorubicin and erbB2-siRNA in human epidermal growth factor receptor-2+ ovarian cancer. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 5(34), 7082–7098.

Haroon, M. M., Dar, G. H., Jeyalakshmi, D., Venkatraman, U., Saba, K., & others. (2016). A designed recombinant fusion protein for targeted delivery of siRNA to the mouse brain. Journal of Controlled Release, 228, 120–131.

Kotcherlakota, R., Vydiam, K., Srinivasan, D. J., Mukherjee, S., & others. (2019). Restoration of p53 function in ovarian cancer mediated by gold nanoparticle-based EGFR targeted gene delivery system. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 5(7), 3631–3644.

Das Sharma, S., Pal, R., Reddy, B. K., Selvaraj, B. T., Raj, N., Samaga, K. K., Srinivasan, D. J., & others. (2020). Cortical neurons derived from human pluripotent stem cells lacking FMRP display altered spontaneous firing patterns. Molecular Autism, 11, 1–16.

Venkatasubramani, J. P., Subramanyam, P., Pal, R., Reddy, B. K., Srinivasan, D. J., & others. (2020). N-terminal variant Asp14Asn of the human p70 S6 Kinase 1 enhances translational signaling causing different effects in developing and mature neuronal cells. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 171, 107203.

Durga Jeyalakshmi Srinivasan | Neuroscience | Best Researcher Award

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