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Zebrafish Genetics Laboratory
Dr. S. Kirankumar
Associate Professor and Head
Department of Genetic Engineering
SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Kattankulathur 603 203
Tamil Nadu
INDIA
E-mail: kirankus@srmist.edu.in
Areas of Interest
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Cancer biology - Tumor hypoxia, VHL/HIF signaling
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CRISPR-Cas9 mutagenesis in zebrafish
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Zebrafish models of neurodegenerative disorders
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Transgenic zebrafish models for human diseases
Work Experience
Oct 2024- to date
Jan. 2018 – to date
Jun. 2013 – Dec. 2017
Oct. 2010 - Mar. 2013
Oct. 2007-Oct. 2010
Sep. 2003-Oct. 2007
Feb. 1998-Jul. 2003
Head of the Department
Department of Genetic Engineering
SRM Institute of Science & Technology, INDIA
Associate Professor – Grade I
Department of Genetic Engineering
SRM Institute of Science & Technology, INDIA
Assistant Professor (Selection Grade)
Department of Genetic Engineering
SRM Institute of Science & Technology, INDIA
Senior Research Associate
MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics
The University of Sheffield, UK
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics, UK
Worked on the project, “A zebrafish model to characterize VHL disease.”
Postdoctoral Fellow
Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Embryology, USA
Worked on the project, “An asymmetric cholinergic system in the zebrafish brain.”
Doctoral Student
Madurai Kamaraj University, Department of Genetics, INDIA
PhD Thesis project: “Induction of polyploidy in fish.”
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