Group Members
Dr. Arvind Kumar
Principal Scientist/ Project leader
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology,Uppal Road, Hyderabad
Room: R&D Building 4th floor
Phone : +91 40 27192975
Fax : +91 40 27160591
Email: akumar@ccmb.res.in
Sachin Singh
Scientist
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology,Uppal Road, Hyderabad
Room: R&D Building 4th floor
Phone : +91 40 27192976
Fax : +91 40 27160591
Email: sachin@ccmb.res.in
Graduate students
Nitin Khandelwal
Senior research fellow (SRF)(Aug 2009 - present)
Role of Piwi proteins in brain and behaviour
Room: R&D Building 4th floor
Phone : +91 40 27192976
Email: nitink@ccmb.res.in
Unis Ahmad Bhat
Senior Research Fellow (SRF)(March 2013 - present)
Project: Epigenetic and transcription regulation in glial function
Room: R&D Building 4th floor
Phone : +91 40 27192976
Email: unis@ccmb.res.in
Shams Ul Haq
Senior Research Fellow(SRF) (Dec 2013 - present)
Project: Early life stress induced remodeling of the neuronal circuitry causing-
adult onset pervasive neurodevelopmental disorders: role of epigenetic regulators
Room: R&D Building 4th floor
Phone : +91 40 27192976
Email: shams-ul-haq@ccmb.res.in
Scientist/Postdoctoral fellows
Avijeet Kamle
Young scientist (DST) (Dec 2012 - present)
Project: Study on Epigentic regulatory mechanism in gestational
stress-induced altered neural circuitry
Room: R&D Building 4th floor
Phone : +91 40 27192976
Email: avijeet@ccmb.res.in
Jitendra Kumar Sinha
Postdoctoral fellow (Dec 2016 - present)
Project: to be updated
Room: R&D Building 4th floor
Phone : +91 40 27192976
Email: jksinha@ccmb.res.in
Project fellows
Sandeep Kumar Dey
Project fellow (Jan. 2014 - present)
Project: Vascular perturbations induced cognitive and mood disorders:
Role of epigenetic and transcription regulatory mechanisms.
Room: R&D Building 4th floor
Phone : +91 40 27192976
Email: sandeepdey18@rediffmail.com
Lenin V
Project fellow (Jan. 2014 - present)
Project: Epigenetic regulators affecting neural circuitry and behavior in response
to deficient micronutrients.
Room: R&D Building 4th floor
Phone : +91 40 27192976
Email: leninveeraval@gmail.com
Past members
Salil S Pathak
Senior Research Fellow (Aug 2008 - present)
Histone modifications in stress disorders
Room: R&D Building 4th floor
Phone : +91 40 27192976
Email: salil@ccmb.res.in
Yatendra Kumar
Postdoctoral Fellow (May 2013 - present)
Project: Role of histone modifications in adult neurogenesis
Current position: Post Doctoral Scientist
at MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine
The University of Edinburgh
Email: yatendra@ccmb.res.in
Pooja Kishor Sant
Project fellow (Oct. 2013 - p)
Project: Role of Piwi proteins in brain and behaviour
Current position: Graduate student
at Department of Biology I,
Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine , Freiburg, Germany.
Email: poojasant83@gmail.com
Scherazad Kootar
Project Fellow (Aug. 2010 - Aug. 2013)
Current position: Graduate student
at Institut de Pharmacologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire , Valbonne, France.
Email: kootar@ipmc.cnrs.fr
Wenson David Rajan
Project Fellow (Aug 2012 - Jan 2014)
Current position: Graduate student at Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology,
Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology Warsaw, Poland.
Email: w.karunakaran@nencki.gov.pl
Misha K. R.
Project Fellow (March 2013 - Jan 2014)
Current position: to be updated
Email: misha_kr@ccmb.res.in
M Krishna Manohar Reddy
Postdoctoral fellow (DBT) (Jan. 2012 - Dec. 2013)
Current position: to be updated
Email: krishnamanohar@ccmb.res.in
Laboratory support staff
B Venkateshwarlu
Lab assistant
Room: S309
Phone : +91 40 27192612
Email: venkatesh15472@gmail.com
P Venkatesham
Lab assistant (Animal house/behaviour lab)
Room: N105
Phone : +91 40 27192871