Working on an individual personalized project under the guidance of a qualified faculty mentor, VAI’s exceptional postdoctoral fellows make great contributions to the science conducted in the Institute’s laboratories. They play a crucial role in the intellectual development and management of research projects and contribute to a considerable share of the hands-on research activities in the laboratory.
Investigating the relationships between epigenetic controls and metabolic diseases
Investigating the relationship between H2A.Z deposition and DNA methylation
Single cell resolution of immune landscape in cancer therapy
The role of UHRF1 in both normal and diseased states using mouse and colorectal cancer models
Epigenetic origins of phenotypic variation in complex metabolic diseases
The role of DNA methylation in controlling gene expression during cancer development
Identifying and characterizing novel readers of histone modifications
Identifying and characterizing novel readers and epigenetic modifications
Viral and bacterial infections as triggers for Parkinson’s disease
Exploring the contribution of the vermiform appendix to Parkinson’s disease
Investigating potential pathogen triggers for Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease, basal ganglion, brain circuitry and dopamine depletion
Biological characterization of variants in ATP13A2 gene associated with Parkinson disease and paraplegia
Epigenetic and transcriptional dysregulation in Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease, motor and non-motor deficits, cortico-basal ganglia and corticolimbic networks
Immunotherapy for minimizing alpha-synuclein propagation
Exploring the mechanisms implicating VPS35 in the neuropathology of Parkinson’s disease
Role of transcription factor Nato3 on the survival of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson’s disease
Wnt/Frizzled receptor signaling during pancreatic cancer progression
Investigating the mechanisms of lipid transport across biological membranes by P4 ATPase machinery
Structural and functional studies of membrane proteins using single particle electron cyro-microscopy.
How proteins safeguard genetic integrity of the species by directly binding to PPRs and eliminating Z-DNA structure in the germ cells
Ion channels, single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), electrophysiology
Proteasome and protein folding system involved in multi-drug resistance in Mycobacteria
DNMT-nucleosome complexes and PRC2-nucleosome complex
Characterizing heterogeneity of exhausted T cells and understanding the roles of peroxisomes in the tumor microenvironment
Mechanisms behind the epigenetic regulation of dendritic cells
Histone H3 lysine 4 demethylase KDM5C/D functions in dendritic cells