Principal Investigator
Dr. Jay Gopalakrishnan Ph.D.
Surely not the Boss but trying to be the leader
Experiences:
- From July 2018: Univ.-Professor, Institute for Human Genetics, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
- January 2013 - June 2018: Independent research group leader and HFSP young investigator, Center for molecular medicine (CMMC), University of Cologne, Germany
- July 2012 - January 2013: Post-doctoral research, Hyman lab, MPI-Dresden, Germany, (Advisor: Prof. Anthony Hyman)
- March 2006 - June 2012: Post-doctoral research, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, USA. (Advisor: Prof. Tomer Avidor-Reiss. Mentors: Profs. Danesh Moazad, Tim Mitchison, and Tom Rapoport)
- July 2004 - March 2006: Career break due to health issues, jobless and terrible times
- April 2001 - June 2004: Ph.D. student, Technical University of Berlin, Germany (Advisor: Prof. Lorenz Adrian)
- 1999 - 2000: M.S (By Research), Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India
- 1994 - 1998: Bachelor studies in biochemistry and pharmacology, Madras Medical College (MMC), Chennai, India
Our Postdoctoral Scientists
Dr. Elke Gabriel Ph.D.
Scientist
- Research Interest: Stem cells, tissue engineering, brain organoids and microcephaly
- Exceptional skill: Can engineer any kind of brain tissue in the dish. Talk to me about neurodevelopmental disorders, I can help you.
- Email: elke.gabriel@uni-duesseldorf.de
Dr. Omkar Suhas Vinchure Ph.D.
Scientist, GlioOrg member
- Research Interest: Glioblastoma multiforme, cilium biology in cancer, recurrent and therapy-resistant glioma, microRNA
- Exceptional skill: Molecular biology. Team leader. Mediator
- Email: omkar.vinchure@gmail.com
Laetitia Heid M.Sc.
Scientist, GlioOrg member
- Research Interest: Glioblastoma multiforme, biochemistry
- Exceptional skill: Biochemistry
- Email: laetitia.heid@hhu.de
Our Graduate Researchers
Nazlıcan Altınışık M.Sc.
Research Interest: Microcephaly due to DNA damage
- Exceptional skill: Can edit genes and engineer tissues as long as it is connected to primary cilia!! I want to make the most complicated paper with ultra complex biology of brain development.
- Email: nazlicannnaltin@gmail.com
Dhanasekaran Rathinam M. Tech.
- Research Interest: Primate specific cilia and human microcephaly
- Exceptional skill: Fine stem cell handling and cell engineering.
- Email: Dhanasekaran.Rathinam@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
Manish Naik M.Sc.
GlioOrg member
Research Interest: CCB53 and Glioblastoma Multiforme
- Exceptional skill: Public speaker, scientific representative, standup comedian, positive vibe transmitter, artist, poet, singer, dancer, coke enthusiast, guitarist-to-be
- Email: Manish.KarkalaSadananda@med.uni-duesseldorf.de ,manishnaik0025@gmail.com
Master's students
Minh Tran B.Sc.
GlioOrg member
- Research interest: Glioblastoma multiforme, bioinformatics
- Exceptional skills: Data visualization. Coding. Anything can be modeled with the right math and passion.
- Email: mttrantrietminh@gmail.com
Administrator
Maria Fenner
- Glio-Org and Transcriptomics Administrator
Alumni
Dr. rer. nat Arul Mariappan Ph.D.
Scientist, Microscopist, IT, Lab manager, Teacher, and Liaison of glioma translational research between the lab, clinic, and companies
- Research Interest: Centrosome and cilium biology in human cancers (in particular Glioma), and super-resolution microscopy
- Exceptional skill: Can image even an elephant under his microscope, offering Indian food to others in lunch.
- Email: Aruljothi.Mariappan@hhu.de
Dr. rer. nat Anand Ramani Ph.D.
Scientist
- Research Interest: Cilia checkpoint, stem cell-based brain organoids, technology development and pretty much everything
- Email: anand.22.1987@gmail.com
Soo Kai Ter M.Sc.
Research Interest: Cilia biology in glioblastoma (both naive and recurrent), centrosomes, target identification and drug discovery
- Exceptional skill: Lab organization is his second nature
- Email: centrosome.cytoskeleton@gmail.com
Vaishnavi Karthikeyan M.Sc.
Research Interest: FMRP and biochemistry
- Exceptional skill: Handling of iPSCs
- Email: vaishnavi.karthikeyan@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
Philipp Yuen M.Sc.
GlioOrg member
- Research interest: Glioblastoma multiforme, cilium biology
- Exceptional skill: Immunohistochemistry, immunocytochemistry, chipping off unnecessary incubation time
- Email: weyn1337@gmail.com
Lab group photos
The Hague, 2022
Düsseldorf, 2021
Cologne, 2018
Cologne, 2017
