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. 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. Steffen Erkelenz Ph.D.

Scientist and the Bear

Research Interest: Genetic engineering and cellular biochemistry of cilia proteins, regulatory elements of cilia in Glioma, cilia evolution in brain development and many more
Exceptional skill: Creating a positive environment. Let me know if you want to clone an elephant and express it. And I dont eat lunch. If you want to kill your time, talk to me about RNA splicing!
Email: Steffen.Erkelenz@gmx.de

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

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

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.

Vaishnavi Karthikeyan M.Sc.

Research Interest: FMRP and biochemistry

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

Manish Naik M.Sc.

Research Interest: CCB53 and molecular biology

Exceptional skill: Public speaker, scientific representative, standup comedian, positive vibe transmitter, artist, poet, singer, dancer, coke enthusiast, guitarist-to-be
Email: manishnaik0025@gmail.com

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