People
CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
Ramji K. Bhandari, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Gene-Environment Interactions
Epigenetics
RESEARCH SCIENTISTS
Santosh Anand, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Bioinformatician and Data Analyst
Sourav Chakraborty, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Epigenetic basis for the development and progression of transgenerational metabolic diseases
Durai Muniswami. Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Corrections of altered epigenetic pathways by micronutrient treatments in vitro.
Hamed Shoorei. Ph.D. (starting 9/1/2024)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Reproductive Biology, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, epigenome editing, spermatogonial stem cells, molecular and developmental biology.
Pooja Bhandari
Senior Research Technician
Management of the research lab
Su Men
Visiting Researcher
Interaction of BPA with the human liver and bronchial epithelial cells in vitro
Histological alterations in the liver caused by transgenerational epigenetic inheritance
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Jayasree Nath
Graduate Student
Gene-environment interactions in gonadal somatic cells
Anjana Giri
Graduate Student
Gene-environment interactions in gonadal germ cells
Hunter Kulesz
Graduate Student
Immune responses of the current generation with a history of ancestral BPA exposure to infectious pathogen signals
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Justin Kirkpatrick
Sophomore
Histological alterations in the liver and gonads caused by environmental chemical exposure. Together with S. Chakraborty and Su Men.
CRISPR-mediated epigenome editing of DNA methylation in medaka embryos.
Noah Adams
Sophomore
CRISPR-mediated epigenome editing of DNA methylation in medaka embryos
Darcey Wright
Freshmen
Immune responses of the current generation with a history of ancestral BPA exposure to infectious pathogen signals. The project is together with Hunter Kulesz.
Thomas Nickel
Junior, Honors Research Project
Environmentally induced epigenetic aging of the liver
Office: 217a Lefevre Hall
Lab: 219 Lefevre Hall
@theBhandariLab
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Columbia, MO 65211, U.S.A.