Rajaguru Aradhya
Asst. Professor
School of Biotechnology
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre
India
Biography
Dr. Rajaguru Aradhya serves as Assistant Professor in School of Biotechnology. He earned his PhD from Genetic Reproduction and Development institute, Auvergne University, France. His PhD work contributed towards ‘understanding of quiescent nature of muscle stem cells in Drosophila Melanogaster termed Adult Muscle Precursors’. Dr. Aradhya finished his post-doctorate at MSKCC, Rockefeller University, New York, where he contributed to ‘microRNA control of peripheral nervous system development in Drosophila Melanogaster’. Prior to the PhD he also worked in the laboratory of Dr. Maneesha Inamdar, JNCASR, India, where he worked on the characterization of pericardial cells in Drosophila Melanogaster. Dr. Aradhya aims to understand molecular aspects regulating the development of mesodermal derivatives both in Drosophila and mammalian counterparts. His main research areas are developmental biology, cell morphogenesis, adult stem cells and cardiac function analysis.
Research Interest
Biotechnology
Publications
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N. Figeac, Jagla, T., Dr. Rajaguru Aradhya, Da Ponte, J. Philippe, and Jagla, K., “Specification and behavior of AMPs, muscle-committed transient Drosophila stem cellsâ€, Fly, vol. 5, pp. 7-9, 2011.
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Dr. Rajaguru Aradhya, Zmojdzian, M., Da Ponte, J. Philippe, and Jagla, K., “Translating Ribosome Affinity Purification from Rare Cell Populations of Drosophila Embryosâ€, JOVE, no. 103, 2015.
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Dr. Rajaguru Aradhya, Zmojdzian, M., Da Ponte, J. Philippe, and Jagla, K., “Muscle niche-driven Insulin-Notch-Myc cascade reactivates dormant Adult Muscle Precursors in Drosophilaâ€, eLife, vol. 4, p. e08497, 2015.
