Gaiti Hasan

Biography

Gaiti Hasan obtained her BSc (1976) degree in Zoology from the University of Delhi. She did her MSc in Life Sciences followed by an MPhil (1980) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi after which she obtained her PhD (1983) on "Studies on the ribosomal RNA genes of Trypanosoma brucei" from the University of Cambridge, UK. She started her career as Visiting Fellow and Research Associate in the Molecular Biology Unit, TIFR, Mumbai (1983 89). She moved as a founder member to the National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR) in 1989. Hasan was a Visiting Scientist to the Department of Biology, Brandeis University, USA (1990-92). She came back as a Fellow at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), TIFR, Bangalore (1992-94). Currently she is a Senior Professor at NCBS after working as Reader (1994-98), Associate Professor (1998-2004) and Professor (2005-2012).

Research Interest

Molecular Biology, Genetics, Neuroscience, Intracellular Calcium Signalling