Dr Nandini Vasudevan

Biography

Dr. Nandini Vasudevan is currently working as a Associate Professor in Endocrinology in the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Reading , United Kingdom. Major Responsibilities: Associate Professor in Endocrinology • Director of Outreach • Supervision of research done by post-graduate and undergraduate students. • Undergraduate advising. • Mentorship of Post-Doctoral Research Fellows. • Teaching of General Endocrinology and Methods in Neuroscience. Research: Neuroendocrinology and Molecular Endocrinology with an emphasis on behaviour using physiologically relevant model systems. • Mechanisms of estrogen action in neuronal cells, including an emphasis on non-genomic and non-transcriptional signalling and their relevance to behaviour. • Mechanisms by which GPR30, a putative membrane Estrogen Receptor (mER) signals in neurons and the relevance to behaviour. • Role of locally synthesized steroids and their relevance to social behaviors. • Role of thyroid hormones in the regulation of anxiety and cognition. Member of the Molecular & Cellular Medicine Group Esteem Factors: • Was PI on a NSF CAREER (USA) grant "Role of nongenomic estrogen signaling in neuromorphology and behavior (April 2011- Dec 2015; 1 million USD). • Co-investigator on NIH R01 Grant "Short term estradiol in middle age: implications for female cognitive aging" (2012-2017; 1,388,365 USD; PI: Dr. Daniels). • Reviewer for endocrine and molecular endocrine journals. • Reviewer for National Science Foundation (NSF), USA grants. International Collaborators: • Dr Kiran Soma, University of British Columbia, Canada • Dr Jeffrey Tasker, Tulane University, USA, • Dr Jill Daniels, Tulane University, USA. • Dr Sonoko Ogawa, Tsukuba University, Japan. • Dr Shinji Tsukuhara, Tsukuba University, Japan. • Dr Gary Dohanich, Tulane University, USA.

Research Interest

Research: Neuroendocrinology and Molecular Endocrinology with an emphasis on behaviour using physiologically relevant model systems. • Mechanisms of estrogen action in neuronal cells, including an emphasis on non-genomic and non-transcriptional signalling and their relevance to behaviour. • Mechanisms by which GPR30, a putative membrane Estrogen Receptor (mER) signals in neurons and the relevance to behaviour. • Role of locally synthesized steroids and their relevance to social behaviors. • Role of thyroid hormones in the regulation of anxiety and cognition.