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Associate Professor of Biology, Ashoka University
Ph.D. National Institute of Immunology, New DelhiRama Akondy is an Associate professor of Biology in the Trivedi School of Biosciences. She received her PhD from the National Institute of Immunology (New Delhi, India) and worked at Emory University (Atlanta, USA) first as a post-doctoral researcher and then as a junior faculty. She is interested in understanding T cell biology in health and disease by observing human immune responses in the course of vaccines, viral infections and cancer. Her group is currently studying the role of Polycomb Group (PcG) transcription factors in T cell differentiation, immune memory to SARS-CoV-2, and will soon investigate the mechanisms underlying effective checkpoint blockade in lung cancer. Rama emphasizes fundamentals and critical thinking in her teaching and is continually exploring inclusive, evolving approaches to pedagogy.
Articles:
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature24633https://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/14/3/a037804.long
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36541799/
https://indiabioscience.org/authors/Pl0y1NE07pKpo3dhttps://
www.expresspharma.in/advancing-research-on-human-immune-systems-in-india-to-develop-better-vaccines/
In the past 5 years – CSIR-Aspire Extramural grant (2024-2026)
