This is part of its efforts to popularize science to the General Public and Students who are pursuing science as their career. TNSF attempt to focus on students on higher science as everyone knows
that learning of science at college within the curriculum is not enough to acquire holistic knowledge of science at the appropriate time. Hence, to fill the gap between what students are acquiring through the curriculum and what
it is required, TNSF is planning its activities on higher science to students who are pursuing higher education.
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna have discovered one of gene technology’s sharpest tools:
the CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors. Using these, researchers can change the DNA of animals, plants and microorganisms with extremely high precision.
This technology has had a revolutionary impact on the life sciences, is contributing to new cancer therapies and may make the dream of curing inherited
diseases come true.
Introduction
Dr. Indumathi Mariappan
Research Scientist, Center for Ocular Regeneration,
L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad
Genome Editing
Question & Answer
Dr. Indumathi Mariappan completed her doctoral training in the area of Cell Biology and Molecular Biology at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad in the year 2005. She also underwent a three year post-doctoral training at CCMB before joining the Stem Cell Biology Laboratory at LVPEI in 2008. Dr Mariappan's lab is involved in basic and translational research towards addressing the problems of retinal and corneal diseases using different sources of adult and pluripotent stem cells. Her group is currently exploring the basic biology of limbal stem cells and the applications of embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) in disease modeling and regenerative medicine.