Insights into Human Neurodegeneration: Lessons Learnt from Drosophila

Dr. Mousumi Mutsuddi 
is a faculty in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Banaras Hindu University. She was earlier a scientist at Broad Institute, MIT. She has been visiting scientist at NIH, Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research, MIT, and University of Valencia etc. She has close to three decades of research experience and has contributed immensely to the understanding of molecular basis of neurodegenerative disease, congenital ocular disorders and apoptosis. Her research group has identified novel RNA binding proteins that depletes pathogenic non-coding
SCA8
transcripts as well as identified a novel RNA helicase, Maheshvara whose human orthologue is vital for CNS development. Her research findings have been published in reputed journals like Current Biology, American Journal of Human Genetics, and Human Mutation etc. She has delivered invited lectures in several international meetings and her research contributions have won her recognitions andawards from apical organizations of India like Department of Biotechnology and Indian National Science Academy. 

Dr. Ashim Mukherjee 
is a Professor in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Banaras Hindu University, India. He has almost thirty years of research experience in the field of
Drosophila
Genetics and Molecular Biology. He has worked at premier research institutes like Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. He has identified several novel interacting partners involved in different aspects of Notch signaling. His research findings have been published in renowned journals like Nature Cell Biology, Genome Research, Current Biology, Genetics, and Development etc. Department of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India has funded research work in his laboratory. Dr. Mukherjee is member of the Drosophila Board of India, life member of Indian Society of Cell Biology and the Indian Society of Developmental Biology. He is also member in the editorial board of several journals.