Email: nmaharshi@ucdavis.edu

Research Project: Elucidating the roles and interplay of hRAD54 and hRAD54B proteins in homologous recombination repair of DNA double-strand breaks.

Scientific Interests: DNA Recombination & Repair, Epigenetics, Cell Cycle & Cancer Biology.

Education:

2023, Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore, India)

2015 Masters in Biochemistry, University of Calcutta (Kolkata, India)

2013 Bachelors in Biochemistry (Hons.), University of Calcutta (Kolkata, India)

Awards & Fellowships:

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (CSIR/UGC-NET) All India Rank-52 (2015), Ph.D. fellowship by Government of India.

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering in Life Sciences (GATE-XL) with AIR-258 for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in IISc and IITs (2015) by MHRD, GOI.

Publications:

Wani, S., Maharshi, N., Kothiwal, D., Mahendrawada, L., Kalaivani, R., & Laloraya, S. (2018). Interaction of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae RING domain protein Nse1 with Nse3 and the Smc5/6 complex is required for chromosome replication and stability. Current genetics, 64(3), 599–617.