Srinivas Gorur Shandilya

EDUCATION

College / University

St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Physical Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics)

Country

India

Lab Experience

Elementary techniques in biochemistry, and Drosophila and C.elegans genetics.

Projects / Research

2008: Worked on pilot experiments involving behavioral assays to study if Soldier flies pay attention to visual cues while exhibiting landing behavior
2008: Implemented a technique using the MATLAB language to find regions of similar anisotropic spectral distribution on a cell surface. Such regions could indicate the location of 'rafts' on the cell surface<
2007: Built an experimental protocol to screen C.elegans mutants for deviations in distributions of mitochondrial volume along the axon
2006: Worked on a project that studied the genetic basis of photophobic response in Drosophila melanogaster

Scholarships / Awards

2008 – 2009:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2005 – 2008:	KVPY Fellowship, Indian Institute of Science (Government of India)

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I believe that understanding the molecular and cellular bases to the mechanisms of brain function are an essential but incomplete step to significantly understanding cognition. I am interested in quantifying degrees of interconnectedness and dependencies in complex, interacting systems such as the brain. This may be possible by evolving a new formalism to describe, manipulate, and construct models of systems with structural and functional profiles like the brain.