People in Varghese Group

Nithiyanandan Krishnan completed his PhD at the Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER) Tiruvananthapuram in 2019. He joined Varghese lab as a Marie-Curie postdoctoral research fellow in 2021. His project includes synthesis and delivery of chemically modified functional nucleic acids to improve the RNA interference therapy. 

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Partha completed his Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP), India in Chemistry. He later pursued his postdoctoral study at SIPBS, University of Strathclyde, UK, and School of Medicine, University of Texas RGV, USA. He joined Varghese’s lab as a postdoctoral research fellow in 2022. His project includes the synthesis of multimodal delivery systems and imaging of intracellular transport of chemically modified functional nucleic acids to improve RNA interference therapy. Additionally, he initiates the following projects-(i) the use of high-throughput techniques to improve RNAi therapy and (ii) in vitro polymerization technique.
 

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Mahsa completed her bachelor’s in Mechanical engineering at Yazd University, Iran, and continued to pursue a master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at the Amirkabir University of Technology. Then, she started her Ph.D. in Tissue engineering at the National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB). During her Ph.D., Mahsa joined the Khademhosseini lab at Harvard-MIT Health Science and Technology, USA. Afterward, she came to Macromolecular Chemistry at Uppsala University, to Samanta’s group, and joined the Varghese Group in September 2022. Her project involves biomaterials and nucleic acid research, specifically in cell bioengineering, 3D matrix development, and in vivo studies.

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Rohith Pavan Parvathaneni was born on 23 April 1997, in Andhra Pradesh, India. In 2018, he finished his B.Tech. in Chemical Science and Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG). He has a Master's in Applied Chemistry with a specialization in Medicinal Chemistry at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Rohith joined Varghese Group in March 2021. He is working on the synthesis and delivery of chemically modified nucleic acids to improve RNA interference therapy. 

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Hamid completed his Bachelor’s degree in Materials Engineering at Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), Iran. He continued his education at IUT and pursued his Master's in Materials Engineering (Identification and Selection of Materials). During his M.Sc. he was working on development of an injectable hydrogel for promoting cell growth. Hamid joined Varghese Group in June 2022 as a Ph.D. student. Currently, he is working on a project involving synthetic organic chemistry to develop chemically-modified oligonucleotide drugs and to develop extracellular matrix mimetic 3D hydrogels scaffold.

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Chemical modifications of nucleic acids to improve their therapeutic efficiency and stability.

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Anti-inflammatory hydrogels for Osteoarthritis.

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3D printing of osteoinductive bone scaffolds.