Dr. Dhriti Majumdar

Dr. Majumdar carried out her post-doctoral studies at the department of Biotechnology in IIT Madras from 2014 to 2020. Her post-doctoral research focused on understanding the role of common food adulterants, such as trans fatty acids, in inducing ischemic stroke in young adults. She obtained a doctoral degree from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER-Kolkata) in 2014. Her doctoral research examined the role of innate immune system cells, specifically brain-derived microglia, in Mouse Hepatitis Virus (a member of the coronavirus family) induced neuroinflammation and demyelination in an experimental mouse model. She has also gained experience as a predoctoral fellow at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in a collaborative project where she got trained in primary cell culture. She has also worked in the industry at PierianDx and Excelra Knowledge Solutions, analyzing cancer patient-derived data and exploring how conventional therapy and clinical trials could improve patient outcomes.