Hi, my name is Meenakshi Prabod Kumar. I recently started working as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Lab of Neural Systems at the Biological Sciences and Bioengineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Here, I will be exploring how olfactory information is encoded in insect brains such as flies and mosquitoes.
Previously, I completed my PhD in neuroscience from the Neurodynamics lab at the Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science. My thesis work focused on developing optical and behavioural tools to understand the neural correlates of learning and memory.
PhD in Neuroscience, 2022
Indian Institute of Science
MS in Biological Science, 2015
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
BSc in Biotechnology, Chemistry, Botany, 2012
Christ University
Contextual fear conditioning and water maze in mice.
Craniotomy in mice for in vivo imaging.
Two photon imaging in head-fixed anesthetized mice.
ImageJ and Java for image analysis. Labtalk and R for data analysis.
Bacterial cloning, cell culture, virus production.
Optoelectronics, Arduino-based controllers.