Shailaja Seetharaman

• Year

  2022

• Program

  AI in Sci

• Institution

  The University of Chicago

• Field of Study

  Biological and agricultural sciences

Shailaja Seetharaman is a postdoctoral researcher in the Gardel Lab at the University of Chicago. She received her PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology from Institut Pasteur, Paris, and her Master’s in Biomedical and Molecular Sciences from King’s College London. Her research interests lie in the field of cell and tissue mechanics, focusing on the role of cytoskeletal networks and adhesion complexes in physiology and pathology. In particular, she is working towards understanding endothelial mechanotransduction in disease progression. She is the recipient of American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship, Yen Postdoctoral Fellowship, and the Marie Curie and FRM PhD fellowships.