Contact
Location: Biology of Aging Discipline, Sarah Hopp LabDepartment
PharmacologyBrinda Palliyana
Graduate Student
Personal Statement:
Brinda is a graduate student in the Biology of Aging discipline of the integrated biomedical sciences program. She is working in Dr. Sarah Hopp’s lab studying microglia in Alzheimer’s disease and other brain disorders. Her research focuses on investigating how L-type calcium channels regulate microglial activation and contribute to neuroinflammation. She combines genetic, pharmacological and behavioural approaches to explore microglial calcium signalling and its role in neurodegeneration.
Outside of lab, Brinda enjoys playing chess, dancing, yoga and reading.
Education
Master of Science (Biomedical Genetics), 2020 - Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India
Research
neuroinflammation
microglia
neurodegeneration
Publications
Gao, Y., Tan, Y. S., Lin, J., Chew, L. Y., Aung, H. Y., Palliyana, B., Gujar, M. R., Lin, K. Y., Kondo, S., & Wang, H. (2024). SUMOylation of Warts kinase promotes neural stem cell reactivation. Nature communications, 15(1), 8557. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52569-y