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Keyur Adhvaruy, Mentor
Molecular Biology

Francis Maddox, McNair Scholar

Keyur Adhvaryu obtained his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, in 2002. Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Eric Selker’s lab at the Institute of Molecular Biology where research focuses on Neurospora crassa as a model system to study DNA methylation and heterochromatin formation. Publications include “Research Communications: Heterogeneity in NTS of rDNA in Localized Populations of Neurospora” (with R. Maheshwari), Current Science (2002) and “Methylation of Histone H3 Lysine 36 Is Required for Normal Development in Neurospora crassa” (with S. Morris, B. Strahl, and E. Selker) Eukaryotic Cell (2005).