Dhandapany Perundurai

Dr. Perundurai is a faculty at the Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Bangalore. Dr. Perundurai earned his MSC and PhD degrees from India in 2000 and 2008 respectively. He completed his post-doctoral training at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City and was promoted to Instructor in Pediatrics 2014. He joined inStem and Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, USA in 2016 as an Assistant Professor and now as an Associate Professor and Scientist F. Dr. Perundurai is interested in identifying novel genes and curative drugs for cardiomyopathies using a multi-model approach involving various model organisms. He is a recipient of various national and international awards and fellowships including ICMR- rare disease challenge grant, Ramanujan fellowship, American Heart Association-Scientist Development Award, Welcome Trust fellowship, CEFIPRA etc. He had more than 40 papers in various prestigious international journals including Nature genetics, PNAS, Science Advances, Cell Reports, EMBO etc.