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Vish ChandrasekaranAssistant ProfessorBiochemistry and Cell BiologyCollege of Arts and Sciences
Biography
Vish Chandrasekaran is a structural biologist who utilizes cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to study how the fundamental biological process of protein synthesis is regulated by cells. His past contributions to science have included structural and mechanistic insights into a variety of questions in the fields of translational control and HIV-host pathogen conflict. Outside of academia, he likes playing cricket, drums and is now learning to play the South Indian bamboo flute.
Education
- Bachelor's, Anna University, Chennai, India, 2006
- PhD, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA, 2015
- Postdoc, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK, 2025
