Srivats Venkataramanan Postdoctoral Researcher Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology srvenkat@ucla.edu
Rm. 5162, Terasaki Life Sciences Building 610 Charles E Young Dr. Los Angeles, CA, 90066 Ph: (310)-206-2597
Education and Training Postdoctoral Researcher Mentor: Dr. Tracy Johnson University of California, Los Angeles
Sept. 2017 – Present
PhD, University of California, Los Angeles Sept. 2011 – Sept. 2017 Dissertation Title: The SWI/SNF complex regulates splicing outcomes to determine cell fate in response to environmental cues in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Advisor: Dr. Tracy Johnson (Transferred from University of California, San Diego in September 2013 with advisor and lab) B. Tech/M.Tech in Biotechnology (minor in Chemistry) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
July 2006 – July 2011
Fellowships and Scholarships Dissertation Year Fellowship University of California, Los Angeles
2016-2017
Whitcome Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Molecular Biology Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles
2015-2016
GE Foundation Scholar-Leader Program Award
2009-2010
Khorana Program for Scholars Award University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India, and Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF)
2009
Institute Merit Prize Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
2008-2009 & 2007-2008
National Talent Scholarship, India
2004
Gold Medal & Scholarship in Science University of New South Wales
2002