Bhagyashree Kaduskar
Scientist
bhagyashree.dhananjay@tigs.res.in
Education
- PhD Genetics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
- MSc Biochemistry, The Maharaja Sayajiorao University of Baroda
Experience
- TIGS-Visiting scholar, University of California, San Diego, USA, 2018-2020
Expertise
- Drosophila Genetics
- Gene editing using CRISPR-Cas9 technology
- Mammalian and insect cell culture.
- Molecular biology
- Protein Biochemistry
Areas of interest
Drosophila genetics and immunity, mRNA therapeutics, rare genetic disorders (fly model system)
Honors and Awards
- Selected for Torrey Pines Leadership Development Program 2020-21
Publications
- Reversing insecticide resistance with allelic-drive in Drosophila melanogaster. Bhagyashree Kaduskar, Raja Babu Singh Kushwah, Ankush Auradkar, Annabel Guichard, Menglin Li, Jared B. Bennett, Alison Henrique Ferreira Julio, John M. Marshall, Craig Montell Ethan Bier., Nature communications, 2022
- Caspar, an adapter for VAP and TER94 delays progression of disease by regulating glial inflammation in a Drosophila model of ALS8. Shweta Tendulkar, Sushmitha Hegde, Aparna Thulasidharan, Lovleen Garg, Bhagyashree Kaduskar, Anuradha Ratnaparkhi, Girish S Ratnaparkhi. Biorxiv, 2021
- Hidden genomic features of an invasive malaria vector, Anopheles stephensi, revealed by a chromosome-level genome assembly. Chakraborty M, Ramaiah A, Adolfi A, Halas P, Kaduskar B, Ngo LT, Jayaprasad S, Paul K, Whadgar S, Srinivasan S, Subramani S, Bier E, James A, JJ Emerson. BMC Biology, 2021
- Caspar SUMOylation regulates Drosophila lifespan. Kaduskar B, Trivedi Deepti, Ratnaparkhi GS. Micropublication Biology, 2020
- SUMO conjugation regulates immune signaling. Hegde S, Soory A, Kaduskar B, Ratnaparkhi GS. Review, Fly, 2020
- Efficient allelic drive in Drosophila. Guichard A, Haque T, Bobik M, Xu XS, Klanseck C, Kushwah RBS, Berni M, Kaduskar B, Gantz V, Bier E. Nature Communications, 2019
- Drosophila DNA/RNA methyltransferase contributes to robust host defense in ageing animals by regulating lipid homeostasis. Abhyankar V*, Kaduskar B*, Kamat SS, Deobagkar DD, Ratnaparkhi GS. J. of Experimental biology, 2018
- SUMO-Enriched Proteome for Drosophila Innate Immune Response. Handu M, Kaduskar B, Ravindranathan R, Soory A, Giri R, Elango VB, Gowda H, Ratnaparkhi GS. G3 (Bethesda). 2015