We heartily congratulate Dr. Agnik Dasgupta, Assistant Professor, CHINTA, TCG CREST on being awarded the ‘PM Early Career Research Grant’ by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) For his project entitled–
“An Integrative Framework to Decipher in vivo Regulators of Hair Cell Development and Regeneration”
The project will help advance our understanding of how the mechanosensory hair cells differentiate, develop, and function to help animals sense motion and sound. Using the zebrafish’s lateral line—a peripheral sensory organ that harbors hair cells—as a model system, the project aims to decipher the guiding principles that pattern a complex neural organ in a living animal. Insights from this work will enhance our understanding of sensory development and regeneration, while also offering translatable perspectives for treating sensorineural disorders, including deafness.