Dr. Rajesh Gunage is a scientist (Research Fellow) at Harvard Medical School and BCH, working in the fields of stem cells regenerative biology and RNA modifications.

Full Biography:

Rajesh Gunage is a Fellow (Research) at Harvard Medical School, and at the Stem Cell Program, Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH).

He completed his early education from Mumbai and then went on to do a Master’s at MSU Baroda, under the JNU national entrance exam. During his masters, he worked with Prof. Bharat Bhushan Chattoo at MSU, and developed an interest in molecular genetics and genetic engineering.

Rajesh did his Ph.D. at NCBS-TIFR, Bangalore under the guidance of pioneering geneticist Prof. K. VijayRaghavan (who is serving as a principal science advisor the Government of India). His work there led to the discovery of a new stem cell, named (please name the cells here). In addition, his work in collaboration with Prof. Heinrich Reichert (Biozentrum, Switzerland) help elucidating how an organ of a specific size is formed and regenerated using stem cells. His discoveries were made using fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) as a model system and for the first time he demonstrated the active regeneration of stem cells in flight muscles (Gunage et al., 2014, Chaturvedi and Gunage et al., 2017, Gunage et al.,2017).

At Harvard, he continued to work in the stem cell field where he is currently addressing questions related to blood stem cells and regeneration using Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). One of his works focuses on RNA modifications and how it impacts the stem cell function. He is also an expert in Zebrafish biology.

Apart from his scientific work, Rajesh has been actively working to spread and popularize science through the outreach programs run by Scisoup India. He has been writing a popular blog to communicate science to a wider audience. Besides this, he takes a great interest in teaching and mentoring students.

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