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Mathuru, Ajay
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Biography and Research Interest
Ajay Mathuru is an Associate Professor (Neuroscience) at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, at the National University of Singapore.
He was born in Nagpur, India. His scientific career started in Prof. Obaid Siddiqi's lab, as a member of the visiting students research program (VSRP) at TIFR, Mumbai, India. He went to graduate school at the National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, India, where he completed Ph.D. training with Prof. Upi Bhalla. He moved to Singapore in 2006 as a postdoctoral fellow in the Jesuthasan lab in Singapore, first at TLL, then at NRP, and IMCB, A*STAR. He was the Head of Studies at Yale-NUS College till 2025 and has been a Joint Principal Investigator at IMCB, A*STAR, Singapore since 2015.
Research Interests:
Neurogenetics; Neuroethology Behavioural Neuroscience.
The fundamental question that drives research in my laboratory is understanding how brains operate to generate behavior.
We develop new tools to study and analyze natural behaviors motivated by rewards and risks – such as social behaviors, predator avoidance, and behaviors triggered by appetitive, aversive, or olfactory cues. We then apply their findings to understand the neurogenetics of human disorders of the brain, and brain health.
He was born in Nagpur, India. His scientific career started in Prof. Obaid Siddiqi's lab, as a member of the visiting students research program (VSRP) at TIFR, Mumbai, India. He went to graduate school at the National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, India, where he completed Ph.D. training with Prof. Upi Bhalla. He moved to Singapore in 2006 as a postdoctoral fellow in the Jesuthasan lab in Singapore, first at TLL, then at NRP, and IMCB, A*STAR. He was the Head of Studies at Yale-NUS College till 2025 and has been a Joint Principal Investigator at IMCB, A*STAR, Singapore since 2015.
Research Interests:
Neurogenetics; Neuroethology Behavioural Neuroscience.
The fundamental question that drives research in my laboratory is understanding how brains operate to generate behavior.
We develop new tools to study and analyze natural behaviors motivated by rewards and risks – such as social behaviors, predator avoidance, and behaviors triggered by appetitive, aversive, or olfactory cues. We then apply their findings to understand the neurogenetics of human disorders of the brain, and brain health.
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