Lakshmi Rao Kanduku PhD

Lakshmi Rao is Principal Scientist at the Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, a position she has held since 1999 (after joining CCMB in 1995). She graduated from Lakshmi Narayan Institute of Technology in Biochemistry, Nagpur in 1993. While serving as a Scientist at CCMB, completed her Ph.D. at Hyderabad, Department of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad. She completed her postdoctoral studies in 2013 at Florida International University, Miami, United States. In 1997 she joined the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, as a Scientist on Contract establishing Chromosome Diagnostics Services. She was awarded travel grants from the Royal Society of Edinburgh and presented her work in London, Japan, and the United States. She has about 42 publications and successfully coordinated in guidance of Ph.D. students and imparted training in cytogenetics to several students and established centers for human cytogenetics. Finally, her contributions in cytogenetics helped in bridging patients as geneticists with clinicians and doctors across the country and provided tremendous help for the human causes in society.