Arpita Konar

Assistant Professor

“Some Scars Never Fade: Early life trauma, molecular marks and mental health”

Molecular Neurobiology and Epigenetics  Laboratory

I am a neurobiologist pursing my childhood curiosity as the research question of my scientific career. I am interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms by which early life traumatic experiences impact brain functions and behavior posing risk for mental illness referred to as neuropsychiatric disorders. My current research focusses on early life (childhood and adolescence) trauma driven pathological aggressive behavior and related psychopathy including antisocial personality and criminal instinct. We work at the interface of behavioural neuroscience, functional genomics and epigenomics, highly competitive and emerging areas of modern biology.

Major questions addressed are

1)     How early life traumatic experiences lead to pathological aggressive behavior and related psychopathy? Is there any molecular link?

2)     Why sex differences exist in the long-term impact of trauma on brain and behavior and risk for neuropsychiatric disorders?

     We aim to answer the above questions using animal model systems and human cohort

The current areas of research include:

1)     Functional Genomics and epigenomics of early life trauma driven neuropsychiatric disorders

2)     High throughput drug screening and mechanism of action for improving mental health.

Currently we have 2 PhD vacancies to join our team. Candidates interested to work in the field of neuroscience and epigenetics and with CSIR/UGC/DBT/ICMR fellowships are encouraged to apply.

 

 

Address

Presidency University,
86/1 College Street, Kolkata - 700073,
West Bengal, India

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Email: arpita.ihs at presiuniv.ac.in
alternate E-mail: konar.arpita24 at gmail.com

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