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Ajay Tijore, PhD
Assistant Professor
Ajay completed his doctoral degree at NTU Singapore in stem cell bioengineering. He then worked with Prof. Michael Sheetz at the Mechanobiology Institute, NUS, as a postdoc. In Nov 2021, Ajay joined the IISc, where his Mechanobiologics Lab works on investigating the effect of mechanical forces on cancer cell growth and in regulating stem cell fate using custom-built microfluidic devices and micro/nanoscale biomaterials.
PhD Students
Alka Kumari
Joining year: Jan 2022
Degree: M.Sc. (JNU, New Delhi)
Project: Role of in vivo confinement on mechanical force-induced cancer cell killing.
Manasa
Joining year: Aug 2022
Degree: M.Sc. (IIT Roorkee)
Project: Effect of in vivo nano ligand spacing on mechanical force-induced cancer cell killing.
Rashmita
Joining year: Jan 2023
Degree: M.Sc. (Central Uni of Punjab)
Project: Investigating effect of ultrasound treatment on primary oral tumor cell survival
Siddhesh
Joining year: Aug 2024
Degree: M.Tech (IIT Kharagpur)
Project: Investigating effect of ultrasound treatment on primary oral tumor cell survival
Gomathi
Joining year: Aug 2024
Degree: B.Tech. (SASTRA University)
Project: Studying effect of ultrasound treatment on cancer-associated fibroblast survival
Suseel
MTech student
Akash
Project Staff
Nandhini
Project Assistant
Akshay
Joining year: Aug 2022
Project: Development of customized ultrasound devices for biological applications