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Rejji Kuruvilla
Rejji Kuruvilla is an Indian-American biologist. She is a professor of biology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Education[edit]
Kuruvilla completed a bachelor of science at St. Xavier's College, Kolkata in 1987. In 1998, she earned a doctor of philosophy at University of Houston.[1] Her dissertation was titled "Studies on arachidonic acid depletion in diabetic rat nerve and human Schwann cells cultured in elevated glucose." Her doctoral advisor was Joseph Eichberg.[2] Kuruvilla completed postdoctoral research at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.[3]
Career[edit]
Kuruvilla is a professor of biology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.[1] She researches the sympathetic nervous system development and functions. Her studies explore endocytic trafficking of neurotrophins in nervous system maintenance.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rejji Kuruvilla, Ph.D." www.hopkinsmedicine.org. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ↑ Kuruvilla, Rejji (1998). "Studies on arachidonic acid depletion in diabetic rat nerve and human Schwann cells cultured in elevated glucose". University of Houston – via ProQuest Dissertations Publishing.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Reporter (November 25, 2016). "Johns Hopkins Research Team Finds Nerve Growth Protein Controls Blood Sugar". India West. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
External links[edit]
- Rejji Kuruvilla publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Living people
- St. Xavier's College, Kolkata alumni
- University of Houston alumni
- Johns Hopkins University faculty
- 20th-century Indian women scientists
- 21st-century Indian women scientists
- 20th-century American women
- 21st-century American women
- 20th-century American biologists
- 21st-century American biologists
- 20th-century Indian biologists
- 21st-century Indian biologists
- American women biologists
- Indian women biologists
- Indian expatriate academics
- American people of Indian descent
- American women academics