Kasturi obtained her PhD at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in cell signaling and innate immunity.
She then came to the Rougeulle lab in September 2018 as post-doctoral fellow supported by the Labex “Who Am I?” and by the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM). She now works on the mechanisms of X chromosome inactivation in early human development. In the long run, she hopes to look at human health through the perspective of XCI.
Outside of lab, Kasturi is a science communication enthusiast. She also loves to explore places, good food and occasionally dabs into art.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Kakade P, Mahadik K, Balaji KN, Sanyal K and Nagaraja VN (2019). Functional divergence of two members of the Zn (II)2 Cys6 zinc binuclear cluster transcription factors in Candida albicans. FEMS Yeast Res. 19(2)
• Mahadik K, Preeti Yadav, Bharat Bhatt, Shah RA and Balaji KN (2018). Deregulated AUF1 assists BMP-EZH2-mediated delayed wound healing during Candida albicans infection. J Immunol. 201(12):3617-3629
• Mahadik K, Prakhar P, Rajmani RS, Singh A and Balaji KN (2018). c-Abl-TWIST1 epigenetically dysregulate inflammatory responses during mycobacterial infection by co-regulating BMP and miR27a. Front Immunol. 9:85
• Singh V, Prakhar P, Rajmani RS, Mahadik K, Borbora SM and Balaji KN (2017). Histone methyltransferase SET8 epigenetically reprograms host immune responses to assist mycobacterial survival. J Infect Dis. 216(4):477-488
• Holla S, Prakhar P, Singh V, Karnam A, Mukherjee T, Mahadik K, Parikh P, Singh A, Rajmani RS, Ramachandra SG, Balaji KN (2016). MUSASHI-Mediated Expression of JMJD3, a H3K27me3 Demethylase, Is Involved in Foamy Macrophage Generation during Mycobacterial Infection. PLoS Pathog. 12(8):e1005814
• Trinath J, Holla S, Mahadik K, Prakhar P, Singh V, Balaji KN. (2014). WNT signaling pathway contributes to Dectin-1-dependent inhibition of TLR-induced inflammatory signature. Mol Cell Biol. 34(23):4301-14