Education
Usha completed her B.Sc (Honours) from and her M.Sc from Post Graduate Institute of Medical and Research(Post Graduate Institute), Chandigarh. She did her doctoral studies on yeast molecular genetics at California Institute of Technology.
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Usha Vijayaraghavan
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Her major research interests are Molecular Genetics, Plant Development. Usha took up a Faculty Position at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1990 and currently she is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology. Her research group at Indian Institute of Science uses molecular genetics and functional genomics to understand various aspects of how gene activity is regulated in yeasts and plants.
Since joining Indian Institute of Science, one of Usha"s research aims is to study genes that control flowering and plant morphology.
Achievements
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Usha has been recognized for her work and some of her accomplishments include: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy-Bioscience award International Senior Research Fellowship of The Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom JC Bose Fellowship Fellowship of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore in 2007 Fellowship of Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi Fellowship of National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad National Bioscience Award, Department of Biotechnology. Government of India Sir C. V. Raman Award Rockefeller Foundation Biotechnology Fellowship Usha has served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Biosciences. She has been serving as Associate Editor for the Journal of Genetics.
