Lata Balakrishnan
Assistant Professor
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
USA
Biography
Lata Balakrishnan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology in the School of Science at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. The current research in the Balakrishnan laboratory is focused on understanding the mechanistic reactions of eukaryotic lagging strand DNA synthesis, and the accompanying DNA repair processes. She trained with Dr. Robert Bambara, at the University of Rochester for her post-doctoral fellowship and received her Ph.D. under the mentorship of Dr. Barry Milavetz at the University of North Dakota, wherein her dissertation work defined the epigenetic code during viral transcription.
Research Interest
Mechanistic reactions of eukaryotic lagging strand DNA synthesis, and the accompanying DNA repair processes.DNA Replication and Recombination