معرفی
GV Shivashankar is an IFOM-NUS Chair Professor and Principal Investigator at the Mechanobiology Institute (MBI), National University of Singapore. He serves as Deputy Director of MBI (2011–2019) and heads the IFOM-NUS Joint Research Laboratory. His research focuses on nuclear mechanics, 3D chromosome organization, and mechanogenomics with applications in cancer diagnostics. He relocated to ETH Zurich in 2020 as a tenured Full Professor.
Education:
- PhD in Biophysics, The Rockefeller University (USA), 1994–1999
- Postdoctoral Research, NEC Research Institute, Princeton (USA), 1999–2000
- Tenured Faculty Position at National University of Singapore since 2009
Research Interests: Integrates high-resolution imaging, machine learning, and functional genomics to study nuclear mechanics' role in genome regulation. Key areas include:
- Biomechanical signaling in cancer progression
- Chromatin dynamics and nuclear architecture
- Mechanoresilient cancer cells and chemoresistance
- Single-cell biomarkers for early disease detection
Notable Achievements:
- First NUS-based EMBO Associate Member (2019)
- Birla Science Prize (2006), Swarnajayanthi Fellowship (2007)
- Elected to Indian Academy of Sciences (2010)
Lab & Outreach: Leads the Shivashankar Lab, which collaborates with IFOM (Italy) and runs the Spark-in-Science initiative to promote STEM education. Current openings for PhD and postdoctoral researchers.
