Beena Pillai

About

Dr. Beena Pillai completed her schooling in Kerala and graduated in Microbiology from Ruia College, Mumbai followed by PhD from IISc, Bangalore. She is presently a Chief Scientist at CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi. Her lab works on understanding the role of long non-coding RNAs in the nervous system, polyglutamine disorders like SCA-17 and earthworm regeneration. She has been recognized with several national awards for her contributions in the area of gene regulation in the brain.

She is not just a passionate scientist but also a committed science communicator and has been instrumental in using innovative digital means to make scientific research accessible to school and college students through seminars, innovative hands-on sessions and virtual lab visits.

Employment

• Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology CSIR Senior Principal Scientist
  2016 - Present
• Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research Associate Professor
  2014 - Present
• Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology CSIR Principal Scientist
  2011 - 2016
• Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology CSIR Senior Scientist
  2007 - 2011
• Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology CSIR Scientist
  2004 - 2007
• Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology CSIR Scientist Fellow
  2002 - 2004

Education

• Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Ph.D
  1998 - 2002
• Indian Institute of Science Bangalore M S
  1995 - 1998
• Ramnarain Ruia College B. Sc.
  1992 - 1995

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (68)

• A comprehensive analysis of the inherited lncRNA and circRNA repertoire of zebrafish
  BIOINFORMATICS ADVANCES 2025 0 citations DOI: 10.1093/BIOADV/VBAF139
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• Noncoding RNAs: Emerging regulators of behavioral complexity
  WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2024 19 citations DOI: 10.1002/WRNA.1847
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• A Novel Cis-Regulatory lncRNA, Kalnc2, Downregulates Kalrn Protein-Coding Transcripts in Mouse Neuronal Cells
  NON-CODING RNA 2023 1 citation DOI: 10.3390/NCRNA9010007
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• A novel antisense lncRNA, ARBAG harboring an RNA destabilizing GWAS variant for C-peptide dictates the transcript isoforms of GABRA6 in cerebellum
  HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS 2023 0 citations DOI: 10.1093/HMG/DDAD119
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• Amino acid abundance and composition in cell culture medium affects trace metal tolerance and cholesterol synthesis
  BIOTECHNOLOGY PROGRESS 2023 7 citations DOI: 10.1002/BTPR.3298
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• Early life stressful experiences escalate aggressive behavior in adulthood via changes in transthyretin expression and function
  ELIFE 2022 5 citations DOI: 10.7554/ELIFE.77968
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• The Mammalian Kalrn Locus Gives Rise to Several Novel Long Non-coding RNAs
  2021 0 citations DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1187363/v1
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• Home laboratory: interactive science from the kitchen.
  Nature 2021 0 citations DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-02278-z
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• Multiple Alu Exonization in 3'UTR of a Primate-Specific Isoform of CYP20A1 Creates a Potential miRNA Sponge.
  Genome biology and evolution 2021 12 citations DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaa233
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• Early life trauma leads to violent behavior and its inheritance by impairing local thyroid hormone availability in brain
  bioRxiv 2021 0 citations DOI: 10.1101/2021.07.05.448713
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