Rahul Kumar

About

I am currently pursuing my PhD in neurosciences in Dr. Krishna Melnattur's lab at Ashoka University, Delhi-NCR. I graduated with a BSc in Biomedical Sciences from ANDC, University of Delhi, and an MSc from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
I am highly motivated to understand organismal behaviour and how brains adapt to certain behaviours to ensure fitness and survival. I am studying sleep as an adaptive behaviour and its role in modulating learning and memory of an organism. As a neuroscience enthusiast, I love to do science outreach. I am an avid stargazer, a big-time selenophile, and I love to read books and write poetry.

Employment

• Ashoka University PhD Scholar
  2022 - Present
• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Junior Research Scholar
  2017 - 2021

Education

• Ashoka University PhD in Biology (Neuroscience)
  2022 - Present
• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research MSc. Biological Science (Research)
  2017 - 2020
• University of Delhi BSc. (H) Biomedical Sciences
  2014 - 2017

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (4)

• Mutations in antimicrobial peptides differently affect sleep and plasticity
  2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.28.679065
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• Reflections on the EMBO Workshop: Neuroscience of Sleep 2025
  Biology Open 2025 DOI: 10.1242/bio.062079
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• Dynamic optima in cell sizes during early development enable normal gastrulation in zebrafish embryos
  Developmental Biology 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2020.09.002
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• Dynamically evolving cell sizes during early development enable normal gastrulation movements in zebrafish embryos
  Biorxiv 2018 DOI: 10.1101/481325
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