Asmita Pawar

Asmita received her PhD in Life sciences from Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, India, where she investigated the calcium-binding properties of many novel proteins that belonged to diverse domain superfamilies like- beta gamma-crystallin, bacterial immunoglobulin-like (Big), and EF-hand domains. After her PhD, she joined as a postdoc in the laboratory of Dr. Masataka Kawana and Prof. James Spudich at Dept. of Biochemistry, Stanford University, and studied the molecular effects of various atrial fibrillation-associated mutations in human alpha-cardiac myosin. Currently, she is engaged in evaluating the therapeutic potential of SLURP1 - an immunomodulatory protein.

When at leisure, she enjoys exploring food and nature, mountain hiking, and photography.