Meet Prashali Chauhan

Prashali Chauhan

I am planning to continue with studying the regulation of self-organization in the ParMRC system. ParMRC is a self-sufficient machinery for DNA segregation in bacterial cells. We are hoping to encapsulate it and use it towards synthetic cell division module to control minimal spindle formation and DNA segregation.

Hello!

My name is Prashali. I am a new postdoc in the Dogterom group at TU Delft. I recently finished my PhD at Syracuse University, USA. As part of my doctorate, I was working on the self-organization of microtubules, in vitro, using passive and active crosslinking proteins. I looked at how phase separation of MAP65/PRC1 can template different finite sized microtubule structures, like tactoids and asters, and how the ionic concentrations affect those. I also worked on photosensitive spatio-temporal control over microtubule-kinesin networks, working towards building bio-mimetic materials.

Now in the Dogterom lab, I am planning to continue with studying the regulation of self-organization in the ParMRC system. ParMRC is a self-sufficient machinery for DNA segregation in bacterial cells. We are hoping to encapsulate it and use it towards synthetic cell division module to control minimal spindle formation and DNA segregation.

Outside of the lab, I love exploring nature, via hiking, camping or just taking long walks and climbing trees.