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Prof. Kavi Devraj

Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences

AD, BBB Targeted Therapeutics, CNS Diseases (Stroke, CNS Drug Delivery, Cancers), Infections, Microfluidic Devices, Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering - Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB), Neurovascular Unit (NVU), Transport Mechanisms and Kinetics
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Dist.-Medchal-500 078
Telangana, India

BBTΔ Group

Principle Investigator

  • Prof. Kavi Devraj

Current Scholars

  • Dr. Gayatri Devraj (Postdoctoral Fellow)
  • Teena Chandana (Doctoral Scholar)
  • Devika P. (Doctoral Scholar)
  • Vaibhav Jain (Doctoral Scholar)
  • Abhipshit Kalita (Doctoral Scholar)
  • Puja Bhardwaj (Doctoral Scholar)
  • Hemanth Kumar (Part-Time Doctoral Scholar)

BITS Faculty Collaborators:

 

Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Research Group (Alumni)

Since 2005
Supervision of Bachelors thesis projects in the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and neurovasculature field at Penn State University, PA USA and Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
 
Since 2011
Supervision of Masters thesis projects in the BBB field at Edinger Institute of Neurology, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
 
Masters students : Jasmin Glotzbach, Viola Schützmann, Alex Ehrke, Viraya Wichitnaowarat, Ilaria Ghiro, Aruvi Vijaykumar, Maryam Ibrahim Khel
 
Since 2013
Supervision of doctoral students in the BBB/NVU Field, Edinger Institute of Neurology, Goethe University, Germany
 
Steffi Gurnik - Role of Ang2 at the BBB (2013-16)
 
Raj Vutukuri - S1P Signaling on LPS-mediated BBB disruption (2014-18) 
 
Leonie Stolz –Interaction of Thrombin with S1P signalling at the BBB (2015-18)
 
Simon Bernatz - Impact of taxanes on BBB permeability (2015-19)
 
Gayatri Joshi - Role of HIF-1 at the BBB in brain infections (2014-21)
 
Amaia Dominguez-Belloso - BBB in aging and AD (2015-21)
 
Fan Wang – Co-targeting of VE-PTP & Ang-2 in BBB dysfunction in brain cancers (2018-21)
 
Ling Zhu - Role of VE-PTP at the BBB in brain cancers (2018-21)
 
Felix Bäder – Characterization of BBB dysfunction in Human Epilepsy (2017-22)
 
Lena Hansen – Critical role of  S1P4 at the BBB (2016-2022)
 
Tim Pütz – Isolation & analysis of NVU cells in stroke (2018-23)
 
Elif Fidan – Role of CXCR4 at the BBB in Epilepsy (2017-23)
 
Since 2015
Supervision of post-doctoral fellows in the BBB/NVU Field, Edinger Institute of Neurology, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
 
Sylvaine Guérit – Development and validation of FACS-based methods for isolation of NVU cells (2015-2018)
 
Mariangela DiTacchio – RNA sequencing analysis of brain tumour vessels upon triple therapy with anti-Ang2, anti-VEGF, anti-PD1  (2017-2018)
 
Roxane Kestner  - Gene expression dynamics in long-term stroke recovery Role of Ang2 at the BBB (2016-19)
 
Daniel Dubinsky – Controversial role of Dexamethasone in GBM therapy and potential for novel vascular targeting therapies (2017-19)
 
Daniel Spitzer – Development of FACS-based method for isolation of NVU cells and its therapeutic application in acute ischemic stroke (2017-21)