Biography:
Kiran Ghotra is a medical student at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine with research interests in neurodevelopmental disorders, hormonal influences on brain development, and photoreceptor biology. She has conducted studies on prenatal androgen exposure and its effects on cerebellar Purkinje cell morphology, and developed assays to characterize bistable and monostable opsins for optogenetic applications. Her work aims to bridge basic neuroscience and molecular research with translational insights into neurological development and disorders.
Title : Effects of prenatal androgen exposure on Purkinje cell morphology in the cerebellum of female rats