YAMUNA KRISHNA
Professor, Dept of Chemistry, University of Chicago
Prof.Yamuna Krishnan is a professor at the Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, since August 2014. She has pioneered the interface between DNA nanotechnology and cell biology. Her lab has developed a versatile chemical imaging technology to quantitatively image second messengers in real time, in living cells and genetic model organisms. While her lab is engaged in basicbiology-discovering new organellar channels and transporters–she has co-founded two companies–Esya Inc & Macro logic Inc, that utilize her organelle-targeting technology for diagnostics and therapeutics respectively. She is a recipient of the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, the Ono Pharma Breakthrough Science Award, the Infosys Prize for Physical Sciences, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in the Chemical Sciences and the Sun Pharma Foundation Award for Basic Medical Research.