The Guettler Lab

Keerthiraju Ravichandran, B.Tech, MRes, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Location: 237 Fulham Road, London, SW3 6JB
Office Phone: +44 (0)20 3437 3544
Lab Phone: +44 (0)20 7153 5180
Email: keerthiraju.ravichandran[at]icr.ac.uk

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I completed my B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Anna University in Chennai, India, in 2013. Following my interest in sustainable bioenergy, I pursued an MRes in Sustainable Bioenergy at the School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, UK, from 2014 to 2016. During my time there, I had the opportunity to intern at the Flow Cytometry Facility based in Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham, which inspired me to pursue higher research studies in basic science. Motivated by my newfound passion, I embarked on a PhD in the prestigious Max Planck Research Group, based at the Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology in Krakow, Poland. My doctoral research focussed on unravelling the mysteries of an ancient ubiquitin-like protein (Urm1) conjugation mechanism called urmylation. To investigate its function, I employed crystallography, mass spectrometry, and biochemical assays, successfully deciphering the intricate workings of urmylation. In May 2023, I joined the Guettler lab to study the molecular mechanisms of the Wnt/beta-catenin signalling pathway.