Deepa Murali Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Developed Products – led team in product development for sun protection, skin health & moisturization, antiseptics and disinfectants. Experience in multiple product formats including creams & lotion, gels, liquids, aerosol, wipes, topical patches.Involved extensively in involved in brand and marketing support activities - claims and ad communications, web-based skin care applications, road shows, sales force training for personal care productsDeveloped and executed R&D programs in product innovation: active ingredient screening and prototyping of novel skin care solutions for skin moisturization, anti-aging, anti-acne, sun protection, wound care.Established biology capability platforms in the areas of scalp and skin health, biofilms and microbiome, inflammation & wound healing, culminating in articulation of product opportunity area. Successfully led extension of such programs into product development / clinical trial validation / identification of opportunity areas.Led assay development in the areas of skin biology using molecular biology tools, cell biology and flow cytometry, microbiological methods.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Investor - napEazy

Greater New York City Area

• Planned and executed investigation strategy aimed at understanding function of microRNA genes in cerebellar neuron proliferation and tumour formation• Profiled developmentally regulated microRNAs in mouse cerebellar granule neurons using real-time PCR array • Characterized functional role of a microRNA in neuronal proliferation using in vitro systems (cell lines, primary neuronal culture and organotypic tissue slice cultures) • Identified neuronal migration defect in a genetic model of Dicer knock-out in cerebellar granule neurons of mice.

Initiated microarray analyses in collaboration with Dr. William H. Klein, using a custom retinal cDNA array to characterize gene expression alterations in embryonic retinal RNA from Bmp receptor conditional mutants

Houston, Texas Area

• Created genetic mouse models of retinal neuron development• Identified and characterized retinal defects in genetically modified mice mutant for various TGF-beta family receptor genes, Smad4 signaling mediator and Fgf9/Fgf15 secreted proteins• Work led to elucidation of dosage effects of TGF-beta signaling in retinal neurogenesis, differentiation and axon guidance• Collaborated with multiple research teams in inter-disciplinary areas resulting in peer-reviewed publications

Phd, Developmental Biology & Genetics

Doctoral thesis - elucidating the function of TGF-beta and FGF families of signaling proteins in mouse retinal neuron development.

M.Sc., Biotechnology

• Masters thesis research on identification of T-helper cell clones resistant to the immuno-suppressant drug cyclosporinA

B.Sc., Biochemistry

• Rajiv Gandhi Foundation research fellowship (competitive summer internship), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.