Biography
Dr. Mukherjee obtained her PhD in Life Science, working at the Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), India. The degree was awarded through Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Her graduate training emphasized basic research on the structure, organization and dynamics of biological membranes using both steady state and time resolved fluorescence spectroscopic techniques.
Her postdoctoral training at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, as well as at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, extended these interests to the study of membrane organization and its implications in cellular functions such as intracellular trafficking, using a range of fluorescence imaging techniques.
Currently, Dr. Mukherjee is applying this knowledge base to clinical and translational research, in order to address real and current human health needs, such as the development of in vivo diagnosis for certain types of human cancers.
Very recently (February, 2010), she earned a Master of Science degree in Clinical Investigation from the Weill Cornell Medical College, to further enhance her ability to conduct and coordinate ranslational research in Multiphoton microscopy -- developing novel techniques for real-time diagnosis of cancers in a variety of organ systems, as well as for providing intra-surgical guidance with high-resolution microscopy.
