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Hire Dr. Geeta G.

India

Deputy Manager, Medical Advisor, Scientific and Medical Affairs, Cipla

Profile Summary

I am a biologist having more than 7 years of experience in reproductive biology, developmental neurobiology. My basic education both graduation and post-graduation is in Biochemistry/ Biotechnology. For my doctoral research, I have worked on the molecular cross-talk between embryo and the uterus at the time of embryo implantation. In my research, I uncovered how one transcription factor in the endometrium performs multiple roles at different physiological states. It functions as a decidualizing factor to prepare the endometrium for receptive stage. It modulates the immunological mileu by controlling different immunomodulators. And once the receptive stage is attained it shuts off which aides the trophoblast cells to invade adequately, requisite for successful establishment of pregnancy. Major part of my study was performed using in vitro primary endometrial culture models and trophoblast cell lines. Though I have also worked on Bonnet moneys (Macacca radiata). In my post doctoral research in developmental neurobiology at TIFR, I unveiled epistatic mechanisms of another set of transcription factors which are known master regulators of telencephalic development (cerebral cortex). For most of these studies have been done using mouse conditional knockout models, however, to answer very subtle yet critical questions in early region specification of the brain, I standardized in utero electroporation technique of early stage embryo at E10.5. By this method, I can perturb the gene expression in specific area of the developing embryonic brain and the embryos can be grown up to desired stage to study the effects of perturbation. I have designed, developed and implemented experimental strategies, hypotheses and have an experience in grant proposal writing, data analyses and publication across a range of subject areas in the life sciences.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biology/Life Sciences
• ☆ Developmental Biology
• ☆ Embryology
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Neurobiology
• ☆ Reproductive Medicine
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Audio Transcription

Services

• Writing
• Consulting
• Product Development

Work Experience

Visiting Lecturer

Institute Of Chemical Technology

July 2016 - Present

Post-Doc

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

April 2011 - July 2017

Education

Ph.D. (Applied Biology)

National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health

September 2004 - October 2010

MSc (Biochemistry)

Seth G.S. Medical College, KEM Hospital, Parel

June 2002 - April 2004

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Geeta Godbole, Veena Kinare, Archana Iyer, Hari Padmanabhan, Tooba Khan, Zeba Khatri, Upasana Maheshwari, Bhavana Muralidharan, Shubha Tole (2020). An evolutionarily conserved Lhx2-Ldb1 interaction regulates the acquisition of hippocampal cell fate and regional identity . Development.

Geeta Godbole, Pankaj Suman, Ankita Malik, Mosami Galvankar, Niraj Joshi, Asgerally Fazleabas, Satish Kumar Gupta, Deepak Modi(2017). Decrease in Expression of {HOXA}10 in the Decidua After Embryo Implantation Promotes Trophoblast Invasion . Endocrinology. 158. (8). p. 2618--2633. The Endocrine Society

Geeta Godbole, Ashwin S. Shetty, Achira Roy, Leora D'Souza, Bin Chen, Goichi Miyoshi, Gordon Fishell, Shubha Tole(2017). Hierarchical genetic interactions between {FOXG}1 and {LHX}2 regulate the formation of the cortical hem in the developing telencephalon . Development. 145. (1). p. dev154583. The Company of Biologists

Geeta Godbole, Shipra Sharma, Deepak Modi(2016). Decidual Control of Trophoblast Invasion . American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 75. (3). p. 341--350. Wiley-Blackwell

A. S. Shetty, G. Godbole, U. Maheshwari, H. Padmanabhan, R. Chaudhary, B. Muralidharan, P.-S. Hou, E. S. Monuki, H.-C. Kuo, V. Rema, et al.(2013). Lhx2 regulates a cortex-specific mechanism for barrel formation . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110. (50). p. E4913--E4921. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Geeta Godbole, Pankaj Suman, Ravi Thakur, Diana M. Morales-Prieto, Deepak N. Modi, Udo R. Markert, Satish K. Gupta, Suresh Yenugu(2012). {AP}-1 Transcription Factors, Mucin-Type Molecules and {MMPs} Regulate the {IL}-11 Mediated Invasiveness of {JEG}-3 and {HTR}-8/{SVneo} Trophoblastic Cells . {PLoS} {ONE}. 7. (1). p. e29745. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})

Satish Kumar Gupta(2012). Endometrial biology during trophoblast invasion . Frontiers in Bioscience. S4. (3). p. 1151--1171. Frontiers in Bioscience

Geeta Godbole, Pankaj Suman, Satish Kumar Gupta, Deepak Modi(2011). Decidualized endometrial stromal cell derived factors promote trophoblast invasion . Fertility and Sterility. 95. (4). p. 1278--1283. Elsevier {BV}

Geeta Godbole, Deepak Modi(2010). Regulation of decidualization, interleukin-11 and interleukin-15 by homeobox A 10 in endometrial stromal cells . Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 85. (2). p. 130--139. Elsevier {BV}

Geeta Godbole, Deepak Modi(2009). {HOXA}10 signals on the highway through pregnancy . Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 83. (1-2). p. 72--78. Elsevier {BV}

G B Godbole, D N Modi, C P Puri(2007). Regulation of homeobox A10 expression in the primate endometrium by progesterone and embryonic stimuli . Reproduction. 134. (3). p. 513--523. {BioScientifica}

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Geeta Godbole, Veena Kinare, Archana Iyer, Hari Padmanabhan, Tooba Khan, Zeba Khatri, Upasana Maheshwari, Bhavana Muralidharan, Shubha Tole(2020). An evolutionarily conserved Lhx2-Ldb1 interaction regulates the acquisition of hippocampal cell fate and regional identity . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory