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Translational Neuroscientist with 10+ years of experience | Co-founder- NeuroTech | University of Cambridge

Profile Summary

Translational Scientist with 10+ years of experience across cell biology, drug discovery, neuroscience and oncology, spanning across academia and Pharma/biotech environments. Strong background in translational science, clinical collaborations, project management and external scientific engagement, with expertise in target validation, mechanism- of-action studies, proof-of-concept studies. Experienced in working with clinicians, academic experts, and industry stakeholders to translate scientific insight into decision-making aligned with patient and business needs

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Apoptosis
• ☆ Oxidative Stress & Mitochondrial Function
• ☆ Antioxidants
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biomarkers
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Molecular Cloning
• ☆ Microinjection
• ☆ DNA/Gene Synthesis
• ☆ DNA Damage & Repair
• ☆ Kinases
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cell-Based Assays
• ☆ Cytochemistry
• ☆ Cell Signaling Pathways
• ☆ Membrane Biology
• ☆ Gene Regulation
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Neurochemistry
• ☆ Behavioral Neuroscience
• ☆ Developmental Neuroscience
• ☆ Molecular Neuroscience
• ☆ Neurobiology
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Cryosectioning
• ☆ Light Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Biomarker Discovery
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Primary Cells
• ☆ Cell Surface Receptors
• ☆ Blotting
• ☆ Immunohistochemistry
• ☆ Cell Aging
• ☆ Small Business
• ☆ Entrepreneurship

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting

Writing Technical Writing

Research Feasibility Study, Scientific and Technical Research

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer

CortiAura - early stage NeuroTech venture

December 2025 - Present

Senior Scientist II

Medinect Ophtho

March 2025 - Present

Research Associate

University of Cambridge Department of Clinical Neurosciences

January 2020 - February 2025

Senior Project Scientist

Astellas Pharma (United Kingdom)

June 2023 - May 2024

Education

Postdoc- Clinical Neuroscience

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

January 2020 - May 2023

Ph.D. (Dr.rer.nat) (Department of Cellular Biochemistry)

University of Göttingen

September 2015 - May 2019

Certifications

• Home Office Project License

  Home office UK

  June 2021 - December 2024

Publications

BOOK CHAPTER

Pranav Pandya, Ratnakar Mishra, Thomas J. Webster, Sougata Ghosh (2025). Graphdiyne-based biomaterials for biosensor and imaging applications . Medical Nanobiotechnology.

Sougata Ghosh, Ratnakar Mishra, Amrendra K. Ajay, Nanasaheb Thorat, Ebrahim Mostafavi (2023). Carbon Nanotubes-Based Anticancer Nanomedicine . Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials.

Sougata Ghosh, Bishwarup Sarkar, Ratnakar Mishra, Nanasaheb Thorat, Sirikanjana Thongmee (2022). Collagen Based 3D Printed Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering . Collagen Biomaterials.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

G.F. Sengül, R. Mishra, E. Candiello, P. Schu (2024). Hsc70 phosphorylation patterns and calmodulin regulate AP2 Clathrin-Coated-Vesicle life span for cell adhesion protein transport . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research.

G. Cairns and F. Burt{\'{e}} and R. Price and E. O'Connor and M. Toms and R. Mishra and M. Moosajee and A. Pyle and J. A. Sayer and P. Yu-Wai-Man(2021). A mutant wfs1 zebrafish model of Wolfram syndrome manifesting visual dysfunction and developmental delay . Scientific Reports. 11. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

R. Mishra and G. F. Sengül and E. Candiello and P. Schu(2021). Synaptic AP2 CCV life cycle regulation by the Eps15, ITSN1, Sgip1/AP2, synaptojanin1 interactome . Scientific Reports. 11. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Dhriti Nagar and Tomin K. James and Ratnakar Mishra and Shrobona Guha and Shawn M. Burgess and Aurnab Ghose(2021). The Formin Fmn2b Is Required for the Development of an Excitatory Interneuron Module in the Zebrafish Acoustic Startle Circuit . eneuro. 8. (4). p. ENEURO.0329--20.2021. Society for Neuroscience

Ratnakar Mishra and Benson S. Chen and Prachi Richa and Patrick Yu-Wai-Man(2021). Wolfram syndrome: new pathophysiological insights and therapeutic strategies . Therapeutic Advances in Rare Disease. 2. p. 263300402110395. {SAGE} Publications

Ermes Candiello and Ratnakar Mishra and Bernhard Schmidt and Olaf Jahn and Peter Schu(2017). Differential regulation of synaptic AP-2/clathrin vesicle uncoating in synaptic plasticity . Scientific Reports. 7. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Daniela Zizioli and Constanze Geumann and Manuel Kratzke and Ratnakar Mishra and Guiseppe Borsani and Dario Finazzi and Ermes Candiello and Peter Schu(2017). γ2 and γ1AP-1 complexes: Different essential functions and regulatory mechanisms in clathrin-dependent protein sorting . European Journal of Cell Biology. 96. (4). p. 356--368. Elsevier {BV}

Shankar Thopate and Santosh Kote and Ganesh Dhage and Ratnakar Mishra and Ayesha Khan(2015). The Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reaction of l-Ascorbic Acid: C2-Aryl­ation and Evaluation as Antiproliferative Agents . Synthesis. 47. (17). p. 2603--2608. Georg Thieme Verlag {KG}

Santosh R. Kote and Ratnakar Mishra and Ayesha A. Khan and Shankar R. Thopate(2014). Synthesis and cytotoxic evaluation of novel 2,3-di-O-alkyl derivatives of l-ascorbic acid . Medicinal Chemistry Research. 23. (3). p. 1257--1266. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}