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Ahilya Sawh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto. She received her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry with a Specialization in Molecular Biology from McMaster University. Ahilya completed her PhD at McGill University in the Duchaine lab, where she studied the mechanisms of RNA interference. Her postdoctoral research was conducted in the Mango lab at Harvard University and involved the study of nuclear organization, with a midway spatial detour at Biozentrum, University of Basel. In 2023, she joined the University of Toronto's Department of Biochemistry as an Assistant Professor. In 2024, she was awarded the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in 4D Genomics. Her research focuses on genome organization and its impact on gene expression during embryonic development, examining how physical organization influences cellular functions. The lab employs high-throughput imaging and bioimage analysis to explore these complex interactions at various biological scales.
University of Toronto • Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joined the Department of Biochemistry as an Assistant Professor.
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