2026-09-21T00:53:01Zhttps://oai.catalogue.archives.ncbs.res.in/oai:archives.ncbs.res.in:/repositories/2/archival_objects/148492026-02-23T07:07:28ZArchives at NCBSTata Institute of Fundamental ResearchOH-004-3https://catalogue.archives.ncbs.res.in/repositories/2/archival_objects/14849Jayaraj, NanditaA.P. , Krishnaja (Ayyathan P)Jayaraj, NanditaKrishnaja AP, 2023-05-112023-05-115 HoursenghinBorn in Calicut, Kerala, in 1951, Krishnaja AP did her BSc in Zoology (with chemistry & botany subsidiaries) at Malabar Christian College, Calicut. She worked as a telegraphist in Calicut for almost two years before resuming her academic journey. She pursued an MSc in Zoology by research at the Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai. After a stint studying drosophila mutagenicity at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, she earned a PhD from the Institute of Science in 1980. She worked at the Genetic Clinic & Pediatric Research Laboratory at KEM Hospital before joining the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre’s biomedical group, where she worked from 1982 to 2008. She was part of several landmark research projects at BARC such as a cytogenetic monitoring programme on human newborns carried out from 1983-1987 to find out the incidence of constitutional chromosome anomalies, as well as the international collaboration HUman MicroNucleus Project. She also conducted an in vitro cytogenetic study in human lymphocytes exposed to quinacrine dihydrochloride (QDCL has been used as a crude chemosterilant in developing countries in recent years). This work was presented in the 13th International Chromosome Conference in Italy in 1998. Her areas of expertise range from human cytogenetics, genetic toxicology and heavy metal toxicity to environmental mutagenesis and fish cytogenetics, fluorescence in-situ hybridization, cell culture, cell lines culture, chromosome preparation and chromosome banding, molecular cytogenetics and germ cell genetics.The interviews in this collection were done as part of a collaborative project with Nandita Jayaraj of The Life of Science (https://thelifeofscience.com). Six interviews were conducted with women scientists across STEM fields between April and July 2023. Collection is open for access unless mentioned in specific folders of the finding aid.Copyright may not have been assigned to Archives, National Centre for Biological Sciences. The Archives at NCBS makes no representation that it is the copyright owner in all of its collections. The user must obtain all necessary rights and clearances before use of material and material may only be reproduced for academic and non-commercial use. See https://archives.ncbs.res.in/accessOral History: The Life of Science Collaboration, OH-004