Madhavi Bandi, MS

madhavi_bandi@dfci.harvard.edu

Research Interest

I am interested in studying whether aneuploidy leads to tumorigenesis in mice through a tetraploid intermediate. I am also investigating the importance of the actin cytoskeleton in the ES cell differentiation process.

Education

Present	PhD Student, Laboratory of David Pellman. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Boston, MA
1999	Masters of Science in Microbiology, Nagarjuna University. Guntur, Andra Pradesh, India
1999	Masters project Analysis of light chain DNA of IgG molecule-peptide mapping, International Centre for Genetics and Biotechnology. New Delhi, India
1997	Bachelors of Science in Biology, Nagarjuna University. Guntur, Andra Pradesh, India

Selected publications

• Fujiwara T, Bandi M, Nitta M, Ivanova EV, Bronson RT & Pellman D. Cytokinesis failure, generating aneuploidy, promotes tumorigenesis in p53-null cells. Nature 2005; 437(7061):1043–7