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Balaji Iyengar

Research Scientist (Biological sciences)

Hamilton, Ontario

I am a Research Scientist and the founder/CEO of a biotech company called Qiptera Solutions Inc. in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. My background is in the fields of behavioural-neuroscience, molecular-genetics, developmental biology and optical imaging. I have two major research interests: 1. Understanding how phenotypes emerge, and 2. Interfacing biological systems with engineered microdevices.

Publications

  • Silencing synaptic communication between random interneurons during Drosophila larval locomotion. Iyengar BG, Chou CJ, Vandamme K, Klose M, Zhao X, Akhtar-Danesh N, Campos AR, Atwood, HL. Genes, Brain and Behavior 2011, 10: 883–900.
  • Frequenin/NCS-1 and the Ca2+ channel & alpha1-subunit co-regulate synaptic transmission and nerve terminal growth. Dason JS, Romero-Pozuelo J, Marin L, Iyengar BG, Klose MK, Ferrús R, and Atwood HL. J Cell Sci. 2009, 22:4109-21
  • Modular neuropile organization in the Drosophila larval brain facilitates identification and mapping of central neurons. Iyengar BG, Chou CJ, Sharma A, Atwood HL. J Comp Neurol. 2006, 499:583-602.
  • Photic input pathways that mediate the Drosophila larval response to light and circadian rhythmicity are developmentally related but functionally distinct. Hassan J, Iyengar B, Scantlebury N, Moncalvo VR, Campos AR. J. Comp. Neurol. 2005, 481: 266-275.
  • The accessory subunit of DNA polymerase gamma is essential for mitochondrial DNA maintenance and development in Drosophila melanogaster. Iyengar B, Luo N, Farr C, Kaguni LS, and Campos AR. PNAS 2002, 99:4483-88.
  • Drosophila Amphiphysin is a post-synaptic protein required for normal locomotion but not endocytosis. Leventis PA, Chow BM, Stewart BA, Iyengar B, Campos AR and Boulianne GL. Traffic 2001, 2: 839-50.
  • Behavioral characterization and genetic analysis of the Drosophila melanogaster larval response to light as revealed by a novel individual assay. Hassan J, Busto M, Iyengar B, Campos AR. Behav Genet. 2000, 30:59-69.
  • The tamas gene, identified as a mutation that disrupts larval behavior in Drosophila melanogaster, codes for the mitochondrial DNA polymerase catalytic subunit (DNApol-gamma125). Iyengar B, Roote J, Campos AR. Genetics. 1999, 153:1809-24.
  • Genetic dissection of behavior: modulation of locomotion by light in the Drosophila melanogaster larva requires genetically distinct visual system functions. Busto M*, Iyengar B*, Campos AR. J Neurosci. 1999, 19:3337-44.

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