Email

tirumala@bcm.edu

Positions

Graduate student

Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX US

Education

BS from SRM University

05/2011 - Chennai, India

Genetic Engineering

MSc from University of Central Lancashire

09/2012 - Preston, United Kingdom

Forensic DNA profiling

MS from Virginia Commonwealth University

08/2017 - Richmond, Virginia United States

Human Genetics

Professional Interests

• Understanding regulatory mechanisms of gene expression to develop therapeutic strategies for neurological disorders

Selected Publications

• T.Mudariki, H.Pallikarana-Tirumala, L.Ives, S.Hadi, W.Goodwin "A comparative study of two extraction methods routinely used for DNA recovery from simulated post coital samples." Forensic Sci. Int. Genet. Suppl. Ser.,. 2013 Nov 25;4(1):E194-E195.
• "A novel pathogenic mutation of MeCP2 impairs chromatin association independent of protein levels." ; Pubmed PMID: 37890975
• Yingyao Shao, Sameer S Bajikar, Harini P Tirumala, Manuel Cantu Gutierrez, Joshua D Wythe, Huda Y Zoghbi "Identification and characterization of conserved noncoding cis-regulatory elements that impact Mecp2 expression and neurological functions." Genes Dev.. 2021 Apr 1;35(7-8):489-494. Pubmed PMID: 33737384
• Amritkumar Pavithra, Pallikarana Tirumala Harini, Jayasankaran Chandru, Chodisetty Sarvani, Rastogi Akanksha, Mathiyalagan Selvakumari, Mahalingam Subathra, Arabandi Ramesh, Srisailapathy Srikumari "Is Screening for Mitochondrial A1555G Mutation among Assortative Mating Hearing Impaired Families Important? : A Prefatory Quest." Res Otolaryngol. 2014 Mar 1;3(1):1-7.