As part of ‘Science Sanje,’ Kalasuruchi and Kutuhali-Kannada have organised a talk on ‘Dementia’ in Kannada by Dr. Latha Diwakar, Principal Scientific-Officer, Centre for Brain Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru on May 9 from 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm at Suruchi Rangamane in Kuvempunagar.
Profile: Dr. Latha obtained her Ph.D in Neuroscience on ‘Gender related difference in pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders: Role of mitochondrial dysfunction and protein thiol homeostasis’ at National Brain Research Centre, Manesar in Gurugram district, Haryana. A Postdoctoral fellow in NIMHANS, Bengaluru, she continued to work on animal model of ischemia and Identification of genetic risk factors in young stroke patients with high homocysteine to understand etio-pathogenesis of stroke.
Currently she is at the Centre for Neuroscience, Indian Institute of Science and has started working on animal model of vascular dementia.
This post was published on May 8, 2026 4:05 pm