Dr. Durai Murugan M
Name: Dr. Durai Murugan M
Qualification: M.Sc, M.Phil, Ph.D
Designation : Assistant Professor
Department : Microbiology
Institute Name / College Address : Karpagam Academy of Higher Education (Deemed to be University), Pollachi Main Road, Eachanari Post, Coimbatore – 641 021, Tamil Nadu, India.
Experience: 1.5 Years
About Dr. Durai Murugan M
Dr. M.Durai Murugan, I have completed my bachelors from University of Madras and master’s degree in Bio- Medical Science from Bundelkhand University. Further, I did M.Phil programme in Biotechnology from Bharathidasan University. Then completed my Ph.D in Neuroscience, thesis entitled “Spinal cord regeneration using stem cell transplantation and other novel techniques” under the guidance of Prof.George Tharion., MBBS, DOrtho, DPMR, MD,DNB., Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Christian Medical College, Vellore affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R Medical University, Chennai. I am a recipient of the prestigious National Post doctoral fellowship-2017 from the Science and Engineering Resarch Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India., and continued my postdoctoral studies in Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore from 2017 to 2019. Subsequently, I moved to Karpagam Academy of Higher Education (Deemed to be University), Coimbatore and working as teaching faculty “Assistant Professor” from 2019 to till date. My research work focus on spinal cord injury regeneration using bone marrow stem cells/Olfactory ensheathing glial cells/ olfactory stem cell transplantation. In addition to cells, FGF and chondroitinase were tried to regenerate the injured axons. Later on, cell-free secretome of human umbilical cord stem cells were tried for neuroregeneration. Moreover, bioengineered blood vessel was designed for vascular transplantation. Still continuing my research in small molecule drug designing for regeneration.