Dr. Maneesha Inamdar is a Senior Professor at the Senior Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and Director of the Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine. Her laboratory studies cell lineage specification and differentiation during development. They have taken a unique comparative approach using embryonic stem cell models, mouse developmental biology and transgenics, and Drosophila genetics, to decipher the roles of novel genes expressed early in the blood and cardiovascular system. Their current focus is on analyzing mammalian development using stem cell models as well as clinical studies.