Shivani Saxena
Credentials: Department of Biomedical Engineering (College of Engineering)
Position title: Graduate student
Email: ssaxena8@wisc.edu
Advisor: Krishanu Saha, PhD
Keywords: Retinal disorders, gene delivery, Leber congenital amaurosis, Best disease
Education
BS 2016, Biotechnology, Banasthali University, India
Research
Ms. Saxena’s prime interest and current research involves developing custom gene-delivery strategies for retinal disorders. She is currently working on projects that involve developing efficient gene-editing strategies to correct for retinal disorders in patient cell lines, such as Leber congenital amaurosis and Best disease. Furthermore, her work involves exploring the potential outcomes and effects of Cas9-induced editing in different cells and 3D retinal organoids.