Aravind Sivakumar

Expertise in extracellular matrix, glycosaminoglycans in embryonic development, intestinal morphogenesis, intestinal vasculature, left-right patterning, pulmonary morphogenesis, and pulmonary vascular development • Proficient in designing and executing in vivo/ex vivo embryonic molecular, biochemical, surgical and genetic experiments to investigate role of glycosaminoglycans in organ morphogenesis and associated vascular patterning. • Skilled in developing imaging techniques to perform live imaging of organ explants using confocal, multiphoton and light-sheet microscopy. • Skilled in providing innovative solutions to automated image processing, computer vision problems (using matlab, imageJ, Imaris, Huygens) and acquiring proficiency in multidimensional statistical analysis of population/