Deeksha Malhan completed her Master’s degree in Bioinformatics (M.Tech) at the International Institute for Information Technology, Hyderabad, India. Driven by her passion for transcriptomics data analysis, she worked as a Junior Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, India, where she studied cell type-specific expression in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Seeking to combine her interest in tissue regeneration with hands-on wet lab experience, she pursued her doctoral research on bone healing at the Institute of Experimental Trauma Surgery, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany. After completing her PhD in 2019, Deeksha joined the group of Prof. Angela Relόgio at Charité Berlin to conduct postdoctoral research in chronobiology.

Since 2021, she has been a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Circadian Medicine and Systems Biology Group at MSH Medical School Hamburg, under the direction of Prof. Dr. Angela Relόgio. Her research focuses on uncovering the molecular mechanisms of the circadian clock and its regulatory roles in cancer, aging, and space medicine.

Teaching Activities

Deeksha Malhan began her teaching journey during her Master's program, where she served as a tutor for the Computational Chemistry module. During her PhD, she further developed her teaching skills by leading basic bioinformatics tutorials for medical students and supervising medical students in their doctoral theses. Additionally, she co-supervised Bachelor/Master thesis projects at Charité University. Since joining MSH Medical School Hamburg, Deeksha has been an active tutor in the Scientific Work module, continuing her dedication to mentoring and education.

Research focus

Deeksha Malhan conducts interdisciplinary research exploring the regulatory role of the circadian clock in health and disease. Her work aims to uncover the molecular mechanisms driving circadian clock-associated changes in critical biological processes such as aging and severe diseases like cancer. She is also interested in the emerging field of space medicine and its connection to circadian rhythms. Her work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals. Additionally, Deeksha serves as a council member of the European Society for Clinical Investigation.

Publications

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