{"id":1291,"date":"2025-07-10T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T01:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2025-09-01T16:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T21:15:06","slug":"mridula-gupta-ph-d-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giriathrey.com\/home\/2025\/07\/10\/mridula-gupta-ph-d-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Mridula Gupta Ph.D Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congratulations to Dr. Mridula Gupta on successfully defending her Ph.D dissertation. Her research examined gut\u2013microbiome\u2013brain interactions in birds, an interdisciplinary project bridging microbiology, genomics, and neurobiology.<br>Her defense showcased years of work and her ability to integrate complex data, bioinformatics, and peptidomics into meaningful insights. The committee recognized her command of both technical methods and the broader significance of her findings. 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