Minhaj Sirajuddin talks to Francesca Lake, Head of Open Access Publishing. Minhaj Sirajuddin is currently an Assistant Investigator at the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (InStem), Bangalore, India. His lab works on understanding biological motility mediated by cytoskeleton elements using biophysics and cell biology. Previously his tenures were at UCSF (CA, USA) for his postdoctoral work and the Max Planck Institute (Dortmund, Germany) for his PhD. Minhaj is a recipient of Wellcome Trust - DBT India Alliance Intermediate Fellowship and the EMBO Young Investigator Award. He was also a finalist in the inaugural Future Science Early Career Research Award.
Keywords: cardiomyopathy; cytoskeleton; funding; mentorship and early career scientist challenges.