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Background
Dr Dhanisha Jhaveri has a joint appointment at Mater Research and the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) and is a Mater Foundation Senior Research Fellow and a Group Leader. Dhanisha’s research group is investigating the fundamental mechanisms that drive the renewal of neurons in the adult brain, with the goal of harnessing this form of neural plasticity to relieve the emotional and cognitive burdens associated with chronic stress and depression.
Dhanisha received her PhD from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), India, under the supervision of Professor Veronica Rodrigues, where she unravelled the molecular mechanisms that wire the olfactory axons in the fly (Drosophila) brain. In recognition of her doctoral work she was awarded the Indian National Science Academy medal for Young Scientist of the Year in 2003. Fascinated by the discovery that the production of new neurons continues in the adult brain, she then joined the laboratory of Professor Perry Bartlett at the Queensland Brain Institute as a Human Frontiers Science Program Postdoctoral Fellow. She has made major discoveries that have transformed our understanding of the regulation and roles of neural stem cells in the adult brain. Her work uncovered that a subclass clinical antidepressants directly activates neural stem cells in the hippocampus, a brain region implicated in regulating mood and cognitive functions. She also pioneered the development of a new cell sorting protocol to purify neural stem cells which revealed presence of distinct stem cell populations in this brain region.
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Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Research interests
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Regenerating cells in the adult brain
Investigating the fundamental mechanisms that drive the renewal of neurons in the adult brain, with the goal of harnessing this form of neural plasticity to relieve the emotional and cognitive burdens associated with chronic stress and depression.
Works
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2024
Journal Article
LINE-1 retrotransposons contribute to mouse PV interneuron development
Bodea, Gabriela O., Botto, Juan M., Ferreiro, Maria E., Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., de los Rios Barreda, Jose, Rasmussen, Jay, Rahman, Muhammed A., Fenlon, Laura R., Jansz, Natasha, Gubert, Carolina, Gerdes, Patricia, Bodea, Liviu-Gabriel, Ajjikuttira, Prabha, Da Costa Guevara, Darwin J., Cumner, Linda, Bell, Charles C., Kozulin, Peter, Billon, Victor, Morell, Santiago, Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H. C., Love, Chloe J., Saha, Karabi, Palmer, Lucy M., Ewing, Adam D., Jhaveri, Dhanisha J., Richardson, Sandra R., Hannan, Anthony J. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2024). LINE-1 retrotransposons contribute to mouse PV interneuron development. Nature Neuroscience, 27 (7), 1-34. doi: 10.1038/s41593-024-01650-2
2024
Journal Article
Stimulation of the muscarinic receptor M4 regulates neural precursor cell proliferation and promotes adult hippocampal neurogenesis
Madrid, Lidia I., Hafey, Katelyn, Bandhavkar, Saurabh, Bodea, Gabriela O., Jimenez-Martin, Javier, Milne, Michael, Walker, Tara L., Faulkner, Geoffrey J., Coulson, Elizabeth J. and Jhaveri, Dhanisha J. (2024). Stimulation of the muscarinic receptor M4 regulates neural precursor cell proliferation and promotes adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Development, 151 (1) dev201835, 1-13. doi: 10.1242/dev.201835
2023
Journal Article
Stress and epilepsy: towards understanding of neurobiological mechanisms for better management
Jhaveri, Dhanisha J., McGonigal, Aileen, Becker, Christel, Benoliel, Jean-Jacques, Nandam, L. Sanjay, Soncin, Lisa, Kotwas, Iliana, Bernard, Christophe and Bartolomei, Fabrice (2023). Stress and epilepsy: towards understanding of neurobiological mechanisms for better management. eneuro, 10 (11) ENEURO.0200-23.2023, 1-9. doi: 10.1523/eneuro.0200-23.2023
2023
Journal Article
Ubiquitination of the GluA1 subunit of AMPA receptors is required for synaptic plasticity, memory and cognitive flexibility
Guntupalli, Sumasri, Park, Pojeong, Han, Dae Hee, Zhang, Lingrui, Yong, Xuan Ling Hilary, Ringuet, Mitchell, Blackmore, Daniel G., Jhaveri, Dhanisha J., Koentgen, Frank, Widagdo, Jocelyn, Kaang, Bong-Kiun and Anggono, Victor (2023). Ubiquitination of the GluA1 subunit of AMPA receptors is required for synaptic plasticity, memory and cognitive flexibility. The Journal of Neuroscience, 43 (30), 5448-5457. doi: 10.1523/jneurosci.1542-22.2023
2022
Journal Article
Dissecting the role of adult hippocampal neurogenesis towards resilience versus susceptibility to stress-related mood disorders
Jones, Katherine L., Zhou, Mei and Jhaveri, Dhanisha J. (2022). Dissecting the role of adult hippocampal neurogenesis towards resilience versus susceptibility to stress-related mood disorders. npj Science of Learning, 7 (1) 16, 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41539-022-00133-y
2022
Journal Article
LINE-1 retrotransposon activation intrinsic to interneuron development
Bodea, Gabriela O., Ferreiro, Maria E., Sanchez-Luque, Francisco J., Botto, Juan M., Rasmussen, Jay, Rahman, Muhammed A., Fenlon, Laura R., Gubert, Carolina, Gerdes, Patricia, Bodea, Liviu-Gabriel, Ajjikuttira, Prabha, Kozulin, Peter, Billon, Victor, Morell, Santiago, Kempen, Marie-Jeanne H.C., Love, Chloe J., Palmer, Lucy M., Ewing, Adam D., Jhaveri, Dhanisha J., Richardson, Sandra R., Hannan, Anthony J. and Faulkner, Geoffrey J. (2022). LINE-1 retrotransposon activation intrinsic to interneuron development.
2021
Journal Article
An exercise ‘sweet spot’ reverses cognitive deficits of ageing by growth hormone-induced neurogenesis
Blackmore, Daniel G., Steyn, Frederik J., Carlisle, Alison, O’Keeffe, Imogen, Vien, King-Year, Zhou, Xiaoqing, Leiter, Odette, Jhaveri, Dhanisha, Vukovic, Jana, Waters, Michael J. and Bartlett, Perry F. (2021). An exercise ‘sweet spot’ reverses cognitive deficits of ageing by growth hormone-induced neurogenesis. iScience, 24 (11) 103275, 1-25. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103275
2021
Other Outputs
Hannah Musco-Honours Supplementary tables
Musco, Hannah , Gratten, Jake and Jhaveri, Dhanisha (2021). Hannah Musco-Honours Supplementary tables. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/c59d22a
2021
Journal Article
Fast-Trk(B)ing the mechanism of antidepressants
Conroy, Jacinta N., Jhaveri, Dhanisha J. and Coulson, Elizabeth J. (2021). Fast-Trk(B)ing the mechanism of antidepressants. Neuron, 109 (10), 1593-1595. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.04.027
2021
Journal Article
Cholinergic regulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis and hippocampus-dependent functions
Madrid, Lidia I., Jimenez-Martin, Javier, Coulson, Elizabeth J. and Jhaveri, Dhanisha J. (2021). Cholinergic regulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis and hippocampus-dependent functions. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, 134 105969, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2021.105969
2020
Journal Article
Cell-extrinsic requirement for sulfate in regulating hippocampal neurogenesis
Zhang, Zhe, Jhaveri, Dhanisha, Sharmin, Sazia, Harvey, Tracey J., Dawson, Paul A., Piper, Michael and Simmons, David G. (2020). Cell-extrinsic requirement for sulfate in regulating hippocampal neurogenesis. Biology Open, 9 (7) bio053132, 1-7. doi: 10.1242/bio.053132
2020
Journal Article
Cortisol and major depressive disorder-translating findings from humans to animal models and back
Nandam, L. Sanjay, Brazel, Matthew, Zhou, Mei and Jhaveri, Dhanisha J. (2020). Cortisol and major depressive disorder-translating findings from humans to animal models and back. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10 974, 974. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00974
2020
Journal Article
Blockade of TrkB but not p75 NTR activates a subpopulation of quiescent neural precursor cells and enhances neurogenesis in the adult mouse hippocampus
Groves, Natalie, O’Keeffe, Imogen, Lee, Wendy, Toft, Alexandra, Blackmore, Daniel, Bandhavkar, Saurabh, Coulson, Elizabeth J., Bartlett, Perry F. and Jhaveri, Dhanisha J. (2020). Blockade of TrkB but not p75 NTR activates a subpopulation of quiescent neural precursor cells and enhances neurogenesis in the adult mouse hippocampus. Developmental Neurobiology, 79 (9-10) dneu.22729, 868-879. doi: 10.1002/dneu.22729
2018
Journal Article
EphA4 regulates hippocampal neural precursor proliferation in the adult mouse brain by d-Serine modulation of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor signaling
Zhao, Jing, Taylor, Chanel J, Newcombe, Estella A, Spanevello, Mark D, O’Keeffe, Imogen, Cooper, Leanne T, Jhaveri, Dhanisha J, Boyd, Andrew W and Bartlett, Perry F (2018). EphA4 regulates hippocampal neural precursor proliferation in the adult mouse brain by d-Serine modulation of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor signaling. Cerebral Cortex, 29 (10), 4381-4397. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhy319
2017
Journal Article
Adult vitamin D deficiency exacerbates impairments caused by social stress in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice
Groves, Natalie J., Zhou, Mei, Jhaveri, Dhanisha J., McGrath, John J. and Burne, Thomas H. J. (2017). Adult vitamin D deficiency exacerbates impairments caused by social stress in BALB/c and C57BL/6 mice. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 86, 53-63. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.09.003
2017
Journal Article
Evidence for newly generated interneurons in the basolateral amygdala of adult mice
Jhaveri, D. J., Tedoldi, A., Hunt, S., Sullivan, R., Watts, N. R., Power, J. M., Bartlett, P. F. and Sah, P. (2017). Evidence for newly generated interneurons in the basolateral amygdala of adult mice. Molecular Psychiatry, 23 (3), 521-532. doi: 10.1038/mp.2017.134
2017
Journal Article
A morphology independent approach for identifying dividing adult neural stem cells in the mouse hippocampus
Harris, Lachlan, Zalucki, Oressia, Oishi, Sabrina, Burne, Thomas H., Jhaveri, Dhanisha J. and Piper, Michael (2017). A morphology independent approach for identifying dividing adult neural stem cells in the mouse hippocampus. Developmental Dynamics, 247 (1), 194-200. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.24545
2015
Journal Article
Purification of neural precursor cells reveals the presence of distinct, stimulus-specific subpopulations of quiescent precursors in the adult mouse hippocampus
Jhaveri, Dhanisha J., O'Keeffe, Imogen, Robinson, Gregory J., Zhao, Qiong-Yi, Zhang, Zong Hong, Nink, Virginia, Narayanan, Ramesh K., Osborne, Geoffrey W., Wray, Naomi R. and Bartlett, Perry F. (2015). Purification of neural precursor cells reveals the presence of distinct, stimulus-specific subpopulations of quiescent precursors in the adult mouse hippocampus. Journal of Neuroscience, 35 (21), 8132-8144. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0504-15.2015
2015
Conference Publication
Presence of distinct, stimulus-specific subpopulations of quiescent precursors in the adult mouse hippocampus
Jhaveri, D., O'Keeffe, I., Robinson, G., Zhao, Q-Y., Zhang, Z. H., Nink, V., Osborne, G., Wray, N. and Bartlett, P. (2015). Presence of distinct, stimulus-specific subpopulations of quiescent precursors in the adult mouse hippocampus. 25th Biennial Meeting of the International-Society-for-Neurochemistry Jointly with the 13th Meeting of the Asian-Pacific-Society-for-Neurochemistry in Conjunction with the 35th Meeting of the Australasian-Neuroscience-Society, Cairns, QLD Australia, 23-27 August 2015. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.
2014
Journal Article
A comparative study of techniques for differential expression analysis on RNA-seq data
Zhang, Zong Hong, Jhaveri, Dhanisha J., Marshall, Vikki M., Bauer, Denis C., Edson, Janette, Narayanan, Ramesh K., Robinson, Gregory J., Lundberg, Andreas E., Bartlett, Perry F., Wray, Naomi R. and Zhao, Qiong-Yi (2014). A comparative study of techniques for differential expression analysis on RNA-seq data. PLoS One, 9 (8) e103207, 1-11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103207
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the role of stress in modulating functional outcomes following stroke.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Matilde Balbi
Completed supervision
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Identifying Novel Regulators of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Geoff Faulkner
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2021
Master Philosophy
Cholinergic regulation of hippocampal neural precursor cell activity and neurogenesis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Elizabeth Coulson
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Role of Adult Neurogenesis in Depression
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Daniel Blackmore
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2018
Master Philosophy
Defining key structural and functional changes in the adult brain in a mouse model of depression
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Fatima Nasrallah
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Role of EphA4 in regulating motor neuron disease and adult neurogenesis
Associate Advisor
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Modulation of adult mammalian neurogenesis by Sirtuin1 proteins
Associate Advisor
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- Anxiety
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- Depression
- Neuropsychiatric disorders
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- Regeneration
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