Dr Vipul Batra
School of Medicine and Population Health
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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School of Medicine and Population Health
The Medical School
Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
S10 2RX
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My doctoral (ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, India) and postdoctoral (University of Nottingham, UK) research has spanned male fertility, reproductive immunology, extracellular vesicle (EV) biology, embryo development, fetal growth, and epigenetic inheritance. I have developed an interdisciplinary profile that bridges molecular biology, reproductive physiology, and developmental programming.
Currently, in my BBSRC-funded postdoctoral position at the University of Sheffield, I investigate how EVs from distinct regions of the male reproductive tract differ in molecular composition and function. This work is uncovering novel molecular pathways through which paternal health exerts effects on offspring well-being.
I am particularly interested in how EVs mediate the transfer of environmental signals from father to offspring, and how they modulate the sperm epigenome in preparation for fertilisation. My long-term goal is to define the molecular mechanisms by which EVs contribute to the intergenerational transmission of phenotypes, with a focus on improving understanding of male-mediated developmental programming.