Currently, my research involves following objectives:

1. understanding the molecular and epigenetic changes in microglia of ageing brain.
2. understanding epigenetic and molecular mechanisms by which maternal factors such as high glucose or Zika virus infection contribute to neurological disorders.
3. evaluation of the efficacy of utilizing various digital resources to teach human anatomy to medical students.

1. Shyamasundar, Sukanya, Seshadri Ramya, Deepika Kandilya, Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan, Boon Huat Bay, Suraiya Anjum Ansari, and S Thameem Dheen. "Maternal Diabetes Deregulates the Expression of Mecp2 via miR-26b-5p in Mouse Embryonic Neural Stem Cells". Cells 12, no. 11 (2023): 1516. (IF 7.666)
2. Kandilya, Deepika, Silambarasan Maskomani, Sukanya Shyamasundar, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Chan Shiao Yng, Regina Ching Hua Lee, Manoor Prakash Hande, Karthik Mallilankaraman, Justin Jang Hann Chu, and S. Thameem Dheen. "Zika virus alters DNA methylation status of genes involved in Hippo signaling pathway in human neural progenitor cells." Epigenomics 11, no. 10 (2019): 1143-1161. (IF 4.778)
3. Kandilya Deepika, Sukanya Shyamasundar, Dhiraj Kumar Singh, Avijit Banik, Manoor Prakash Hande, Walter Stünkel, Yap Seng Chong, and S. Thameem Dheen. "High glucose alters the DNA methylation pattern of neurodevelopment associated genes in human neural progenitor cells in vitro." Scientific reports 10, no. 1 (2020): 1-14. (IF 4.996)
4. Wang, Niyou, Ganesh Kumar Meenashisundaram, Deepika Kandilya, Jerry Ying Hsi Fuh, S. Thameem Dheen, and A. Senthil Kumar. "A biomechanical evaluation on Cubic, Octet, and TPMS gyroid Ti6Al4V lattice structures fabricated by selective laser melting and the effects of their debris on human osteoblast-like cells." Biomaterials Advances 137 (2022): 212829. (IF 7.328)
5. Banik, Avijit, Deepika Kandilya, Seshadri Ramya, Walter Stünkel, Yap Seng Chong, and S. Thameem Dheen. "Maternal factors that induce epigenetic changes contribute to neurological disorders in offspring." Genes 8, no. 6 (2017): 150. (IF 4.141)

• POSCO Asia Fellowship (2012 & 2013).
• National University of Singapore Research Scholarship (2015)
• Ministry of Education (MOE) Singapore Postdoctoral Fellowship (2019)

• Member, Singapore Neuroscience Association
• Council Member, Microscopy Society of Singapore
• Reviewer, NeuroMolecular Medicine Journal (IF 3.843)