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Indrani Nayak

Immunology and Microbiology · The Ohio State University

Early career · publishing since 2019Rising activity

Publications

16

Citations

170

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

8

Publishing since 2019

Research summary
AI-generated

Indrani Nayak's research combines mathematical and computational modeling with experimental immunology to study how immune cells, especially natural killer (NK) cells and engineered CAR-NK/CAR-T cells, recognize and kill target cells such as tumor cells or bacteria. Earlier work applied physics-based models of random motion and search strategies to problems like how cell division machinery locates chromosomes, and how bacteria evade immune defenses. The overall direction is to use quantitative modeling to predict and improve immune cell behavior and cancer immunotherapy design.

Natural killer (NK) cell biology and signalingCAR-NK and CAR-T cell immunotherapy modelingMathematical/computational modeling of cell behaviorHost-pathogen interactions and bacterial toxin dynamicsBiophysics of cell division (kinetochore-microtubule search dynamics)

Publication output was low or intermittent from 2017-2023 but has increased notably in 2024-2026, suggesting a growing and increasingly active research output in recent years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.2/year recently
17182019: 2 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 1 publication212022: 1 publication22232024: 3 publications242025: 5 publications5252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×6
  • Physical review. E×2
  • Immunology and Cell Biology×2
  • The Journal of Immunology×1
  • Physical Review Research×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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