CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Professor in the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, 必威体育betway888 School of Life Sciences, MAHE, 必威体育betway888.
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
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PhD | Cancer Epigenetics | 必威体育betway888 Academy of Higher Education, 必威体育betway888 | 2011 |
Experience
Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
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School of Life Sciences, MAHE | Associate Professor | 2016 -till | |
School of Life Sciences, MAHE | Assistant Professor | 2011-2016 | |
School of Life Sciences, MAHE | Lecturer | 2009-2011 | |
School of Life Sciences, MAHE | Senior 必威体育betway888 Fellow | 2006-2009 | |
School of Life Sciences, MAHE | 必威体育betway888 fellow | 2004-2006 |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
To identify the cell and molecular changes responsible for carcinogenesis and to translate clinically relevant biomarkers for diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic via developing noninvasive/ minimally invasive diagnostic tools using in vitro and in vivo models and patient samples.
Area of Expertise
Epigenetics, Cell Signalling, Cell and Molecular Biology
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Molecular mechanism and epigenetic reprograming during carcinogenesis Development of molecular markers for early screening of cancer
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
Life Member of Society of Biological Chemists (India) and Society for Mitochondria 必威体育betway888 and Medicine, India (SMRM)
Awards and Honors:
- Secured second rank in post-graduation exam (MSc Biosciences) from Mangalore University, 2004
- Best poster award at 必威体育betway888 University Scientific meet held on 5th January 2008
- “Young Scientist award ” by Indian Society of Human Genetics, 2011
- 必威体育betway888 travel fellowship by DBT, government of India 2012
- Young Investigator Award at 10th APCHG, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2012
- Doctoral Advisory Committee member of 必威体育betway888 Academy of Higher Education, 必威体育betway888
- Invention award, awarded by Intellectual Ventures India, Bangalore, 2013
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- Editorial Manager: Public Health Genomics Journal (2015-2017)
- “Young Scientist Award, VIFRA-2015 by Venus 必威体育betway888 Foundation, Chennai, India, 2015
- Member, Institutional Biosafety committee, School of Life Sciences, MAHE
- Reviewer for BMC Cancer, Journals from Benthemscience.org
- Pilot project in Cancer from DBT, Government of India, 2016
- Funding from DBT, DST, BIRAC and ICMR, Government of India for financial support for various research projects
- Invited presentation
- Featured Scientist of MAHE, 必威体育betway888, 2018
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