Profile
GRINLAB
Open GRINLABAcademic Positions
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Director
BRIC-RGCB
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Chief Scientist
CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)
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Professor
Faculty of Biological Sciences Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
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Senior Principal Scientist
CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)
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Principal Scientist
CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)
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Senior Scientist
CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)
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Scientist
CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)
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Scientist Fellow
CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)
Education
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B.Sc Microbiology
Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai
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M S Life sciences
IISc, Bangalore
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PhD Life sciences
IISc, Bangalore
Academic Honors
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2018 National Bioscience Award
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2009 Indian National Science Academy,Young Scientist Award
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2008 CSIR Young Scientist Award (Biological Sciences)
Patents
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Human microRNA targets in HIV genome and a method of identification thereof. Samir Kumar Brahmachari, Manoj Hariharan, Vinod Scaria, Beena Pillai. US 7825230 B2/Grant/App. No. US 11/545,280; Publication date:2 Nov 2010; Priority date:10 Oct 2005 (US patent Office)
(Also published as patents in other locations: CA2625731A1, EP1943340A2, US20070087335, WO2007042899A2, WO2007042899A3, WO2007042899B1)
Memberships
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Expert Member, Planning & Programming Committee, National Science Centre, Delhi
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Member, Board of Trustees, XV Genetics Congress Trust
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Member, Guha Research Council
Reviewership Editorships
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Journals: iScience, Nucleic Acids Research, Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, Journal of Genetics, Molecular Biology of the Cell (MBoC), RNA, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, Scientific Reports.
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Funding Agencies: Human Frontier Science Program, Dept. of Science and Technology, India; Dept. of Biotechnology, India; Department of Biotechnology, West Bengal; Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment.
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Universities (Thesis review): Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi; Rajiv Gandhi Centre of Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram; Delhi University, EPFL | École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, University of Pune, IIT, Delhi