Beena Pillai, PhD

Director

Academic Positions

  • Director

    BRIC-RGCB

  • Chief Scientist

    CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)

  • Professor

    Faculty of Biological Sciences Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)

  • Senior Principal Scientist

    CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)

  • Principal Scientist

    CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)

  • Senior Scientist

    CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)

  • Scientist

    CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)

  • Scientist Fellow

    CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)

Education

  • B.Sc Microbiology

    Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai

  • M S Life sciences

    IISc, Bangalore

  • PhD Life sciences

    IISc, Bangalore

Academic Honors

  • 2018 National Bioscience Award

  • 2009 Indian National Science Academy,Young Scientist Award

  • 2008 CSIR Young Scientist Award (Biological Sciences)

Patents

  • 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

  • Expert Member, Planning & Programming Committee, National Science Centre, Delhi

  • Member, Board of Trustees, XV Genetics Congress Trust

  • Member, Guha Research Council

Reviewership Editorships

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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