Ramanujan Faculty Fellow
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
Profile
The laboratory's primary research interest focuses on investigating mechanisms underlying the metastatic cancer phenotype by integrating genomic, epigenetic and proteomic data with an eventual goal of identifying metastatic "activators" and "suppressors" that may offer new targets in treatment of metastatic disease.
Academic Positions
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Conjoint Lecturer
Faculty of Medicine, St Vincent's Clinical School
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Senior Research Officer
Cancer Research Program, TKCC and Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia
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Research Officer
Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Australia
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Career Development Fellow
University of Cambridge, UK
Education
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Doctorate of Philosophy 2003
National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India
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M.Sc. Biochemistry 1998
Institute of Science, Bombay, India
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B.Sc. Honours 1996
First class Honours B.Sc., Microbiology / Biochemistry, St.Xavier's College, Bombay, India
Awards
- 2015Ramanujan fellowship ( awarded by Department of Science and Technology, India)
- 2005Career development fellowship (awarded by the Medical Research Council) at the MRC-HutchisonCancer Cell Unit, Cambridge, UK for post-doctoral training
- 2000Senior Research Fellowship in 2000 for 3 years by DBT, Government of India
- 1998Junior Research Fellowship in 1998 for 2 years by DBT, Government of India
- 1997VSRP programme at TIFR,Bombay (India),a research based programme involving an All India selection process and defence of my research
- 1997Bombay University merit based scholarship for M.Sc
- 1996Honours programme in Microbiology (B.Sc. St. Xavier's), an intensive 3 year research based programme in addition to regular academics which is only given to the top 1% of students and was awarded the highest grade.
Memberships
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science (nominated for participation in the AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science)
Member of Metastasis Research Society (MRS) 2013- 2015
