Program Scientist
Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology
Profile
Developing approaches to understand how hyperglycaemia interferes with key genetic, inflammatory and cellular pathways to accelerate vascular diseases using in vitro cellular systems and in vivo models.
Academic Positions
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Visiting Scientist
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, USA
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Post doctoral Fellow
Department of Biotechnology
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Study Coordinator
Department of Biotechnology
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Senior Research Fellow
Indian Council of Medical Research
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Junior Research Fellow
Regional Cancer Centre
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Lecturer in Microbiology
University of Kerala
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Guest Lecturer in Industrial Microbiology
University of Kerala
Education
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PhD Microbiology/Tumour Biology 2009
Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum / Mahatma Gandhi University
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MSc Microbiology 1998
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli
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BSc Botany 1996
University of Kerala
Academic Honors
Editorial board member, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, an International Journal for Chemical Biology in Health and Disease, Springer Journals September 2015 - September 2018
Reviewer, Scientific Reports, published by Nature Publishing Group
Reviewer, Proteomics, published by Wiley online library
Reviewer, PLOS ONE published by Public Library of Science
Reviewer, Mutation Research published by Elsevier
Invited speaker, International conference on recent advances in cardiovascular research, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 8-10 Feb, 2018
Invited speaker, Integrating Pharmacology with modern healthcare, IPSCON 2018, 15-17 Feb, 2018
Invited speaker, Molecular medicines for lifestyle diseases: emerging trends and approaches, CDRI, Lucknow, 20-21 November 2017
Invited speaker, International conference on recent advances in cardiovascular research: Impact on Health and Disease, VPCI, New Delhi, 9-11 Feb, 2017
Invited speaker, 8th International Conference on Translational Research in Cardiovascular Sciences at Anand, Gujarat, February 2016
Invited speaker, Indo-US Symposium on Metabolomics and Disease Biology, Poovar Island resorts, January 22-23, 2014
Awards
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2018Recipient of the Indian Council of Medical Research, Chaturvedi Kalawati Jagmohan Das Memorial Award for Research in Cardiovascular Diseases.
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2017Third prize for poster presentation at Women Scientists & Entrepreneurs Conclave, India International Science Festival-2017, Chennai, October 15-16
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2017ISHR-Torrent Young Investigator Award 2017 for oral poster presentation at Cardiovascular Research Convergence, Translational Health Science & Technology Institute, Faridabad, India 12 August
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2015Finalist at the Kern Wildenthal Young Faculty Competition (Translational Medicine) at 3rd Forum to Promote Young Investigators and Centers of Excellence in Cardiovascular Research, International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Creighton University Harper Center, Omaha, NE, USA, 10 -12 September
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2015Distinguished Service Award in Cardiovascular Science Medicine and Surgery; International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Canada
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2012Visiting Scientist fellowship, Oklahoma Medical Research foundation, Oklahoma, USA
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2009Post-doctoral Fellowship (DBT-PDF) by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
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2009DBT International Travel Fellowship to present at the Second World Congress of Oral Oncology, Toronto, July
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2008RGCB Merit Award of the Year
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2006Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) awarded by Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR)
Memberships
Secretary General, Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, India Section of International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, headquartered at Winnipeg, Canada
Member, Indian Society for Cell Biology, India
Trainings Attended
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2015Short course on "Ethics in Health Research" conducted by Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical science and Technology, August 17-21
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2013Animal users training program conducted by Animal Research Facility, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, April-May
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2012Training in LC-Tandem Mass Spectrometry& Proteomic Technologies, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma, USA
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2010Training in MALDI-MS, MALDI-MS/MS, LC ESI MS/MS, ESI-MS at Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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2009Research Facilitation Workshop conducted by The Centre for Chronic Disease Control, New Delhi along with Emory University of USA funded by National Institute of Health, USA, on identifying research questions and developing proposals on the epidemiology and prevention of NCD across the life-course, Hyderabad
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2008Summer workshop on "Research Methodology and Application of SPSS for Data Analysis" conducted by Albertian Institute of Management, Ernakulam
