Degree: Ph.D.
Contact
Details
Email: indranit@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
Phone:0832-2580359
Date
of joining at BITS-Goa campus: February, 2013
Education
Postdoctoral fellow, Sanford-Burnham Institute
for Medical Research, San Diego
Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Medicine,
University of California, San Diego
Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, School of
Medicine, West Virginia University (2006)
Research
Experience
Current research work:
1. Role of alternative splicing in metabolic disorders
2. Role of alternative splicing in stem cell differentiation
3. Targeted gene delivery as potential therapeutics
Postdoctoral research:
1 - - Identification of protein kinases involved in barrier pathways in somatic cell reprogramming by a kinome-wide RNAi screen.
2. -Molecular mechanisms of small molecule(s) targeting the retroviral replicator protein Vif.
3. -Identification of molecular mechanisms involved in siRNA and miRNA pathways.
4. -Identification of regulatory factors involved in insulin receptor splicing to identify novel therapeutic approaches to prevent and cure diabetes.
Dissertation Research Title:
“Mechanism of regulation of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) by nutrients and hormones in primary rat hepatocytes”