METABOLIC DISORDERS AND INFLAMMATORY PATHOLOGIES LABORATORY
Special Centre for Molecular Medicine
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
MDIPL - The Past Students & Fellow..
Karan Chhetri
Junior Research Fellow (JRF), Now a Doctoral Student at Oklahoma State University, USA.
Title of the Project: Investigating the role of RUNX2/Galecting-3 in the pathogenesis of cigarette smoke-induced lung cancer: Identification of novel diagnostic biomarker and Potential therapeutic target
Jiten R Sharma
Ph.D. graduate of 2023, Now a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, Sweden.
Title of the Thesis:
Investigating the role of cigarette smoke extract in the regulation of galectin-3, and subsequent role of CSE induced galectin-3 in lung cancer cells stemness. EMT and metastasis
Hina Agraval
2021 Ph.D. graduate, now a Post-Doctoral Fellow at National Jewish Health in Denver, Colorado USA.
Title of the Thesis: Regulation of Inflammation and Remodeling in Cigarette Smoke Extract-treated Airway Epithelial cell by Matrix Metalloproteinases
Bhawna Kumari
2020 Ph.D. graduate now a Technical Specialist at Merck Life Science in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Title of the Thesis: Modulation of β-cell survival and function by obesity-induced adipokine visfatin
Rohit Patel
2019 Ph.D. Graduate, now a Post- Doctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology, Boston, MA, USA
Title of the Thesis: To Study Oxidized-LDL- and Hyperglycemia- Induced Modulation of Endothelial Cell Homeostasis by Erk5
Prerna Ramteke
Ph.D. Graduate 2018
Faculty
Title of the Thesis: Effect of hesperetin on IL-1β-induced COX-2 expression, inflammation and metastasis in lung adenocarcinoma cells
Pradeep Kumar Rajput
M.Phil. Graduate in 2020
SRF, SCMM, JNU
Title of the Dissertation: Understanding the high glucose-induced regulation of visfatin secretion in 3T3-L1-derived adipocytes
Hilal Ahmad Rather
Ph.D. Graduate 2020
(In Joint Supervision)
Post Doctoral Fellow at Duke University
Title of the Thesis: ‘Development of polycaprolactone – collagen fibres as dual drug delivery system for bone tissue engineering
Jiten R Sharma
Senior Research Fellwo (SRF), Now a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, Sweden.
Title of the Project:
Study of Epigenetic regulation of ERK5 by histone methylase, Enhancer of Zeste Homolog (EZH)-2, during ox-LDL-induced endothelial to mesenchymal transition (EndMT)
Pradeep Kumar Rajput
Ph.D. graduate of 2023, currently at Scientist at Micro Crispr Pvt. Ltd., Gujarat
Title of the Thesis:
Investigating the effects of visfatin on the lipid metabolic pathway in breast cancer cells and identify the key regulating molecule of lipid metabolic pathway
Mohit Singh
2020 Ph.D. graduate, now a Research Scientist at Presude Lifesciences, Vapi, Gujarat.
Title of the Thesis: Role of Ubiquitin Modifying Enzyme BRCC36 in oxLDL-induced Inflammasome Activation in Macrophages
Johnna Francis Varaghese
2019 Ph.D. Graduate, Currently a
Post-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurology, Boston, MA, USA
Title of the Thesis: To investigate the Role of Sterol Regulatory Element- Binding Proteins (SREBPs) in Foam Cell Formation
Nupoor Prasad
Ph.D. Graduate 2018
Faculty
Title of the Thesis: To investigate anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic properties of Acacetin in colon cancer models
Neeraj Dholia
Ph.D. Graduate 2018
Faculty
Title of the Thesis: Role of Cysteinyl Leukotrienes (CysLTs) in Human Airway Epithelial Cell Inflammation, Growth and Remodelling
Krunal Patel
M.Phil. Graduate 2016
Research Assistant, GBRC
Title of the Thesis: Modulation of β-cell survival and function by obesity-induced adipokine visfatin
Nishith Shrimali
M.Phil. Graduate in 2016
Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, HMS, Boston
Title of the Thesis: To study the effect of Humanin on 7β-hydroxycholesterol induced monocyte cell death