Position & Honors
Posted on August 30, 2014
Positions and Employment Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, NMR in Biomedicine, Neurochemical Research, Journal of Neuroscience Method, Journal
of Biosciences, IEEE Transactions of Magnetics, Journal of Neurochemistry, Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Fronties in Neuroimaging,
Journal of Biosciences, Frontoers in Cellular Neuroscience
Brain 05, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2004, 2005, 2008-2014.
What have we learned from 13C NMR Spectroscopy about
neurotransmitter energetics in neurological disorders? Annual Meeting of NMRS,
IIT Kharagpur, India, February 2016. NMR Spectroscopy: Introductions and Application in Biology and Medicine, International
Conference and Workshop on Structure Based Drug Designing & Application to Infectious Diseases, University of
Hyderabad-International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India, February 2016. 13C NMR Investigations of Neurotransmitter
Energetics in Alzheimer's Disease, NMR Meets Biology: An Interaction Week, Vayalar, Alleppey, India, January 2016. What have we learned for Parkinson's Disease using in vivo 13C NMR Spectroscopy?
29th Annual of Society for Neurochemistry (SNCI) India, Shillong, India, December 2015. What we have learned for Brain Function using in vivo
13C NMR Spectroscopy?, Guha Research Conference, Bodh Gaya-Nalanda, November- December 2015 Spectral Editing Techniques in MRS, Workshop in Advances in MR Spectroscopic Imaging: ISMRM Indian Chapter,
Molecular Imaging Society of India (MISI) and INSA, New Delhi, India, March 2015 13C NMR Studies of Brain Energy Metabolism in Parkinson's Disease, National Symposium on Biophysics and
Golden Jubilee Meeting of Indian Biophysical Society, New Delhi, India, February 2015. MRI and In vivo NMR Spectroscopy: Part 1, National School on NMR, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, August 2013 MRI and In vivo NMR Spectroscopy: Part 2, National School on NMR, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India, August 2013 13C NMR Studies of Neuronal and Astroglial Metabolism in APP-PS1 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease with Progress of Age, Annual Meeting of Society for Neurochemistry India and Recent Advances in Molecular Mechanisms of Neurological Disorders, New Delhi, India, February 2013 Brain Energy Metabolism under different Ethanol Exposure Paradigms, Symposium on New Developments in NMR, Mumbai, India, February 2013 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Brain Energy Metabolism Cerebral Disorders, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, May 2012. NMR Studies of Brain Metabolism in Animal models of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease, Symposium on New Developments in NMR, Bangalore, India, February 2012 NMR Study of Brain Physiology in Cerebral Disorders, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, February 2012. Magnetic Resonance Study of Brain Metabolism in Cerebral Disorders, Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, April 2011. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Brain Physiology in Cerebral Disorders, National Workshop on Nuclear and Atomic Techniques Based Pure and Applied Sciences, Tezpur, February 2011. Brain Energy Metabolism: Towards Understanding the Brain Function, International Symposium on Metabolic Signaling in Brain in Health and Disease, Hyderabad, January 2011. 13C NMR Investigations of Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurotransmission in Cerebral Disorders, Indo-US workshop Applications of Molecular Imaging in Health, Disease and Drug Discovery, Hyderabad, November 2010. In vivo NMR Evaluation of Acetate Transport and Metabolism in the Rat Brain, Symposium on Magnetic Resonance and Biomolecular Mimetics and 15th National Magnetic Resonance Society of India Meeting, Hyderabad, February 2009. In vivo NMR Perspectives of Regulation and Energetics of Inhibitory Neurotransmitter in Central Nervous System, Emerging Trends in New Biology, Indian Science Congress Association, Shillong, January 2009. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Basic Principle and Application in Biology and Medicine I, Academic Staff College, Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad, July 2008. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Basic Principle and Application in Biology and Medicine II, Academic Staff College, Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad, July 2008. NMR Investigations of Acetate Transport and Metabolism in the Rat Brain In Vivo, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Toronto, May 2008. Regulation of Inhibitory Neurotransmission in Central Nervous System, NMR Research Centre, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore, March 2007. In vivo NMR Studies on Regulation and Energetics of GABA Neurotransmission in Rat Brain, National Symposium on Biophysics: Trends in Biomedical Research, New Delhi, February 2007. In vivo NMR Studies of Neurotransmitter Metabolism in Rat Brain, 13th National Magnetic Resonance Society of India Meeting, Pune, February 2007. Glutamatergic and GABAergic Neurotransmission in Rat Brain, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India, May 2005. The regulation of GABA synthesis during increased brain activity, XXIst International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, Hyderabad, India, January 2005. In Vivo 13C NMR Study of Energetics of Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurotransmission in Rat Brain, National Brain Research Centre, Gurgoan, India, June 2004 In Vivo NMR Study of Energy Metabolism of Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurotransmission in Rat Brain, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, June 2004. In Vivo 13C NMR Study of Energetics of Neurotransmission in Rat Brain, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India, July 2004. Preliminary Evidence that GAD65 Mediates GABA Synthesis in rat cortex During Intense Neuronal Activation, Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, USA, 2003. In Vivo 13C NMR studies of excitatory and inhibitory Neurotransmission, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India, January 2003. GABA and Glutamate Neurotransmitter Cycling in Rat Cortex in Relation to Activity, Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, USA, 2001. Glutamine is major precursor for GABA synthesis in rat cortex in vivo following acute GABA-transaminase inhibition, Graduate Student Research Scholar Meet, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, May 2000. Glutamine is the major precursor for GABA synthesis in rat cortex in vivo following acute GABA-transaminase inhibition, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India, July 2000.
Year Position 2017-present Group Leader, CCMB, Hyderabad, India 2010-present Principal Scientist, NMR Microimaging and Spectroscopy, CCMB, Hyderabad, India 2006-2010 Senior Scientist, NMR Microimaging and Spectroscopy, CCMB, Hyderabad, India 2003-2006 Associate Research Scientist, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA 2001-2003 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA 1999-2001 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
Honors
Year Honors 2015 NMRS Prof. S. Subramanian's 60th Birthday Lecture Award 2004, 2008,
2010-2012, 2016EK Zavoisky Fellowship, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Executive Committee Member, National Magnetic Resonance Society of India 2015 -
till presentMember Editorial Board Journal of Biosciences 1998, 2005 Travel award from the International Conference on Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems 2003 Fellowship from the New York Academy of Sciences 1995-1999 Senior Research Fellowship from Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India 1993 Gold Medal, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India 1993-1995 Junior Research Fellowship from Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India 1993 Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Conducted by IIT 1992 Junior Research Fellowship from CSIR, India
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
Year Honors 2008 (Summer) Visiting Professor, Yale University, New Haven, USA. 1999-Present Member International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2004 Member International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism 2002-2005 Society for Neuroscience 1995-present Member Indian Biophysical Society 2006-present Member National Magnetic Resonance Society of India 2011-present Member Society for Neurochemistry India 2012-present Member Indian Academy of Neuroscience, India
Reviewer
Member abstract reviewing committee
Lecture Delivered
Posted on Feb 29, 2016