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CSIR - CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GOVT. OF INDIA,
MYSURU - 570020

Kunal Sharan

Scientist

PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University); Postdoc (Wellcome trust sanger institute, Cambridge, UK)

Email : kunalsharan[at]cftri[dot]res[dot]in

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Expertise

Metabolic bone diseases, Molecular nutrition, mouse embryonic stem cell culture, knockout and conditional knockout model of disease.

https://sites.google.com/view/nutritionandbonehealthlab/home

Area of interest

Understanding the molecular and cellular basis for the modulation of bone mass by food-derived molecules.

Awards and Certificates

  • Co-Chair for Cell Biology and Cell Signaling session at annual meeting of SBC(I) 2016
  • Received SERB Young Scientist startup Research grant award 2015.
  • Received Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Postdoctoral Scientist Fellowship 2011
  • In a mapping of Indian research output on osteoporosis, published by Annals of Library and Information Studies, recognized as researcher with second highest h-index value in India. (Ref: Annals of Library and Information Studies, vol. 60, Dec 2013, pp 276-283).
  • Best Oral Presentation Award in Biological Sciences at CDRI’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.
  • Qualified for Department of Biotechnology-Junior research fellowship (DBT JRF), 2006, for securing 5 years fellowship for doing PhD.
  • Qualified Council for Scientific and Industrial Research -National Eligibility Test (CSIR-NET), 2005.
  • Patent and publications: No. of patents – 3; Technology licensed -1;Total No.s of publications: 37, Total citations: >1300, h-index: 20; Please follow the links for more details: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WNIg85wAAAAJ
  • https://sites.google.com/view/nutritionandbonehealthlab/home