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COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

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

Principal Scientist

PhD (CDRI, Lucknow); Postdoc (Wellcome trust sanger institute, Cambridge, UK)

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

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Expertise

Developmental Origin of Health and Diseases (DOHaD), Metabolic bone diseases, Molecular nutrition, Epigenetics

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WNIg85wAAAAJ&hl=en

 

Area of interest

• Developmental Origin of Health and Diseases: Investigating how maternal and early life nutrition and environmental factors program long-term health outcomes, with a focus on skeletal development and bone metabolism. • Bone Health and Skeletal Development: Focusing on the mechanisms of bone growth and maintenance. • Epigenetic Regulation of Bone Metabolism: Exploring how epigenetic circuits are involved in skeletal development and maintenance. • Gut Microbiota and Immune Modulation: Studying the role of gut microflora in immune- mediated diseases and bone health. • Functional Foods and Molecular Nutrition: Developing and evaluating functional food components for their therapeutic potential.

Awards and Certificates

 

  • 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.
  • Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WNIg85wAAAAJ&hl=en