Research Focus of the Lab/ Key Areas: Adipocyte Biology, Insulin Resistance, Obesity & metabolic syndrome

Projects & Funding: ICMR Extramural and AIIMS Intramural Grants

List of Lab members:

1. Mr Blessed Raj (PhD Scholar):

Mr Blessed Raj has done MSc in Medical Biochemistry from JIPMER Puducherry and got registered as PhD scholar at AIIMS in Nov 2020. His proposed work is to elucidate the role of ECM-Adipocyte communication in obesity induced adipose tissue dysfunctions

2. Dr Astha Sachan (Senior Resident):

Has done MD Thesis under my supervision titled, “Study of ECM Remodeling in adipose tissue dysfunctions in obesity” and presently working in ongoing lab projects.

She has won Mrs. Dwarka Prasad Trust Travel Grant in 2019 to present her work at 15th Asia Pacific Federation for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine (APFCB) Congress; Jaipur in Nov 2019

Also won best oral paper award in AMBION 2020: National Postgraduate Update cum CME, Chandigarh, November, 2020 (Online Presentation)

3. Dr Kuntal Chakraborty (Final year MD Student):

Thesis title “A prospective study of changes in human Gut Microbiota (GM) and its association with insulin sensitivity in obese individuals undergoing Bariatric Surgery”

He has been awarded ICMR financial support for his MD thesis (Dec 2020)

4. Dr Prachi Priyadarshini (Final year MD student):

Thesis title “Study of the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF-A) and its isoforms, in Obesity and their association with insulin sensitivity”

5.Dr Khushboo Sharma (Second year MD student):

Thesis titled “Assessment of Amphiregulin and CRISPLD1 as visceral adipose tissue derived modulators of cardiovascular health in obesity”