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Dr Sweta Srivastava
PhD- Molecular Biology and Biochemistry- University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Associate Professor & HOD / Molecular Biology & Genetics
Languages
English, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Sanskrit
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Ph.D- Molecular Biology and Biochemistry- University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Qualification/ Education
- PhD- Molecular Biology and Biochemistry- University of Leeds, United Kingdom
- MSc. - Human Physiology, Kolkata University,
Experience
- Associate professor and HoD- Div of Molecular Biology and Genetics, St johns medical College and Hospital- (2023- ongoing)
- Assistant Professor- Dept of Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, St. Johns Medical College and Hospital-(2015-2022)
- Grant Coordinator- National Centre for Biological Sciences (2011-2015)
- Associate scientist- ITC R&D (2009-2011)
- Post Doctoral Fellow- National Centre for Biological Sciences (2004-2009)
Areas of interest
Disease biology with focus on Cancer Biology
Field of Expertise
Molecular Biology, Cell Signaling and Biochemistry
Fellowship & Membership
- Research Associate fellowship- Department of Biotechnology, 2003
- Fellowship from the School of Biological Sciences- University of Leeds, UK, 2000-2003
- Fellowship from British Federation of Women Graduate- British Federation of Women Graduate, UK, 2000-2001
Extramural portfolios/ Committees
Member of Board of Studies, Garden City Univeristy, Bangaore
Other formal training/certification
Certification in C++/Linux
Institutional portfolios/ Committees
- Quality Manager- St. Johns Laboratory Services
- Chairperson- Institutional Animal Ethics Committee
- Supervisor- NMC Research Laboratory,
Membership of professional associations/bodies
- Life time member of Indian Association of cancer research
- Member of Biochemical Society, UK (2009-2011)
Awards and Recognitions
- Prof. A R Rao memorial Award for Young Scientist- CARSCCR, JNU, 2015
- Special Appreciation Award for Best Posters- 24th Annual Convention of IACR & `International, Symposium on 'Human Papillomavirus and Cervical Cancer, ICPO, 2005
- Overseas Research Scholarship award- Overseas Research Scholarships, ORS, UK, 1999-2003
- Tetley and Lupton award- University of Leeds, UK, 1999-2003
- ICMR Travel grant award-2017
- DST ITS- Travel Grant for Wolfberg Meeting in Switzerland-2015
No groups and associations specified.
RhoC regulates radioresistance via crosstalk of ROCK2 with the DNA repair machinery in cervical cancer
Annapurna Pranatharthi, Pavana Thomas, Avinash H Udayashankar, Chandra Bhavani, Srinag Bangalore Suresh, Sudhir Krishna, Jayashree Thatte, Nirmala Srikantia, Cecil R Ross, Sweta Srivastava Microarray analysis reveals distinct immune signatures in BCR‑ABL positive and negative myeloproliferative neoplasms
Cecil Ross, Mugdha Sharma, John Paul ,Sweta Srivastava Gene expression profiling of CD34+ sorted cells from Myeloproliferative Neoplasm patients
Mugdha Sharma, Chandra Bhavani, Srinag Bangalore Suresh, John Paul, Lokendra Yadav, Cecil Ross, Sweta Srivastava MHC-II molecules present RhoC-derived peptides on the surface of tumour cells
Pavana Thomas, Sweta Srivastava A simple high-volume culture technique-Good substitute for polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Aspergillus species in bronchoalveolar lavage samples
Haritha Subhagan, Jayanthi Savio, Priyadarshini Padaki, Sweta Srivastava, Pavana Thomas, Rajeshwari Veerappan, Priya Ramachandran, John Michael Raj Ashok RhoC in association with TET2/WDR5 regulates cancer stem cells in epigenetically modifyng the expression of pluripotency genes
Pavana Thomas, Sweta Srivastava, Avinash H Udayashankara, Samyuktha Damodaran, Lokendra Yadav, Boby Mathew, Srinag Bangalore Suresh, Amit Kumar Mandal, Nirmala Srikantia Aloe Vera alters POSTN expression, abolishes EMT phenotype. And sensitizes radiation in conjunction with atorvastatin in cervical cancer
P. Thomas , S. Sahoo , S. Mahajan,D.L. Hiremath, A.H. Udayashankara, S. Srivastava Fubp3 regulates chronic myeloid leukaemia progression through PRC2 complex regulated pak1-erk
Mugdha Sharma, Seetharam Anandram, Cecil Ross, Sweta Srivastava RhoC: a fascinating journey from a cytoskeletal organizer to a Cancer stem cell therapeutic target
Thomas P, Pranatharthi A, Ross C, Srivastava S. High frequency of exon 20 S768I EGFR mutation detected in malignant pleural effusions: A poor prognosticator of NSCLC
George D'Souza, Chirag Dhar, Vishal Kyalanoor, Lokendra Yadav, Mugdha Sharma , Mohammad Nawaz S, Sweta Srivastava Ally to adversary: mesenchymal stem cells and their transformation in leukaemia
Sharma M, Ross C, Srivastava S. An ingenious non-spherical mesoporous silica nanoparticle cargo with curcumin induces mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in breast cancer (MCF-7) cells
Lakshminarasimhan Harini, Sweta Srivastava , George Peter Gnanakumar, Bose Karthikeyan, Cecil Ross, Vaithilingam Krishnakumar, Velu Rajesh Kannan, Krishnan Sundar, Thandavarayan Kathiresan Circulating nucleic acids: An analysis of their occurrence in malignancies
Shankar Suraj, Chirag Dhar, Sweta Srivastava Polyethylenimine-modified curcumin-loaded mesoporus silica nanoparticle (MCM-41) induces cell death in MCF-7 cell line
Lakshminarasimhan Harini, Bose Karthikeyan, Sweta Srivastava, Srinag Bangalore Suresh, Cecil Ross, Georgepeter Gnanakumar, Srinivasan Rajagopal, Krishnan Sundar, Thandavarayan Kathiresan Cancer Stem Cells and Radioresistance: Rho/ROCK Pathway Plea Attention
Annapurna Pranatharthi, Cecil Ross, Sweta Srivastava CD66+ cells in cervical precancers are partially differentiated progenitors with neoplastic traits
Chitra Pattabiraman, Shiyuan Hong, Vignesh K Gunasekharan, Annapurna Pranatharthi, Jeevisha Bajaj, Sweta Srivastava, H Krishnamurthy, Aswathy Ammothumkandy, Venkat G Giri, Laimonis A Laimins, Sudhir Krishna Notch signaling in CD66+ cells drives the progression of human cervical cancers
Jeevisha Bajaj 1, Tessy Thomas Maliekal, Eric Vivien, Chitra Pattabiraman, Sweta Srivastava, H Krishnamurthy, V Giri, Deepa Subramanyam, Sudhir Krishna Cancer stem cells: an approach to identify newer therapeutic targets
Sweta Srivastava, Sudhir Krishna Rab11-FIP3 and FIP4 interact with Arf6 and the exocyst to control membrane traffic in cytokinesis
Andrew B Fielding, Eric Schonteich, Johanne Matheson, Gayle Wilson, Xinzi Yu, Gilles R X Hickson, Sweta Srivastava, Stephen A Baldwin, Rytis Prekeris, Gwyn W Gould Complementation of human papillomavirus type 16 E6 and E7 by Jagged1-specific Notch1-phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling involves pleiotropic oncogenic functions independent of CBF1;Su(H);Lag-1 activation
Karthikeyan Veeraraghavalu , Vanitha K Subbaiah, Sweta Srivastava, Oishee Chakrabarti, Ruchi Syal, Sudhir Krishna High-throughput and label-free screening of red blood cell stiffness: A study of sickle cell disease
Saurabh Kaushik , Arkabrata Mishra , Roshan Ross , Sweta Srivastava , Cecil R. Ross , Gautam V. Soni No Others Contributions details available.