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Scientific Staff

Dr. Rajnish Kumar Chaturvedi
Senior Principal Scientist
Systems Toxicology & Health Risk Assessment
CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research
Vishvigyan Bhawan, 31, Mahatma Gandhi Marg
Lucknow - 226 001. Uttar Pradesh, India.
Email: rajnish[at]iitr.res.in | Alternate Email: itrcrajnish[at]gmail.com
Tel: +91-522-2217497 | Extension: 0522-2217655
Fax: 522-2628227

Areas of Specialization
Biochemical and Molecular Neurotoxicology, Neural Stem Cell Biology, Regenerative medicine and neurodegenerative disorders, Cellular and Molecular Mechanism of Parkinson and Huntington Disease
Current R&D/S&T Activities
            Research Interest:
 
  • Normal brain development also referred as neurogenesis, involves a balance between Neural Stem Cell (NSC) proliferation, their migration to different parts of the brain followed by differentiation to neurons,     astrocytes and oligodendrocytes. For optimum brain development newly generated neurons move along precise pathways from their points of origin to their assigned locations, establish synapses with each other, and communicate via these synapses. Several environmental toxicants are reported to cause developmental neurotoxicity in both children and adults. We are trying to understand how environmental toxicants (pesticides and xenoestrogen) affect key events of neurogenesis including regulatory cell signaling pathways. Further, we are involved to assess the molecular and/or cellular events that are target(s) for inhibition of neurogenesis.
  • Use of human and rodent Neural Stem Cells as an alternate in vitro model to assess the neurotoxic potential of environmental contaminants.
  • To assess the cellular and molecular mechanism of neurodegenerative disorders specially Parkinson’s disease, and how environmental toxicants modulate the disease pathogenesis
 
 

Partial List of Research Publications
Awards/Honours/ Distinctions

No.

Award

Year

Agency

1.

Vigyan Ratna Award

2016

U.P. Council of Science and Technology

2.

DBT National Bioscience Award

2016

Department of Biotechnology, India

3.

OPPI Young Scientist Award

2016

Organizers of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI)

4.

Shri Om Prakash Sharma Young Scientist Award in Biomedical Research

2016

Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences

5.

NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award in the area of Medicine.

2015

National Academy of Sciences-India and Elsevier-India

6.

Lady Tata Memorial Young Scientist Award in the area of Medical Sciences.

2014

Lady Tata Memorial Trust-United Kingdom

7.

National Academy of Sciences (NASI) Young Scientist Award in the area of Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Bio-Medical Sciences.

2013

National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad-India

8.

Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Young Scientist Award in the area of Health Sciences.

2012

Indian National Science Academy-New Delhi

9.

Gauri Ganguly Memorial Young Scientist Award of Biomedical Sciences.

2012

Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Kolkata

10

Lucknow Youth Icons Award in the field of Science.

2009

Social Environmental & Educational Development Society

11.

U.P. Council of Science and Technology Young Scientist Award

2006

U.P. Council of Science and Technology

12.

First place in “Parkinson’s Disease Quiz Contest

2005

Novartis Pharma

13.

Best paper award

2004

Federation of Asian-Oceanic Neuroscience Societies (FAONS)

14.

Best paper award

2003

National Brain Research Centre (NBRC)

15.

Best paper award

2002

National Brain Research Centre

S.

No

Duration

Institute and the country of visit

Purpose of visit

From

DD/MM/YY

To

DD/MM/YY

1

22nd April 2019

24th April 2019

Boston, USA

To deliver an invited talk in Nanoworld Conference Boston-2019.

2

23th April 2018

25th April 2018

San Francisco, USA

To deliver an invited talk in Nanoworld conference-2018.

3

20th August 2017

24th August 2017

Paris, France

To deliver an invited talk in International Society of Neurochemistry (ISN) meeting. Received travel fellowship from ISN.

4

04th  Feb 2013

08th Feb 2013

Columbus, USA

Received Travel Award Fellowship to attend Workshop 3: Disease

5

20th May 2013

24th May 20113

Cancun, Mexico

Young Investigator Travel Award Fellowship to attend ISN-ASN meeting

6

29th  May 2011

03rd June 2011

Prague, Czech Republic

To present research work at 10th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry

7

31st August 2006

30th Sept 2008

New York, USA

For Post Doctoral Research Fellowship

8

8th July 2006

12th  July 2006

Vienna, Austria

Recipient of  “Young Investigator Travel Award Fellowship” of Federation of European Neuroscience Society (FENS) to attend the “5th FENS Forum”

9

2nd   July 2006

5th  July 2006

Singapore University, Singapore

Received “Travel Award Fellowship” of Asia Pacific Society of Neurochemistry (APSN) to attend the “7th Biennial APSN meeting”

10

21st  August 2005

26th  August 2005

Innsbruck, Austria

Received “Travel Award Fellowship” of ISN to attend the “ 20th Biennial ISN-ESN meeting”

11

5th  June 2005

9th June 2005

Berlin, Germany

Received “Asian Travel Award Fellowship” to attend the 16th International Congress on Parkinson’s disease and Related Disorders

12

3rd Feb

2004

7th Feb

2004

Avignon, France

Recipient of “Young Investigator Travel Award Fellowship” of ISN to attend the First  ISN Special  Neurochemistry Conference

13

17th May 2004

19th May 2004

Tehran, Iran

Recipient of “Travel Award Fellowship” of FAONS to attend the “2nd Federation of Asian-Oceanic Neuroscience Societies (FAONS) Symposium”

14

3rd  Feb

2004

7th Feb

2004

Hongkong

Received “Travel Award Fellowship” of ISN to attend ISN-APSN 6th Biennial Joint Meeting

15

27th  Nov 2002

30th Nov 2002

Bangkok, Thailand

Received “Young Investigator Travel Award Fellowship” of ISN

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