Name: Arindam Maitra
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Position:
• Project Manager, International Cancer Genome Consortium-India Project, NIBMG (2009 onwards)
• Academic Consultant (Functional Genomics), Thrombosis Research Institute, Bangalore (2009 onwards)
Highest Educational Qualification: PhD (AIIMS, New Delhi, 1999)
Past Appointments:
• Section Head, Functional Genomics, Thrombosis Research Institute (TRI), Bangalore (2006 to 2009)
• Group Leader, The Centre for Genomic Application (TCGA), New Delhi (2004 to 2006)
• Honorary Consultant (DNA Technologies) to Directorate of Forensic Science, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India (2005 to 2007)
• Technical Support Specialist & member of European Task Forces on High Throughput Electrophoresis, Gene Expression, Genotyping and Forensic DNA Analysis, Applied Biosystems (1999 to 2004)
• CSIR (NET) Fellow & Graduate Student, Virology Section, Dept. of Microbiology, All India Instiute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (1994 to 1999)
Awards & Honours:
• Recipient of "Takashi Kurimura Award for the best paper on HIV research" at the First International Conference on AIDS INDIA 2000, Chennai, Nov. 27 to Dec 1, 1997.
• Invited participant in 6 th International Discussion Meeting on HIV Dynamics and Evolution. Atlanta, GA, USA, Mar 27 to Mar 29, 1999.
• Invited reviewer of the international journal Atherosclerosis, Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, Journal of Genetics, Saudi Medical Journal.
• Invited author of research commentary in the International Atherosclerosis Society (IAS) website.
Fellowships & Memberships of Professional Societies
• Recipient of 5 years research fellowship (NET) awarded by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and lecturership qualification by University Grant Commission (UGC), Govt. of India in November, 1993.
• Recipient of Foreign Travel Grant by CSIR (1999) and Department of Science & Techncology (2009), Govt. of India, for participation in international meetings and conferences.
Orations & Special Lectures
• Microarray in the Era of Genomics and Proteomics. Workshop on Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders Using Cytogenetics and Molecular Genetics Methods, Departments of Anatomy, Pediatrics & Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, 2005.
• SNP Detection by TaqMan Allelic Discrimination Assays and High Throughput Sequencing for SNP Discovery. Workshop on DNA Markers: Development and Applications, 8 th ADNAT Conventions, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India, 2004.
• Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders by Real Time PCR. Workshop on Prenatal & Postnatal Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders Using Molecular Methods, Departments of Anatomy, Pediatrics & Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, 2003.
• PCR and its Application and Troubleshooting. Workshop on Prenatal & Postnatal Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders Using Molecular Methods, Departments of Anatomy, Pediatrics & Hematology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, 2002.
• Genomic Diversity of HIV-1 Isolates from India. AIIMS Symposium on HIV Vaccine Development in the XXV National Congress of Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists, New Delhi, India, 2001.
• Automated DNA Sequencing Technology. WHO Workshop on Frontiers of Cancer Genetics, Department of Anatomy & Genetics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, 2001.
• DNA sequencing. IVth Conference cum Vth Workshop of Indian Association of Mycoplasmologists, New Delhi, India, 1998.
• Molecular methods in infectious disease diagnosis. Division of Clinical Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, 1997.
Research Interests:
• Application of high throughput DNA and related technologies in human disease genetics.
• Genomics of Cancer & Cardiovascular Disease.
• Molecular diagnostics and technology development.
Current Projects:
Genomic alterations in gingivobuccal cancer: The ICGC-India Project (Project Manager).
Past Major Projects
• Five-year Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, program grant on Identification of Genetic Risk Factors of Premature Cardiovascular Disease in the Asian Indian Population (Principal Investigator).
• Three-year DBT, Govt. of India, research project entitled Genome wide linkage study in families affected with early onset coronary artery disease in the Indian population (Co-Investigator).
List of Publications
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