Anuranjan Anand
{{Short description|Indian human geneticist (born 1965)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox scientist
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1965|4|5}}
| birth_place = India
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| fields = Human genetics and genomics
| workplaces = Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
| alma_mater = Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
| known_for = Studies on the molecular and cellular basis of genetic disorders
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Anuranjan Anand is a geneticist studying the cellular and molecular basis of human disorders. He is a molecular biology and genetics professor and an associate neuroscience faculty at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.
Biography and career
Anuranjan Anand did his doctoral studies at the Indian Institute of Science.,{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Anand,_Prof._Anuranjan |title=Fellow profile |date=2018-01-12 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=2018-01-12}} and his post-doctoral studies at Stanford University.{{Cite web |url=https://web.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/96/961212behavbkgrd.html |title=Background: The science behind the gene for sexual behavior (12/96) |website=web.stanford.edu |access-date=2018-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614055814/http://web.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/96/961212behavbkgrd.html |archive-date=14 June 2016 |url-status=dead }} He joined Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) as a faculty member in the Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit (MBGU){{Cite web |url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/profile/anand.html |title=Faculty fellow |date=2018-01-12 |website=JNCASR |access-date=2018-01-12}}{{cite book|title=Handbook of Universities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKgM7P5iGwgC&pg=PA418|year=2006|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0607-9|pages=418–}} and later became a professor and chair (2009-2016) of the Unit.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/faculty.php?d=mb |title=Chair professor |date=2018-01-12 |website=www.jncasr.ac.in |access-date=2018-01-12}} When the institute established the Neuroscience Unit (NSU) in 2014, he was designated as its associate faculty. He was the chair of NSU during 2016 - 2022.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/nsu/welcome.html |title=Neuroscience Unit |website=www.jncasr.ac.in |access-date=2018-01-12}}
Research
During his post-doctoral studies, Anuranjan Anand worked with his colleagues in Bruce Baker's laboratory on the mutations of fruitless, a gene involved in sexual behavior and courtship in Drosophila melanogaster. In JNCASR, his primary focus is on human genetic diseases, emphasizing neurological disorders, hereditary hearing loss and rare developmental disorders{{Cite web |url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/anand/ |title=Anuranjan Anand - Home |website=www.jncasr.ac.in |access-date=2018-01-12}} His laboratory has discovered several genes and mutations underlying these disorders and is currently examining their biological underpinnings employing cell- and animal- modeling approaches.{{Cite web |url=https://insaindia.res.in/ref.php |title=INSA :: Indian Fellows Elected |website=insaindia.res.in |access-date=2018-01-12}}{{Cite journal |title=Indian mutation behind hearing loss |journal = Nature India|doi=10.1038/nindia.2009.91 |year = 2009}}{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Anand=3AAnuranjan=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2018-01-14 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=2018-01-14}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.pubfacts.com/author/Anuranjan+Anand |title=Publications Authored by Anuranjan Anand - PubFacts.com |date=2018-01-12 |website=www.pubfacts.com |access-date=2018-01-12}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/38376190_Anuranjan_Anand |title=On ResearchGate |date=2018-01-09 |access-date=2018-01-09}}
Honors
Anuranjan Anand received an Outstanding Research Investigator Award from the Department of Atomic Energy in 2006-2010. The Department of Biotechnology awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development from 2008-2011.{{Cite web |url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=2017-11-20 |archive-date=4 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304191331/http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |url-status=dead }} He is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences,{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/listing/fellows/A |title=Fellowship - Indian Academy of Sciences |date=2017-12-28 |website=www.ias.ac.in |language=en |access-date=2017-12-28}} National Academy of Sciences, India,{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf|title=NASI Year Book 2015|date=2018-01-12|publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India|access-date=2018-01-12|archive-date=6 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806211716/http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf|url-status=dead}} and the Indian National Science Academy.{{Cite web |url=https://insaindia.res.in/detail/P16-1704 |title=Indian fellow |date=2018-01-12 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=2018-01-12}}
Selected bibliography
- {{Cite journal |last1=Ratnapriya |first1=Rinki |last2=Satishchandra |first2=Parthasarthy |last3=Dilip |first3=S. |last4=Gadre |first4=Girish |last5=Anand |first5=Anuranjan |date=2009-11-01 |title=Familial autosomal dominant reflex epilepsy triggered by hot water maps to 4q24-q28 |journal=Human Genetics |language=en |volume=126 |issue=5 |pages=677–683 |doi=10.1007/s00439-009-0718-6 |pmid=19597845 |s2cid=2063403 |issn=0340-6717}}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Chatterjee |first1=Arunima |last2=Jalvi |first2=Rajeev |last3=Pandey |first3=Nishtha |last4=Rangasayee |first4=R. |last5=Anand |first5=Anuranjan |date=2009-01-01 |title=A novel locus DFNA59 for autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss maps at chromosome 11p14.2–q12.3 |journal=Human Genetics |language=en |volume=124 |issue=6 |pages=669–675 |doi=10.1007/s00439-008-0596-3 |pmid=19030898 |s2cid=1718653 |issn=0340-6717}}
- {{Cite journal |last1=Kapoor |first1=Ashish |last2=Ratnapriya |first2=R. |last3=Kuruttukulam |first3=Gigy |last4=Anand |first4=Anuranjan |date=2007-07-01 |title=A novel genetic locus for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy at chromosome 5q12–q14 |journal=Human Genetics |language=en |volume=121 |issue=6 |pages=655–662 |doi=10.1007/s00439-007-0360-0 |pmid=17431681 |s2cid=24729173 |issn=0340-6717}}
References
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Category:N-BIOS Prize recipients
Category:Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy
Category:Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences
Category:Fellows of the National Academy of Sciences, India
Category:Indian Institute of Science alumni
Category:Stanford University alumni