Dr. Moinuddin
Nucleic Acid Immunology, Autoimmunity, Free radica
BIO-CHEMISTRY
Aligarh Muslim University
India
Biography
Dr. Moinuddin received his M.Phil and Ph.D. degrees in Biochemistry in 1992 and 1995 respectively from the Faculty of Medicine of the Aligarh Muslim University. He was appointed as Demonstrator/SR in 1994 and as Lecturer/ Assistant Professor in February, 1997; Reader in February, 2006; Associate Professor in February 2009 and Professor in February, 2012. He possesses a total teaching and research experience of over 22 years. His research interest has been Nucleic Acid Immunology, Autoimmunity and Free radical biology. He has supervised 12 Ph.D. / M.D. students, besides 01 M.Phil guidance. Dr. Moinuddin has published over 70 papers in reputed international journals like FEBS Letters, ABB, BBRC, Rheumatology, PLoS One, IUBMB Life etc. Besides, he has also published quite a few papers in national journals. He has operated four major research projects and is a member of DST-FIST implementation group. He has been invited to present his work at various national and international conferences and has also chaired the scientific sessions at these meets. He is on the reviewing panel of various journals. Dr. Moinuddin is a recipient of Commonwealth Academic Fellowship to work in UK.He is a Life member of Society for Free Radical Research (SFRR) and Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences (IABS).
Research Interest
Nucleic Acid Immunology, Autoimmunity, Free radical biology in relation to diseases
Publications
-
A major research project entitled “Immunogenicity of hydroxyl radical modified glutamic acid decarboxylase 65 (GAD65) – Implication for ROS-GAD65 antibodies in diabetes mellitus†has been successfully completed (Sanctioned by the Council of Science and Technology (U.P.) for a period of three years) w.e.f. 16-5-2007 to 15-5-2010.
-
A major research project entitled “Studies on antibodies against DNA damaged by synergistic action of nitric oxide and superoxide: Implications for carcinogenesis†has been successfully completed (sanctioned by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi) [Project No. F.3-16/2001-SR-II w.e.f. 1-4-2001 to 31-3-2004]
-
A major research project entitled “Studies on the reactive oxygen species damaged DNA: Implications in the etiopathogenesis of SLE has been successfully completed (sanctioned by the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi) [Project No. 61/2/99-BMS w.e.f. 1-11-2000 to 31-10-2003]
