Punit Prasad
Scientist - D & Ramalingaswami Fellow
Department of Molecular Biology
Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square
India
Biography
Qualifications: Ph.D. Molecular biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry (2010) – Southern Illinois University, USA M.Sc. Biotechnology (2000) – M.S University, Baroda, Gujarat, India B.Sc. Microbiology, Zoology and Chemistry (1998) – Shri Shivaji Science Collage, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Academic positions: Scientist D: March 2016 – till date at Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India Ramalingaswami Fellow: December 2016 – till date at Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India Postdoctoral fellow: September 2010 – March 2016 at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Industrial Experience: Researcher: 2000 – 2003 at Avesthagen Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, India Awards and Recognition: Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship: (December 2016-2021) Åke Olsson Foundation: (2014) Postdoctoral grant for hematological research Alex och Eva Wallström Foundation: (2014) Postdoctoral grant for cancer research Postgraduate Program in Developmental Biology and Cellular signaling: (2014) for conducting graduate level course Alex och Eva Wallström Foundation: (2013) Postdoctoral grant for cancer research Åke Olsson Foundation: (2013) Postdoctoral grant for hematological research Karolinska Institutet Research Foundation: (2013) Postdoctoral grant for cancer research.
Research Interest
Characterization of chromatin remodelers and epigenetic factors in blood cell development, Chromatin and chromatin remodelers, Mammalian hematopoiesis.
Publications
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Norman-Axelsson U, Durand-Dubief M, Prasad P, Ekwall K. DNA topoisomerase III localizes to centromeres and affects centromeric CENP-A levels in fission yeast. PLoS genetics. 2013 Mar 14;9(3):e1003371.
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Prasad P, Rönnerblad M, Arner E, Itoh M, Kawaji H, Lassmann T, Daub CO, Forrest AR, Lennartsson A, Ekwall K. High-throughput transcription profiling identifies putative epigenetic regulators of hematopoiesis. Blood. 2014 Apr 24;123(17):e46-57.
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Sadeghi L, Prasad P, Ekwall K, Cohen A, Svensson JP. The Paf1 complex factors Leo1 and Paf1 promote local histone turnover to modulate chromatin states in fission yeast. EMBO reports. 2015 Dec 1;16(12):1673-87.
