Rajeeb Kumar Swain
Scientist-D
Department of Biotechnology
Institute of Life Sciences, Nalco Square
India
Biography
Dr Rajeeb K. Swain is a developmental biologist who studies development of vertebrate vascular and hematopoietic system using zebrafish as a model organism. He has a PhD degree from University of Tübingen, Germany and carried out his dissertation work in Prof. Herbert Steinbeisser’s laboratory at Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen and University of Heidelberg, Germany. He then joined Prof. Roy Bicknell’s laboratory at University of Birmingham, UK as a research fellow to study molecular regulation of tumour angiogenesis. His interest in clinical research took him to the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester, UK where he studied the role of circulating tumour cells in cancer metastasis (mentor – Prof. Caroline Dive). Since December 2011, he heads the vascular biology laboratory at ILS, Bhubaneswar. Academic Qualifications Ph.D. (2004): Developmental Biology, University of Tübingen, Germany. M.Sc. (1996): Biotechnology, University of Pune, India. B.Sc. (1993): Biology (Zoology honours), Utkal University (Bhadrak College), India.
Research Interest
Developmental Biology, Cancer Research
Publications
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Hetheridge C, Scott AN, Swain RK, Copeland JW, Higgs HN, Bicknell R, Mellor H. The formin FMNL3 is a cytoskeletal regulator of angiogenesis. J Cell Sci. 2012 Mar 15;125(6):1420-8.
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Gorny AK, Kaufmann LT, Swain RK, Steinbeisser H. A secreted splice variant of the Xenopus frizzled-4 receptor is a biphasic modulator of Wnt signalling. Cell Communication and Signaling. 2013 Nov 19;11(1):89.
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Borah S, Barrodia P, Swain RK. Nucleolar protein 4-like has a complex expression pattern in zebrafish embryos. International Journal of Developmental Biology. 2016 Feb 5;60(1-2-3):53-6.
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Noy PJ, Swain RK, Khan K, Lodhia P, Bicknell R. Sprouting angiogenesis is regulated by shedding of the C-type lectin family 14, member A (CLEC14A) ectodomain, catalyzed by rhomboid-like 2 protein (RHBDL2). The FASEB Journal. 2016 Jun 1;30(6):2311-23.
