Chinmay K. Mukhopadhyay
Assistant Professor
Special Centre for Molecular Medicine
Jawaharlal Nehru University
India
Biography
1994-1997: Postdoctoral Trainee, Postdoctoral Fellow of the American Heart Association of Northeast Ohio, Department of Cell Biology The Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. USA. 1998-2001: Research Associate, Department of Cell Biology, The Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. USA. 2001-2008: Associate Professor, Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. 2008- till date: Professor, Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University 2005- 2007: Chairperson, Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Research Interest
A. Cross talk between Energy and Iron metabolism. B. Iron homeostasis in glial cells: implications in Parkinson’s disease. C. Role of iron in the growth of Leishmania donovani and in interaction with host macrophages
Publications
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Mukhopadhyay C.K., Mazumder B., and Fox P.L. Role of Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1 in transcriptional activation of ceruloplasmin by iron deficiency. J. Biol. Chem. 275: 21048-21054, 2000.
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Mukhopadhyay C.K., Attieh Z.K. and Fox P.L. Role of ceruloplasmin in cellular iron uptake. Science. 279: 714-717, 1998.
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Mukhopadhyay C.K., Mazumder B., Lindley P.F., and Fox P.L. Identification of the prooxidant site of human ceruloplasmin: A model for oxidative damage by copper bound to protein surfaces. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 94:11546-11551, 1997.
