P K Tiwari

Biography

Dr. P. K. Tiwari (born on October 15, 1956) did B. Sc. (1977) from Gorakhpur University and M. Sc. (1979) and Ph. D. (1985) from Banaras Hindu University. He served as Assistant Professor (Life Sciences) at Manipur University, Imphal in 1986. He was a research associate at the Centre for Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi during 1988. In December 1988, he joined Jiwaji University as Lecturer in Zoology. He also served Dr. H. S. Gour University, Sagar during 1997-98 as Reader in Zoology. Presently he is professor in Zoology and coordinator of the M. Sc. Program in Molecular & Human Genetics at the Centre for Genomics, Jiwaji University. The Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, awarded him Overseas Associateship for the year 1995-1996 to work in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, North Western University, Evanston, Ill., USA. His areas of research interest include, molecular characterization and functional analysis of heat shock protein genes in sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina, understanding genomic diversity of the primitive tribes (e.g., Saharia and Bhil) of North Madhya Pradesh, the genetics of susceptibility to tuberculosis in these tribes, genetic typing and strain identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infecting the tribal population of M. P. and population genetics and conservation of freshwater turtles

Research Interest

Current research interests is the molecular pathogenesis of gallbladder cancer and gallstone diseases, the epigenetic regulation and identification of biomarkers by proteomic strategies