Anil  Suri,                               Ph.D. 
                               
                              Scientist  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            National Institute of Immunology 
                           
                                                                                                        
                            Aruna Asaf Ali Marg 
                           
                                                    
                            New Delhi - 110 067                                 
                           
                          						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: anil@nii.res.in 
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: +91-11-26703700 
                           
                          
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://www.nii.res.in/faculty-06/AnilSuri.htm  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                             
                            Positions Held:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                
                                  Position  
                                  Affiliation  
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                                  Scientist  
                                  National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India 
                                  
								  Present 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Visiting Faculty  
                                  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA 
                                  
								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Visiting Faculty  
                                  Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA 
                                  
								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Visiting Faculty  
                                  Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK 
                                  
								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Visiting Faculty  
                                  Hyogo College of Medicine, Japan 
                                  
								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Visiting Faculty  
                                  University of Virginia Health System, USA 
                                  
								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Visiting Faculty  
                                  Cornell Medical College, New York, USA 
                                  
								   
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                                              
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Molecular Biology 
   
     
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Cancer immunotherapy 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Biomarker discovery for cancer 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Chemo-resistant discovery for cancer treatment 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Monoclonal antibody tumor imaging  
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Tumor histopathology 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
                            Publications:  
                           
                          
                            
	
		
			
				1. 
			
				Garg, M., Kanojia, D., Saini, S., Suri, S., Gupta, A., Surolia, A. and Suri, A.   Germ cell-specific heat shock protein 70-2 is expressed in cervical carcinoma and is involved in the growth, migration, and invasion of cervical cells. Cancer.  2010.  116, 3785-3796. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kanojia, D., Garg, M., Saini, S., Agarwal, S., Kumar, R. and Suri, A.   Sperm associated antigen 9 expression and humoral response in chronic myeloid leukemia. Leukemia Research.  2010.  34, 858-863. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Garg, M., Kanojia, D., Seth, A., Kumar, R., Gupta, A., Surolia, A. and Suri, A.   Heat-shock protein 70-2 (HSP70-2) expression in bladder urothelial carcinoma is associated with tumour progression and promotes migration and invasion. European Journal of Cancer.  2010.  46, 207-215. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Garg, M., Kanojia, D., Suri, S., Gupta, S., Gupta, A. and Suri, A.   Sperm-associated antigen 9: a novel diagnostic marker for thyroid cancer. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.  2009.  94, 4613-4618. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Garg, M., Kanojia, D., Suri, S. and Suri, A.  Small interfering RNA-mediated down-regulation of SPAG9 inhibits cervical tumor growth. Cancer.  2009.  115, 5688-5699. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Garg, M., Kanojia, D., Salhan, S., Suri, S., Gupta, A., Lohiya, N. K. and Suri, A.   Sperm-associated antigen 9 is a biomarker for early cervical carcinoma. Cancer.  2009.  115, 2671-2683. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kanojia, D., Garg, M., Gupta, S., Gupta, A. and Suri, A.   Sperm-associated antigen 9, a novel biomarker for early detection of breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.  2009.  18, 630-639. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Garg, M., Kanojia, D., Khosla, A., Dudha, N., Sati, S., Chaurasiya, D., Jagadish, N., Seth, A., Kumar, R., Gupta, S., Gupta, A., Lohiya, N. K. and Suri, A .  Sperm-associated antigen 9 is associated with tumor growth, migration, and invasion in renal cell carcinoma. Cancer Research.  2008.  68, 8240-8248. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Suri A.   Report on the first international symposium on cancer biology (ISCB), November 14-16, 2007, at the National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India. Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy : CII.  2009.  58, 311-316. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Mathur, D., Anand, K., Mathur, D., Jagadish, N., Suri, A.  and Garg, L. C.  Crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of phosphoglucose isomerase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. Acta Crystallographica. Section F, Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications.  2007.  63, 353-355. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Garg, M., Chaurasiya, D., Rana, R., Jagadish, N., Kanojia, D., Dudha, N., Kamran, N., Salhan, S., Bhatnagar, A., Suri , S., Gupta, A. and Suri, A.  Sperm-associated antigen 9, a novel cancer testis antigen, is a potential target for immunotherapy in epithelial ovarian cancer. Clinical Cancer Research.  2007.  13, 1421-1428. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Rana, R., Jagadish, N., Garg, M., Mishra, D., Dahiya, N., Chaurasiya, D. and Suri, A.   Immunogenicity study of recombinant human sperm-associated antigen 9 in bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata). Human Reproduction.  2006.  21, 2894-2900. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Suri A.   Cancer testis antigens--their importance in immunotherapy and in the early detection of cancer. Expert Opinion On Biological Therapy.  2006.  6, 379-389. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Rana, R., Jagadish, N., Garg, M., Mishra, D., Dahiya, N., Chaurasiya, D. and Suri, A.   Small interference RNA-mediated knockdown of sperm associated antigen 9 having structural homology with c-Jun N-terminal kinase-interacting protein. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.  2006.  340, 158-164. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Suri A.   Sperm-based contraceptive vaccines: current status, merits and development. Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine.  2005.  7, 1-16. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Jagadish, N., Rana, R., Mishra, D., Garg, M., Chaurasiya, D., Hasegawa, A., Koyama, K. and Suri, A.   Immunogenicity and contraceptive potential of recombinant human sperm associated antigen (SPAG9). Journal of Reproductive Immunology.  2005.  67, 69-76. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Jagadish, N., Rana, R., Mishra, D., Kumar, M. and Suri, A.   Sperm associated antigen 9 (SPAG9): a new member of c-Jun NH2 -terminal kinase (JNK) interacting protein exclusively expressed in testis. The Keio Journal of Medicine.  2005.  54, 66-71. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Jagadish, N., Rana, R., Mishra, D., Garg, M., Selvi, R. and Suri, A.   Characterization of immune response in mice to plasmid DNA encoding human sperm associated antigen 9 (SPAG9). Vaccine.  2006.  24, 3695-3703. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Suri A.   Contraceptive vaccines targeting sperm. Expert Opinion On Biological Therapy.  2005.  5, 381-392. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Jagadish, N., Rana, R., Selvi, R., Mishra, D., Garg, M., Yadav, S., Herr, J. C., Okumura, K., Hasegawa, A., Koyama, K. and Suri, A.   Characterization of a novel human sperm-associated antigen 9 (SPAG9) having structural homology with c-Jun N-terminal kinase-interacting protein. The Biochemical Journal.  2005.  389, 73-82. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Verma, S., Mohapatra, B., Jagadish, N., Selvi, R., Roy, P., Rana, R., Lakshmi, K. and Suri, A.   Molecular cloning, expression of testicular transcript abundant in germ cells and immunobiological effects of the recombinant protein. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology.  2004.  52, 164-173. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Suri A.   Sperm specific proteins-potential candidate molecules for fertility control. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology : RB&E.  2004.  2, 10. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                    
                            Grant Support:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                
                                  Project Title  
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                                  Sanction Number  
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                                  Cancer Research Program 
                                   
                                  Department of Biotechnology, Government of India 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Cancer testis antigens-their importance in immunotherapy and in early detection of cancer 
                                   
                                  Department of Biotechnology, Government of India 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Characterization of testis specific sperm associated antigen 9 (SPAG9) gene expression and humoral immune response in various human cancers 
                                   
                                  Department of Biotechnology, Government of India 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Small interfering RNA-mediated inhibition of sperm associated antigen 9 (SPAG9) expression in human cancer cell lines in in vitro and in vivo 
                                   
                                  Department of Biotechnology, Government of India 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Studies on sperm specific genes related with infertility 
                                   
                                  INDO-POLISH Grant  
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Contraceptive potential of Oocyte-restricted ePLA2g 
                                   
                                  INDO–US Grant 
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  								   
                                 
                                                              
                                 
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                                                                 
                                   
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
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                                            Honors and Awards  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            2009, Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India        
 
                                           
                                                                                    
                                            Member 
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Editorial Reviewer - Neoplasia, Vaccine, European Journal of Immunology, Biology of Reproduction,Molecular Reproduction and Development, Human Reproduction, Molecular Biology Reports, Current Science, Asian Journal of Andrology          
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Convener, Cancer Research Program         
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Chairperson, Institutional Bio Safety Committee