Sorab N. Dalal,                               Ph.D. 
                               
                              Principal Investigator  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer 
                           
                                                                              
                            Sorab’s Lab 
                           
                                                                              
                            Khanolkar Shodhika, Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar 
                           
                                                    
                            Navi Mumbai  - 410 210                                   
                           
                                                    
                            Maharashtra                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: sdalal@actrec.gov.in 
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: +91-22-27405007 
                           
                                                    
                            Fax: +91-22-27405085  
                           
                  
                          
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://actrec.gov.in/pi-webpages/SorabDalal/sorab-index-2010.html  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                             
                            Positions Held:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                
                                  Position  
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                                  Principal Investigator  
                                  Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India 
                                  
								  Present 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Post Doctoral Fellowship  
                                  Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School 
                                  
								   
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                                              
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Molecular Biology 
   
     
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Identification of pathways that regulate metastatic progression and cell-cell adhesion 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Regulation of cellular checkpoint pathways by 14-3-3 proteins 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Generation of knockdown or over-expression transgenic mouse models to study human disease 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
                            Publications:  
                           
                          
                            
	
		
			
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				Telles, E., Gurjar, M., Ganti, K., Gupta, D. and Dalal, S. N.   Filamin A stimulates cdc25C function and promotes entry into mitosis. Cell Cycle.  2011.  10. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Gosavi, P., Kundu, S. T., Khapare, N., Sehgal, L., Karkhanis, M. S. and Dalal, S. N.   E-cadherin and plakoglobin recruit plakophilin3 to the cell border to initiate desmosome assembly. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences : CMLS.  2010.  [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Telles, E., Hosing, A. S., Kundu, S. T., Venkatraman, P. and Dalal, S. N.   A novel pocket in 14-3-3epsilon is required to mediate specific complex formation with cdc25C and to inhibit cell cycle progression upon activation of checkpoint pathways. Experimental Cell Research.  2009.  315, 1448-1457. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Hosing, A. S., Kundu, S. T. and Dalal, S. N.   14-3-3 Gamma is required to enforce both the incomplete S phase and G2 DNA damage checkpoints. Cell Cycle.  2008.  7, 3171-3179. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Kundu, S. T., Gosavi, P., Khapare, N., Patel, R., Hosing, A. S., Maru, G. B., Ingle, A., Decaprio, J. A. and Dalal, S. N.   Plakophilin3 downregulation leads to a decrease in cell adhesion and promotes metastasis. International Journal of Cancer.   2008.  123, 2303-2314. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Dalal, S. N.  and Volkening, M.  CDC25 dual-specificity protein phosphatases: detection and activity measurements. Methods in Molecular Biology.  2005.  296, 329-344. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Dalal, S. N., Yaffe, M. B. and DeCaprio, J. A.  14-3-3 family members act coordinately to regulate mitotic progression. Cell Cycle.  2004.  3, 672-677. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Brunet, A., Kanai, F., Stehn, J., Xu, J., Sarbassova, D., Frangioni, J. V., Dalal, S. N. , DeCaprio, J. A., Greenberg, M. E. and Yaffe, M. B.  14-3-3 transits to the nucleus and participates in dynamic nucleocytoplasmic transport. The Journal of Cell Biology.  2002.  156, 817-828. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Dalal, S. N. , Schweitzer, C. M., Gan, J. and DeCaprio, J. A.  Cytoplasmic localization of human cdc25C during interphase requires an intact 14-3-3 binding site. Molecular and Cellular Biology.  1999.  19, 4465-4479. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                                                                 
                                   
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
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                                            Ph.D.                                                    				
				 
                                                    Tufts University