Robin  Mukhopadhyaya,                               Ph.D. 
                               
                              Principal Investigator  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer 
                           
                                                                              
                            Virology Lab 
                           
                                                                              
                            Room KS312, Tata Memorial Centre 
                           
                                                    
                            Navi Mumbai - 410 208                                 
                           
                                                    
                            Maharashtra                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: rmukhopadhyaya@actrec.gov.in 
                           
                                                                              
                            Phone: +91-22-2740 5037 
                           
                                                    
                            Fax: +91-22-2740 5085  
                           
                  
                          
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://actrec.gov.in/pi-webpages/Robin/index-robin.htm#123  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                             
                            Positions Held:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                
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                                  Principal Investigator  
                                  Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer, Navi Mumbai, India 
                                  
								  Present 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Post Doctoral Fellowship  
                                  Lab of Tumor Cell Biology, NCI, NIH, USA. 
                                  
								  1988-1990 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Fogarty Visiting Associate   
                                  Institute of Human Virology, Baltimore, USA 
                                  
								   
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                                              
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Molecular Biology 
   
     
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Development optimal protein expression systems using Mammalian cells as hosts 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
                            Publications:  
                           
                          
                            
	
		
			
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				Patel, M. C., Patkar, K. K., Basu, A., Mohandas, K. M. and Mukhopadhyaya, R.   Production of immunogenic human papillomavirus-16 major capsid protein derived virus like particles. The Indian Journal of Medical Research.  2009.  130, 213-218. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Santhosh, C. V., Tamhane, M. C., Mukhopadhyaya, R. and Mukhopadhyaya, R.   Full-length genome characterization of an HIV type 2 isolate from India. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses.  2008.  24, 1315-1317. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Santhosh, C. V., Tamhane, M. C., Kamat, R. H., Patel, V. V. and Mukhopadhyaya, R.   A lentiviral vector with novel multiple cloning sites: stable transgene expression in vitro and in vivo. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.  2008.  371, 546-550. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Tamhane, M., Mukhopadhyaya, R. and Mukhopadhyaya, R.   Characterization of a long terminal repeat region from an infectious Indian HIV type 2 isolate. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses.  2005.  21, 592-596. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Tailor, P. B., Saikia, T. K., Advani, S. H. and Mukhopadhyaya, R.   Activation of HHV-6 in lymphoproliferative disorders: a polymerase chain reaction-based study. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.  2004.  1022, 282-285. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Joshi, P. J., Merchant, R. H., Pokharankar, S. L., Damania, K. S., Gilada, I. S. and Mukhopadhyaya, R.   Perinatally cotransmitted human herpesvirus 6 is activated in children born with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Journal of Human Virology.  2000.  3, 317-323. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Mukhopadhyaya, R.  and Sadaie, M. R.  Nucleotide sequence analysis of HTLV-I isolated from cerebrospinal fluid of a patient with TSP/HAM: comparison to other HTLV-I isolates. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses.  1993.  9, 109-114. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Sadaie, M. R., Mukhopadhyaya, R. , Benaissa, Z. N., Pavlakis, G. N. and Wong-Staal, F.  Conservative mutations in the putative metal-binding region of human immunodeficiency virus tat disrupt virus replication. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses.  1990.  6, 1257-1263. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Sinha, S., Malonia, S. K., Mittal, S. P., Singh, K., Kadreppa, S., Kamat, R., Mukhopadhyaya, R. , Pal, J. K. and Chattopadhyay, S.  Coordinated regulation of p53 apoptotic targets BAX and PUMA by SMAR1 through an identical MAR element. The EMBO Journal.  2010.  29, 830-842. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Rub, A., Dey, R., Jadhav, M., Kamat, R., Chakkaramakkil, S., Majumdar, S., Mukhopadhyaya, R.  and Saha, B.  Cholesterol depletion associated with Leishmania major infection alters macrophage CD40 signalosome composition and effector function. Nature Immunology.  2009.  10, 273-280. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				 R. Mukhopadhyaya . Cell lines and their utility in bio-medical research. Mammology , 2006: 2:16-19. 
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                                                                 
                                   
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                            Education  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Ph.D.                                                    in Biochemistry, 				
				 
                                                    University of Mumbai                                                                        
 
                                           
                                                                                    
                                            Honors and Awards  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            2004,  Inaugural year ‘Science-in-Society’ award, Indian Science Congress                
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            2001, All India Biotech Association award for Biotechnology in Medicine                
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            1998, VASVIK award in Biological Sciences & Technology