Premraj  Pushpakaran,                               Ph.D. 
                               
                              Associate Professor  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            National Institute of Technology 
                           
                                                                              
                            School of Bio-Technology 
                           
                                                                              
                            NITC East Campus 
                           
                                                    
                            Kozhikode - 673 601                                 
                           
                                                    
                            Kerala                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: drpremrajp@nitc.ac.in 
                           
                                                                              
                            Mobile: +91- 9645740050 
                           
                          
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://nitc.ac.in/index.php/?url=users/view/229/18/3  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                             
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                                  Associate Professor  
                                  National Institute of Technology 
                                  
								  2008-Present 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                                              
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Molecular Biology 
   
     
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Colon Carcinogenesis, Gut Physiology, Molecular Endocrinology, Thyroid Carcinogenesis 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
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				Malo, M. S., Pushpakaran, P . and Hodin, R. A.  A 'Swinging Cradle' model for in vitro classification of different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.  2005.  337, 490-497. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Malo, M. S., Zhang, W., Alkhoury, F., Pushpakaran, P. , Abedrapo, M. A., Mozumder, M., Fleming, E., Siddique, A., Henderson, J. W. and Hodin, R. A.  Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element. Molecular Endocrinology.  2004.  18, 1941-1962. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Malo, M. S., Abedrapo, M., Chen, A., Mozumder, M., Pushpakaran, P. , Alkhoury, F., Zhang, W., Fleming, E. and Hodin, R. A.  Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes. BioTechniques.  2003.  35, 1150-1152. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Fuad Alkhoury,  Premraj Pushpakaran , Wenying Zhang, Elizabeth Fleming and Richard Hodin. Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells. Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Volume 199, Issue 3, Supplement 1, September 2004 
		 
		
			
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					Premraj Pushpakaran , Srivastava S, Jain SK, Srivastava BS, Srivastava R. Protection by live Mycobacterium habana vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv challenge, International Journal of Leprosy & Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2004. 72 (2), 23
			 
		 
		
			
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				Malo, M. S., Abedrapo, M., Chen, A., Mozumder, M., Pushpakaran, P. , Alkhoury, F., Zhang, W., Fleming, E. and Hodin, R. A.  Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes. BioTechniques.  2003. 35, 1150-1152. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Prem Raj P , Srivastava S, Jain SK, Srivastava BS, Srivastava R. Protection by live Mycobacterium habana vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv challenge in mice, The Indian Journal of Medical Research, 2003. 117, 139-45 
		 
	 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                                                                 
                                   
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                            Education  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Ph.D.                                                    				
				 
                                                    Jamia Hamdard,                             1998-2002                                            
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            M.Sc.                                                    in Biotechnology, 				
				 
                                                    Cochin University of Science and Technology,                             1995-1997                                            
 
                                           
                                                                                    
                                            Honors and Awards  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            King Saud University's Visiting faculty research fellowship, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2005 to 2008      
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship, United States of America, 2002-2005      
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Member of The American Physiological Society Maryland, United States            
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            American Academy of Microbiology       
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            American Chemical Society       
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Endocrine Society       
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Reviewer - Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine       
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            The Community Curation i5K (Insect and other Arthropod Genome Sequencing Initiative 5000) working group (Arthropod Genome Database), USA      
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            The Community Curation working group on Nematodes (959 Nematode Genome Database), UK      
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Nature Publishing Group, UK's Nature Education Scitable Faculty Advisory Board