Sudhir  Krishna,                               M.B.B.S., Ph.D. 
                               
                              Professor  
                           
                         
                                  
         
                                                    
                                                    
                            National Centre for Biological Sciences 
                           
                                                                              
                            Cellular Organization and Signalling Lab 
                           
                                                                              
                            Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, GKVK, Bellary Road 
                           
                                                    
                            Bangalore - 560 065                                 
                           
                                                    
                            Karnataka                                 
                           						  
                                                            
                           
                                                    
                            E-mail: skrishna@ncbs.res.in 
                           
                                                    
                               
                           
                          
                            URL:   http://ncbs.res.in/skrishna  
                           
                          
                          						  
                              
                           
						  
	                             
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                                  Professor  
                                  National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundemental Research, Bangalore, India 
                                  
								  1998-Present 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Associate Professor  
                                  National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundemental Research, Bangalore, India 
                                  
								  1992-1998 
                                 
                                                                
                                  Research fellow  
                                  Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, MA, Boston, USA 
                                  
								   
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                                              
                            Area of Specialization:  
                           
                          
                          
  
     
    Oncology 
   
                            
  
     
    Signal transduction 
   
    
     
     Stem cell biology  
   
    
                          
                        
                           
                           
                         
                         
                                                    
                                                    
                          
                             
                           
                                                    
                             Research Summary:  
                           
                                                    
                            
                                                                
                                   
                                  Cellular organisation and signaling 
                                 
                                                                
                                   
                                  Notch signaling in human cancers: molecular mechanisms and clinical translation 
                                 
                                                            
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                    
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				Shukla, S., Bharti, A. C., Mahata, S., Hussain, S., Hedau, S., Sharma, R., Pillai, M. R., Krishna, S ., Chiplunkar, S., Tongaonkar, H. and Das, B. C.  Application of a multiplex PCR to cervical cells collected by a paper smear for the simultaneous detection of all mucosal human papillomaviruses (HPVs) and typing of high-risk HPV types 16 and 18. Journal of Medical Microbiology.  2010.  59, 1303-1310. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Jayshree, R. S., Sreenivas, A., Tessy, M. and Krishna, S .  Cell intrinsic & extrinsic factors in cervical carcinogenesis. The Indian Journal of Medical Research.  2009.  130, 286-295. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Srivastava, S. and Krishna, S .  Cancer stem cells: an approach to identify newer therapeutic targets. Journal of Stem Cells.  2009.  4, 123-131. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Adurthi, S., Krishna, S. , Mukherjee, G., Bafna, U. D., Devi, U. and Jayshree, R. S.  Regulatory T cells in a spectrum of HPV-induced cervical lesions: cervicitis, cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and squamous cell carcinoma. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology.  2008.  60, 55-65. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Ramdass, B., Maliekal, T. T., Lakshmi, S., Rehman, M., Rema, P., Nair, P., Mukherjee, G., Reddy, B. K., Krishna, S.  and Radhakrishna, P.  Coexpression of Notch1 and NF-kappaB signaling pathway components in human cervical cancer progression. Gynecologic Oncology.  2007.  104, 352-361. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Subramanyam, D. and Krishna, S.   c-Myc substitutes for Notch1-CBF1 functions in cooperative transformation with papillomavirus oncogenes. Virology.  2006.  347, 191-198. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Veeraraghavalu, K., Subbaiah, V. K., Srivastava, S., Chakrabarti, O., Syal, R. and Krishna, S.   Complementation of human papillomavirus type 16 E6 and E7 by Jagged1-specific Notch1-phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling involves pleiotropic oncogenic functions independent of CBF1;Su(H);Lag-1 activation. Journal of Virology.  2005.  79, 7889-7898. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Mcavoy, B. R., Fulcher, G. R., Amerena, J. V., Conner, G. W., Beltrame, J. F., Hankey, G. J., Keech, A. C., Lloyd, B. L., Neale, M. L., Pollock, C. A., Sudhir, K. , Waltham, R. D. and West, M. J.  An evidence based clinical aid for cardiovascular disease--what do GPs think? Australian Family Physician.  2005.  34, 297-298. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Ayyub, C., Sen, A., Gonsalves, F., Badrinath, K., Bhandari, P., Shashidhara, L. S., Krishna, S.  and Rodrigues, V.  Cullin-5 plays multiple roles in cell fate specification and synapse formation during Drosophila development. Developmental Dynamics.  2005.  232, 865-875. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Veeraraghavalu, K., Pett, M., Kumar, R. V., Nair, P., Rangarajan, A., Stanley, M. A. and Krishna, S.   Papillomavirus-mediated neoplastic progression is associated with reciprocal changes in JAGGED1 and manic fringe expression linked to notch activation. Journal of Virology.  2004.  78, 8687-8700. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chakrabarti, O., Veeraraghavalu, K., Tergaonkar, V., Liu, Y., Androphy, E. J., Stanley, M. A. and Krishna, S.   Human papillomavirus type 16 E6 amino acid 83 variants enhance E6-mediated MAPK signaling and differentially regulate tumorigenesis by notch signaling and oncogenic Ras. Journal of Virology.  2004.  78, 5934-5945. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Sade, H., Krishna, S.  and Sarin, A.  The anti-apoptotic effect of Notch-1 requires p56lck-dependent, Akt/PKB-mediated signaling in T cells. The Journal of Biological Chemistry.  2004.  279, 2937-2944. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Nair, P., Somasundaram, K. and Krishna, S.   Activated Notch1 inhibits p53-induced apoptosis and sustains transformation by human papillomavirus type 16 E6 and E7 oncogenes through a PI3K-PKB/Akt-dependent pathway. Journal of Virology.  2003.  77, 7106-7112. [PubMed]  
		 
		
			
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				Chakrabarti, O. and Krishna, S.   Molecular interactions of 'high risk' human papillomaviruses E6 and E7 oncoproteins: implications for tumour progression. Journal of Biosciences.  2003.  28, 337-348. [PubMed]  
		 
	 
	 
  
                           
                         
                                                    
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                                  Regulation of RhoC by Notch1 during cervical carcinoma progression 
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Notch1 and TGF-β crosstalk in EMT during carcinoma progression 
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Cancer stem-like cells and role of Notch1 signaling 
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  								   
                                 
                                                                
                                  Notch signaling in human hematological cancers 
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  
								  								   
                                 
                                                              
                                 
 
                           
                          
                              
                           
                                                
 
                      
                          
                            
                                                                 
                                   
                             
                            
                                
                             
                            
                              
                                  
                                     
                                   
                                  
                                                                            
                                        
                                                                                    
                                            Education  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            M.B.B.S.                                                    				
				 
                                                    St. Johns Medical College, Bangalore, India                                                                        
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Ph.D.                                                    				
				 
                                                    University of Cambridge, UK                                                                        
 
                                           
                                                                                    
                                            Honors and Awards  
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            British Lepra Foundation prize         
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Cambridge Nehru Scholarship        
 
                                           
                                                                                    
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                                            Rockefeller Biotechnology Career Fellowship