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Prof.
Sandhya Srikant Visweswariah
Born (1957-03-06) March 6, 1957 (age 67)
NationalityIndian
OccupationScientist/Academic
Academic background
EducationPh.D.
Alma materIndian Institute of Science
Thesis (1987)
Academic work
DisciplineBiology
Sub-disciplineBiochemistry, Cell Biology
InstitutionsIndian Institute of Science
Main interestsResearch on signal transduction mediated by cyclic nucleotides
Websitehttp://mrdg.iisc.ernet.in/sandhyav/index.htm

Sandhya Srikant Visweswariah is a scientist and academic at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. She was the Chairperson of the Department of Developmental Biology and Genetics[1] and the Co-chair of the Department of Bioengineering,[2] Indian Institute of Science. She additionally holds the position of Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry,[3] University of Bergen,[4] Norway. Her research involves the investigation of the mechanism of signal transduction via cyclic nucleotides, phosphodiesterases and novel cyclases in bacteria.[5] Most recently, she was awarded a Bill and Melinda Gates Grand Challenges Explorations Grant[6] for her proposal entitled "A Small Animal Model of ETEC-Mediated Diarrhea".[7][8]

Education

Visweswariah completed her Bachelor of Science in 1977 at Osmania University,[9] Hyderabad, majoring in Botany, Chemistry and Zoology. She then obtained a Master of Science degree in chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1980. She proceeded to enrol at the PhD programme at the Department of Biochemistry,[10] Indian Institute of Science and was awarded her doctorate in 1987.[11]

Career

Visweswariah started her career as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Astra Research Centre, Bangalore in 1987-1988. After a year at the Astra Research Centre, she was promoted to a scientist position at the same organization, where she stayed on until 1993. In 1993, she was appointed as Assistant Professor at the Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics,[12] Indian Institute of Science, where she has held a position since, being promoted to Associate Professor in 1995 and then to Professor in 2005.[13] She is currently the Chairperson of the Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics,[12] Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Co-chair of the Centre for Biosystems Science and Engineering,[2] Indian Institute of Science. Over the course of 29 years as faculty at the Indian Institute of Science, Visweswariah has mentored more than 30 PhD students.[14]

Membership in professional bodies and editorial boards

Visweswariah is a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy[15] and the Indian Academy of Sciences: Third World Organisation for women in science.[16] She is a life member of the Society of Biological Chemists (India),[17][18] Indian Society of Cell Biology[19] (1995–present) and the Society of Research in Reproduction, India (1994–present). Additionally, she is a member of Guha Research Council, India (1997–present), the Alliance for Cell Signalling[20] (1997–present), the TB Structural Genomics Consortium, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology[21] (ASBMB), and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM).[22]

She serves an Associate Editor of Frontiers in Cellular Endocrinology.[23]

Awards and fellowships

Publications

Visweswariah more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and 5 book chapters to her credit, with a total citation count of over 2000. The full list of publications from the Visweswariah lab can be found on PubMed[39][40] and ResearchGate.[41][42]

References

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  3. ^ "Faculty of Medicine".
  4. ^ "University of Bergen". University of Bergen.
  5. ^ "Research Activities". Archived from the original on 2016-03-22. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  6. ^ a b "About Grand Challenges - Grand Challenges". gcgh.grandchallenges.org.
  7. ^ a b "A Small Animal Model of ETEC-Mediated Diarrhea - Grand Challenges". gcgh.grandchallenges.org.
  8. ^ "Sandhya's gusto for guts and affirmative action". The Life of Science. 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  9. ^ "Osmania University". www.osmania.ac.in. Archived from the original on 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  10. ^ "Department of Biochemistry". biochem.iisc.ernet.in.
  11. ^ "Prof. Sandhya S. Visweswariah". Archived from the original on 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  12. ^ a b "Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics at IISc". www.mrdg.iisc.ernet.in. Archived from the original on 2020-01-10. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  13. ^ "Loop | Sandhya Srikant Visweswariah". loop.frontiersin.org. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  14. ^ "Lab Members". Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
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  20. ^ "Test Page for the Nginx HTTP Server on Fedora". afcs.lbl.gov.
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  22. ^ "Home". asm.org.
  23. ^ "Cellular Endocrinology".
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  25. ^ http://dbt.nic.in [permanent dead link‍]
  26. ^ "Kuriyan Lab". jkweb.berkeley.edu.
  27. ^ "Annual report" (PDF). hfsp.org. 2002. p. 63. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2018.
  28. ^ "Welcome to CDRI :::: Central Drug Research Institute". Archived from the original on 2016-07-22. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  29. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-07-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  30. ^ "IISc., TIFR scientists receive Thathachari Award". The Hindu. 4 April 2010 – via www.thehindu.com.
  31. ^ "MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London". 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011.
  32. ^ "Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Program". www.usief.org.in.
  33. ^ "USIEF". Archived from the original on 2011-12-16. Retrieved 2016-07-16.
  34. ^ "Ehrt, Sabine". vivo.med.cornell.edu.
  35. ^ "Weill Cornell Medicine". weill.cornell.edu.
  36. ^ "Intensification of Research in High Priority Area (IRHPA): Science and Engineering Research Board, Established through an Act of Parliament: SERB Act 2008, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India". www.serb.gov.in.
  37. ^ "Visweswariah, Sandhya". TWAS. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  38. ^ IIT Kanpur [@iitkanpur] (20 February 2018). "#IITK Alumni in News #IISC #TWAS #Fellowship Prof. Sandhya S. Visweswariah (MSc2/CHM/1980), Professor and Chair of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, IISc, Bangalore, has been elected as a fellow of 'The World Academy of Sciences' (TWAS) 2018" (Tweet). Retrieved 24 February 2019 – via Twitter.
  39. ^ pubmeddev. "sandhya s visweswariah - PubMed - NCBI". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
  40. ^ "India Alliance". www.indiaalliance.org. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  41. ^ "Sandhya Visweswariah - PhD - Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru - IISC - Department of Developmental Biology and Genetics". www.researchgate.net.
  42. ^ "Publications". www.dbg.iisc.ernet.in. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
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