Anuranjan Anand | |
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Born | India | 5 April 1965
Alma mater |
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Stanford University, Stanford, California |
Known for | Studies on the molecular and cellular basis of genetic disorders |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Human genetics and genomics |
Institutions | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research |
Anuranjan Anand is a geneticist studying the cellular and molecular basis of human disorders. He is a professor at the Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit and an associate faculty at the Neuroscience Unit of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.
Anuranjan Anand did his doctoral studies at the Indian Institute of Science., [1] and his post-doctoral studies at the Stanford University. [2] He joined Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) as a faculty member in the Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit (MBGU) [3] [4] and later became a Professor and Chair (2009-2016) of the Unit. [5] When the institute established the Neuroscience Unit (NSU) in 2014, he was designated as its associate faculty and was the Chair of NSU during 2016 - 2022. [6]
During his post-doctoral studies at Stanford University, Anuranjan Anand worked with his colleagues in Bruce Baker's laboratory on the mutations of fruitless, a gene involved in sexual behavior and courtship in Drosophila melanogaster. [2] In JNCASR, his main focus has been on human genetic diseases with emphasis on neurological disorders, hereditary hearing loss and rare developmental disorders [8] His laboratory has discovered several genes and mutations underlying these disorders and is currently examining their biological underpinnings employing cellular, molecular and animal modeling approaches [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]
Anuranjan Anand received an Outstanding Research Investigator Award from the Department of Atomic Energy in the years 2006-2010. The Department of Biotechnology awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development from 2008-2011. [14] He is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, [15] National Academy of Sciences, India, [16] and Indian National Science Academy. [17]