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| name = K. P. Mohanakumar<br />
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| birth_date = 1955<br />
| birth_place = [[Kerala]], India<br />
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| residence = [[Kottayam]], [[Kerala]], India<br />
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]<br />
| fields = {{ublist | [[Chemical biology]] | [[Neuroscience]] }}<br />
| workplaces = {{ublist | Inter University Centre for Biomedical Research | [[Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research]] | [[Indian Institute of Chemical Biology]] | [[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram|IISER Thiruvananthapuram]] }}<br />
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[University of Kerala]] | [[Aligarh Muslim University]] | [[Saurashtra University]] | [[National Institutes of Health]] | [[University of Göttingen]] | [[University of Essen]] | [[University of Virginia Health System|University of Virginia Medical Centre]]<br />
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| known_for = Studies on [[Parkinson's disease]] and [[Huntington’s disease]]<br />
| awards = {{ublist| 1991&nbsp;[[Indian Council of Medical Research|ICMR]] Young Scientist Award | 2000&nbsp;[[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-BIOS Prize]] | IPS Uvnas Prize | IAN Tulsabai Somani Educational Trust Award }}<br />
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'''Kochupurackal P. Mohanakumar''' (born 1955) is an Indian chemical biologist, neuroscientist and the director of Inter University Centre for Biomedical Research and Super Specialty Hospital, [[Kottayam]]. He is a former chief scientist at the [[Indian Institute of Chemical Biology]] and is known for his studies on [[Parkinson's disease]] and [[Huntington’s disease]]. The [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences in 2000.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{Cite web |url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=2017-11-20}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:Kerala University.jpg|thumb|left|University of Kerala]]<br />
Born in the south Indian state of [[Kerala]] in 1955,<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=M |title=NASI fellows |date=2017-11-12 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |access-date=2017-11-12}}</ref> Mohanakumar did his undergraduate studies at the [[University of Kerala]] to earn a BSc in zoology in 1976.{{cn|date=February 2019}} His master's studies were at [[Aligarh Muslim University]] and after obtaining an MSc in [[experimental biology]] and chemical [[neuroanatomy]] in 1979, he enrolled at [[Saurashtra University]] for his doctoral studies to secure a PhD in [[neuropharmacology]] in 1985. His post-doctoral work and advanced training were at the [[National Institutes of Health]], [[University of Göttingen]], [[University of Essen]], and the [[University of Virginia Health System|University of Virginia Medical Centre]].<ref name="Director Profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iucbr.ac.in/Director%20Profile.PDF |title=Director Profile |date=2017-11-21 |website=Inter University Centre for Biomedical Research |access-date=2017-11-21}}</ref><br />
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On his return to India, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram]] where he served as a professor of biological sciences.<ref name="Director Profile" /> Subsequently, he moved to the [[Indian Institute of Chemical Biology]] of the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] and was serving as the chief scientist at the Cell Biology and Physiology Division<ref name="K. P. Mohanakumar on Amrita Bioquest">{{Cite web |url=https://www.amritabioquest.org/conference/2013/team_member/k-p-mohanakumar-ph-d/ |title=K. P. Mohanakumar on Amrita Bioquest |date=2013 |website=Amrita Bioquest |access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref> and as the head of the Project Monitoring and Evaluation Division,<ref name="Cell Biology & Physiology Division">{{Cite web |url=http://iicb.res.in/divisionwiselistofscientists/cbp/kpmohankumar.html |title=Cell Biology & Physiology Division |date=2017-11-24 |website=Indian Institute of Chemical Biology |access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref> when he returned to his home state as the director of Inter University Centre for Biomedical Research and Super Specialty Hospital, Kottayam, a position he holds to date.<ref name="Contact Us">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iucbr.com/contact.php |title=Contact Us |date=2017-11-24 |website=Inter University Centre for Biomedical Research |access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref> He simultaneously serves as the convenor of the governing council of the institution.<ref name="Governing Council">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iucbr.com/council.php |title=Governing Council |date=2017-11-24 |website=Inter University Centre for Biomedical Research |access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref> He has also served as a professor at the [[Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research]].<ref name="Director Profile" /><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
Mohanakumar is known to have done notable work on [[neurodegenerative]] and [[neurodevelopmental]] disorders such as [[Parkinson's disease]], [[Huntington's disease]], [[Autism]] and [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder|Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder]].<ref name="Cell Biology & Physiology Division" /> It was under his leadership, an advanced clinical and experimental research laboratory on neurodegenerative diseases was established at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology where research is carried out on the [[pathogenesis]] of Parkinson's disease.<ref name="Director Profile" /> AT IICB, he headed a [[Cybrids (medical)|cybrids]] laboratory, reported to be one of the most advanced ones in India, and was involved in the study of neurodegenerative diseases, with special emphasis to the impact of [[mitochondria]]. His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles<ref name="On Google Scholar">{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HKE7a3EAAAAJ&hl=en |title=On Google Scholar |date=2017-11-23 |publisher=Google Scholar |access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and [[ResearchGate]], an online repository of scientific articles has listed 184 of them.<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kochupurackal_Mohanakumar |title=On ResearchGate |date=2017-11-23 |access-date=2017-11-23}}</ref> Besides, he has edited work books for practicing neurobiologists<ref name="Work Book 1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01970186/95 |title=Work Book 1 |date=2017-11-24 |website=Science Direct |access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref><ref name="Work Book 2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01970186/95 |title=Work Book 2 |date=2017-11-24 |website=Science Direct |access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref> and has contributed chapters to books edited by others.<ref name="StorchCollins2012">{{cite book|author1=Alexander Storch|author2=Michael A. Collins|title=Neurotoxic Factors in Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AJ_aBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA290|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4615-1269-1|pages=290–}}</ref> He has mentored several master's and doctoral scholars in their research<ref name="Director Profile" /> and has delivered many invited speeches which included the one delivered at Amrita BioQuest 2013.<ref name="K. P. Mohanakumar on Amrita Bioquest" /><br />
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Mohanakumar has been an elected member of the [[International Society for Neurochemistry]] and sits in its conference committee.<ref name="Conference Committee ISN">{{Cite web |url=https://www.neurochemistry.org/about/committees.html |title=Conference Committee ISN |date=2017-11-24 |website=International Society for Neurochemistry |access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref> He is a former president of the Society of Neurochemistry India and a former vice-president of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences.<ref name="Director Profile" /> He has been associated with [[The World Academy of Sciences|TWAS]] as well as [[UNESCO]] as a professor, with the [[Department of Biotechnology]] as a member of its ''Neurobiology Task Force'',<ref name="Neurobiology Task Force">{{Cite web |url=http://dbt-neuro.ncbs.res.in/node/86 |title=Neurobiology Task Force |date=2017-11-24 |website=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref> and is a member of the Chemical Biology Society.<ref name="Present Council CBS">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cbs-india.org/members.html |title=Present Council CBS |date=2017-11-24 |website=Chemical Biology Society |access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref> He sits in the editorial boards of journals such as ''Anatomy and Cell Biology'',<ref name="Editorial Board Anatomy and Cell Biology">{{Cite web |url=https://acbjournal.org/index.php?body=board |title=Editorial Board Anatomy and Cell Biology |date=2017-11-24 |website=Anatomy and Cell Biology |access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref> ''Neuroscience and Medicine'', ''Journal of Neurochemistry'',<ref name="Editorial Board Journal of Neurochemistry">{{Cite journal |url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1471-4159/homepage/EditorialBoard.html |title=Editorial Board Journal of Neurochemistry |date=2017-11-24 |website=Journal of Neurochemistry |access-date=2017-11-24|doi=10.1111/(ISSN)1471-4159 }}</ref> ''Neurochemistry International'',<ref name="Neurochemistry International">{{Cite book |url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/neurochemistry-international/editorial-board |title=Neurochemistry International |date=2017-11-24 |website=Elsevier |access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref> ''Neurochemical Research''<ref name="Editorial Board Neurochemical Research">{{Cite web |url=https://www.springer.com/biomed/neuroscience/journal/11064/PSE?detailsPage=editorialBoard |title=Editorial Board Neurochemical Research |date=2017-11-24 |website=Springer |access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref><br />
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== Awards and honors ==<br />
Mohanakumar, an elected member of [[Guha Research Conference]] received the Young Scientist Award of the [[Indian Council of Medical Research]] in 1991. The Indian Academy of Neurosciences elected him as a fellow in 1999<ref name="IAN Fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://neuroscienceacademy.org.in/ian_fellows.php |title=IAN Fellows |date=2017-11-24 |website=Indian Academy of Neurosciences |access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref> and a year later, the [[Department of Biotechnology]] of the Government of India awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 2000.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development" /> The elected fellowship of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]] was awarded to him 2008.<ref name="NASI Year Book 2015">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |title=NASI Year Book 2015 |date=2017-11-24 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |access-date=2017-11-24}}</ref> He is also a recipient of the Uvnas Prize of the Indian Pharmacological Society for the best scientific publication and the Tulsabai Somani Educational Trust Award of Indian Academy of Neurosciences. The award orations delivered by him include Coln. R. N. Chopra Memorial Oration of [[Indian Journal of Pharmacology|Indian Pharmacological Society]] and Prof. B.K. Bachhawat Memorial Life Time Achievement(2019).<br />
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== Selected bibliography ==<br />
=== Chapters ===<br />
* {{cite book|author1=Alexander Storch, Michael A. Collins (Editors)|author2=K. P. Mohanakumar, D. Muralikrishnan )(Chapter authors)|title=Neurotoxic Factors in Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4615-1269-1|pages=290–}}<br />
* {{cite book|author1=Sengupta T., Vinayagam J., Singh R., Jaisankar P., Mohanakumar K.P. |date=6 December 2016|title=Plant-Derived Natural Products for Parkinson's Disease Therapy. In: Essa M., Akbar M., Guillemin G. (eds) The Benefits of Natural Products for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Advances in Neurobiology, vol 12|publisher=Springer, Cham}}<br />
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=== Articles ===<br />
* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Chakraborty J, Rajamma U, Mohanakumar KP |title=A mitochondrial basis for Huntington's disease: therapeutic prospects |journal=Mol. Cell. Biochem. |date=2014 |volume=389 |issue=1–2 |pages=277–291 |doi=10.1007/s11010-013-1951-9|pmid=24374792 |s2cid=12998766 }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Chakraborty J, Nthenge-Ngumbau DN, Rajamma U, Mohanakumar KP |title=Melatonin protects against behavioural dysfunctions and dendritic spine damage in 3-nitropropionic acid-induced rat model of Huntington's disease |journal=Behav. Brain Res. |date=2014 |volume=1 |issue=264 |pages=91–104 |doi=10.1016/j.bbr.2014.01.048|pmid=24509309 |s2cid=926656 }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |vauthors=Paidi RK, Nthenge-Ngumbau DN, Singh R, Kankanala T, Mehta H, Mohanakumar KP |title=Mitochondrial Deficits Accompany Cognitive Decline Following Single Bilateral Intracerebroventricular Streptozotocin |journal=Curr Alzheimer Res |date=2015 |volume=12 |issue=8 |pages=785–795 |pmid=26159195|doi=10.2174/1567205012666150710112618 }}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Melatonin]]<br />
* [[Neurotoxicity]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite book|author1=Ronald F. Pfeiffer|author2=Zbigniew K. Wszolek|author3=Manuchair Ebadi|title=Parkinson's Disease, Second Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWI0Ia3mkf8C&pg=PA60|date=9 October 2012|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4398-0714-9|pages=60–}}<br />
* {{cite book|author1=Ana Martinez|author2=Carmen Gil|title=Emerging Drugs and Targets for Parkinson's Disease|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g3_8KlQvenAC&pg=PA82|date=29 July 2013|publisher=Royal Society of Chemistry|isbn=978-1-84973-617-6|pages=82–}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Society for Neuroscience|title=SfN 2010 Daily Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JF6Q0ajTk44C&pg=PT375|date=18 February 2011|publisher=Coe-Truman Technologies|isbn=978-1-61330-000-8|pages=375–}}<br />
* {{cite book|author=Armen A. Galoyan|title=Brain Immune System Signal Molecules in Protection from Aerobic and Anaerobic Infections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s3cIxnpDC4cC&pg=PA193|date=6 June 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4614-3667-6|pages=193–}}<br />
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