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			{{Short description\|Indian geneticist (1932–2013)}}
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	{{Infobox scientist		{{Infobox scientist
	\| name = Obaid Siddiqi		\| name = Obaid Siddiqi
	\| image = ObaidSiddiqiPic.jpg		\| image = ObaidSiddiqiPic.jpg
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	\| ~~citizenship~~ = ~~[[India]]n~~		\| birth_date = {{birth-date\|7 January 1932}}
	\| ~~birth_date =~~ 7 January 1932		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2013\|07\|26\|1932\|01\|07\|df=yes}}
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2013\|07\|26\|1932\|01\|07\|df=yes}}		\| fields = [[Biology]]
	\| fields = [[Biology]]		\| alma_mater = {{Plainlist\|
	\| alma_mater = {{Plainlist\|
	*[[Aligarh Muslim University]]		*[[Aligarh Muslim University]]
	*[[University of Glasgow]]		*[[University of Glasgow]]
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	\| doctoral_advisor = [[Guido Pontecorvo]]		\| doctoral_advisor = [[Guido Pontecorvo]]
	\| ~~mentor~~ = [[Homi Bhaba]]		\| influences = [[Homi J. Bhabha\|Homi Bhaba]]
	\| notable_students = [[Veronica Rodrigues]]		\| notable_students = [[Veronica Rodrigues]]
	\| awards = {{Plainlist\|		\| awards = {{Plainlist
	Padma Bhushan (1984)		\|Padma Bhushan (1984)
	Padma Vibhushan (2006)		Padma Vibhushan (2006)
	FRS (1984)}}		FRS (1984)}}
	\| birth_place = [[Basti, Uttar Pradesh\|Basti]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]		\| birth_place = [[Basti, Uttar Pradesh\|Basti]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
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	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
	Obaid Siddiqi was born in 1932 in [[Basti district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He received his early education at [[Aligarh Muslim University]] where he completed		Obaid Siddiqi was born in 1932 in [[Basti district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He received his early education at [[Aligarh Muslim University]] where he completed
	his M.Sc.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=SCIENTIST AND INTELLECTUAL - Obaid Siddiqi and his larger family\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/scientist-and-intellectual-obaid-siddiqi-and-his-larger-family/cid/273645\|access-date=2021-04-05\|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> He completed his Ph.D. at the [[University of Glasgow]], under the supervision of [[Guido Pontecorvo]]. He carried out his post doctoral research at the [[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]], and [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://news.ncbs.res.in/archivednews/story/catalyst-culture-creativity}}</ref> He was invited by [[Homi J. Bhabha\|Homi Bhabha]] to set up the molecular biology unit at the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] (TIFR) in [[Bombay]] in 1962. Thirty years later, he became the founding director of the TIFR [[National Center for Biological Sciences]] in [[Bangalore]], where he would continue his research into his final days of life.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.iiap.res.in/obaidsiddiqi\|title=Prof. Obaid Siddiqi\|access-date=7 June 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011073051/https://www.iiap.res.in/obaidsiddiqi\|archive-date=11 October 2017\|url-status=dead}}</ref>		his M.Sc.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=SCIENTIST AND INTELLECTUAL - Obaid Siddiqi and his larger family\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/scientist-and-intellectual-obaid-siddiqi-and-his-larger-family/cid/273645\|access-date=2021-04-05\|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> He completed his Ph.D. at the [[University of Glasgow]], under the supervision of [[Guido Pontecorvo]]. He carried out his post doctoral research at the [[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]], and [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://news.ncbs.res.in/archivednews/story/catalyst-culture-creativity\|title=Catalyst of a Culture of Creativity \| NCBS news}}</ref> He was invited by [[Homi J. Bhabha\|Homi Bhabha]] to set up the molecular biology unit at the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] (TIFR) in [[Bombay]] in 1962. Thirty years later, he became the founding director of the TIFR [[National Center for Biological Sciences]] in [[Bangalore]], where he would continue his research into his final days of life.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.iiap.res.in/obaidsiddiqi\|title=Prof. Obaid Siddiqi\|access-date=7 June 2012\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011073051/https://www.iiap.res.in/obaidsiddiqi\|archive-date=11 October 2017\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	==Research==		==Research==
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	==Selected publications==		==Selected publications==
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	*{{cite journal \|last1=Siddiqi \|first1=O. \|year=1961 \|title=Polarized replication as a possible condition for recombination \|journal=Heredity \|volume=16 \|pages=328 }}		*{{cite journal \|last1=Siddiqi \|first1=O. \|year=1961 \|title=Polarized replication as a possible condition for recombination \|journal=Heredity \|volume=16 \|pages=328 }}
	*{{cite journal \|last1=Siddiqi \|first1=Obaid H. \|title=The fine genetic structure of the ''pabal'' region of ''Aspergillus nidulans'' \|journal=Genetical Research \|date=14 April 2009 \|volume=3 \|issue=1 \|pages=69–89 \|doi=10.1017/S0016672300003116 \|doi-access=free }}		*{{cite journal \|last1=Siddiqi \|first1=Obaid H. \|title=The fine genetic structure of the ''pabal'' region of ''Aspergillus nidulans'' \|journal=Genetical Research \|date=14 April 2009 \|volume=3 \|issue=1 \|pages=69–89 \|doi=10.1017/S0016672300003116 \|doi-access=free }}
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	*{{cite journal \|last1=Sarathy \|first1=P. Vijay \|last2=Siddiqi \|first2=O. \|title=The effect of chromosome transfer on gene expression in Escherichia coli Hfr \|journal=Molecular and General Genetics \|date=June 1973 \|volume=125 \|issue=2 \|pages=125–132 \|doi=10.1007/BF00268865 \|pmid=4590267 \|s2cid=8900439 }}		*{{cite journal \|last1=Sarathy \|first1=P. Vijay \|last2=Siddiqi \|first2=O. \|title=The effect of chromosome transfer on gene expression in Escherichia coli Hfr \|journal=Molecular and General Genetics \|date=June 1973 \|volume=125 \|issue=2 \|pages=125–132 \|doi=10.1007/BF00268865 \|pmid=4590267 \|s2cid=8900439 }}
	*{{cite journal \|last1=Apte \|first1=B.N. \|last2=Bhavsar \|first2=P.N. \|last3=Siddiqi \|first3=O. \|title=The regulation of aryl sulphatase in Aspergillus nidulans \|journal=Journal of Molecular Biology \|date=July 1974 \|volume=86 \|issue=3 \|pages=637–648 \|doi=10.1016/0022-2836(74)90186-7 \|pmid=4605323 }}		*{{cite journal \|last1=Apte \|first1=B.N. \|last2=Bhavsar \|first2=P.N. \|last3=Siddiqi \|first3=O. \|title=The regulation of aryl sulphatase in Aspergillus nidulans \|journal=Journal of Molecular Biology \|date=July 1974 \|volume=86 \|issue=3 \|pages=637–648 \|doi=10.1016/0022-2836(74)90186-7 \|pmid=4605323 }}
	*{{cite book \|last1=Siddiqi \|first1=O. \|chapter=Genetic blocks in the elements of neural network in Drosophila \|pages=541–550 \|editor1-first=G. P. \|editor1-last=Talwar \|title=Regulation of growth and differentiated function in eukaryote cells \|date=1975 \|publisher=Raven Press \|isbn=978-0-89004-032-4 }}		*{{cite book \|last1=Siddiqi \|first1=O. \|chapter=Genetic blocks in the elements of neural network in Drosophila \|pages=541–550 \|editor1-first=G. P. \|editor1-last=Talwar \|title=Regulation of growth and differentiated function in eukaryote cells \|date=1975 \|publisher=Raven Press \|isbn=978-0-89004-032-4 }}
	*{{cite journal \|last1=Siddiqi \|first1=O \|last2=Benzer \|first2=S \|title=Neurophysiological defects in temperature-sensitive paralytic mutants of Drosophila melanogaster. \|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America \|date=September 1976 \|volume=73 \|issue=9 \|pages=3253–3257 \|doi=10.1073/pnas.73.9.3253 \|pmid=184469 \|pmc=430996 \|jstor=65712 \|bibcode=1976PNAS...73.3253S \|doi-access=free }}		*{{cite journal \|last1=Siddiqi \|first1=O \|last2=Benzer \|first2=S \|title=Neurophysiological defects in temperature-sensitive paralytic mutants of Drosophila melanogaster. \|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America \|date=September 1976 \|volume=73 \|issue=9 \|pages=3253–3257 \|doi=10.1073/pnas.73.9.3253 \|pmid=184469 \|pmc=430996 \|jstor=65712 \|bibcode=1976PNAS...73.3253S \|doi-access=free }}
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	*{{cite book \|doi=10.1007/978-1-4684-7968-3_25 \|chapter=Genetic Analysis of a Complex Chemoreceptor \|title=Development and Neurobiology of Drosophila \|year=1980 \|last1=Siddiqi \|first1=Obaid \|last2=Rodrigues \|first2=Veronica \|journal=Basic Life Sciences \|volume=16 \|pages=347–359 \|pmid=6779799 \|isbn=978-1-4684-7970-6 }}		*{{cite book \|doi=10.1007/978-1-4684-7968-3_25 \|chapter=Genetic Analysis of a Complex Chemoreceptor \|title=Development and Neurobiology of Drosophila \|year=1980 \|last1=Siddiqi \|first1=Obaid \|last2=Rodrigues \|first2=Veronica \|journal=Basic Life Sciences \|volume=16 \|pages=347–359 \|pmid=6779799 \|isbn=978-1-4684-7970-6 }}
	*{{cite journal \|last1=Singh \|first1=Satpal \|last2=Siddiqi \|first2=O. \|title=''torpid'' a new sex-linked paralytic mutation in ''Drosophila melanogaster'' \|journal=Molecular and General Genetics \|date=March 1981 \|volume=181 \|issue=3 \|pages=400–402 \|doi=10.1007/BF00425619 \|pmid=6787392 \|s2cid=35111844 }}		*{{cite journal \|last1=Singh \|first1=Satpal \|last2=Siddiqi \|first2=O. \|title=''torpid'' a new sex-linked paralytic mutation in ''Drosophila melanogaster'' \|journal=Molecular and General Genetics \|date=March 1981 \|volume=181 \|issue=3 \|pages=400–402 \|doi=10.1007/BF00425619 \|pmid=6787392 \|s2cid=35111844 }}
	*{{cite journal \|last1=Stocker \|first1=R. F. \|last2=Singh \|first2=R. N. \|last3=Schorderet \|first3=M. \|last4=Siddiqi \|first4=O. \|title=Projection patterns of different types of antennal sensilla in the antennal glomeruli of Drosophila melanogaster \|journal=Cell and Tissue Research \|date=July 1983 \|volume=232 \|issue=2 \|pages=237–248 \|doi=10.1007/BF00213783 \|pmid=6411344 \|s2cid=2694046 }}		*{{cite journal \|last1=Stocker \|first1=R. F. \|last2=Singh \|first2=R. N. \|last3=Schorderet \|first3=M. \|last4=Siddiqi \|first4=O. \|title=Projection patterns of different types of antennal sensilla in the antennal glomeruli of Drosophila melanogaster \|journal=Cell and Tissue Research \|date=July 1983 \|volume=232 \|issue=2 \|pages=237–248 \|doi=10.1007/BF00213783 \|pmid=6411344 \|s2cid=2694046 }}
	*Siddiqi, O. (1983) Olfactory Neurogenetics of Drosophila. Symposium on Neurogenetics. XV International Congress of Genetics. Genetics: New Frontiers. Oxford, Delhi. Vol. III ~~243-261~~.		*Siddiqi, O. (1983) Olfactory Neurogenetics of Drosophila. Symposium on Neurogenetics. XV International Congress of Genetics. Genetics: New Frontiers. Oxford, Delhi. Vol. III 243–261.
	*{{cite journal \|last1=Arora \|first1=Kavita \|last2=Rodrigues \|first2=Veronica \|last3=Joshi \|first3=Swati \|last4=Shanbhag \|first4=Shubha \|last5=Siddiqi \|first5=Obaid \|title=A gene affecting the specificity of the chemosensory neurons of Drosophila \|journal=Nature \|date=November 1987 \|volume=330 \|issue=6143 \|pages=62–63 \|doi=10.1038/330062a0 \|pmid=3670396 \|bibcode=1987Natur.330...62A \|s2cid=4348467 }}		*{{cite journal \|last1=Arora \|first1=Kavita \|last2=Rodrigues \|first2=Veronica \|last3=Joshi \|first3=Swati \|last4=Shanbhag \|first4=Shubha \|last5=Siddiqi \|first5=Obaid \|title=A gene affecting the specificity of the chemosensory neurons of Drosophila \|journal=Nature \|date=November 1987 \|volume=330 \|issue=6143 \|pages=62–63 \|doi=10.1038/330062a0 \|pmid=3670396 \|bibcode=1987Natur.330...62A \|s2cid=4348467 }}
	*Siddiqi, O. (1988) Genetic Variation in Drosophila chemoreception. Genetics and Immunology of Chemical Communication. Monell Research Center, Philadelphia.		*Siddiqi, O. (1988) Genetic Variation in Drosophila chemoreception. Genetics and Immunology of Chemical Communication. Monell Research Center, Philadelphia.
	*Ayyub, C., Paranjape, J., Rodrigues, V. & Siddiqi, O. (1990). Genetics of olfactory behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Neurogenet. 6: ~~243-262~~.		*Ayyub, C., Paranjape, J., Rodrigues, V. & Siddiqi, O. (1990). Genetics of olfactory behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Neurogenet. 6: 243–262.
	*Siddiqi, O.(1990) Olfaction in Drosophila. Chemical senses Vol. 3 Eds. Wyzocki ''et al.'' Marcel Dekker, NY, ~~79-96~~.		*Siddiqi, O.(1990) Olfaction in Drosophila. Chemical senses Vol. 3 Eds. Wyzocki ''et al.'' Marcel Dekker, NY, 79–96.
	*Jayaram, V.C. and Siddiqi, O. (1997). gustJ a salt insensitive mutant of Drosophila. Journal of Genetics, 76: ~~133-145~~.		*Jayaram, V.C. and Siddiqi, O. (1997). gustJ a salt insensitive mutant of Drosophila. Journal of Genetics, 76: 133–145.
	*Bala, A.D.S., Panchal, P. and Siddiqi, O. (1998). Osmotaropotaxis in the larva of Drosophila melanogaster. Current science, 75: ~~48-51~~.		*Bala, A.D.S., Panchal, P. and Siddiqi, O. (1998). Osmotaropotaxis in the larva of Drosophila melanogaster. Current science, 75: 48–51.
	*Mistry, Y., R. Mistry, and O. Siddiqi, O. (2000). Evidence of age-related changes in the antennal glomeruli of Drosophila melanogaster using monoclonal antibodies. Arthropod Structure and Development. Vol.29 (2) ~~101-110~~.		*Mistry, Y., R. Mistry, and O. Siddiqi, O. (2000). Evidence of age-related changes in the antennal glomeruli of Drosophila melanogaster using monoclonal antibodies. Arthropod Structure and Development. Vol.29 (2) 101–110.
	*Khurana S, Abu Baker MB, Siddiqi O. (2009). Odour avoidance learning in the larva of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Biosci. 34: ~~621-631~~.		*Khurana S, Abu Baker MB, Siddiqi O. (2009). Odour avoidance learning in the larva of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Biosci. 34: 621–631.
	*Chakraborty TS, Goswami S.P, Siddiqi O. (2009). Sensory correlates of imaginal conditioning in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Neurogenet. 23: ~~210-219~~.		*Chakraborty TS, Goswami S.P, Siddiqi O. (2009). Sensory correlates of imaginal conditioning in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Neurogenet. 23: 210–219.
	*Iyengar A, Chakraborty TS, Goswami SP, Wu CF, Siddiqi O.(2010) Post-eclosion odor experience modifies olfactory neuron coding in Drosophila. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 107(21):9855-60.		*Iyengar A, Chakraborty TS, Goswami SP, Wu CF, Siddiqi O.(2010) Post-eclosion odor experience modifies olfactory neuron coding in Drosophila. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 107(21):9855-60.
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Obaid Siddiqi
| image = ObaidSiddiqiPic.jpg
| caption =
| citizenship = [[India]]n
| birth_date = 7 January 1932
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|07|26|1932|01|07|df=yes}}
| fields = [[Biology]]
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
*[[Aligarh Muslim University]]
*[[University of Glasgow]]
*[[University of Pennsylvania]]
}}
| doctoral_advisor = [[Guido Pontecorvo]]
| mentor = [[Homi Bhaba]]
| notable_students = [[Veronica Rodrigues]]
| awards = {{Plainlist|
Padma Bhushan (1984)
Padma Vibhushan (2006)
FRS (1984)}}
| birth_place = [[Basti, Uttar Pradesh|Basti]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
}}

'''Obaid Siddiqi''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (7 January 1932 – 26 July 2013) was an Indian National Research Professor and the Founder-Director of the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] (TIFR) [[National Center for Biological Sciences]]. He made seminal contributions to the field of behavioural neurogenetics using the [[Drosophila melanogaster#History of use in genetic analysis|genetics]] and [[neurobiology]] of [[Drosophila]].

==Early life and education==
Obaid Siddiqi was born in 1932 in [[Basti district]] of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He received his early education at [[Aligarh Muslim University]] where he completed
his M.Sc.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SCIENTIST AND INTELLECTUAL - Obaid Siddiqi and his larger family|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/scientist-and-intellectual-obaid-siddiqi-and-his-larger-family/cid/273645|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> He completed his Ph.D. at the [[University of Glasgow]], under the supervision of [[Guido Pontecorvo]]. He carried out his post doctoral research at the [[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory]], and [[University of Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.ncbs.res.in/archivednews/story/catalyst-culture-creativity}}</ref> He was invited by [[Homi J. Bhabha|Homi Bhabha]] to set up the molecular biology unit at the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] (TIFR) in [[Bombay]] in 1962. Thirty years later, he became the founding director of the TIFR [[National Center for Biological Sciences]] in [[Bangalore]], where he would continue his research into his final days of life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iiap.res.in/obaidsiddiqi|title=Prof. Obaid Siddiqi|access-date=7 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011073051/https://www.iiap.res.in/obaidsiddiqi|archive-date=11 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Research==
Siddiqi's studies in the field of neurogenetics unravelled the link between genes, behaviour and the brain. In the 1970s, his work with Seymour Benzer<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tanouye |first1=Mark A. |title=Seymour Benzer 1921–2007 |journal=Nature Genetics |date=February 2008 |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=121 |doi=10.1038/ng0208-121 |pmid=18227864 |pmc=2655269 }}</ref> at Caltech led to the discovery of temperature-sensitive paralytic Drosophila mutants and the generation and transmission of neural signals.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://nobelprizeseries.in/tbis/obaid-siddiqi | title=Obaid Siddiqi | the Best of Indian Science}}</ref> This heralded the dawn of the field of neurogenetics.

At TIFR, Siddiqi and his graduate student, Veronica Rodrigues,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://news.ncbs.res.in/archivednews/story/veronica-rodrigues-1953-2010 |title = Veronica Rodrigues 1953-2010 | NCBS news}}</ref> isolated and characterized the first collection of mutants with defects in smell and taste in Drosophila. Siddiqi's work in neurogenetics led to the foundational advances in understanding how taste and smell are detected and encoded in the brain.<ref>https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/DreamOctober2013Eng.pdf</ref>

==Awards and honours==
*President of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]
*Member, [[Royal Society]], London
*Member, [[National Academy of Sciences|US National Academy of Sciences]], Washington
*Member, [[The World Academy of Sciences|Third World Academy]], [[Trieste]]
*Visiting professorships at [[Yale University]]
*Visiting Professor, [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]
*Visiting Professor, The [[California Institute of Technology]]
*Visiting Professor, [[Cambridge University]]
*Twice Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar at Caltech
*Sir Syed Ahmad Khan International Award for Life Sciences 2009
*Padma Vibhushan, 2006<ref name="insaindia">{{cite web |url=http://www.insaindia.org.in/deceaseddetail.php?id=N770761 |title=Indian Fellow |access-date=7 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813091932/http://www.insaindia.org.in/deceaseddetail.php?id=N770761 |archive-date=13 August 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*[[Dr. B. C. Roy Award]], 2004
*Sir Syed Life Time Achievement Award, AMUAA New York, 2004
*Pride of India Award, AFMI, USA, 2004
*INSA Aryabhata Medal 1992;
*Goyal Prize 1991;
*Birla Smarak Kosh National Award 1989;
*Padma Bhushan 1984;<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|title=Padma Awards|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India|date=2015|access-date=July 21, 2015|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|archive-date=15 November 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*Bhatnagar Award 1976;
*Life member of [[Clare Hall, Cambridge]].
*Honorary D.Sc., Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
*Honorary D.Sc., Banaras Hindu University, Benaras
*Honorary D.Sc., Jamia Hamdard, Delhi
*Honorary D.Sc., Kalyani University, Kalyani
*Honorary D.Sc., Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
*Honorary D.Sc., Jamia Milia, Delhi
*Honorary D.Sc., Central University of Hyderabad

==Legacy==
Siddiqi died on 26 July 2013 in Bangalore following a freak road accident on 21 July 2013 which caused severe damage to the brain. He is survived by his wife Asiya, sons [[Imran Siddiqi|Imran]] and Kaleem, and daughters Yumna and Diba.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/acclaimed-scientist-obaid-siddiqi-no-more/article4957261.ece|title=Acclaimed scientist Obaid Siddiqi no more|work=[[The Hindu]]|place=Bangalore|date=27 July 2013|access-date=14 December 2017}}</ref>

==Selected publications==
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*{{cite journal |last1=Siddiqi |first1=O. |year=1961 |title=Polarized replication as a possible condition for recombination |journal=Heredity |volume=16 |pages=328 }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Siddiqi |first1=Obaid H. |title=The fine genetic structure of the ''pabal'' region of ''Aspergillus nidulans'' |journal=Genetical Research |date=14 April 2009 |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=69–89 |doi=10.1017/S0016672300003116 |doi-access=free }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Siddiqi |first1=Obaid H. |last2=Putrament |first2=A. |title=Polarized negative interference in the ''paba 1'' region of ''Aspergillus nidulans'' |journal=Genetical Research |date=14 April 2009 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=12–20 |doi=10.1017/S0016672300003384 |doi-access=free }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Garen |first1=A. |last2=Siddiqi |first2=O. |title=Suppression of mutations in the alkaline phosphatase structural cistron of E. coli |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |date=July 1962 |volume=48 |issue=7 |pages=1121–1127 |doi=10.1073/pnas.48.7.1121 |pmid=13896933 |pmc=220917 |bibcode=1962PNAS...48.1121G |doi-access=free }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Siddiqi |first1=Obaid H. |title=Incorporation of parental DNA into genetic recombinants of E. coli |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |date=May 1963 |volume=49 |issue=5 |pages=589–592 |doi=10.1073/pnas.49.5.589 |pmid=16591070 |pmc=299926 |bibcode=1963PNAS...49..589S |doi-access=free }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Siddiqi |first1=O. |last2=Apte |first2=B. N. |last3=Pitale |first3=M. P. |title=Genetic Regulation of Aryl Sulphatases in Aspergillus nidulans |journal=Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology |date=1 January 1966 |volume=31 |pages=381–382 |doi=10.1101/SQB.1966.031.01.049 }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Joshi |first1=G.P. |last2=Siddiqi |first2=O. |title=Enzyme synthesis following conjugation and recombination in Escherichia coli |journal=Journal of Molecular Biology |date=March 1968 |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=201–210 |doi=10.1016/0022-2836(68)90004-1 |pmid=4868420 }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Siddiqi |first1=O. |last2=Fox |first2=M.S. |title=Integration of donor DNA in bacterial conjugation |journal=Journal of Molecular Biology |date=June 1973 |volume=77 |issue=1 |pages=101–123 |doi=10.1016/0022-2836(73)90365-3 |pmid=4588879 }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Sarathy |first1=P.Vijay |last2=Siddiqi |first2=O. |title=DNA synthesis during bacterial conjugation |journal=Journal of Molecular Biology |date=August 1973 |volume=78 |issue=3 |pages=427–441 |doi=10.1016/0022-2836(73)90466-X |pmid=4585325 }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Sarathy |first1=P.Vijay |last2=Siddiqi |first2=O. |title=DNA synthesis during bacterial conjugation |journal=Journal of Molecular Biology |date=August 1973 |volume=78 |issue=3 |pages=443–451 |doi=10.1016/0022-2836(73)90467-1 |pmid=4585326 }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Sarathy |first1=P. Vijay |last2=Siddiqi |first2=O. |title=The effect of chromosome transfer on gene expression in Escherichia coli Hfr |journal=Molecular and General Genetics |date=June 1973 |volume=125 |issue=2 |pages=125–132 |doi=10.1007/BF00268865 |pmid=4590267 |s2cid=8900439 }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Apte |first1=B.N. |last2=Bhavsar |first2=P.N. |last3=Siddiqi |first3=O. |title=The regulation of aryl sulphatase in Aspergillus nidulans |journal=Journal of Molecular Biology |date=July 1974 |volume=86 |issue=3 |pages=637–648 |doi=10.1016/0022-2836(74)90186-7 |pmid=4605323 }}
*{{cite book |last1=Siddiqi |first1=O. |chapter=Genetic blocks in the elements of neural network in Drosophila |pages=541–550 |editor1-first=G. P. |editor1-last=Talwar |title=Regulation of growth and differentiated function in eukaryote cells |date=1975 |publisher=Raven Press |isbn=978-0-89004-032-4 }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Siddiqi |first1=O |last2=Benzer |first2=S |title=Neurophysiological defects in temperature-sensitive paralytic mutants of Drosophila melanogaster. |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |date=September 1976 |volume=73 |issue=9 |pages=3253–3257 |doi=10.1073/pnas.73.9.3253 |pmid=184469 |pmc=430996 |jstor=65712 |bibcode=1976PNAS...73.3253S |doi-access=free }}
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*{{cite book |doi=10.1007/978-1-4684-7968-3_25 |chapter=Genetic Analysis of a Complex Chemoreceptor |title=Development and Neurobiology of Drosophila |year=1980 |last1=Siddiqi |first1=Obaid |last2=Rodrigues |first2=Veronica |journal=Basic Life Sciences |volume=16 |pages=347–359 |pmid=6779799 |isbn=978-1-4684-7970-6 }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Singh |first1=Satpal |last2=Siddiqi |first2=O. |title=''torpid'' a new sex-linked paralytic mutation in ''Drosophila melanogaster'' |journal=Molecular and General Genetics |date=March 1981 |volume=181 |issue=3 |pages=400–402 |doi=10.1007/BF00425619 |pmid=6787392 |s2cid=35111844 }}
*{{cite journal |last1=Stocker |first1=R. F. |last2=Singh |first2=R. N. |last3=Schorderet |first3=M. |last4=Siddiqi |first4=O. |title=Projection patterns of different types of antennal sensilla in the antennal glomeruli of Drosophila melanogaster |journal=Cell and Tissue Research |date=July 1983 |volume=232 |issue=2 |pages=237–248 |doi=10.1007/BF00213783 |pmid=6411344 |s2cid=2694046 }}
*Siddiqi, O. (1983) Olfactory Neurogenetics of Drosophila. Symposium on Neurogenetics. XV International Congress of Genetics. Genetics: New Frontiers. Oxford, Delhi. Vol. III 243-261.
*{{cite journal |last1=Arora |first1=Kavita |last2=Rodrigues |first2=Veronica |last3=Joshi |first3=Swati |last4=Shanbhag |first4=Shubha |last5=Siddiqi |first5=Obaid |title=A gene affecting the specificity of the chemosensory neurons of Drosophila |journal=Nature |date=November 1987 |volume=330 |issue=6143 |pages=62–63 |doi=10.1038/330062a0 |pmid=3670396 |bibcode=1987Natur.330...62A |s2cid=4348467 }}
*Siddiqi, O. (1988) Genetic Variation in Drosophila chemoreception. Genetics and Immunology of Chemical Communication. Monell Research Center, Philadelphia.
*Ayyub, C., Paranjape, J., Rodrigues, V. & Siddiqi, O. (1990). Genetics of olfactory behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Neurogenet. 6: 243-262.
*Siddiqi, O.(1990) Olfaction in Drosophila. Chemical senses Vol. 3 Eds. Wyzocki ''et al.'' Marcel Dekker, NY, 79-96.
*Jayaram, V.C. and Siddiqi, O. (1997). gustJ a salt insensitive mutant of Drosophila. Journal of Genetics, 76: 133-145.
*Bala, A.D.S., Panchal, P. and Siddiqi, O. (1998). Osmotaropotaxis in the larva of Drosophila melanogaster. Current science, 75: 48-51.
*Mistry, Y., R. Mistry, and O. Siddiqi, O. (2000). Evidence of age-related changes in the antennal glomeruli of Drosophila melanogaster using monoclonal antibodies. Arthropod Structure and Development. Vol.29 (2) 101-110.
*Khurana S, Abu Baker MB, Siddiqi O. (2009). Odour avoidance learning in the larva of Drosophila melanogaster. J. Biosci. 34: 621-631.
*Chakraborty TS, Goswami S.P, Siddiqi O. (2009). Sensory correlates of imaginal conditioning in Drosophila melanogaster. J. Neurogenet. 23: 210-219.
*Iyengar A, Chakraborty TS, Goswami SP, Wu CF, Siddiqi O.(2010) Post-eclosion odor experience modifies olfactory neuron coding in Drosophila. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 107(21):9855-60.
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==External links==
*[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%20%22Siddiqi%20O%22 Obaid Siddiqi's publications on PubMed]

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