Prem Raj Pushpakaran

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Professor

Prem raj Pushpakaran
Born
Kochi, India
NationalityIndian, India India
CitizenshipIndian India
Alma materMassachusetts General Hospital, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Central Drug Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Jamia Hamdard, Maharaja's College, Ernakulam, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Medical College of Wisconsin
Known forProtein Transduction, Animal Models for Tuberculosis, RNA-based regulatory networks
Awards(2019)[1]
(2012)[2]
(2012)[3][unreliable source?]
Scientific career
FieldsPhysiology
InstitutionsMass General Brigham, Harvard University, Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, King Saud University
InfluencesBrahm Shanker Srivastava

Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran (പ്രൊഫസർ പ്രേം രാജ്‌ പുഷ്പാകരന്‍) is an Indian indomitable doyen, galahad, life scientist, genetic engineer, visionary, environmentalist, economist, logodaedalist, and presently working as a Teaching Professor of BioTechnology at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), Kozhikode district, Kerala, India.[4]

Personal life and education[edit | edit source]

Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran received a BSc in Zoology from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala in 1995, a MSc in BioTechnology from Cochin University of Science and Technology in 1997,[5] and a PhD in BioTechnology from Central Drug Research Institute in 2002[6] prior to post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School from 2003 to 2005.[7] His field of expertise is Physiology. Chulluthura Padmaja is his mother.

Awards and Honors[edit | edit source]

As a post-doctoral scientist at Harvard University, Professor Prem raj Pushpakaran, co-authored thirteen papers on topics related to gene regulation, gut physiology and biophysics.[7] Following his post-doctoral work at Harvard, Prof. Prem raj P served as an assistant professor of Bio-Technology and Microbiology at King Saud University, KSA, for 3 years (2005-2008), thereafter returned to India to join as the faculty of the NITC.[4] In addition to his work at NITC, Prof. Prem raj P is active within the academic research community, including serving as an associate editor for Journal of Investigative Genomics (JIG),[8] and as a Faculty Advisor of the Scitable Project, an online collaborative science education project of the Springer Nature Publishing Group.[9]

Selected Bibliography[edit | edit source]

  • Pushpakaran, PremRaj; Srivastava, S; Srivastava, BS; Srivastava, R (April 2003). "Protection by live Mycobacterium habana vaccine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv challenge in mice". Indian Journal of Medical Research. 117: 139–145. PMID 14604301.
  • Malo, MS; Abedrapo, M; Chen, A; Mozumder, M; Pushpakaran, PremRaj; Alkhoury, F; Zhang, W; Fleming, E; Hodin, RA (December 2003). "Improved eukaryotic promoter-detection vector carrying two luciferase reporter genes". BioTechniques. 35 (6): 1150–1154. PMID 14682048.
  • Malo, MS; Zhang, W; Alkhoury, F; Pushpakaran, PremRaj; Abedrapo, M; Mozumder, M; Fleming, E; Siddique, A; Henderson, JW; Hodin, RA (August 2004). "Thyroid hormone positively regulates the enterocyte differentiation marker intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene via an atypical response element". Molecular Endocrinology. 18 (8): 1941–1962. doi:10.1210/me.2003-0351. PMID 15143152.
  • Alkhoury, F; Malo, PR; Pushpakaran, W; Zhang, E; Fleming, R; Mozumder, Moushumi; Hodin, Richard (September 2004). "Gene regulation by endogenous thyroid hormone receptors in intestinal epithelial cells". Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 199 (3): 10. doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2004.05.003.
  • Madhu, S. Malo; Pushpakaran, PremRaj; Hodin, Richard A. (18 November 2005). "A 'Swinging Cradle' model to classify different types of response elements of a nuclear receptor". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 337 (2): 490–497. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.080. PMID 16198314.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran". Marquis Who's Who. Retrieved Feb 10, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Bharat Jyoti Award". nitc.ac.in. Retrieved Feb 10, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran received Rashtriya Gaurav Award". nitc.ac.in. Retrieved Feb 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pushpakaran, PremRaj. "Detailed Chronology". National Institute of Technology Calicut. Retrieved 20 Ju1 2026. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. ↑ "CUSAT Alumni". Cochin University of Science and Technology. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  6. ↑ "Registered Alumni" (PDF). Central Drug Research Institute. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "MGH /Harvard Alumnus". Academic. Microsoft. Retrieved 20 Nov 2005.
  8. ↑ "Associate Editor". Genomics. MedCrave Group (USA). Retrieved 30 Apr 2020.
  9. ↑ "Prof. PremRaj Pushpakaran". Scitable. Retrieved 30 Aug 2020.

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