Diamond Jubilee Year
2005-06




Name:

Dr. Surendra Ghaskadbi, F.N.A.Sc.

Designation:

Head, Animal Sciences Division & In-Charge, Zoology

Education:

M.Sc., M. Phil., Ph.D., M.M.S.

Research Areas:

Cell signaling during development, regeneration and pattern formation
Evolution of developmental mechanisms
Stem cell biology

Honours:

Fellow, National Academy of Sciences India.

Fellow, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences.

Swami Pranavanand Science Award (Young Scientist) for Developmental Biology of the Indian Society of Developmental Biologists (1988).

A team member in Centre of Excellence in Epigenetics (jointly between ARI, IISER, Pune, CCMB, CDFD & TIFR) funded by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.

Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (2011-2013).

President, Indian Society of Developmental Biologists (2004-2006).

Vice-President, Indian Society of Cell Biology (2009-2011), Secretary, Indian Society of Cell Biology (2007-2009).

British Council Visitorship (1990).

Recipient of a long-term collaborative project with University of Tokyo (Prof. Makoto Asashima) under Indo-Japan Cooperative Science Porgram (IJCSP: 2001-2006).

Recipient of extramural funding from Departments of Science and Technology (DST) and Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi and Board for Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). Mumbai

Life Member, Indian Society of Cell Biology (1988), Environmental Mutagen Society of India (1988), Indian Society of Developmental Biologists (1991) and Association of British Council Scholars (1991).

Recognized Ph. D. guide in Zoology and Biotechnology (Cell and Developmental Biology) of University of Pune.

Contact:

smghaskadbi@aripune.org and ghaskadbi@gmail.com

Patents:


1. Cardiac development promoting activity of perivitelline fluid of embryos of Indian horseshoe crab, Tachypleus gigas (Muller) Pradeep Bhaskar Parab, Surendra Ghaskadbi, Vidya Patwardhan, Gyan Chandra Mishra, Anil Chatterji, Parameswaran Perunninakulath Subrayan 0319NF2004

2. Cardiac development promoting activity of perivitelline fluid of embryos of indian horseshoe crab, tachypleus gigas (muller) Surendra Ghaskadbi, Vidva Patwardhan, Pradeep Bhaskar Parab, Perunninakulath Subrayan Parameswaran, Anil Chatterji US Patent Application no. 20060210642

3. Cardiac development promoting activity of perivitelline fluid of embryos of indian horseshoe crab, tachypleus gigas (muller) Surendra Ghaskadbi, Vidya Patwardhan, Pradeep Bhaskar Parab, Perunninakulath Subrayan Parameswaran, Anil Chatterji US Patent Application no. 20060141055

Publications:


Reddy P C, Barve A, Ghaskadbi, S. Description and phylogenetic characterization of common hydra from India. Current Science, 101, 736-738, 2011


Chandramore K, Ghaskadbi S. Evo-devo: Hydra raises its noggin.
J. Biosci., 36, 517-529, 2011.


Reddy PC, Bidaye SS, Ghaskadbi S. Genome-wide screening reveals the emergence and divergence of RTK homologues in basal metazoan Hydra magnipapillata.
J. Biosci., 36, 289-296, 2011.


Phadnis SM, Joglekar MV, Dalvi MP, Muthyala S, Nair PD, Ghaskadbi SM, Bhonde RR, Hardikar AA. Human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal cells differentiate and mature into endocrine pancreatic lineage in vivo.
Cytotherapy. 13, 279–293, 2011.


Chandramore K, Ito Y, Takahashi S, Asashima M and Ghaskadbi S Cloning of noggin gene from hydra and analysis of its functional conservation using Xenopus laevis embryos.
Evol. Dev., 12, 267-274, 2010.


Ghaskadbi S A Review of “Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology, volume 25, 2009, Edited by: Randy Schekman, Larry Goldstein and Janet Rossant, Annual Reviews, California, USA”.
Curr. Sci., 98, 1127-1129, 2010


Borgave S and Ghaskadbi S Modulation of cell surface architecture in gastrulating chick embryo in response to altered FGF signaling.
Indian J. Exp. Biol., 48, 346-353, 2010.


Phadnis S M, Ghaskadbi S M, Hardikar A A and Bhonde R R Mesenchymal stem cells derived from bone marrow of diabetic patients portrait unique markers influenced by the diabetic microenvironment.
Rev. Diabet. Stud., 6, 260-270, 2009


Borgave S and Ghaskadbi S Fibroblast growth factor regulates early mesoderm and neural development in chick embryo through its action on brachyury, goosecoid, ERNI and noggin.
Curr Sci, 96, 1217-1223, 2009


Borgave S, Ghodke K and Ghaskadbi S The heart forming region of early chick embryo is an alternative source of embryonic stem cells.
Int J Dev Biol, 53, 91-99, 2009


Ghaskadbi S, Patwardhan V, Chakraborthy M, Agrawal S, Verma M K, Chatterjee A, Lenka N and Parab P B Enhancement of vertebrate cardiogenesis by a lectin from perivitelline fluid of horseshoe crab embryos.
Cell Mol Life Sci, 65, 3312-3324, 2008.


Phadnis S, Joglekar M, Venkatesan V, Ghaskadbi S, Hardikar A and Bhonde R R Human umbilical cord blood serum promotes growth, proliferation as well as differentiation of human bone marrow-derived progenitor cells.
In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Animal, 42, 283-286, 2006


Chaugule B, Ghaskadbi S S, Patwardhan V and Ghaskadbi S Cytochalasin B and taxol modulate cell surface ultrastructure in hydra.
Curr Sci, 90, 568-574, 2006


Ghaskadbi S S, Shetye L, Chiplonkar S and Ghaskadbi S Ultraviolet irradiation initiates ectopic foot formation in regenerating hydra and promotes budding.
J Biosci, 30, 177-182, 2005


Karandikar A and Ghaskadbi S Developmental alterations in chick embryo by beta-microseminoprotein are closely associated with modulation of goosecoid and noggin expression.
Curr Sci, 88, 455-461, 2005


Patwardhan Vidya,Gokhale Madavi & Ghaskadbi S Acceleration of early Chick Embryo Morphogenesis by insulin is associated with altered expression of embryonic genes.
Int J Dev Biol, 48, 319-326, 2004


Sindhu KV, Rani Vibha, Gupta MK, Ghaskadbi S, Choudhury Devapriya & Goswami SK Isolation of a library of target-sites for sequence specific DNA binding proteins from chick embryonic heart : a Potential tool for identifying novel transcriptional regulators involved in embryonic development.
Biochem Biophy Res Commu, 323, 912-919, 2004


Karandikar Aditi & Ghaskadbi S ß-Microseminoprotein-related molecules may participate in formation of the mesoderm in the chick embryo.
Dev Growth Differ, 45, 309-319, 2003


Patwardhan Vidya & Ghaskadbi S Activin disrupts somitogenesis in cultured chick embryos.
Dev Genes Evol, 211, 478-485, 2001


Khot Seema & Ghaskadbi S FGF signaling is essential for the earls events in the development of the chick nervous System and mesoderm.
Int J Dev Biol, 45, 877-885, 2001

 

 

 

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