Name:

Dr. Surendra Ghaskadbi

Designation:

Scientist F & In-Charge, Zoology

Education:

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

Areas of interest:

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

Honours:

1. Swami Pranavanand Science Award (Young Scientist) for Developmental Biology of the Indian Society of Developmental Biologists (1988).
2. President, Indian Society of Developmental Biologists (2004-2006).
3. Secretary, Indian Society of Cell Biology (2007-2009).
4. British Council Visitorship (1990).
5. Elected Fellow, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (2003).
6. Recipient of a long-term collaborative project with University of Tokyo (Prof. Makoto Asashima) under Indo-Japan Cooperative Science Porgram (IJCSP: 2001-2006).
7. Recipient of extramural funding from Departments of Science and Technology and Biotechnology, Govt. of India & Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi.
8. 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).
9. 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 in perivitelline fluid of embryos of Indian horseshoe crab (application filed in India).
2. A new molecule for cardiac development promoting activity (application filed in India).

Publications:


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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