Faculty Profile

 
Name : Ranjana  Arya
Designation : Assistant Professor
Centre :
School : Biotechnology
Room No :
Off. Phone : 91-11-26738754
Residence :
Email : ranjanaa@mail.jnu.ac.in   ranjana_arya@yahoo.com
Web Address : http://www.jnu.ac.in/Faculty/rarya

Qualifications

Ph.D 
                                    

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Cell Biology 
                                    

Experience

Assistant Professor School of Biotechnology Jawaharlal Nehru University 2008-present
Senior Research Scientist Pharmacology Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, Gurgaon, India 2004-2008
Post Doctoral Associate Carolina Cardiovascular Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA 2002-2004
Post Doctoral Fellow Division of Rheumatology, Immunology & Allergy Brigham & Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA 2001-2002
Project Assistant Special Center for Molecular Medicine Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India 2000-2001
Senior Research Fellow School of Life Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India 1997-2000
Junior Research Fellow School of Life Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India 1995-1997 
                                    

Awards & Honours

1. Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientist from Department of Science and Technology for research project entitled’ Expression and characterization of bifunctional enzyme UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase in Dictyostelium discoideum. No. SR/FT/LS-146/2008 sanction order dated Sept.22, 2009.
2. Arya R et al. Muscle Ring Finger Protein, MURF1, Inhibits Cardiac Muscle Hypertrophy Through PKC Mediated Signaling Pathway. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 2004, New Orleans, USA (Oral Presentation). Source: CIRCULATION Volume: 110 Issue: 17 Pages: 160-160 Supplement: Suppl. S Meeting Abstract: 762 Published: OCT 26 2004
3. Young Scientist travel fellowship Award to attend 18th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology held in Birmingham, England, 2000.
4. Junior research fellowship award to pursue doctoral studies and Lecturership (1995) from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
5. GATE qualified with a score of 97.34, India. (1996) 
                                    

International Collaboration/Consultancy

 
                                    

Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5)
1. Arya, R*., Bhattacharya, A. and Saini, K.S. Dictyostelium discoideum--a promising expression system for the production of eukaryotic proteins. Faseb J, 2008, 22 (12): 4055-4066
2. Arya R*, Gupta S, Aslam S, Kaur NJ, Seth A, Eapen MS, Malik R, Vijayakrishnan L, Saini KS. Purification of recombinant human phosphodiesterase 7A expressed in Dictyostelium discoideum. Protein Expr. Purif., 2008, 61:149-154
3. Arya, R. *, Aslam, S., Gupta, S., Bora, R.S., Vijayakrishnan, V., Gulati, P., Naithani, S., Mukhrjee, S., Dastidar, S., Bhattacharya, A., and Saini, K.S. Production and characterization of pharmacologically active recombinant human phosphodiesterase 4B2 in Dictyostelium discoideum. Biotechnol. J., 2008, 3(7):938-47
4. Arya, R., Kedar, V., Hwang, JR., McDonough, H., Li, HH., Taylor, J., and Patterson, C. Muscle Ring Finger protein-1 inhibits RACK1-dependent PKCe activation and prevents cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. J. Cell Biol. 2004, 167(6):1147-59
5. Arya, R., Mehra, A., Bhattacharya, S., Vishwakarma, R.A. and Bhattacharya, A. Biosynthesis of Entamoeba histolytica proteophosphoglycan in vitro. Mol.Biol.Parasitol 2003,126: 1-8 
                                  

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3)

 
                                    

Patents (if any)