Anuranjan Anand

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Anuranjan Anand
Born (1965-04-05) 5 April 1965 (age 59)
India
Alma mater Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Known forStudies on the molecular and cellular basis of genetic disorders
Scientific career
Fields Human genetics and genomics
Institutions Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

Anuranjan Anand is a geneticist studying the cellular and molecular basis of human disorders. He is a molecular biology and genetics professor and an associate neuroscience faculty at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.

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Biography and career

Anuranjan Anand did his doctoral studies at the Indian Institute of Science., [1] and his post-doctoral studies at Stanford University. [2] He joined Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) as a faculty member in the Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit (MBGU) [3] [4] and later became a professor and chair (2009-2016) of the Unit. [5] When the institute established the Neuroscience Unit (NSU) in 2014, he was designated as its associate faculty. He was the chair of NSU during 2016 - 2022. [6]

Research

During his post-doctoral studies, Anuranjan Anand worked with his colleagues in Bruce Baker's laboratory on the mutations of fruitless, a gene involved in sexual behavior and courtship in Drosophila melanogaster. [2] In JNCASR, his primary focus is on human genetic diseases, emphasizing neurological disorders, hereditary hearing loss and rare developmental disorders [7] His laboratory has discovered several genes and mutations underlying these disorders and is currently examining their biological underpinnings employing cell- and animal- modeling approaches. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Honors

Anuranjan Anand received an Outstanding Research Investigator Award from the Department of Atomic Energy in 2006-2010. The Department of Biotechnology awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development from 2008-2011. [13] He is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, [14] National Academy of Sciences, India, [15] and the Indian National Science Academy. [16]

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