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Dr. Milind Vaidya
Principal Investigator and Scientific Officer"G"
Honors and Recognitions
Invited speaker at Gorden conference on Intermediate filaments (2010, 2012), Executive committee member for Indian Society of Cell Biology 2013-15.
Research Interests
Epigenetics, Chromatin, DNA methylation, Transcriptional regulation and Molecular Carcinogenesis, Keratins, Vimentin, IF associated proteins, Biomarkers
RESEARCH
"The lab is on understanding functions of IF proteins an IF associated proteins in cell transformation/differentiation and their use as biomarkers. They have been working on developing keratins as specific markers for diagnosis and prognosis of human cancer and potentially malignant lesions. They are also exploring the possibility of using a battery of biomarkers which include Keratin associated proteins for prognostication of cancer. Investigating the use of serum Keratin fragments as noninvasive prognostic markers for oral cancer. Studies related to possible role of Vimentin, K8/18 and their post translational modifications in governing processes like cell differentiation, transformation and apoptosis have been initiated. Our other interest includes development of chemical and transgenic models to study the process of oral carcinogenesis"
