Amit V Pandey, PhD

EDUCATION

Postdoctoral Fellow (2000-05) Department of Pediatrics, Univ of California at San Francisco, CA USA   

Mentor: Prof. Walter L Miller

PhD Student (Biochemistry) (1993 - 99) RML University India. Mentor: Dr R.L. Singh

MSc (Biochemistry) (1990 - 92) University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India

BSc (Chemistry) (1987 - 90) Canning College, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

Postdoctoral fellow 2000- 2005

Role of Cytochrome P450 reductase mutations in drug and steroid metabolism.

Regulation of human steroidogenesis by post-translational modifications of CYP17A1 and cyt b5.

International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB) New Delhi, India

Research Scientist 1997-2000

Mechanism of action of antimalarial drugs artemisinin and arteether (Now in market as EMAL).

Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow India

Graduate student 1993-1997

Characterization of malaria pigment from tissues of malaria infected animals. Screening of compounds for anti-malarial activity in culture and experimental animals. Purification of malaria pigment.

AWARDS / HONOURS

 Servier Research Award                                                                         2007
Young Investigator Award Swiss Society for Endocrinology            2007
Marquis Who's Who in Science & Engineering                                    2005

Prof. C.R. Krishnamurthi Young Scientist Award                                 1997

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

Member, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, USA

Member, Swiss Society for Endocrinology & Diabetology

Member, New York Academy of Sciences USA

Life Member, Indian Society for Parasitology , India

CURRENT GRANTS AND FUNDING

AS PI: Swiss National Science Foundation Research Grant for 3 years Pharmacogenomics of human P450 oxidoreductase.

As PI: Research Grant from the Novartis Foundation for Medicine & Biology

As PI: Grant from UniBern Forschungsstiftung

 AS PI: Grant from Roche Research Foundation

As PI: Grant from Swiss Society for Endocrinology & Diabetology

As PI: Grant for Bioinformatics Lecture series from MVUB (Mittelbauvereinigung der Universitat Bern)