Amit V Pandey, PhDEDUCATIONPostdoctoral 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 APPOINTMENTSUniversity of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USAPostdoctoral fellow 2000- 2005Role 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, IndiaResearch Scientist 1997-2000Mechanism of action of antimalarial drugs artemisinin and arteether (Now in market as EMAL).
Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow IndiaGraduate 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
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIESMember, American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, USAMember, Swiss Society for Endocrinology & Diabetology
Member, New York Academy of Sciences USA Life Member, Indian Society for Parasitology , India
CURRENT GRANTS AND FUNDINGAS PI: Swiss National Science Foundation Research Grant : 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 FoundationAs PI: Grant from Swiss Society for Endocrinology & Diabetology
As PI: Grant for Bioinformatics Lecture series from MVUB (Mittelbauvereinigung der Universitat Bern) |