Govindarajan Padmanaban

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Govindarajan Padmanaban
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1983)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsIndian Institute of Science
St Mary's Hospital Medical School
University of Chicago
Doctoral advisorP. S. Sarma
Doctoral studentsPundi N. Rangaran, M R Satyanarayana Rao, Chellam Rajamanickam, Varavani Dwarki, Poornima Upadhya, M.Venkateswara Rao, Varadharajan Sundaramurthy.

Govindarajan Padmanaban (born 20 March 1938, in

Early life and education

Padmanaban was brought up in a family of engineers. He belongs to

IISc), Bangalore in 1966.[2]

Research

In the early years of his research, he primarily worked in the transcriptional regulation of Eukaryotic genes in the liver. He was interested in elucidating the multifaceted role of heme in cellular processes. His group discovered the heme-biosynthetic pathway in the malarial parasite and showed it to be a drug target. He has also been interested in the area of vaccine development. His team was successful in showing the antimalarial property of Curcumin and its efficacy in combination therapy in 2004.[3]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Chancellor". Central University of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  2. S2CID 29954165
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  4. ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ^ "List of Fellows NAMS" (PDF). National Academy of Medical Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

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Academic offices
Preceded by Director,
Indian Institute of Science

1994–1998
Succeeded by
Govardhan Mehta