Jayaraman Gowrishankar
Jayaraman Gowrishankar | |
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Born | 1956 (age 67–68) Chennai, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | University of Madras, University of Melbourne |
Awards | Padma Shri (2013) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biology |
Institutions | Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali[1] |
Jayaraman Gowrishankar (born 1956) is an Indian
Doctor of philosophy in bacterial genetics from the University of Melbourne
.
He was a Scientist and Group Leader at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad. In 2000, he was positioned as director for Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics.[2].He served as director of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali from 11 December 2019 till 2 March 2024.[3]
He was awarded in 1991, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in India, in the Biological sciences category.[4] He was awarded in 2013, the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, for his contribution towards the field of science.[5]
Civilian Honours
- Padma Shri in 2013 by the Government of India.[5]
Research Awards
- INSA Medal for Young Scientists, 1986
- CSIR Young Scientist Award, 1987
- BM Birla Prize. 1991
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for 1991
- JC Bose Fellowship, 2007
- The 2012 Moselio Schaechter Distinguished Service Award - American Society for Microbiology
Research highlights
- Discovery of the operon and its exquisite osmotic regulation
- Enunciation of a new hypothesis that toxic RNA-DNA hybrids (R-loops) are prone to occur from nascent untranslated transcripts in E coli.
References
- ^ Gowrishankar is new IISER director, 'Hindustan Times'
- ^ The American Society for Microbiology honors Jayaraman Gowrishankar
- ^ "Executive Positions - IISER Mohali". www.iisermohali.ac.in. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
- ^ "INSA". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Padma Awards Announced" (Press release). Ministry of Home Affairs. 25 January 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2013.