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K. P. Mohanakumar
Born1955
Kerala,India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forStudies onParkinson's diseaseandHuntington's disease
Awards
  • 1991ICMRYoung Scientist Award
  • 2000N-BIOS Prize
  • IPS Uvnas Prize
  • IAN Tulsabai Somani Educational Trust Award
Scientific career
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Institutions

Kochupurackal P. Mohanakumar(born 1955) is an Indian chemical biologist, neuroscientist and the director of Inter University Centre for Biomedical Research and Super Specialty Hospital,Kottayam.He is a former chief scientist at theIndian Institute of Chemical Biologyand is known for his studies onParkinson's diseaseandHuntington's disease.TheDepartment of Biotechnologyof the Government of India awarded him theNational Bioscience Award for Career Development,one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences in 2000.[1]

Biography

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University of Kerala

Born in the south Indian state ofKeralain 1955,[2]Mohanakumar did hisundergraduatestudies at theUniversity of Keralato earn aB.Sc.in zoology in 1976.[citation needed]His master's studies were atAligarh Muslim Universityand after obtaining anM.Sc.inexperimental biologyand chemicalneuroanatomy,in 1979, he enrolled atSaurashtra Universityfor his doctoral studies to secure aPhDinneuropharmacologyin 1985. His post-doctoral work and advanced training were at theNational Institutes of Health,University of Göttingen,University of Essen,and theUniversity of Virginia Medical Centre.[3]

On his return to India, he joined theIndian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuramwhere he served as a professor of biological sciences.[3]Subsequently, he moved to theIndian Institute of Chemical Biologyof theCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Researchand was serving as the chief scientist at the Cell Biology and Physiology Division[4]and as the head of the Project Monitoring and Evaluation Division,[5]when he returned to his home state as the director of Inter University Centre for Biomedical Research and Super Specialty Hospital, Kottayam, a position he holds to date.[6]He simultaneously serves as the convenor of the governing council of the institution.[7]He has also served as a professor at theAcademy of Scientific and Innovative Research.[3]

Legacy

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Mohanakumar is known to have done notable work onneurodegenerativeandneurodevelopmentaldisorders such asParkinson's disease,Huntington's disease,autismandattention deficit hyperactivity disorder.[5]It was under his leadership, an advanced clinical and experimental research laboratory on neurodegenerative diseases was established at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology where research is carried out on thepathogenesisof Parkinson's disease.[3]AT IICB, he headed acybridslaboratory, reported to be one of the most advanced ones in India, and was involved in the study of neurodegenerative diseases, with special emphasis to the impact ofmitochondria.His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles[8][note 1]andResearchGate,an online repository of scientific articles has listed 184 of them.[9]Besides, he has edited work books for practicing neurobiologists[10][11]and has contributed chapters to books edited by others.[12]He has mentored several master's and doctoral scholars in their research[3]and has delivered many invited speeches, which included the one delivered at Amrita BioQuest 2013.[4]

Mohanakumar has been an elected member of theInternational Society for Neurochemistryand sits in its conference committee.[13]He is a former president of the Society of Neurochemistry India and a former vice-president of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences.[3]He has been associated withTWASas well asUNESCOas a professor, with theDepartment of Biotechnologyas a member of itsNeurobiology Task Force,[14]and is a member of the Chemical Biology Society.[15]He sits in the editorial boards of journals such asAnatomy and Cell Biology,[16]Neuroscience and Medicine,Journal of Neurochemistry,[17]Neurochemistry International,[18]andNeurochemical Research.[19]

Awards and honors

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Mohanakumar, an elected member ofGuha Research Conference,received the Young Scientist Award of theIndian Council of Medical Researchin 1991. The Indian Academy of Neurosciences elected him as a fellow in 1999[20]and a year later, theDepartment of Biotechnologyof the Government of India awarded him theNational Bioscience Award for Career Development,one of the highest Indian science awards in 2000.[1]The elected fellowship of theNational Academy of Sciences, Indiawas awarded to him 2008.[21]He is also a recipient of the Uvnas Prize of the Indian Pharmacological Society for the best scientific publication and the Tulsabai Somani Educational Trust Award of Indian Academy of Neurosciences. The award orations delivered by him include Coln. R. N. Chopra Memorial Oration ofIndian Pharmacological Societyand Prof. B.K. Bachhawat Memorial Life Time Achievement (2019).

Selected bibliography

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Chapters

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  • Alexander Storch, Michael A. Collins (Editors); K. P. Mohanakumar, D. Muralikrishnan )(Chapter authors) (6 December 2012).Neurotoxic Factors in Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders.Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 290–.ISBN978-1-4615-1269-1.{{cite book}}:|author1=has generic name (help)
  • Sengupta T., Vinayagam J., Singh R., Jaisankar P., Mohanakumar K.P. (6 December 2016).Plant-Derived Natural Products for Parkinson's Disease Therapy. In: Essa M., Akbar M., Guillemin G. (eds) The Benefits of Natural Products for Neurodegenerative Diseases. Advances in Neurobiology, vol 12.Springer, Cham.{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Articles

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Please seeSelected bibliographysection

References

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  1. ^ab"Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development"(PDF).Department of Biotechnology. 2016. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 4 March 2018.Retrieved20 November2017.
  2. ^"NASI fellows".National Academy of Sciences, India. 12 November 2017. Archived fromthe originalon 27 December 2010.Retrieved12 November2017.
  3. ^abcdef"Director Profile"(PDF).Inter University Centre for Biomedical Research.21 November 2017.Retrieved21 November2017.
  4. ^ab"K. P. Mohanakumar on Amrita Bioquest".Amrita Bioquest.2013.Retrieved24 November2017.
  5. ^ab"Cell Biology & Physiology Division".Indian Institute of Chemical Biology.24 November 2017.Retrieved24 November2017.
  6. ^"Contact Us".Inter University Centre for Biomedical Research.24 November 2017.Retrieved24 November2017.
  7. ^"Governing Council".Inter University Centre for Biomedical Research.24 November 2017.Retrieved24 November2017.
  8. ^"On Google Scholar".Google Scholar.23 November 2017.Retrieved23 November2017.
  9. ^"On ResearchGate".23 November 2017.Retrieved23 November2017.
  10. ^"Work Book 1".Science Direct.24 November 2017.Retrieved24 November2017.
  11. ^"Work Book 2".Science Direct.24 November 2017.Retrieved24 November2017.
  12. ^Alexander Storch; Michael A. Collins (6 December 2012).Neurotoxic Factors in Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders.Springer Science & Business Media.pp. 290–.ISBN978-1-4615-1269-1.
  13. ^"Conference Committee ISN".International Society for Neurochemistry.24 November 2017. Archived fromthe originalon 1 December 2017.Retrieved24 November2017.
  14. ^"Neurobiology Task Force".Department of Biotechnology.24 November 2017. Archived fromthe originalon 1 December 2017.Retrieved24 November2017.
  15. ^"Present Council CBS".Chemical Biology Society.24 November 2017.Retrieved24 November2017.
  16. ^"Editorial Board Anatomy and Cell Biology".Anatomy and Cell Biology.24 November 2017.Retrieved24 November2017.
  17. ^"Editorial Board Journal of Neurochemistry".Journal of Neurochemistry.24 November 2017.doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1471-4159.Retrieved24 November2017.
  18. ^Neurochemistry International.Elsevier.24 November 2017.Retrieved24 November2017.
  19. ^"Editorial Board Neurochemical Research".Springer.24 November 2017.Retrieved24 November2017.
  20. ^"IAN Fellows".Indian Academy of Neurosciences.24 November 2017.Retrieved24 November2017.
  21. ^"NASI Year Book 2015"(PDF).National Academy of Sciences, India. 24 November 2017. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 6 August 2015.Retrieved24 November2017.
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