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Research Interest:

The molecular mechanism of aging and cancer using normal and cancer cells as model system.

Education &Professional Career:

Dr. Renu Wadhwa had her first PhD from the Guru Nanak Dev University, India and the second PhD from the University of Tsukuba, Japan.  She had her post-doctoral trainings at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England and RIKEN, Japan.  She has been working in Japan for last 29 years and has been leading a research team working on the mechanisms of cell proliferation controls at the Biomedical Research Institute, AIST, Japan. Her major research interest is to understand the molecular mechanism of aging and cancer using normal and cancer cells as model system.  She had first cloned a novel member of hsp70 family protein in 1993 and named it “mortalin”.  Since then she has made several original findings describing the functional characteristics of this protein and its role in cancer and age-related disorders.She has more than 200 publications in International peer reviewed journals with many invited/plenary talks in international conferences. She has served as a member of AACR (1997-2000) and President of 86^th Annual meeting of Japanese Tissue Culture Association at AIST Tsukuba, and is a leader of DBT-AIST International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine (DAILAB) at AIST, Japan. She has been in Editorial board of several scientific journals including Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences and Mechanism of Ageing and Development.  As honorary academic positions, she has served as an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo, Professor at the Yonsei University College of Medicine (Seoul).  Presently, sheisaHonorary Scientist at the Children’s Medical Research Institute (Sydney),Adjunct Professor at the Hanyang University (Seoul).  She is a Fellow of Geriatric Society of India, Indian Academy of Neurosciences and Biotech Research Society, India.

Dr. Renu Wadhwa
Affiliation & Contact:
Head, DBT-AIST International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine (DAILAB),
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST), Tsukuba – 305 8565, Japan
Tel: +81 29 861 9464
E-mail: renu-wadhwa@aist.go.jp

Research Interest:

Molecular mechanism of stress, aging and cancer; gene silencing and imaging to understand the mechanism of action of Ayurvedic herb, Ashwagandha and others.

Education &Professional Career:

Dr. Sunil Kaul was born and brought up in Kalimpong (Darjeeling).  He obtained his MPhil and PhD degrees from the University of Delhi, India.  After his initial post-doctoral training, he was appointed as a researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST) in Japan, and has been working there for last 30 years. He is now a Chief Senior Research Scientist.  His major research interest is to understand the molecular mechanism of stress, aging and cancer. He has been merging the traditional knowledge with modern technologies like gene silencing and imaging to understand the mechanism of action of Ayurvedic herb, Ashwagandha and others.  He is a coordinator of the DBT (India)-AIST (Japan) International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine at AIST, Japan.  With more than 200 research publications in International peer revised journals and several invited talks Internationally, he has been in Editorial board of several scientific journals.He is a Fellow of Geriatrics Society of India (FGSI), Overseas Fellow of Biotech Research Society of India (FBRSI), Fellow of Indian Academy of Neuroscience (FIAN), and Foreign Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc).

Affiliation & Contact:

Chief Senior Research Scientist, International Coordinator, DBT–AIST International Center for Translational and Environmental Research (DAICENTER), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST)
Central 5-1, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba – 305 8565, Japan
Tel: +81 29 861 6713
E-mail: s-kaul@aist.go.jp