Dr.Sainath P B
- A Science passionate with an incline towards Neuroendocrinology, Obesity and Cancer research. Currently focusing on therapeutic applications in Brain Cancer and Protein Nanomedicine.
- Education: Ph.D in Biochemistry (National Institute of Nutrition, Osmania University, Hyderabad)
- PhD Thesis Title: Insulin signaling mechanisms in the hypothalamus (brain) of the NIN obese mutant rat: WNIN/Ob
Honours and Awards
- B.S. Narasing Rao best poster award during the 79th annual meeting of Society of Biological Chemists (India) held at IISC Bangalore, 2010. The topic of the poster was “Intracerebroventricular injection of insulin decreases food intake in controls but not in WNIN – obese mutant rats”
- Qualified Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – University Grants Commission (CSIR-UGC-NET, 2004) combined entrance test with Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Senior Research Fellowship for Ph.D.
Publications:
- Ganeshan M, Sainath PB, Padmavathi IJ, Venu L, Kishore YD, Kumar KA, Harishanker N, Rao JS, Raghunath M. Maternal manganese restriction increases susceptibility to high fat diet induced dyslipidemia and altered adipose function in WNIN male rat offspring. Exp Diabetes Res. 2011; vol 2011: 1-11.
- Raghunath M, Venu L, Padmavathi I, Kishore YD, Ganeshan M, Anand Kumar K, Sainath PB, Rao KR. Modulation of macronutrient metabolism in the offspring by maternal micronutrient deficiency in experimental animals. Indian J Med Res. 2009 Nov; 130(5): 655-665 (Review).
- Venu L, Padmavathi IJ, Kishore YD, Bhanu NV, Rao KR, Sainath PB, Ganeshan M, Raghunath M. Long-term effects of maternal magnesium restriction on adiposity and insulin resistance in rat pups. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Jun; 16(6): 1270-1276.
- Manisha Ganeshan, Padmavathi IJN, Durga Kishore Y, Sainath PB, Krishnakanth A, Manchala Raghunath. Varied effects of maternal Mn restriction on body adiposity and lipid profile in male and female rat offspring [abstract]. Diab vasc Dis Res. 2007; 4(3): 252 (Abstract)
- Manisha Ganeshan, Padmavathi IJN, Durga Kishore Y, Sainath PB, Krishnakanth A, Venu L, Manchala Raghunath. Maternal manganese restriction transiently impairs glucose tolerance and insulin secretion in male rat offspring [abstract]. Diabetes. 2007; 56. Suppl 1: A668 (Abstract)
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