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Curriculum Vitae

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Birth date: November 3, 1979

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Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology

SMVDU, Katra, Jammu, India. India

E-mail: drrakeshthusoo@gmail.com

Phone: 09419279629

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Ph.D., All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, India (2004-2009)

M.Sc. (Human Genetics), Guru Nanak Dev University in Amritsar, Punjab, India (2001-2003)

BSc. (Biology) Jammu University, Jammu and Kashmir, India (1998-2001)

Member of Center /Cell

Member Secretary, Departmental Research Committee

Vice-President, Board of Cultural Activities, SMVDU

Member of Nanotechnology Cell-SMVDU, Katra

Bureau Chief-CRAB (Cancer Research and Analysis Bureau) Matrika, Jammu and Kashmir

Member Board of Studies, Department of Biotechnology

Coordinator-GATE entrance Committee

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Young Scientist (Poster)Silver Medal-Gh.Rasool.Bhat, Itty Sethi, Sonali Verma, Amrita Bhat,

Swarkar Sharma, Khursheed A Dar, Deepak Abrol Rakesh Kumar “Polymorphism in DNA repair

gene XRCC1 and its role in susceptibility to lung cancer risk in ethinic population of Jammu

and Kashmir” 2ND Medical Science Congress 10th -13th May 2017

Young Scientist (Oral) -Silver medal Itty Sethi, G.R. Bhat, Varun Sharma, Ankit Mahajan,

Gurvinder Singh, Rakesh Kumar, Vinod Singh, Manoj K Dhar, AJS Bhanwer, Swarkar Sharma,

and Ekta Rai “Leukocyte telomere length, a marker of senescence is associated with

type 2 diabetes” at 2ND Medical Science Congress 10th -13th May 2017

3rd Prize-IPR Quizophile Vandita

2nd Prize- IPR Quizophile Nipunta

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First prize Sheetal Bhat, G.R. Bhat, Nipunta, Shilpa Raina, Sandeep Kaul, Rakesh Kumar Presented

poster titled-’Genetic characterization of human pulmonary neoplasm and its effect on human health’

at Jammu University (12th JK SCIENCE CONGRESS 2nd -5th March 2017)

Awarded 2nd Best Poster Prize -Gh.Rasool.Bhat, Sonali Verma, Amrita Bhat, Deepak Abrol, Khursheed A

Dar, Rakesh Kumar “Effect of cigarette smoking in changing histopathology among lung cancer patients” At

PATHOCON 2017, GMC, Jammu on 22ND April 2017

Scroll of HONOUR to my Student Mr. GR Bhat for his work on lung cancer under my supervision in

Dwitya Crab-e-Con on lung cancer, 3rd September 2016

1. Ist position (Poster) Sonali Verma, Amrita Bhat ,G.R Bhat , Deepak Abrol, Jyostna Suri, Ajay Wakhloo,

V.Verma, Rakesh Kumar “Replicative study of lung cancer (XRCC1 gene rs25487) in normal and

ovarian cancer females from Jammu region” Dwitya Crab-e-Con on lung cancer, 3rd September 2016

2. 3rd (Joint) Divya Bakshi and Rakesh Kumar-Breast cancer metastasis to lung cancer - Dwitya Crab-e-

Con on lung cancer, 3rd September 2016

JBM Gold medal for poster presentation at Crab-e-Con held at Hotel Fortune 24th-25th October 2015 (GR

Bhat)

Posters:-

3. Sonali Verma, Amrita Bhat, G.R Bhat ,Sandeep Kaul, Jyotsna Suri, Ajay Wakhloo, V.Verma Rakesh

Kumar “Interactions of DNA repair gene polymorphism with Hormonal status of ovarian cancer females

from Jammu region” 2ND Medical Science Congress 10th -13th May 2017.

4. Sonali Verma, Amrita Bhat, G.R Bhat, Sandeep Kaul, Jyotsna Suri, Ajay Wakhloo, V.Verma Rakesh kumar

“HER2 Expression in Ovarian Carcinomas: Eye View” at PATHOCON 2017, GMC, Jammu on 22nd

April 2017

5. Amrita Bhat, Sonali Verma, G R Bhat, Jyotsna Suri, Deepak Abrol, Rahul Sharma,Rakesh Kumar

“Significant Histopathology in the Classification and Diagnosis of Leukemia” at PATHOCON 2017,

GMC, Jammu on 22nd April 2017

6. Divya Bakshi, Deepak Abrol, Sandeep Kaul, Rakesh Kumar. “Pathology Of Breast Cancer” at

PATHOCON 2017, GMC, Jammu on 22nd April 2017

7. Bhanu Sharma, Divya Bakshi, Deepak Abrol,Jyotsna Suri, Samantha Vaishnavi, Rakesh Kumar

“Pathalogic Classification of non-functioning neuroendocrine tumors by using significant

biomarkers” at PATHOCON 2017, GMC, Jammu on 22nd April 2017

8. Shilpa Raina, G.R. Bhat, Sheetal Bhat, Nipunta, Deepak Abrol, Rakesh Kumar “Underlying genetic

mechanism of Ataxia-Telangiectasia” on 12th JK congress held at Jammu University 2-5th March 2017.

9. Shilpa Raina, G.R. Bhat, Sheetal Bhat, Nipunta, Deepak Abrol, Rakesh Kumar “Role of atm gene

variations in pathogenesis of various cancers” in Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Drug Discovery”

on 30th and 31st March, 2017 SMVDU, Katra.

10. Nipunta, Amrita Bhat, K.K Pandita,Susheel Razdan, Rakesh Kumar “Role of Genetics in Amyotrophic

Lateral Sclerosis” in Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Drug Discovery” on 30th and 31st March,

2017 SMVDU, Katra

11. Nipunta, G.R Bhat , Amrita Bhat, Rakesh Kumar. “ Impact of lung carcinoma on human health” at 12th

JK Science Congress held Jammu University from 2-5th March 2017.

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12. Sheetal Bhat, G.R. Bhat, Nipunta, Shilpa Raina, Sandeep Kaul, Rakesh Kumar Presented poster titled-

’Genetic characterization of human pulmonary neoplasm and its effect on human health’ at Jammu

University (12th JK Science Congress 2-5th March 2017).

13. Presented poster titled-“Genetic characterization of human pulmonary neoplasm and its effect on

human health” at Jammu University (12th JK Science Congress from 2-5th March 2017).

14. Sheetal Bhat, G.R. Bhat, Nipunta, Shilpa Raina, Sandeep Kaul, Rakesh Kumar “Etiology of lung

cancer’ in Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Drug Discovery” on 30th and 31st March,

2017 SMVDU, Katra

15. Vandeeta Sharma, Sonali Verma, Supinder Singh, Ajay Wakhloo, Rakesh Kumar-Genetic Analysis of

Polycystic Ovarian syndrome in Jammu region (12th JK Science Congress from 2-5th March 2017).

16. Vandeeta Sharma, Sonali Verma, Ajay Wakhloo, Rakesh Kumar. Single Nucleotide Polymorphic

analysis of Ovarian Cancer in Women of Jammu region Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Drug

Discovery” on 30th and 31st March, 2017 SMVDU, Katra

17. Sonali Verma, Amrita Bhat ,G.R Bhat , Deepak Abrol, Jyostna Suri, Ajay Wakhloo, V.Verma, Rakesh

Kumar “Replicative study of lung cancer (XRCC1 gene rs25487) in normal and ovarian cancer

females from Jammu region” Dwitya Crab-e-Con on lung cancer, 3rd September 2016

18. Monika Pandita , Meenu Sharma, Heena Shoket, Amrita Bhat, Rakesh Kumar, Narendra K. Bairwa*f-box

proteins and cancer: an unraveled association- Dwitya Crab-e-Con on lung cancer, 3rd September 2016.

19. Divya Bakshi and Rakesh Kumar-Breast cancer metastasis to lung cancer - Dwitya Crab-e-Con on lung

cancer, 3rd September 2016

20. Amrita Bhat1, Sonali Verma, G.R. Bhat, Monika Pandita, Jyotsna Suri Deepak Abrol, Sindhu Sharma,

Narendra K Bairwa,Rakesh Kumar. Development from leukemia to solid tumors. Dwitya Crab-e-Con

on lung cancer, 3rd September 2016

21. Amrita Bhat, Sonali Verma, G.R. Bhat, Monika Pandita, Jyotsana Suri, Deepak Abrol, Rahul Sharma,

Rakesh Kumar. ABL kinase family in human cancers: significant risk of leukemia in breast cancer

Dwitya Crab-e-Con on lung cancer, 24th-25th October 2015

22. GR Bhat, Itty Sethi, Amrita Bhat, Sonali Verma, Ruchi Shah, Swarkar Sharma, Deepak Abrol, Rahul

Sharma, Jyotsana Suri, Rahul Gupta, Khursheed Dar, Rakesh Kumar. Genetics of Signaling that mediate

the metastasis from breast to lung (CXCR4) signaling Crab-e-Con on lung cancer. 24th-25th October

2015

23. Sonali Verma, Amrita Bhat, G.R Bhat, Deepak Abrol, Rahul Sharma, Jyotsna Suri, Sindhu Sharma, Indu

Kaul, V.Verma, Rakesh Kumar. Role of DNA damage Gene (BRCA) in DNA repair in Breast and

Ovarian Cancer Dwitya Crab-e-Con on lung cancer. 24th-25th October 2015

24. Divya Bakshi and Rakesh Kumar “Genomics in Breast Cancer” at Crab-e-Con held at Hotel Fortune 24th-

25th October 2015

25. Monika Pandita, Rakesh Kumar and Narendra Bairwa-Janus Kinase – Functional role in Breast Cancer at

Crab-e-Con held at Hotel Fortune 24th-25th October 2015

26. Bhanu Sharma, Samantha Vaishnavi and Rakesh Kumar: Fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) as

Diagnostic Benchmark in Breast Cancer at Crab-e-Con held at Hotel Fortune 24th-25th October 2015

Oral Presentation:-

Sonali Verma, Amrita Bhat, G.R Bhat, V.Verma, Rakesh Kumar-Genetic screening of XRCC1 Gene

(Arg399Gln) in Normal and Ovarian Cancer females from Ethnic population of Jammu and

Kashmir: A pilot study -–Women Science Congress September 1-3rd 2016

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GR Bhat, Rakesh Kumar-Toxicogenomics and its relation with lung cancer- Environmental

Pollution:“Join the Race to Make the World a Better Place” On the Eve of Observance of World

Environment Day-2016 June 4 -5, 2016

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Most Outstanding poster presentation. FIRST PLACE in Neuro-Texas Translational health Symposium

in Austin, Texas, 2nd April 2011

Young Scientist- Dr G. P. Talwar Gold Medal for best oral presentation (ISSRF-07).

Best paper of the year by Andrology Society of India (Dec. 15-16, 2007).

Best oral presentation award in international free radical satellite meeting (Feb. 11-12, 2008 in New

Delhi, India).

SRF fellowship from Indian Council of Medical Research (2006-2008).

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Co-convener-Two days National Symposium on “Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Drug

Discovery” on 30th and 31st March, 2017 SMVDU, Katra

Organizer-One day National Workshop on “Scientific innovation and intellectual property rights”

sponsored by Jammu and Kashmir science technology and innovation council on 27th March 2017 at

SMVDU, Katra.

Organizer-One day National Workshop on “"Bio molecular Visualization and Drug Discovery"

sponsored by DBT, Govt. of India ” on 17th March 2017 at SMVDU, Katra.

Organizing Committee Member-National Science Day 28th Feb 2017, SMVDU, Katra

Three Week-Refresher Course on Disaster Management by HRDC, Jammu University 7-29th Dec

2016.

Organizer- Two days workshop on “Genomics, Proteomics and System Biology” on 10th and 11th March

2016

Organizer- Two days advance workshop on “Applications of Flow Cytometry in Biomedical Research”

was held in SMVDU from 18th -19th Feb 2016

Attended two days workshop on IPR at Central University Jammu on 14th and 15th January 2016.

Attended Indian international Science Festival-4-7th December 2015, IIT Delhi-Represented J&K State

Co-organized and Organizing secretary of two day Crab-e-Con held at Hotel Fortune 24th-25th October

2015.

Attended workshop on “Bioinformatics –Approaches in OMICS Era” dated 10-11 march 2015

Attended a Hands-on training workshop “Applications of the Mass array System”, on April 8-10 2015.

Organized workshop on modern developments and applications in imaging techniques date- May 26-27,

2015.

Organized and attended-Bioinformatics workshop -“Bioinformatics –approaches in OMICS Era” 10-11th

March 2015

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Panel Member-Colloquium-Managing Cancer involving All Stake Holders –Organized by Radiation of

Hope-4th Feb 2015, Hotel Fortune, Jammu

Bioinformatics workshop organized and attended-Genomics and Proteomics-26-27th March 2014

Postdoctoral Research Associate at UTSW Medical Center in Dallas, TX. (November 2009-Dec. 2102)

Postdoctoral Research Associate /Senior Research Tech. at Washington University School of Medicine,

St. Louis, MO, USA. (April 2008-nov 2009)

Senior Research Fellow at ICMR/AIIMS in New Delhi, India. (2006-2008)

Research Assistant at ICMR/AIIMS in New Delhi, India. (2003-2006)

Participated in “Genetics in Obstetrics” symposium as Resource Scientist conducted by DBT

(Government of India). (April 7th, 2007)

Participated in the fourth Workshop as resource scientist on Prenatal and Postnatal Diagnosis of Genetic

Disorders using Molecular Methods. (January 14h-29th, 2006)

Participated in the fourth Workshop on Prenatal and Postnatal Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders using

Molecular Methods. (January 17th-31st, 2005)

Participated in the third Workshop on Prenatal and Postnatal Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders using

Molecular Methods. (March 16th-30th, 2004)

Summer training at RRL Jammu (Department of Pharmacology), India on “In-vitro Screening of Anti-

Cancer drugs and their possible molecular mechanism—Apoptosis.” (June-July 2002)

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Invited Lecture- National Seminar on "Recent Trends in Genomics & Metabolomics" on March 17-18th,

2017 at School of Biotechnology, Jammu University, Jammu.

Invited Lecture-Refresher course on Life sciences-HRDC Jammu University

Invited lecture-Crab-e-Con held at Hotel Fortune 24th-25th October 2015

Invited Lecture-J and K Science Congress-14-16th March 2015, Jammu University

Invited lecture- International conference future and challenges on computational and integrated sciences,

Nov. 7-8 14, Jalandhar, Punjab

Invited Talk- MOF and histone H4 acetylation at lysine 16 are critical for DNA damage response and

double-strand break repair-June 21, 2013,11:00 am. RCB, Gurgaon

Invited lecture-37th Annual Conference of Environmental Society of India-KIIT University, Bubneshawar

Odisha, 23-26th Feb. 2012

Invited lecture-Prevention Genetics, Marshfield, Wisconsin, USA 6TH -8TH Feb 2012

Poster presentation -Dallas Multiplex day-3rd Feb. 2012

Poster presentation-DNA Damage response symposium-May 14-15 2011. Toledo, Ohio, USA

Poster presentation in Neuro-Texas Translational Health Symposium in Austin, Texas, 2nd April 2011

Poster presentation in PDA symposium, Feb 10-16 2011, UTSW, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Oral presentation in International free radical satellite meeting (Feb. 11-12, 2008 in New Delhi, India).

Oral presentation in Andrology Society of India, held at National Institute of Health and Family

Welfare, Munirka, New Delhi (Dec. 15-16, 2007).

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Oral presentation in Recent advances and challenges in reproductive health research, from 19-21,

February, 2007 (ISSRF-07) organized by ICMR/NIRRH, New Delhi.

Poster presentation in International Symposium on Human Genomics and Public Health / XXXI Annual

Conference of Indian Society of Human Genetics, February 27-March 1, 2006 New Delhi.

Poster presentation in International Symposium on Stem Cells: Premises & Promises for Research &

Therapeutics at Hotel Grand Hyatt, Mumbai, September 18-21, 2005

Attended-Trends in Molecular and Applied Approaches to Reproduction and the 15th Annual Meeting of

the Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction & Fertility. Organized by Indian Institute of Chemical

Biology, Kolkata February 4-6, 2005.

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1. Sethi I, Bhat GR, Singh V, Kumar R, Bhanwer AJ, Bamezai RN, Sharma S, Rai E. Role of telomeres and

associated maintenance genes in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A review. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2016

Dec;122:92-100

2. Helen Sadik, Nguyen Nguyen, Gyorffy Balazs, Rakesh Kumar, Mohammad Hedayati, Sunju Park, Hardik

Panday, Theodore DeWeese, Nilay Shah, Tej K. Pandita, Saraswati Sukumar. HOXC10 links proliferation,

transcription and DNA repair to promote chemotherapy resistance. Cancer Research Aug 1;76(15):4443-56

3. Siddharth Manvati, Kailash Mangalhara, P Kalaiarasan, Rupali Chopra, Gaurav Agarwal, Rakesh Kumar,

and R N K Bamezai. miR-145 supports cancer cell survival and shows association with DDR genes,

methylation pattern, and epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Oncotarget Dec 2015 (Conditionally

Accepted)

4. Michael Torres, Raj K. Pandita, Ozlem Kulak, Rakesh Kumar, Etienne Formstecher, Yingming Zhao,

Lawrence Lum, Tej K. Pandita, and Michael White. Exocyst Interaction Network Reveals a Role for Sec8

in Suppression of Genomic Instability and Regulation of Histone-Modifying Proteins ATF2 and RNF20.

Molecular biology of Cell (Nov;35(21):3633-45)

5. Rakesh Kumar, Arun Gupta, Mayank Singh, Clayton Hunt, Tej Pandita. Role of chromatin modification

and DNA damage response. Frontiers in Radation Oncology 2013 Jan 22;2:214

6. Singh M*, Hunt CR*, Pandita RK*, Kumar R*, Yang CR, Horikoshi N, Gupta A, Jessie Jeffery, Pandita

S, Qin Yang, Khanna KK, Howard j Worman, Shay JW, Micheal D Story and Pandita TK. Lamin A

dependent cyclin D1 is essential for replication stalled fork resolution independent of DSB repair. Mol

Cell Bio 2013 Mar;33(6):1210-22 * Equal Authors

7. Arun Gupta, Clayton R Hunt, Raj K. Pandita, Juhee Pea, Komal Komal, Mayank Singh, Jerry W. Shay,

Rakesh Kumar, Walter N. Hittelman, Chandan Guha, Thomas Ludwig and Tej K. Pandita Targeted

deletion of males absent on the first (mMof) in T-cells blocks their differentiation and has a bystander effect

on B-cell genomic instability Mutagenesis (2013) May;28(3):263-70.

8. Justin L. Sparks, Rakesh Kumar, Mayank Singh, Tej K. Pandita, Peter M. Burgers. Human Exonuclease 5

is a novel sliding exonuclease required for UV and interstrand crosslink repair. JBC (2012 Dec

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14;287(51):42773-83).

9. Mirza S, Katafiasz BJ, Kumar R, Wang J, Mohibi S, Jain S, Gurumurthy CB, Pandita TK, Dave BJ, Band

H, Band V Alteration/deficiency in activation-3 (Ada3) plays a critical role in maintaining genomic

stability. Cell Cycle. 2012 Nov 15;11(22):4266-74.

10. Sang Bum Kim, Raj K. Pandita, Ugur Eskiocak, Peter Ly, Aadil Kaisani, Rakesh Kumar, Crystal

Ornelius, Woodring E. Wright, Tej K. Pandita and Jerry W. Shay. Targeting of Nrf2 enhances DNA

double-strand break repair and protects colonic epithelial cells after irradiation (PNAS) (2012 Oct

23;109(43):E2949-55).

11. Rakesh Kumar, Clayton Hunt, Arun Gupta, Suraj Nannepaga, Raj Pandita, Jerry Shay, Robert Bachoo,

Thomas Ludwig, Dennis Burns, Tej Pandita. Purkinje Cell Specific mMof Deletion Results in an Ataxia-

Telangiectasia-Like Neurological Phenotype Including Backward Walking in Mice. PNAS (USA) 2011

108(9):3636-41

12. Manika P. Bhadra, Nobuo Horikoshi, Sreerangam NCVL Pushpavallipvalli, Arpita Sarkar, Indra Bag,

Anita Krishan, John C. Lucchesi, Rakesh Kumar, Qin Yang, Raj K. Pandita, Mayank Singh, Utpal

Bhadra, Joel C. Eissenberg and Tej K. Pandita. The Role of MOF in the Ionizing Radiation Response is

conserved in Drosophila melanogaster. Chromosoma (10 Nov, 2011).

13. Manoj Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Mukesh Tanwar, Supriyo Ghose, Jasbir Kaur and Rima Dada. Cytogenetic

and clinical assessment of a family with Treacher Collins Syndrome (TCS). Case Reports in Medicine

(2011) Volume 11-March (E-pub)

14. Han Liu, Shugaku Takeda, Rakesh Kumar, Todd D. Westergard1, Eric J. Brown, Tej Pandita, Emily H.-

Y. Cheng1 and James J.-D. Hsieh. Phosphorylation of MLL by ATR is required for the Execution of

Mammalian S Phase Checkpoint Response. Nature, 2010 16;467(7313):343-6

15. Girdhar G. Sharma*, Sairie So*, Arun Gupta*, Rakesh Kumar*, Christelle Cayrou, Nikita Avvakumov,

Utpal Bhardra, Raj K. Pandita, David J Chen, Jacques Cote and Tej K. Pandita. MOF and histone H4

acetylation at lysine16 are critical for DNA damage response. Molecular Cell Biology (14):3582-95

(2010)* Equal Authors

16. Bolderson E, Tomimatsu N, Richard DJ, Boucher D, Kumar R, Pandita TK, Burma S, Khanna KK.

Phosphorylation of Exo1 modulates homologous recombination repair of DNA double-strand breaks.

Nucleic Acids Res. (6):1821-31 (2010)

17. Yongjiang Li, Emma Bolderson, Rakesh Kumar, Parameswary A Muniandy, Yutong Xue, Derek

Richard, Michael Seidman, Tej K. Pandita, Kum Kum Khanna, and Weidong Wang. hSSB1 and hSSB2

Form Similar Multi-Protein Complexes that Participate in DNA Damage Response. J Biol Chem.

28:23525-31(2009).

18. Arun Gupta, Qin Yang, Raj K. Pandita, Clayton R. Hunt, Tao Xiang, Sandeep Misri, Sicong Zeng, Julia

Pagan, Jessei Kelley, Janusz Puc, Rakesh Kumar, Zhihui Feng, Simon N. Powell, Audesh Bhat,

Tomoko Yaguchi, Renu Wadhwa, Sunil C. Kaul, Ramon Parsons, Kum Kum Khanna and Tej K. Pandita.

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Cell cycle checkpoint defects contribute to genomic instability in PTEN deficient cells independent of

DNA repair. Cell Cycle 8:1-13; (2009).

19. Desai A, Jha O, Iyer V, Dada R, Kumar R, Tandon N. Reversible hypogonadism in Bardet-Biedl

syndrome. Fertil Steril.92:e13-5 (2009).

20. Dada R, Kumar R, Kiran Kucheria. A 2-year-old baby with Down’s Syndrome, cryptorchidism and

testicular tumour. European Journal of medical genetics 49:265-268 (2006).

21. Kumar R, Venkatesh S, Kumar M, Tanwar M, Shasmsi MB, Kumar R, Gupta NP, Sharma RK,

Talwar P, Dada R. Oxidative stress and sperm mitochondrial DNA mutation in idiopathic

oligoasthenozoospermic men. Indian J Biochem Biophys. 46:172-7(2009).

22. Tanwar M, Kumar R, Gadia R, Goyal A, Kumar M, Singh G, Dada T, Dada R. Rieger

syndrome with multiple chromosome breaks and chromosome 4 deletion. BMJ Case Reports

[doi:10.1136/bcr.06.2008.0297] (2009).

23. Shamsi MB, Kumar R, Bhatt A, Bamezai RN, Kumar R, Gupta NP, Das TK, Dada R. Mitochondrial DNA

Mutations in etiopathogenesis of male infertility. Indian J Urol. 24:150-4(2008).

24. Shamsi MB, Kumar R, Dada R. Evaluation of nuclear DNA damage in human spermatozoa in men opting

for assisted reproduction. IJMR.127:115-23(2008).

25. Kumar R, Tanwar M, Ammini AC, Kumar R, Gupta NP, Sharma RK, Dada R. Robertsonian

translocationand their role in pathogenesis of recurrent in vitro fertilization failure. Med Sci Monit.

14:617-20 (2008).

26. Misri S, Pandita S, Kumar R, Pandita TK. Telomeres, histone code, and DNA damage response. Cytogenet

Genome Res.;122(3-4):297-307 (2008).

27. Dada R, Kumar R, Kumar R, Sharma R K, Gupta NP, Gupta S K, Sidhu T, Kucheria K. AZF deletion in

varicocele cases with oligospermia. IJMS ;61:505-510 (2007).

28. Dada R, Kumar R, Shamsi M B, R Kumar, Sharma R K, Gupta NP, K Kucheria. High incidence of Yq

microdeletions in semen is better parameter than blood DNA. Asian J Androl.;9:720-2 (2007).

29. Kumar R, Bhat A, Bamezai RN, Shamsi MB, Kumar R, Gupta NP, Ammini AC, AronM, Sharma RK,

Dada R. Necessity of nuclear and mitochondrial genome analysis prior to assisted reproductive

techniques/intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Indian J Biochem Biophys. 44:437-42 (2007).

30. Dada R, Kumar R, Ahmad M E, Kumar R, Sharma RS, Gupta NP, Mitra A, Gupta SK, Kucheria K.

Klinefelter Syndrome: Clinical Implications of Expa nding Phenotype.. Indian Journal of Practicing

Doctors 3: 01-02 (2007).

31. Shamsi M B, T Mukesh, Dada R, Kumar R, Kumar R, Sharma R.K. and Kucheria K. Mosaic Status of

Lymphocytes in Infertile Men with Klinefelter Syndrome Int J Hum Genet, 2:133-136 (2007).

32. Dada R, Kumar R, Shamsi M B, Varshney A, Snighdha J, Singh H, Sharma R K Epimutations and genetic

aberration adversely affect ART outcome - Journal of endocrinology and reproduction 1: 49-51 (2007).

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33. Rima Dada, Kumar R, M Bilal Shamsi, Sarabpreet Singh, Col R K Sharma. Implications of Cytogenetic

Abnormalities and Azoospermia Factor Microdeletions in Assisted Procreation Journal of Reproduction

& Contraception 18:1-6 (2007).

34. Kumar R, Dada R, Kucheria K -Gene tests outline risks for infertile couples. Nature News India, 9/2005

35. Kumar R, Shamsi M B, Singh S, Kumar R, Kucheria K, Gupta N P, Dada R. Genetics and Reproductive

Failure in Infertile Men with Severe Testiculopathy. Indian Journal of Practising Doctors 3:11-12 (2006).

36. Dada R, Kumar R, Shamsi M B, Mohd Idiris Gaznavi, Tanwar M, Tomar D, Kumar R, Kucheria K,

Sharma R K, Gupta S K, N P Gupta. Sperm AZF microdeletion screening and assisted reproduction.

Journal of post graduate medical education, training and research. 1-4, (2006).

37. Kumar R, Shamsi M B, Mohd Idiris Gaznavi, M Jena, Kucheria K, Kumar R, Sharma R K , Dada R.

Structural chromosomal anomalies and their association with reproductive failure Obs & Gynae Today,

3:152-154 (2006).

38. Dada R, Kumar R, Kumar R, Gupta NP, Kucheria K. Germ cell AZF deletion screening ideal prior to ART

Obs & Gynae Today,1: 626 -627 (2006).

39. Kumar R, Dada R, Kiran Kucheria Importance of genetic analysis prior to ICSI. Obs & Gynae Today

11:8,461-463, (2006).

40. Kumar R, Kucheria K, Dada R Occupational environmental factors and male infertility Embryo Talk. 1:

86-99 (2006).

41. Dada R, Kumar R, Jena M, Kucheria K, Chromosomal aberrations and its association with reproductive

failure. J. Anat.Soc.India 51: 77 (2005).

42. Dada R, Kumar R, Jena M, Kiran Kucheria, Klinefelters Syndrome and its variants J. Anat.Soc.India 51,

222 (2005).

AARRTTIICCLLEESS UUNNDDEERR SSUUBBMMIISSSSIIOONN::

1. Didier Boucher, Shunsuke Kobayashi, Derek Richard, Rakesh Kumar, Michael J McIlwraith, Hayoto

Oka, Sandeep Misri, Emma Bolderson, Laura Papp, Liza Cubeddu, Shih- Ya Wang, David Chen,

Stephen C West, Tej K. Pandita, Shunichi Takeda, Kum Kum Khanna. hSSB2 promotes homology

directed repair of double strand breaks for maintenance of genomic integrity. Nature (submitted).

CHAPTERS IN BOOKS:

1. S. Venkatesh, Kumar R., D. Pathak, M.B. Shamsi, M. Tanwar, R. Deecaraman and R. Dada Role of

Environment, Occupational Exposure, Life Style and Diet on Free Radical Induced Mitochondrial DNA

Damage and Reproductive Failure. Environmental & Occupational Exposures 78-101(2010)

2. V Sundararajan, Kumar R, MB Shamsi, M Tanwar, M Kumar, D Pathak, R Kumar, N P Gupta , S

Mukherjee, N Malhotra, TK Das, P Talwar, R K Sharma, and R Dada. Mitochondrial ATPase Gene

Mutations Associated With Low Antioxidant Levels In Idiopathic Asthenozoospermic Indian Men.

Perspectives in Cytology and Genetics;13: 263-272 (2007).

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3. M Tanwar, V Sundararajan, MB Shamsi, M Kumar, D Pathak, Kumar R, Kumar R, NP Gupta, P Talwar,

RK Sharma and R Dada. Infertility-Yq Micro-deletions and Implications in Assisted procreation.

Perspectives in Cytology and Genetics;13: 273-287 (2007).

4. Dada R, Kumar R, R S Sharma, Kiran Kucheria. Assisted reproduction and genetics Perspectives in

Cytology and Genetics, 12:493-495 (2006).

5. Dada R, Kumar R, A C Ammini, Kiran Kucheria. Haematological malignancy and Klinefelters syndrome.

Perspectives in Cytology and Genetics 2:497-499 (2006)

RREESSEEAARRCCHH TTRRAAIINNIINNGG::

Radiation Safety Course (Qualified to use gamma-irradiator).

Animal handling, breeding, and aseptic surgery.

Environmental Health & Safety

Occupational Health

JOURNAL REVIEW PANEL

Journal of Human Reproduction

Journal of Andrology

Journal of Molecular Vision

Andrologia

Journal of Assisted Human Reproduction

MEMBERSHIPS:

American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)

JK Society of Biologists

EEXXTTRRAACCUURRRRIICCUULLAARRSS::

Chair-Web committee-PDA, UTSW Medical center, Dallas, Texas, USA (2010).

Hindi Puruskar (Award for penning and reciting poem about Hindi language on Indian national

language Day), Hindi Day, AIIMS, India (2005).

President of Human Genetics Society GNDU. Amritsar, India (2002-2003).

Treasurer of Human Genetics Society GNDU. Amritsar, India (2001-2002).