MK Nambiar oration award for PU Prof

Chandigarh, November 20

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The Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists has nominated Prof DK Dhawan, Department of Biophysics, Panjab University (PU), for the prestigious MK Nambiar Memorial Oration award.

Professor Dhawan will deliver the oration after the inaugural ceremony of the 38th Annual Conference of “Indian Association of Biomedical Scientists” scheduled for November 24 at Saveetha University, Thandalam, Chennai. The MK Nambiar Memorial Oration award is the highest award of the association and has been recommended for contributions made by Prof Dhawan in the field of biomedical science.

Dhawan’s work has unravelled the molecular mechanisms associated with zinc in delaying the onset of molecular events leading to colon carcinogenesis and can also slow down the onset of molecular events leading to memory loss as well as neurodegeneration similar to Alzheimer-like symptoms by modulating calcium dependent signalling transduction pathways.

He has contributed immensely in understanding the metabolic role of zinc in containing disorders of liver, blood and brain inflicted by organophosphates and metals like lithium, nickel and aluminium. He has published 190 papers and 60 papers only on zinc which are listed in Scopus, the citation website. He has guided 33 PhD students. His work on zinc can help society, especially farmers, who can protect themselves from exposure to pesticides, if they take diet containing adequate amount of zinc.

He, along with Dr Vijayta Dani Chadha, assistant professor in the Centre for Nuclear Medicine, and Dr Rozy Kamal, earlier post-doctoral fellow and now assistant professor at Manipal University, developed radiopharmaceuticals 99mTc-resveratrol and 99mTc-labeled resveratrol loaded gold nanoparticles as imaging modalities for detection of colon cancer and his presentation was awarded the first prize in the Medical Olympiad, held in Greece from November 3-5 this year. — TNS