Organizing Committee Member
Dr M.Balasubramanyam
Dean of Research Studies & Senior Scientist,
Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
India
Biography
Disease Biology; Molecular pathogenesis of diabetes and its vascular complications including diabetic retinopathy; Vascular Biology and signaling studies on VSMC; Clinical significance and subclinical relevance of cellular and molecular alterations in metabolic diseases; Mechanisms of accelerated senescence (ageing) and telomere biology; Insulin signaling & Proteomics; Epigenetics; RNAi and miRNA, gut microbiome (metagenomics) and metabolomics aspects of diabetes, Unraveling mechanisms of hyperglycemic memory, Calcium & Redox signaling, Proinflammation, Oxidative stress, ER stress, AGE pathway and biomarker(s) identification; Role of Endocrine Disruptors in diabetes; Bioprospecting herbal molecules; Complementary medicine including molecular benefits of Yoga; Non-invasive point-of-care (POC) clinical measures and medical devices. Member Secretary, Institutional Human Ethics Committee, Madras Diabetes Research Foundation Academic Coordinator, MDRF (Training programmes for BSc/BTech; MSc/MTech students; short-term exposure training and end-semester project training), Member Secretary, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, MDRF Key Personnel for MDRF MoU with National & International Institutions, Internal Auditor for ISO/QC norms
Research Area
Role of Endocrine Disruptors in diabetes