Dr. SRIKANTA KUMAR RATH
 
 

Scientist E-I
Genotoxicity Laboratory
Toxicology Division
Central Drug Research Institute
Lucknow 226001
 
Phone No. +91-0522-2612411-18 Extn. 4316
Fax +91-0522-2623405
E-Mail rathsk_2000@]yahoo.com, ; skrath@cdri.res.in , genotoxicity@gmail.com
Educational Qualifications Msc. Ph.D (Banaras)
 
 POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
 
Post Doctoral Research: CCMB, Hyderabad, 1995-1998
 
RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS-
Presently Working

Dr. Neetu Singh, Scientist, DST
Amit Kumar Mitra, Senior Research Fellow, CSIR
Shrawan Kumar Mishra, Senior Research Fellow, ICMR
Prabhat Singh, Junior Research Fellow, DBT
Sarvendra Vikram Singh, Junior Research Fellow, CSIR
Pratibha Mishra, Project Assistant, ICMR

Past Members

Ashok Singh, presently Post Doctoral Research Scholar at Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, US
Sanjeev Noel, presently Post Doctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA

 
NOTABLE RECOGNITIONS
 
2007: Raman Research Fellow
2007-08: Visiting Scientist, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
 
Genotoxicity evaluation of new drug entities.
Development/Establishment of new in vitro assay systems to evaluate genotoxic effects of new candidate drugs and models for different diseases.
Studying Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in drug metabolizing enzymes, DNA repair genes and cancer related genes in Indian populations.
Global gene expression studies following exposure to different toxicants using cDNA microarrays
 
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
Sanjeev Noel, Sharad Sharma and Srikanta Kumar Rath (2008).Simultaneous application of t-test and fold change criteria to identify acetaminophen and carbon tetrachloride affected genes in mice liver. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology (accepted)
Shio Kumar Singh and Srikanta Kumar Rath (2008) Effect of Gossypol Tetra-acetic Acid on the Reproductive Organs in Male Mice. Recent Advances in Medicinal Plants (accepted)
Amit Kumar Mitra, Neetu Singh, Ashok Singh, Vivek Kumar Garg, Amit Agarwal, Mandira Sharma, Rashmi Chaturvedi and Srikanta Kumar Rath. (2008) Association of polymorphisms in Base Excision Repair genes with the risk of Breast Cancer: a case-control study in north Indian women. Oncology Research (accepted)
Sanjeev Noel, Sharad Sharma, Rishi Shankar and Srikanta Kumar Rath (2008). Identification of differentially expressed genes following acute exposure to Bulaquine (CDRI 80/53) in mice liver Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology (accepted)
The Indian Genome Variation Consortium (2008) Genetic Landscape of the People of India: a Canvas for Disease Gene Exploration. J Genetics (accepted)
Neetu Singh, Amit Kumar Mitra, Vivek Kumar Garg, Amit Agarwal, Mandira Sharma, Rashmi Chaturvedi and Srikanta Kumar Rath. (2007) Association of CYP1A1 polymorphisms with Breast Cancer in North Indian women. Oncology Research 16 (12):587-597
Sanjeev Noel, Sharad Sharma, Rishi Shanker and Srikanta Kumar Rath (2007): Primaquine-induced differential gene expression analysis in mice liver using DNA microarrays. Toxicology: 239 (1-2):96-107.
Sharma, R.,Muttil, P.,Yadav, A.B., Rath,S.K. Bajpai, V.K., Mani, U and Misra, A.
(2007): Uptake of inhalable microparticles affects defence responses of macrophages infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 59, 499–506
Singh, A., Chandra, S., Gupta, S.K., Chauhan, L.K.S., and Rath, S.K. (2007): Mutagenicity of Leachates from Industrial Solid Wastes using Salmonella Reverse Mutation Assay. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 66:210-216
Noel, S. and Rath, S.K. (2006): Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA as a tool for genotoxicity: an assessment. Toxicology and Industrial Health, 22 (6):267-275
Noel, S., Kasinathan, M., and Rath, S.K. (2006): Evaluation of Apigenin using in vitro cytokinesis blocked micronucleus assay. Toxicology in Vitro, 20 (7), 1168-1172
The Indian Genome Variation database Consortium (2005): The Indian Genome Variation database (IGVdb): An overview, Human Genetics 118: 1-11
Rath, S.K. & Tandon S. (2004): Clinical relevance of CYP 2D6 Polymorphism. Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Current R& D Highlights 27 (3): 18-20
Singh, A., Mitra, A.K, Sharma, R.K. and Rath S.K. (2004): Pharmacogenomics- A new approach to Drug Development. Drugs and Pharmaceuticals current R& D Highlights 27 (3): 8-17
Singh, M.K., Rath, S.K., Kapoor, V.K. and Choudhury, G. (2002). Toxicological evaluation of bile specimen from gall bladder cancer. Indian Journal of Gastroenterology, 21 (Suppl 1): 50
Rath, S.K. (2002): Drug Research, the Genetic Perspective. Drugs and Pharmaceuticals current R& D Highlights 25 (4): 6-10
Rath, S.K., Sharma, S. and Srivastava, Sudhir (2001) Regulatory toxicology in Pharmaceuticals. C R I P S. 2(2):1-7
Rath, S.K., Singh, S.K. (1996): 1-4 (Chloro-2-Methylphenyl)-1H-indazole-3-Carboxylic acid-induced changes in the reproductive organs of the male mouse. Asian J Andrology (Supplement). P14
Rath, S.K., Singh, S.K. (1996): Effect of DL-6- (N-Pipecolinomethyl)-5- hydroxy indane maleate (PMHI) on fertility of male mice. Jl. Sci Res. 46: 9-13
Rath, S.K. (1996): Effects of Certain Antifertility Agents on the reproductive organs of the male laboratory mouse. Jl Sci Res. 46:183-186
Singh, S.K., Rath, S.K. (1990): Histologic Changes in the Mouse Testis after treatment with Gossypol Tetra acetic acid. Archives of Histology and Cytology 53 (4): 393-396