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{{Short description|Indian molecular biologist}}
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Molecular biology]] | [[Biotechnology]] }}
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| known_for = Studies on [[Plasmodium falciparum]]
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| awards = {{ublist| 2005–07&nbsp;[[National Institutes of Health]] Fellows Award | 2006–08&nbsp;[[National Institutes of Health]] Performance Award | 2011&nbsp;NAVBD Best Scientist Award | 2014&nbsp;[[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-Bios Prize]] | 2016&nbsp;[[President of India|PoI]] Visitor’s Award | 2017&nbsp;[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] }}
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'''Deepak Gaur''' (born 18 September 1972) is an Indian molecular biologist, and an associate professor at the School of Biotechnology of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]. Known for his studies on [[Plasmodium falciparum]], Gaur is a recipient of the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-Bios Prize]]. The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to medical sciences in 2017.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=535 |title=View Bhatnagar Awardees |date=11 November 2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Long link – please select award year to see details}}
'''Deepak Gaur''' (born 18 September 1972) was an Indian molecular biologist, and a professor<ref>{{cite web|title=Deepak Gaur ,Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University|url=https://jnu.ac.in/content/deepakgaur |access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref> at the School of Biotechnology of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]. Known for his studies on [[Plasmodium falciparum]], Gaur is a recipient of the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-Bios Prize]]. The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to medical sciences in 2017.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=535 |title=View Bhatnagar Awardees |date=11 November 2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Long link – please select award year to see details}}


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
[[File:AIIMS central lawn.jpg|thumb|left|AIIMS Delhi]]
[[File:AIIMS central lawn.jpg|thumb|left|AIIMS Delhi]]
Deepak Gaur earned an honors degree in human biology from the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi]] in 1994 and continued at AIIMS for his master's degree in biotechnology which he received in 1996.<ref name="Faculty Profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.jnu.ac.in/content/deepakgaur |title=Faculty Profile |date=7 November 2017 |website=Jawaharlal Nehru University |access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> He did his doctoral studies at the [[National Institute of Immunology, India|National Institute of Immunology]] and after securing a PhD in 2001, he joined [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] a post-doctoral work as a visiting fellow. In 2006, he moved to the US on a [[Full-time equivalent]] position offered by the US Government and continued there till 2009 when he received the Ramalingaswami Fellowship of the [[Department of Biotechnology]].<ref name="List of Fellows">{{Cite web |url=https://ramalingaswami.wordpress.com/list-of-fellows/ |title=List of Fellows |date=6 November 2017 |website=Ramalingaswami Fellows |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> This enabled him to return to India that year to join the Malaria Group of the [[International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology]] (ICGEB), New Delhi. After half a decade, he rejoined Jawaharlal Nehru University where he serves as an associate professor at the School of Biotechnology of the university since 2014 and heads the Laboratory of Malaria and Vaccine Research.<ref name="SBT Faculties">{{Cite web |url=https://www.jnu.ac.in/sbt-faculty |title=SBT Faculties |date=6 November 2017 |website=JNU School of Biotechnology |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>
Deepak Gaur earned an honours degree in human biology from the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi]] in 1994 and continued at AIIMS for his master's degree in biotechnology which he received in 1996.<ref name="Faculty Profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.jnu.ac.in/content/deepakgaur |title=Faculty Profile |date=7 November 2017 |website=Jawaharlal Nehru University |access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> He did his doctoral studies at the [[National Institute of Immunology, India|National Institute of Immunology]] and after securing a PhD in 2001, he joined [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] a post-doctoral work as a visiting fellow. In 2006, he moved to the US on a [[Full-time equivalent]] position offered by the US Government and continued there till 2009 when he received the Ramalingaswami Fellowship of the [[Department of Biotechnology]].<ref name="List of Fellows">{{Cite web |url=https://ramalingaswami.wordpress.com/list-of-fellows/ |title=List of Fellows |date=6 November 2017 |website=Ramalingaswami Fellows |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> This enabled him to return to India that year to join the Malaria Group of the [[International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology]] (ICGEB), New Delhi. After half a decade, he rejoined Jawaharlal Nehru University where he serves as a full professor<ref>{{cite web|title=Deepak Gaur, Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University|url=https://jnu.ac.in/content/deepakgaur |access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref> at the School of Biotechnology of the university since 2014 and heads the Laboratory of Malaria and Vaccine Research.<ref name="SBT Faculties">{{Cite web |url=https://www.jnu.ac.in/sbt-faculty |title=SBT Faculties |date=6 November 2017 |website=JNU School of Biotechnology |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>


== Legacy ==
== Career ==
[[File:Plasmodium lifecycle PHIL 3405 lores.jpg|thumb|235px|Plasmodium – lifecycle]]
[[File:Plasmodium lifecycle PHIL 3405 lores.jpg|thumb|235px|Plasmodium – lifecycle]]
The core focus of Gaur's research has been the molecular biology of [[malaria]] parasites.<ref name="Molecular Parasitology Group, Jawaharlal Nehru University">{{Cite web |url=http://presidentofindia.nic.in/writereaddata/Portal/awards/booklet16.pdf |title=Molecular Parasitology Group, Jawaharlal Nehru University |date=2016 |website=President of India |access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> He discovered a multiprotein adhesion complex on [[Plasmodium falciparum]], the parasite which causes malaria. that helped the parasite in [[erythrocyte]] invasion.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=533 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=21 October 2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=21 October 2017}}</ref> This discovery is known to have potential in identifying ''strain-transcending parasite neutralization''<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf |title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners |date=17 October 2017 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |access-date=17 October 2017}}</ref> and in the development of a vaccine against the parasite by developing antibodies which blocks the antigen which assists the parasite to penetrate red blood cells of the host.<ref name=" Indian Discovery Gives Boost to Hopes for Malaria Vaccine">{{Cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-discovery-gives-boost-to-hopes-for-malaria-vaccine-731622 |title= Indian Discovery Gives Boost to Hopes for Malaria Vaccine |date=24 January 2015 |website=ND TV |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> This was later published by the [[Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]] journal.<ref name="India awaits its own malaria vaccine">{{Cite web |url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/india-awaits-its-own-malaria-vaccine-102094 |title=India awaits its own malaria vaccine |date=21 August 2015 |website=Millennium Post |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> His research association with [[Suman Kumar Dhar]], an [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-Bios]] and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate, was successful in identifying [[acriflavine]], an anti-parasitic drug in use in the 20th century, to be effective against [[Plasmodium falciparum]] and they have received a patent for their discovery.<ref name="Indian Scientists Resurrect World War Era Drug To Fight Malaria">{{Cite web |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/indian-scientists-resurrect-world-war-era-drug-to-fight-malaria/300157 |title=Indian Scientists Resurrect World War Era Drug To Fight Malaria |date=8 August 2017 |website=Outlook |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> The group is now engaged in the development of a nano-formulation of the drug, a project funded by the [[Department of Biotechnology]].<ref name="DBT participates in India’s war against malaria">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/dbt-participates-in-india%E2%80%99s-war-against-malaria/ |title=DBT participates in India’s war against malaria |last=Deepak Gaur, JNU; Jyoti Logani; Kalaivani Ganeshan, Alpana Saha |date=6 November 2017 |website=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles and [[ResearchGate]], an online article repository of scientific articles, has listed 40 of them.<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Deepak_Gaur2 |title=On ResearchGate |date=17 October 2017 |publisher=On ResearchGate |access-date=17 October 2017}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} He also maintains close research association with such institutions as [[National Institutes of Health]], [[Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute]] and Barcelona Institute for Global Health<ref name="Faculty Profile" /> and the invited speeches delivered by him include the one at 86th Conference of Society of Biological Chemists held in New Delhi.<ref name="86th Conference of Society of Biological Chemists">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sbc2017.org/page-speakers |title=86th Conference of Society of Biological Chemists |date=6 November 2017 |website=Society of Biological Chemists |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>
The core focus of Gaur's research has been the molecular biology of [[malaria]] parasites.<ref name="Molecular Parasitology Group, Jawaharlal Nehru University">{{Cite web |url=http://presidentofindia.nic.in/writereaddata/Portal/awards/booklet16.pdf |title=Molecular Parasitology Group, Jawaharlal Nehru University |date=2016 |website=President of India |access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> He discovered a multiprotein adhesion complex on [[Plasmodium falciparum]], the parasite which causes malaria. that helped the parasite in [[erythrocyte]] invasion.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=533 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=21 October 2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=21 October 2017}}</ref> This discovery is known to have potential in identifying ''strain-transcending parasite neutralization''<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf |title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners |date=17 October 2017 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |access-date=17 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in the development of a vaccine against the parasite by developing antibodies which blocks the antigen which assists the parasite to penetrate red blood cells of the host.<ref name=" Indian Discovery Gives Boost to Hopes for Malaria Vaccine">{{Cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-discovery-gives-boost-to-hopes-for-malaria-vaccine-731622 |title= Indian Discovery Gives Boost to Hopes for Malaria Vaccine |date=24 January 2015 |website=ND TV |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> This was later published by the [[Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]] journal.<ref name="India awaits its own malaria vaccine">{{Cite web |url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/india-awaits-its-own-malaria-vaccine-102094 |title=India awaits its own malaria vaccine |date=21 August 2015 |website=Millennium Post |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> His research association with [[Suman Kumar Dhar]], an [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-Bios]] and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate, was successful in identifying [[acriflavine]], an anti-parasitic drug in use in the 20th century, to be effective against [[Plasmodium falciparum]] and they have received a patent for their discovery.<ref name="Indian Scientists Resurrect World War Era Drug To Fight Malaria">{{Cite web |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/indian-scientists-resurrect-world-war-era-drug-to-fight-malaria/300157 |title=Indian Scientists Resurrect World War Era Drug To Fight Malaria |date=8 August 2017 |website=Outlook |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> The group is now engaged in the development of a nano-formulation of the drug, a project funded by the [[Department of Biotechnology]].<ref name="DBT participates in India’s war against malaria">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/dbt-participates-in-india%E2%80%99s-war-against-malaria/ |title=DBT participates in India's war against malaria |author=Deepak Gaur, JNU |author2=Jyoti Logani |author3=Kalaivani Ganeshan |author4=Alpana Saha |date=6 November 2017 |website=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=6 November 2017 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511084026/http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/dbt-participates-in-india%E2%80%99s-war-against-malaria/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles and [[ResearchGate]], an online article repository of scientific articles, has listed 40 of them.<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Deepak_Gaur2 |title=On ResearchGate |date=17 October 2017 |access-date=17 October 2017}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} He also maintains close research association with such institutions as [[National Institutes of Health]], [[Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute]] and Barcelona Institute for Global Health<ref name="Faculty Profile" /> and the invited speeches delivered by him include the one at 86th Conference of Society of Biological Chemists held in New Delhi.<ref name="86th Conference of Society of Biological Chemists">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sbc2017.org/page-speakers |title=86th Conference of Society of Biological Chemists |date=6 November 2017 |website=Society of Biological Chemists |access-date=6 November 2017 |archive-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621014825/http://www.sbc2017.org/page-speakers |url-status=dead }}</ref>


In 2015, Gaur served as a consultant to the [[United States Agency for International Development]] (USAID) and was a member of the Malaria Vaccine Development Program (MVDP) of the organization.He has been a member of the program advisory committee of the UNESCO [[Regional Centre for Biotechnology]] of [[UNESCO]], as a special invitee. He sat in the preliminary interview committee for [[Rhodes Scholarship]] in 2014 and was involved in the selection of final round candidates.<ref name="Faculty Profile" /> He is also involved with the selection of research associates at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]].<ref name="JNU Recruitment 2017– Research Associate III">{{Cite web |url=http://sarkari-naukri.co.in/govt-jobs-new-delhi/jnu-recruitment-2017-research-associate/ |title=JNU Recruitment 2017– Research Associate III |date=6 November 2017 |website=Sarkari Naukri |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>
In 2015, Gaur served as a consultant to the [[United States Agency for International Development]] (USAID) and was a member of the Malaria Vaccine Development Program (MVDP) of the organization. He has been a member of the program advisory committee of the UNESCO [[Regional Centre for Biotechnology]] of [[UNESCO]], as a special invitee. He sat in the preliminary interview committee for [[Rhodes Scholarship]] in 2014 and was involved in the selection of final round candidates.<ref name="Faculty Profile" /> He is also involved with the selection of research associates at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]].<ref name="JNU Recruitment 2017– Research Associate III">{{Cite web |url=http://sarkari-naukri.co.in/govt-jobs-new-delhi/jnu-recruitment-2017-research-associate/ |title=JNU Recruitment 2017– Research Associate III |date=6 November 2017 |website=Sarkari Naukri |access-date=6 November 2017 |archive-date=18 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218150338/http://www.sarkari-naukri.co.in/govt-jobs-new-delhi/jnu-recruitment-2017-research-associate |url-status=dead }}</ref>


== Awards and honors ==
== Awards and honors ==
Gaur, who won the first prize for the best paper in biotechcelence at the national symposium at [[Anna University]] in 1995, received the Fellows Award for Research Excellence and the Performance Award of the [[National Institutes of Health]] thrice each, the first from 2005 to 2007 and the other, from 2006 to 2008.<ref name="Faculty Profile" /> He was awarded the Best Scientist Award for Molecular Biology by the National Academy of Vector Borne Diseases in 2011. He received two of the highest Indian science awards; the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|National Bioscience Award]] of the [[Department of Biotechnology]] in 2014<ref name="N-BIOS awardees 2014">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/NationalBioScienceAwardCareerDevelopment2014.pdf |title=N-BIOS awardees 2014 |date=2015 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> followed by the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in 2017.<ref name="CSIR list of Awardees">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csir.res.in/careeraward/prize-winner-indexdiscipline-wise |title=CSIR list of Awardees |date=2017 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research}}</ref><ref name="10 scientists receive Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize">{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/10-scientists-receive-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-prize/article19758442.ece |title=10 scientists receive Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |date=27 September 2017 |website=The Hindu |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>
Gaur, who won the first prize for the best paper in biotechcelence at the national symposium at [[Anna University]] in 1995, received the Fellows Award for Research Excellence and the Performance Award of the [[National Institutes of Health]] thrice each, the first from 2005 to 2007 and the other, from 2006 to 2008.<ref name="Faculty Profile" /> He was awarded the Best Scientist Award for Molecular Biology by the National Academy of Vector Borne Diseases in 2011. He received two of the highest Indian science awards; the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|National Bioscience Award]] of the [[Department of Biotechnology]] in 2014<ref name="N-BIOS awardees 2014">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/NationalBioScienceAwardCareerDevelopment2014.pdf |title=N-BIOS awardees 2014 |date=2015 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=6 November 2017 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511084025/http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/NationalBioScienceAwardCareerDevelopment2014.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> followed by the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in 2017.<ref name="CSIR list of Awardees">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csir.res.in/careeraward/prize-winner-indexdiscipline-wise |title=CSIR list of Awardees |date=2017 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research}}</ref><ref name="10 scientists receive Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/10-scientists-receive-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-prize/article19758442.ece |title=10 scientists receive Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |date=27 September 2017 |website=The Hindu |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>


The research fellowships held by him included Junior and Senior Research Fellowships of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (1996–2001), visiting fellowship of the [[Fogarty International Center]] (2001–06), Ramalingaswamy fellowship of the Department of Biotechnology (2009)<ref name="List of Fellows" /> and the Rising Stars in Global Health Grant of the [[Grand Challenges Canada]] in 2012.<ref name="Faculty Profile" /> He was selected as a fellow by [[Guha Research Conference]] in 2015 and he received the Visitor’s Award for Research of the [[President of India]] in 2016, as a member of the Molecular Parasitology Group of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] which won the award.<ref name="Molecular Parasitology Group, Jawaharlal Nehru University" />
The research fellowships held by him included junior and senior research fellowships of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (1996–2001), visiting fellowship of the [[Fogarty International Center]] (2001–06), Ramalingaswamy fellowship of the Department of Biotechnology (2009)<ref name="List of Fellows" /> and the Rising Stars in Global Health Grant of the [[Grand Challenges Canada]] in 2012.<ref name="Faculty Profile" /> He was selected as a fellow by [[Guha Research Conference]] in 2015 and he received the Visitor's Award for Research of the [[President of India]] in 2016, as a member of the Molecular Parasitology Group of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] which won the award.<ref name="Molecular Parasitology Group, Jawaharlal Nehru University" />


== Selected bibliography ==
== Selected bibliography ==
* {{cite journal | title=Current status of malaria vaccines |vauthors=Gaur D, Chauhan VS | journal=Indian J Pediatr. |date=June 2013 | volume=80 | issue=6 | pages=441–3 | pmid=23604615 | doi=10.1007/s12098-013-1031-x}}
* {{cite journal | title=Current status of malaria vaccines |vauthors=Gaur D, Chauhan VS | journal=Indian J Pediatr. |date=June 2013 | volume=80 | issue=6 | pages=441–3 | pmid=23604615 | doi=10.1007/s12098-013-1031-x|s2cid=32668560 | doi-access=free }}
* {{Cite journal |last=Gaurav Anand, K. Sony Reddy, Alok Kumar Pandey, Syed Yusuf Mian, Hina Singh, Shivani Arora Mittal, Emmanuel Amlabu, Quique Bassat, Alfredo Mayor, Virander Singh Chauhan, Deepak Gaur |title=A novel Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry associated adhesin mediates erythrocyte invasion through the sialic-acid dependent pathway |journal=Scientific Reports |publication-date=2016 |volume=6 |doi=10.1038/srep29185}}
* {{Cite journal |author=Gaurav Anand |author2=K. Sony Reddy |author3=Alok Kumar Pandey |author4=Syed Yusuf Mian |author5=Hina Singh |author6=Shivani Arora Mittal |author7=Emmanuel Amlabu |author8=Quique Bassat |author9=Alfredo Mayor |author10=Virander Singh Chauhan |author11=Deepak Gaur |title=A novel Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry associated adhesin mediates erythrocyte invasion through the sialic-acid dependent pathway |journal=Scientific Reports |date=2016 |volume=6 |page=29185 |doi=10.1038/srep29185|pmid=27383149 |pmc=4935899 |bibcode=2016NatSR...629185A }}
* {{Cite journal |last=Pallabi Mitra, Enna Dogra Gupta, Tajali Sahar, Alok K. Pandey, Poonam Dangi, K. Sony Reddy, Virander Singh Chauhan, Deepak Gaur |title=Evidence for the Nucleo-Apical Shuttling of a Beta-Catenin Like Plasmodium falciparum Armadillo Repeat Containing Protein |journal=PLoS One |publication-date=2016 |volume=11 |issue=2 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0148446}}
* {{Cite journal |author=Pallabi Mitra |author2=Enna Dogra Gupta |author3=Tajali Sahar |author4=Alok K. Pandey |author5=Poonam Dangi|author6=K. Sony Reddy |author7=Virander Singh Chauhan |author8=Deepak Gaur |title=Evidence for the Nucleo-Apical Shuttling of a Beta-Catenin Like Plasmodium falciparum Armadillo Repeat Containing Protein |journal=PLOS ONE |date=2016 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=e0148446 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0148446|pmid=26828945 |pmc=4734682 |bibcode=2016PLoSO..1148446M |doi-access=free }}


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* {{Cite web |url=http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/dbt-participates-in-india%E2%80%99s-war-against-malaria/ |title=DBT participates in India’s war against malaria |last=Deepak Gaur, JNU; Jyoti Logani; Kalaivani Ganeshan, Alpana Saha |date=6 November 2017 |website=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=6 November 2017}}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/dbt-participates-in-india%E2%80%99s-war-against-malaria/ |title=DBT participates in India's war against malaria |author=Deepak Gaur, JNU |author2=Jyoti Logani |author3=Kalaivani Ganeshan |author4=Alpana Saha |date=6 November 2017 |website=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=6 November 2017 |archive-date=11 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511084026/http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/dbt-participates-in-india%E2%80%99s-war-against-malaria/ |url-status=dead }}


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Deepak Gaur
Born (1972-09-18) 18 September 1972 (age 52)[1]
Delhi, India
Died20 May 2021
New Delhi (AIIMS)
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forStudies on Plasmodium falciparum
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

Deepak Gaur (born 18 September 1972) was an Indian molecular biologist, and a professor[2] at the School of Biotechnology of Jawaharlal Nehru University. Known for his studies on Plasmodium falciparum, Gaur is a recipient of the N-Bios Prize. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to medical sciences in 2017.[1][note 1]

Biography

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AIIMS Delhi

Deepak Gaur earned an honours degree in human biology from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi in 1994 and continued at AIIMS for his master's degree in biotechnology which he received in 1996.[3] He did his doctoral studies at the National Institute of Immunology and after securing a PhD in 2001, he joined Jawaharlal Nehru University a post-doctoral work as a visiting fellow. In 2006, he moved to the US on a Full-time equivalent position offered by the US Government and continued there till 2009 when he received the Ramalingaswami Fellowship of the Department of Biotechnology.[4] This enabled him to return to India that year to join the Malaria Group of the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi. After half a decade, he rejoined Jawaharlal Nehru University where he serves as a full professor[5] at the School of Biotechnology of the university since 2014 and heads the Laboratory of Malaria and Vaccine Research.[6]

Career

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Plasmodium – lifecycle

The core focus of Gaur's research has been the molecular biology of malaria parasites.[7] He discovered a multiprotein adhesion complex on Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite which causes malaria. that helped the parasite in erythrocyte invasion.[8] This discovery is known to have potential in identifying strain-transcending parasite neutralization[9] and in the development of a vaccine against the parasite by developing antibodies which blocks the antigen which assists the parasite to penetrate red blood cells of the host.[10] This was later published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal.[11] His research association with Suman Kumar Dhar, an N-Bios and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate, was successful in identifying acriflavine, an anti-parasitic drug in use in the 20th century, to be effective against Plasmodium falciparum and they have received a patent for their discovery.[12] The group is now engaged in the development of a nano-formulation of the drug, a project funded by the Department of Biotechnology.[13] His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles and ResearchGate, an online article repository of scientific articles, has listed 40 of them.[14][note 2] He also maintains close research association with such institutions as National Institutes of Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute and Barcelona Institute for Global Health[3] and the invited speeches delivered by him include the one at 86th Conference of Society of Biological Chemists held in New Delhi.[15]

In 2015, Gaur served as a consultant to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and was a member of the Malaria Vaccine Development Program (MVDP) of the organization. He has been a member of the program advisory committee of the UNESCO Regional Centre for Biotechnology of UNESCO, as a special invitee. He sat in the preliminary interview committee for Rhodes Scholarship in 2014 and was involved in the selection of final round candidates.[3] He is also involved with the selection of research associates at Jawaharlal Nehru University.[16]

Awards and honors

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Gaur, who won the first prize for the best paper in biotechcelence at the national symposium at Anna University in 1995, received the Fellows Award for Research Excellence and the Performance Award of the National Institutes of Health thrice each, the first from 2005 to 2007 and the other, from 2006 to 2008.[3] He was awarded the Best Scientist Award for Molecular Biology by the National Academy of Vector Borne Diseases in 2011. He received two of the highest Indian science awards; the National Bioscience Award of the Department of Biotechnology in 2014[17] followed by the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in 2017.[18][19]

The research fellowships held by him included junior and senior research fellowships of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (1996–2001), visiting fellowship of the Fogarty International Center (2001–06), Ramalingaswamy fellowship of the Department of Biotechnology (2009)[4] and the Rising Stars in Global Health Grant of the Grand Challenges Canada in 2012.[3] He was selected as a fellow by Guha Research Conference in 2015 and he received the Visitor's Award for Research of the President of India in 2016, as a member of the Molecular Parasitology Group of Jawaharlal Nehru University which won the award.[7]

Selected bibliography

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  • Gaur D, Chauhan VS (June 2013). "Current status of malaria vaccines". Indian J Pediatr. 80 (6): 441–3. doi:10.1007/s12098-013-1031-x. PMID 23604615. S2CID 32668560.
  • Gaurav Anand; K. Sony Reddy; Alok Kumar Pandey; Syed Yusuf Mian; Hina Singh; Shivani Arora Mittal; Emmanuel Amlabu; Quique Bassat; Alfredo Mayor; Virander Singh Chauhan; Deepak Gaur (2016). "A novel Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry associated adhesin mediates erythrocyte invasion through the sialic-acid dependent pathway". Scientific Reports. 6: 29185. Bibcode:2016NatSR...629185A. doi:10.1038/srep29185. PMC 4935899. PMID 27383149.
  • Pallabi Mitra; Enna Dogra Gupta; Tajali Sahar; Alok K. Pandey; Poonam Dangi; K. Sony Reddy; Virander Singh Chauhan; Deepak Gaur (2016). "Evidence for the Nucleo-Apical Shuttling of a Beta-Catenin Like Plasmodium falciparum Armadillo Repeat Containing Protein". PLOS ONE. 11 (2): e0148446. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1148446M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148446. PMC 4734682. PMID 26828945.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Long link – please select award year to see details
  2. ^ Please see Selected bibliography section

References

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  1. ^ a b "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Deepak Gaur ,Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University". Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Faculty Profile". Jawaharlal Nehru University. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. ^ a b "List of Fellows". Ramalingaswami Fellows. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Deepak Gaur, Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University". Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  6. ^ "SBT Faculties". JNU School of Biotechnology. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Molecular Parasitology Group, Jawaharlal Nehru University" (PDF). President of India. 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 17 October 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Indian Discovery Gives Boost to Hopes for Malaria Vaccine". ND TV. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  11. ^ "India awaits its own malaria vaccine". Millennium Post. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Indian Scientists Resurrect World War Era Drug To Fight Malaria". Outlook. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  13. ^ Deepak Gaur, JNU; Jyoti Logani; Kalaivani Ganeshan; Alpana Saha (6 November 2017). "DBT participates in India's war against malaria". Department of Biotechnology. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  14. ^ "On ResearchGate". 17 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  15. ^ "86th Conference of Society of Biological Chemists". Society of Biological Chemists. 6 November 2017. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  16. ^ "JNU Recruitment 2017– Research Associate III". Sarkari Naukri. 6 November 2017. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  17. ^ "N-BIOS awardees 2014" (PDF). Department of Biotechnology. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  18. ^ "CSIR list of Awardees". Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2017.
  19. ^ "10 scientists receive Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize". The Hindu. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

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