CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Sudha Warrier is Professor and Dean of  Manipal Institute of Regenerative Medicine.
• PI- Cancer Stem Cells, Cardiovascular-Neuronal Regeneration.
• Group Head- Wnt Lab.
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Health Sciences, Curtin University, Western Australia.

 

She is:

·     Adjunct Associate Professor, Curtin University, Western Australia

·     Has a DBT-BIRAC funded start-up company, Cuor Stem Cellutions Pvt Ltd in SORM- Disease

       and diagnostic platforms

·     Group Head- Wnt pathway lab for cardiovascular, cancer stem cells and neuronal degeneration

·     PI-Stem cell based Disease modeling for cardiovascular, neurogenerative disorders

·     Editorial board of Scientific Reports, Frontiers Oncology, Guest Editor for IJBCB

·     Collaborative partner with National University of Singapore, Curtin University, Australia,

       University of Putra, Malaysia

·     Research projects funding and student exchange to and from Australia and Singapore

·     Convenor – Institutional Committee for Stem Cell Research

·     Guide for PhDs and MSc students

·     External PhD examiner of National University of Singapore, Anna University

 

 

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject	Semester / Year
BIOMOLECULES	First Semester
BIOMOLECULES	First Semester
BIOMOLECULES	First Semester
BIOMOLECUES	First Semester
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENTAND CELL DIFFERENTIATION	First Semester
ARCHITECTURE OF CELLS, TISSUE AND ORGANS	First Semester
NON CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF STEM CELLS	Second semester
NON CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF STEM CELLS	Second semester
NON CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF STEM CELLS	Second semester
NON CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF STEM CELLS	Second semester
NON CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF STEM CELLS	Second semester
STEM CELLS IN CANCER AND REGENERATION	Third Semester
STEM CELLS IN CANCER AND REGENERATION	Third Semester
STEM CELLS IN CANCER AND REGENERATION	Third Semester
STEM CELLS IN CANCER AND REGENERATION	Third Semester
STEM CELLS IN CANCER AND REGENERATION	Third Semester
STEM CELLS IN CANCER AND REGENERATION	Third Semester
STEM CELLS IN CANCER AND REGENERATION	Third Semester
STEM CELLS IN CANCER AND REGENERATION	Third Semester
STEM CELLS IN CANCER AND REGENERATION	Third Semester

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree	Specialisation	Institute	Year of passing
PhD	Reproductive Biology	Life Sciences Institute, University of Madras	2002
MSc	Integrated Biology	Madurai Kamaraj University	1991
BSc	Zoology	Stella Maris College, Madras University	1988

Experience

Institution / Organisation	Designation	Role	Tenure
Manipal Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru	Associate Professor	International Collaborations, academic networking, research, editorial contributions, teaching, mentoring PhD, postdoctorates, MSc	Jan 2013 to Dec 2017
Manipal Institute of Regenerative Medicine, Bengaluru	Assistant Professor	Multiinstitutional funding, commericalization, innovation, research, editorial contributions, committees, teaching, mentoring PhD, MSc	Apr 2009 to Dec 2012
Curtin University, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences	Adjunct Associate Professor	Research on cancer stem cells, mesenchymal and pluripotent stem cells Propose collaborative research proposals on degenerative disorders and metabolic diseases Teach course in stem cell biology	March 2013- to present
Avesthagen Ltd, Bangalore, India	Functional Head	Developed a cancer stem cell unit for drug development by high throughput platform for compound screening targeting cancer stem cells.	April 2008-April 2009
Frontier Lifeline Cardiovascular Hospital, Chennai, India	Senior Scientist	Mesenchymal stem cell from human bone marrow and cord blood and its differentiation into cardiogenic lineage, identification and development of biological markers specific in hypoxia of congenital heart diseases in children, teaching MTech, MSc level	Sep2006-Mar 2008
Anna University, Center for Biotechnology Chennai, India	Visiting Faculty	Teaching MTech Advanced Genetic Engg, Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	June 2005-Dec 2007
Medical College of Ohio, Ohio, USA	Research Associate	Postdoctoral research on rat model of hypertension	June 2003- April 2004
Duke University, North Carolina, USA	Research Associate	Postdoctoral research on characterisation of interactions between DNA methyltransferase I and RNA polymerase II	Jul 2002- April 2003
Lund University, Sweden	Project Associate	Effective assay system for insulin by targeting the C-peptide region of the insulin molecule	June 1993- Dec 1993
Center for Protein Engineering and Biomedical Research, Madras, India	Project Associate	Protein refolding and stabilization in the presence of crosslinkers and additives	June 1991- March 1994