Sachi Sri Kantha

About

Born in Chilaw, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1953. After receiving B.Sc.(Special) degree in zoology from the University of Colombo in 1976, completed M.Sc in biochemistry at the University of Peradeniya in 1980, and Ph.D. in food chemistry at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, under the guidance of John W.Erdman Jr. in 1986. Since then, had held teaching and research positions in USA and Japan. Sole author of Prostitutes in Medical Literature; an annotated bibliography (1991) and An Einstein Dictionary (1996). Currently, a naturalized Japanese citizen, since 2016.

Employment

• Gifu University Visiting Professor
  2017 - 2019
• Gifu Daigaku Associate Professor
  2010 - Present

Education

• University of Tokyo Ph.D. Marine Biochemisty
  1986 - 1989
• University of Illinois System Ph.D. Food Science
  1981 - 1985
• University of Peradeniya Faculty of Medicine M.Sc. Biochemistry
  1978 - 1980
• University of Colombo Faculty of Science B.Sc (Special)
  1972 - 1975

Projects & Funding

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Publications (45)

• Acknowledgements in Francis Crick's papers appearing in science journals
  Current Science 2017
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• Annotations on India and Indians in the Descent of Man by Darwin
  Current Science 2011
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• Quantitation of sleep and spinal curvature in an unusually longevous owl monkey (Aotus azarae)
  Journal of Medical Primatology 2006 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2006.00187.x
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• Sleep quantitation in common marmoset, cotton top tamarin and squirrel monkey by non-invasive actigraphy
  Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology 2006 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.02.043
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• Accumulation of H+ in vacuoles induced by a marine peptide toxin, theonellamide F, in rat embryonic 3Y1 fibroblasts
  Marine Biotechnology 2002 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-002-0044-7
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• Centenarian scientists: An unusual cluster newly formed in the 20th century
  Medical Hypotheses 2001 DOI: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1480
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• HPLC Determination of Carnosine in Commercial Canned Soups and Natural Meat Extracts
  LWT - Food Science and Technology 2000 DOI: 10.1006/fstl.1999.0602
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• Could nitroglycerine poisoning be the cause of Alfred Nobel's anginal pains and premature death?
  Medical Hypotheses 1997 DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(97)90195-X
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• Prostaglandin D synthase (β-trace protein): A molecular clock to trace the origin of REM sleep?
  Medical Hypotheses 1997 DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(97)90038-4
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• Einstein's medical friends and their influence on his life
  Medical Hypotheses 1996 DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(96)90252-2
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• Pros and cons in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
  Medical Hypotheses 1996 DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(96)90241-8
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• Seasonal variation in levels of prostaglandins D2, E2 and F(2α) in the brain of a mammalian hibernator, the Asian chipmunk
  Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids 1996 DOI: 10.1016/S0952-3278(96)90085-X
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• Is Karl Landsteiner the Einstein of the biomedical sciences?
  Medical Hypotheses 1995 DOI: 10.1016/0306-9877(95)90174-4
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• An appraisal of Albert Einstein's chronic illness
  Medical Hypotheses 1994 DOI: 10.1016/0306-9877(94)90010-8
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• Challenges for space medicine.
  The Ceylon medical journal 1994
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• Effects of prostaglandin D2, lipoxins and leukotrienes on sleep and brain temperature of rats
  Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids 1994
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• Histamine-interleukin-prostaglandin pathway. A hypothesis for a biochemical cycle regulating sleep and wakefulness
  Medical Hypotheses 1994 DOI: 10.1016/0306-9877(94)90009-4
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• Clues to prolific productivity among prominent scientists
  Medical Hypotheses 1992 DOI: 10.1016/0306-9877(92)90179-G
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• Effects of β-carotene and retinol repletion on antibody production in vitamin A-deficient rats immunized with pneumococcal polysaccharide
  Nutrition Research 1992
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• The impact of vitamin A deficiency and repletion with retinol and β- carotene on concanavalin A-induced lymphocyte proliferation
  Nutrition Research 1992 DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(05)80193-9
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