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Govindan Dayanithi

Also known as: Daya

Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, MMDN; University of Montpellier; INSERM UMR-S1198; EPHE, French Embassy Cultural Center in New Delhi-India, University of Madras School of Life Science

ORCID iD 0000-0002-1009-7809
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Govindan Dayanithi, born 1st July 1956, French Citizen, former citizen of India and holding Overseas Citizen of India ID, was educated in India (University of Madras; 1972-1983) as a Biologist, Zoologist, Parasitologist, Comparative Anatomy & Physiologist and Crustacean Endocrinologist with B.Sc., M.Sc Zoology); and Ph.D in Zoology. He came to Europe in 1983 as a French Ministry of Education Post-Doctoral Fellow (CROUS), followed by a fellow of French Medical Foundation (FRM 1985) and as a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung (Germany, 1989-1990; 2002). In addition, he was appointed as “Chargé de Recherche” at the Faculty of Medicine (Centre de Neurochimie, 1987)-University of Strasbourg and Senior Research Assistant at the Department of Anatomy-University of Oxford (1987-1989) and then permanently employed by the French Ministry of Research (CNRS) as “Chargé de Recherche” (1990) and then as “Directeur de Recherche” (1997). He was awarded the Japanese Society for Promotion of Science Invitation Fellowship-JSPS (2004, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014) as well as a visiting scientist to conduct research and teaching activities in several Japanese universities (UOEH School of Medicine-Kitakyushu; Jichii Medical School; School of Vet. Medicine-Tottori University). He was collaborating with British (Oxford, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Manchester, Brimingham) and US research institutions (Worster Foundation, UMASS Medical School-NIH. He was teaching at the university of Madras and obtained Ph.D in December 1982. He was also teaching and research activities in several institutions in the Europe (Oxford, Ulm, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Marseille, Rouen, Strasbourg, Praha, Hradec Kralove, Usti nad Labum, Plzen). He is a multilingual person (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi, English, French, German, Polish, Japanese, Czech..) who lived personally and scientifically in India, France, Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, UK, USA and Japan. He served as ‘Charge de Mission Europeans et Internationals’ at the CNRS Delegation office in Montpellier (1998-2002); followed by a long-term scientific mission at the European Commission (Brussels; 2002-2006). He was on Scientific Mission (‘mise-a-disposition’) at the Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, an EU Centre of Excellence in Prague. He served as as the Head of the Department of Molecular Neurophysiology-AS CR. In consequence, he appertained to the duties and privileges of the Academy of the Sciences of the Czech Republic and has been awarded, for the First time for a French Scientist, the Medal in November 2016 for his scientific contributions to the research in ‘Experimental Medicine’. He trained over top 25 PhD students, 10 post-Docs, several visiting scientists from all over the world, several High School, Bachelor and Master students came from several countries in the world to take training in research in his laboratory. Further, he is currently serving as an Editorial Board member/Associate Editor/Section Editor of the Cell Calcium, International Journal of Cell Biology, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology/Stem Cell Research, Frontiers in Endocrinology, Frontioers in Bioengeenering and Biotechnology, Frontiers in Genetics, Frontiers in Bioscience-Scholar, International Journal of Molecular Medicine, Physiologia and Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. He is a consistent and constant expert Editor/Reviewer for many journals and is a multi-disciplinary expert in various EU research programs who has published more than 150 papers in various peer-reviewed journals. He prepared two Special Issues as principal Guest Editor for Cell Calcium in 2012 and 2016. He published two Books (one with PhD student, 2012; and other as Co-Editor on "Neurosecretion: Secretory Mechanisms-publisher: Springer Nature in April 2020). Since April 2012, he has been affiliated with INSERM Unit 710 & 1198, University of Montpellier and Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes-Sorbonne-Paris and developing a new research line on the ‘Cerebral Aging & Neurodegenerative Diseases’. Since 2016, he has been appointed as Professor at Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Research and Development Wing, Chennai-India. His major research focuses on: i) the physiology of calcium signalling in excitable and non-excitable cells ii) stimulus-secretion-coupling at the level of neurohypophysial system & Neurosecretion, iii) physiopathol of central and peripheral vasopressin and oxytocin; iii) exocytosis, iv) calcium signalling mechanisms/homeostasis in central and peripheral nervous system tissues and v) signalling mechanisms in human embryonic stem cells of different origin and, vi) pathophysiology of calcium signalling in stem cells (sk-DMSC & bone marrow) from non-human primate animal model (Microcebus murinus) for aging, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson disease.

Employment

  • Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital Professor and Scientist
    2016 - Present
  • Faculty of Medicine, Charles University at Plzen Professor
    2016 - 2019
  • Charles University Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Kralove Researcher
    2015 - 2018
  • MMDN; University of Montpellier; INSERM UMR-S1198; EPHE Research Director and Professor
    2012 - Present
  • Institute of Experimental Medicine-Czech Academy of Sciences Head of the Department
    2012 - 2018
  • CNRS Mission at Institute of Experimental Medicine, Czech Academy of Sciences EU Chief Scientist: NEUROREGION: the European Union Social Fund project of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (grant ID # CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0274)
    2012 - 2015
  • Institute of Experimental Medicine, Czech Academy of Sciences Guest Scientist: EU Programme FF7-People-Initial Training Network EDU-Glia (project # 237956; FP7-PEOPLE-ITN-2008)
    2011 - 2011
  • CNRS Délégation Paris B Research Director and Professor (IEM-AS CR-Prague)
    2008 - 2012
  • Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS Chargé de Relations Européennes et Internationales (Officer for European and International Affaires)
    1999 - 2002
  • CNRS; affiliation with INSERM U432, U583, U710; and University of Montpellier Research Director
    1998 - 2014
  • CNRS Délégation Languedoc-Roussillon Research Director
    1997 - Present
  • CNRS Délégation Languedoc-Roussillon Charge de Recherche-1
    1991 - 1997
  • CNRS Délégation Alsace Charge de Recherche-1
    1990 - 1991
  • University of Oxford Senior Research Assistant
    1987 - 1989
  • INSERM-U176 Scientist-French Medical Research Fellow-FRM
    1986 - 1986
  • INSERM-U176 Post-Doctoral Fellow (CROUS)
    1983 - 1985

Education

  • French Embassy Cultural Center in New Delhi-India Diploma in French Language
    1983 - 1983
  • University of Madras School of Life Science Ph.D
    1978 - 1982
  • University of Madras School of Life Science M.Sc
    1976 - 1978
  • University of Madras B.Sc
    1973 - 1976

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Publications (185)