Lakhotia, S.C.

About

Currently continuing as Lifetime Distinguished Professor and SERB Distinguished Fellow at Department of Zoology of the Banaras Hindu University.
My laboratory's focus is on studying the developmental roles and regulation of the non-coding hsr-omega, heat shock and a few other novel genes in Drosophila, using genetic, cell biological, molecular and recombinant DNA approaches. Roles of these genes in modulating apoptosis and neurodegeneration in Drosophila models of human diseases and cellular effects of certain Ayurvedic formulations using fly model are also being studied.
Recipient of INSA Young Scientist Medal (1975), INSA S L Hora Medal (2002), INSA Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Visiting Fellowship (2009), UGC Career Award (1979), UGC National Lecturership (1989), UGC J C Bose Medal (1998), S S Bhatnagar Prize in Biological Sciences (1989), BHU Prof. C N R Rao Medal for Excellence in Science (2007), DST Ramanna Fellow (2009-2012), DAE Raja Ramanna Fellow (2011-2015), BHU Emeritus Professor (2011-2015), INSA Senior Scientist (2016-22018), BHU Distinguished Professor (2016- for Life), SERB Distinguished Fellow (2019-2024).
Fellow of Indian National Science Academy (1993), Indian Academy of Sciences (1994) and National Academy of Sciences of India (2002), Senior Fellow of Cell Stress Society International.
Member of Editorial Boards of RNA Biology, Cell Stress & Chaperones, Annals of Neuroscience.
Ex-Editor-in-Chief of the Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy (2014-2018).

Employment

• Banaras Hindu University BHU Distinguished Professor (Life)
  2016 - Present

Education

• University of Calcutta Ph.D.
  1967 - 1970

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (367)

• Sex specific systemic effects of sev-Gal4 driven activated Ras expression mediated through hnRNPs in Drosophila
  2026 DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.27.708457
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• Tracing the Roots of Molecular Biology
  Resonance 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s12045-025-1763-8
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• The sev-Gal4 driver in Drosophila melanogaster does not express in the eight pairs of dorsomedial and some other neurons in larval ventral ganglia: a correction
  Journal of Genetics 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s12041-025-01491-3
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• Tracing the Roots of Molecular Biology
  Resonance 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s12045-024-1669-x
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• Thesev-GAL4driver inDrosophila melanogasterdoes not express in the eight pairs of dorso-medial and some other neurons in larval ventral ganglia: A correction
  2024 DOI: 10.1101/2024.12.05.627116
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• Publication Integrity, Authorship, and Misconduct
  The Quintessence of Basic and Clinical Research and Scientific Publishing 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-1284-1_59
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• Non-canonically regulated heterochronic expression of Hsp70 drives clonal expansion and invasion in Drosophila epithelial tumours
  2023 DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.02.526918
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• “Confessions of an Ayurveda professor” — A wake up call
  Indian Journal of Medical Ethics 2023
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• C-value paradox: Genesis in misconception that natural selection follows anthropocentric parameters of ‘economy’ and ‘optimum’
  BBA Advances 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadva.2023.100107
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• Cytological Approaches to Visualize Intracellular Dynamics of RNA-Binding Proteins at Active Genes in Drosophila
  2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2891-1_16
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