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jagannatha Rao kosagisharaf

Institute for Scientific Research and Technology Services (INDICASAT), Medical University of South Carolina, Sri Venkateswara University, University of Virginia

ORCID iD 0000-0003-4290-7666
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Dr. Jagannatha Rao was born on 1st June 1956 in India. Dr.Rao had his Masters and Ph.D from Sri Venkateswara University, India. He is currently Director, Institute for Scientific Research and Technology Services (INDICASAT-AIP), Distinguished Scientist, Building 219, Clayton, City of Knowledge, Republic of Panamá. Member of National Bioethics Committee in Republic Panama. Dr.Rao also Adjunct faculty of Biomedical Informatics, University of Texas Health Sciences, Advisory Board Member of minority scholarship in UTCU- El Paso, USA. His research fields of specializations are: Mechanisms of proteins conformations in neurodegenerative disorders, DNA dynamics in neurodegenerative brain, Development of Alzheimer’s and traumatic brain injury animal models; Aluminium Neurotoxicology; Biomarkers; Neuronutraceuticals. Dr.Rao is on the Editorial board member of 25 journals. Guided 20 Ph.D and 8 postdoctoral fellows. Also was on the International review board of Parkinson disease association UK, France Mental health grant program, and Department of Biotechnology, India. He is the Fellow of National Academy of Sciences (India), Linnaean Society (UK), Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy . He is the guest editor for two special issues of journals on Alzheimer´s disease. He has international collaborations with scientists in USA, UK, Italy, Germany, China, Japan. He has published 125 papers and 6 book chapters. Professional contributions: Biomarkers in brain disorders: Diet, Nutrition and disease with reference to brain disorders, MRI studies on depression and Alzheimer’s patients, Also involved on blood DNA bank on depression and brain bank on depression, Also involved on drug trials in bipolar disorders, Leading a research team on indigenous medicines as alternate therapies for Alzheimer’s and Psoriasis, Pharmacokinetics of molecules and clinical studies of drugs in neuropsychiatry, Trace metals homeostasis in Bipolar and Alzheimer’s and Parkinson disease, Amyloid 42/40, ceruloplasmin, transferring, synuclein in plasma, 8-hydroxy-guanosine as maker in serum and CSF, Strongly Interacting with NIH foundation on Biomarkers, Animal models: Developed animal model to imprint neurodegeneration after traumatic brain injury, Development of non-transgenic environmentally induced Aged Rabbit as Alzheimer’s animal model. Neuronutririon: Nutrition neuroscience is an emerging discipline shedding light on the fact that nutritional factors are intertwined with human cognition, behavior and emotions. Molecular neuroscience: DNA stability in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson and Depression brains, Amyloid and Synuclein aggregation and mathematical modeling of aggregation, A new concept on Protein-DNA complexes in neurodegeneration, Trace metals in neurodegeneration. He was Visiting Scientist at University of Siena, Italy, DBT overseas Associate University of Virginia, USA, Visiting Scientist, University of Virginia, USA,, Visiting Scientist, Medical University of South Carolina, USA.

Employment

  • Institute for Scientific Research and Technology Services (INDICASAT) Director and Distinguished Scientist
    2010 - Present
  • Medical University of South Carolina Visiting Scientist
    2007 - 2008
  • University of Virginia DBT visiting Scientist
    1996 - 1998
  • Central Food Technological Research Institute CSIR Scientist to Senior Scientist
    1987 - 2010

Education

  • Sri Venkateswara University Ph.D
    1980 - 1984

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (125)