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Kunal Gupte

Institute of Kidney Diseases & Research Centre (IKDRC), Zydus Research Centre, Saurashtra University

ORCID iD 0009-0003-0741-0467
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About

Kunal S. Gupte is a Junior Research Officer with over 18 years of experience in biochemistry and cell biology research. He holds an M.Sc. in Biochemistry from Saurashtra University, where he was the university topper. Currently, he works at the Institute of Kidney Diseases & Research Centre (IKDRC) in Ahmedabad, India, focusing on stem cell research, immunophenotyping, cell culture, and developing novel protocols and experiments.
His key achievements include culturing adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells, differentiating them into various cell types, co-culturing them to generate regulatory cells, and optimizing media for enhancing stem cell yield. He has published several research articles in peer-reviewed journals like Biomedical Journal and Cell Biology, as well as book chapters. Additionally, Gupte has delivered invited lectures, attended conferences, and received awards like the INSPIRE Fellowship and Young Scientist Award for his research work.
Prior to IKDRC, he worked at Zydus Research Centre, Intas Biopharmaceuticals, and Veeda Clinical Research, gaining expertise in fermentation, bioanalytics, characterization of therapeutic proteins, enzyme kinetics, and regulatory aspects. He is also a certified GCP personnel and has undergone various relevant trainings.

Employment

  • Institute of Kidney Diseases & Research Centre (IKDRC) Research Officer
    2014 - Present
  • Zydus Research Centre Sr. Scientific Assistant
    2009 - 2014

Education

  • Saurashtra University Master of Science (M. Sc.)

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (4)