Ranbaxy rewards excellence in Medical, Pharma Research

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Ranbaxy rewards excellence in Medical, Pharma Research

Ranbaxy rewards excellence in Medical and Pharmaceutical Research. Four Awards-- three in the field of Medical Sciences and one in Pharmaceutical Sciences - will be given to five Scientists in recognition of their outstanding research contributions made in the field of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

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Ranbaxy Science Foundation (RSF), a non-profit organization established by Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited (RLL), announced its "Annual Research Awards 2006" for Indian Scientists.

Four Awards-- three in the field of Medical Sciences and one in Pharmaceutical Sciences - will be given to five Scientists in recognition of their outstanding research contributions made in the field of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Besides a trophy and a citation, each Research Award will also carry a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh. 

The Research Scientists will be felicitated at a function to be held in early 2008 at New Delhi.

The Award in the field of Medical Sciences-Basic Research will be jointly shared by Dr. Ashok R. Venkitaraman, the Ursula Zoellner Professor of Cancer Research, University of Cambridge, School of Clinical Medicine, UK and Dr. Amitabha Chattopadhyay, Deputy Director, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Hyderabad.

Dr. Venkitaraman receives the award for his contributions in understanding the molecular basis of immune recognition and elucidating the genetic basis of cancer.

Dr. Chattopadhyay receives the award for his outstanding contributions in establishing the role of hippocampal serotonin1 receptor as a useful system to address important disease related mechanisms.

Dr. Gautam Chaudhuri, Professor, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology and Professor and Executive Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA receives the award in the field of Medical Sciences-Medical Research for his outstanding research contributions in elucidating the pharmacology of VEGF which lead to the discovery of important antihypertensive drugs. 

Dr. Subrat Kumar Acharya, Professor & Head, Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi receives the award in the field of Medical Sciences-Clinical Research for his outstanding work in the area of acute liver diseases.

In the field of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Professor of Molecular & Cellular Oncology, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Huston, U.S.A. receives the award for his contributions in the field of cellular signaling systems which may be responsible for cancer cell metastases.

Sourced from: Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd