Mahamaya Dhaware

Dynamic research professional with over 6 years of experience in advanced scientific methodologies, specialising in molecular biology, metabolomics, and analytical instrumentation. Expertise in designing and conducting comprehensive studies focused on disease prevention and plant stress resistance. Proven ability to communicate complex data effectively, fostering collaboration across multidisciplinary teams. Committed to delivering high-quality research through a methodical approach, driven by a passion for exploring and solving intricate scientific challenges.

• Senior research fellow, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, 06/01/23-Present

     Towards an evidence-based regimen for treating extra-pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB)

• Senior research fellow, ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition, 09/01/20-09/30/22

     Chemopreventive effect of cinnamon and its bioactive compounds in vivo in a rat model of prostate carcinogenesis

• Junior research fellow, BITS Pilani, Goa campus, 04/01/19-01/31/20

     Study on the role of TIP family members in arsenite accumulation and their transport to rice

• Research Intern, PTTC, ICRISAT, 05/01/17-01/31/18

     Role of pearl millet plasma membrane intrinsic protein PIP2;6 (PgPIP2;6) in abiotic stress tolerance

• Sudhakar Reddy, P., Dhaware, M. G., Srinivas Reddy, D., Pradeep Reddy, B., Divya, K., Sharma, K. K., & Bhatnagar-Mathur, P. (2018). Comprehensive evaluation of candidate reference genes for real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) data normalization in nutri-cereal finger millet [Eleusine Coracana (L.)]. PloS One, 13(10), e0205668.
• Reddy, P. S., Dhaware, M. G., Sivasakthi, K., Divya, K., Nagaraju, M., Sri Cindhuri, K., ... & Sharma, K. K. (2022). Pearl millet aquaporin gene PgPIP2; 6 improves abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic tobacco. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 820996.
• Gopalakrishnan, S., Dhaware, M., Sudharma, A. A., Mullapudi, S. V., Siginam, S. R., Gogulothu, R., ... & Ismail, A. (2023). Chemopreventive effect of cinnamon and its bioactive compounds in a rat model of premalignant prostate carcinogenesis. Cancer Prevention Research, 16(3), 139-151.

• Plant tissue culture techniques
• Molecular biology techniques
• Protein estimation, purification and characterization
• Bioinformatics
• Statistics
• LC-MS, MS/MS, Q-TOF, TQMS, Metabolomics

• Inhibition of Tumor Cells Proliferation and Migration by the Flavonoid Furin Inhibitor Isolated From Oroxylum indicum., Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2012, Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB), University of Pune
• Discovery of xanthine oxidase inhibitors from a complex mixture using an online, restricted-access material coupled with column-switching liquid chromatography with a diode-array detection system., Analytical Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2014, Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB), University of Pune
• Epithelial-mesenchymal transition increases tumor sensitivity to COX-2 inhibition by apricoxib, Carcinogenesis, 2012, Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB), University of Pune

• Student Conference on Conservation Science, SCCS, 09/25/14 - 09/28/14, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore
• National Symposium on 'Biomedicine: unfolding the secrets from nature', 01/10/14 - 01/11/14, Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB), Pune
• National Seminar on 'Current trends in Epigenetics', 02/05/16 - 02/06/16, Institute of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (IBB), Pune

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• Dr. Siddhesh Kamat

     Associate Professor (Biology)

     Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune

     siddhesh@acads.iiserpune.ac.in

• Dr. Palakolanu Sudhakar Reddy
  Scientist (DST-Inspire Faculty Fellow)
  Cell, Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering Group
  International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
  Patancheru - 502 324, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
  p.sudhakarreddy@cgiar.org