Ashok Sharma, Ph.D
Associate Professor
DBT-Ramalingaswami Fellow
DST-Ramanujan Awardee
Lab No-3029,
Department of Biochemistry,
AIIMS, New Delhi-110029
Bharat (India)
Biography
Ashok Sharma received PhD in Cancer biology at Department of Biochemistry at All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, in 2009. In 2009, he joined the Vanderbilt Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA as a postdoctoral fellow, and worked on tight junction proteins (claudins) and their role in regulation of cell migration and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). In 2012, he joined the group of Adam R Karpf at Eppely Institute, UNMC, as a senior postdoc and worked on Cancer-Testis/germline antigen POTE, Epigenetic mechanism of regulations and biomarkers. He is recipient of “DBT-Ramalingaswami fellowship” and “DST-Ramanujan fellowship” awards from Govt. of India.