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Pawan Gupta

Pawan Gupta is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Pawan Gupta rather than just read about it. In short: Pawan Gupta is an Indian biotechnologist, immunobiologist, cell biologist and a senior principal scientist at the Institute of Microbial Technology of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. He is known for his studies on Nuclear Receptors in Chronic Inflammatory Disorders and host-pathogen interaction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Pawan Gupta is an Indian biotechnologist, immunobiologist, cell biologist and a senior principal scientist at the Institute of Microbial Technology of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. He is known for his studies on Nuclear Receptors in Chronic Inflammatory Disorders and host-pathogen interaction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles and ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 66 of them. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the DBT IYBA Award in 2009 and National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences, in 2015.

Selected bibliography Nanduri, R., Kalra, R., Bhagyaraj, E., Chacko, A.P., Ahuja, N., Tiwari, D., Kumar, S., Jain, M., Parkesh, R., and Gupta, P. (2019) AutophagySMDB: a curated database of small molecules that modulate protein targets regulating autophagy. Autophagy 15, 1280-1295. Chandra, V., Bhagyaraj, E., Nanduri, R., Ahuja, N., and Gupta, P. (2015) NR1D1 ameliorates Mycobacterium tuberculosis clearance through regulation of autophagy. Autophagy 11, 1987-1997 Kalra, R., Bhagyaraj, E., Tiwari, D., Nanduri, R., Chacko, A.P., Jain, M., Mahajan, S., Khatri, N., and Gupta, P. (2018) AIRE promotes androgen-independent prostate cancer by directly regulating IL-6 and modulating tumor microenvironment. Oncogenesis 7, 43. Bhagyaraj, E., Tiwari, D., Ahuja, N., Nanduri, R., Saini, A., Kalra, R., Kumar, S., Janmeja, A.K., and Gupta, P. (2018) A human xenobiotic nuclear receptor contributes to nonresponsiveness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to the antituberculosis drug rifampicin. Journal of Biological Chemistry 293, 3747-3757 Bhagyaraj, E., Nanduri, R., Saini, A., Dkhar, H. K., Ahuja, N., Chandra, V., Mahajan, S., Kalra, R., Tiwari, D., Sharma, C., Janmeja, A. K., and Gupta, P. (2016) Human Xenobiotic Nuclear Receptor PXR Augments Mycobacterium tuberculosis Survival. J Immunol 197, 244-255

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References

External links "Autophagy Labs". Autophagy India Network. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2018.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Pawan Gupta

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Pawan Gupta claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Pawan Gupta before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Pawan Gupta ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Pawan Gupta

In research: Pawan Gupta appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Pawan Gupta in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Pawan Gupta is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1975 births, Indian biochemists, Indian cell biologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Pawan Gupta outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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