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Sunil Kumar Manna

Sunil Kumar Manna is a astronomy 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 Sunil Kumar Manna rather than just read about it. In short: Sunil Kumar Manna (27 August 1968) is an Indian immunologist and the head of the immunology lab of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics. He is known for his studies on cell signaling and apoptosis.

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Reference excerpt

Sunil Kumar Manna (27 August 1968) is an Indian immunologist and the head of the immunology lab of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics. He is known for his studies on cell signaling and apoptosis. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences, in 2009.

Biography Sunil Kumar Manna, born on 27 August 1968, pursued his post-graduate education at the University of Calcutta and after earning an MSc, he did his doctoral research at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology which secured him a PhD from Jadavpur University. His post-doctoral work was at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center under the guidance of Bharat Aggarwal and on his return to India, he was reportedly offered a faculty position at the Presidency University which he declined to take up a position at the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, where he serves as the head of the Lab of Immunology. His research focus is in the field of immunology and he is known to have carried out work on Cytokine mediated immunoregulation as well as apoptosis in cancer. His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles and ResearchGate, an online repository of scientific articles has listed 115 of them. He also holds a patent for an anticancer agent, jointly developed by him. The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards in 2009. He resides in Nacharam, a suburb of Hyderabad in the south Indian state of Telangana.

Controversy In 2012, a Japanese scientist accused Manna of plagiarism with regard to some of the images used by him in one of his articles published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Two of his articles were immediately retracted, and some were corrected, leading to seven of his papers being finally retracted. He was suspended from his job, after the institute found prima facie evidence against him but he was later reinstated.

References

External links Gangadharan, Charitha; Thoh, Maikho; Manna, Sunil Kumar (21 January 2018). "Erratum to: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Late phase activation of nuclear transcription factor kappaB by doxorubicin is mediated by interleukin-8 and induction of apoptosis via FasL". Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 136 (2): 625. doi:10.1007/s10549-012-2293-0.

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Sunil Kumar Manna

In research: Sunil Kumar Manna appears in astronomy 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 Sunil Kumar Manna 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: Sunil Kumar Manna is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1968 births, 20th-century Indian biologists, Cancer researchers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Sunil Kumar Manna 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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