Members

Archana Mahakalkar

I was working in LMCG between 2011-2015 as a UGC-Women postdoctoral research fellow before joining Govt. Institute of Forensic science at Mumbai as Assistant Professor in 2015. During my tenure at LMCG, I worked on genetic diversity of W.bancrofti-a nematode causing infectious disease called as elephentiasis spread by mosquito bite. I was using RAPD-PCR and sequencing to underpin the nematode diversity in samples
obtained from 11 districts of Vidarbha, a region considered as hot spot of elephentiasis.Currently, I am exploring to stretch my research interest to forensic studies here in Mumbai.

Nandkishore Warghat

During my four years stint in the lab from 2009-2013 as doctorate (PhD) researcher, I primarily worked on genetic diversity of jumping spiders (Salticidae) using RAPD-PCR to juxtapose the classical morphology and molecular taxonomy. While working, I explore to work on some other species likesmall Indian civet and snakes. Currently, I am working on protozoan parasite, Hepatozoon- a UGC funded project through which I am collaborating with LMCG while working at Pulgaon Science college (district Wardha) as Assistant Professor- My new home, which I joined after earning my PhD in 2013. In this discovery effort, we are sequencing chiefly 18SrRNA genes in some reptiles and mammals to identify species and address questions related to their taxonomy and ecology.

Sabir Farooqui

I worked on little known but an equally important protozoans parasites called as Hepatozoon in some vertebrates species for my PhD research. Hepatozoon is the genus of the phylum Aplicomplexa, which include most biodiverse and prevalent blood feeding parasites with more than 300 species reported in tetrapods. I used RT-PCR and end point PCR to understand taxonomy and diversity of these parasites in some vertebrate species of India.

Devendra Khaire

I worked for my PhD. In my PhD research I become interested in studying genetic diversity of endangered wild ass, Equus hemionus khur from Little Rann of Kutch. In this research, I used non-invasive methods of obtaining good quality of DNA from dung samples of wild asses to type them for mitochondrial DNA (D-loop and Cyt b) gene and also genotyped them for microsatellite loci. Based on this finding, we published a first time reported genetic study on free-ranging endangered wild asses from Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, the last refugia of Asiatic wild asses in the southern Asia.The study is published in the journal Mitochondrial DNA and can be accessed from
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/24701394.2016.1174221?journalCode=imdn21

RESEARCH AT LMCG

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Research in the laboratory of molecular and conservation genetics is focused on use of DNA based state of the arts tools and techniques to address questions related to species origin, systematic, diversity, human infectious diseases and genetic disorder.

LAB PERSONNEL

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Mumtaz Baig (Group Leader)
Madhuri Hingankar (PhD researcher)
Pallavi Singh (PhD researcher)
Sheeba Almas (PhD researcher)

JOURNAL CLUB

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The LMCG Journal Club holds discussions of current articles drawn from broad, interdisciplinary areas which describe meaningful approaches, techniques, and resources in genetics. PhD researchers and interested PG students…

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