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Dr Joshua Peter |
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Dr Joshua Peter is a Ph.D. in Human Cytogenetics from University of Bombay through the institute of Research in Reproduction (IRR), now known as National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Mumbai. He was a recipient of "Ford Foundation Fellowship" for Post-Doctoral studies at the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA where he had the honour and privilege of working with Prof. R. Yanagimachi, an internationally renowned Reproductive Biologist. Later he had the opportunity of working with pioneers in the field of In vitro Fertilization Embryo Transfer (IVFET) & Intra Cytoplasmic Injection (ICSI), Dr. Alan De Cherney, University of Yale, USA, Prof. Van Steirteghem, University of Brussels, Belgium and Dr. Peter Bromwitch, Midland Fertility Services, Birmingham, U.K. He also visited Dr. Avirachan Tharapel, University of Memphis, USA, in order to learn Prenatal diagnosis using Fluorescent In-situ Hybridization (FISH). With nearly twenty-five years of "hands on experience" in Human IVF, he is credited with having set up several IVF facilities, the "Country's First" at IRR (ICMR), Mumbai and Gunasheela Institute of Research in Reproduction (GIRR), Bangalore, a pioneering institution in Karnataka state. To date he is credited with several hundreds of "test tube" babies. He worked initially with no less a person than Prof. H. Sharat Chandra (Current Director, Centre for Human Genetics, ITPL, Bangalore) in Human Cytogenetics. His contribution in Andrology was recognized by World Health Organization (WHO) and was invited to be a consultant as one of the ten leading scientists in the world, to consult on the use of "ZONA FREE HAMSTER OOCYTE PENETRATION ASSAY" in screening male infertility which was published in International Journal of Andrology, (Supplementum, 6, 1986). The outcome of this was the "WHO Laboratory manual for the Examination of Human Semen and Sperm Cervical Mucus Interaction 1987". His current interest is Embryonic Stem Cell (ESC) research and Pre-implantation Genetics. He was a Ph.D. guide and guided students for Ph.D. degree at the University of Bombay and Bangalore University. Currently, he is a recognized Ph.D. guide in Human Genetics under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore. He has kept himself abreast with the emerging technology by visiting various centres of learning around the world. He has distinguished himself through the presentation of a host of papers on various aspects of human genetics at a number of national and international conferences. |
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E-mail: peterbgm@yahoo.co.in, info@nfsci.org |
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Novel Foundation for Science |
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