Dr. Kushaan Khambata
Academic Background
B. Sc. (Biotechnology), Jai Hind College, University of Mumbai, 2008
M. Sc. (Bioanalytical Sciences), G. N. Khalsa College, University of Mumbai, 2010
Ph. D. (Life Sciences), NIRRH, University of Mumbai, 2018
Professional Experience
| Scientist |
NIRRH |
2019 – till date |
| ICMR-Senior Research Fellow (SRF) |
NIRRH |
2017 – 2019 |
| ICMR-Senior Research Fellow (SRF) |
NIRRH |
2012 – 2015 |
| ICMR-Junior Research Fellow (JRF) |
NIRRH |
2010 – 2012 |
Research Interests
Reproductive Endocrinology
Epigenetics
Awards & Achievements
Dr (Mrs) Mridula Kamboj Young Scientist Award at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Indian Society for the Study of Reproduction and Fertility held at Hyderabad from 23-25 February, 2018
European Society of Endocrinology Meeting Grant, European Society of Endocrinology Basic Science Meeting Grant, and Journal of Endocrinology Travel Grant towards attending 18th European Congress on Endocrinology in May 2016 at Munich, Germany
Awarded Lectureship (Life sciences) at the CSIR-National eligibility test (NET) examination, 2010
Cleared ICMR – Junior Research Fellowship Examinations, 2010
Publications
- Sharvari Deshpande, Harishankar Nemani, Suresh Pothani, Kushaan Khambata, Anita Kumar, Prathap Kallamadi, N H Balasinor (2019). Genetically Inherited Obesity and High-Fat Diet–Induced Obesity Differentially Alter Spermatogenesis in Adult Male Rats. Endocrinology. 160(1):220–234
- Anita Kumar*, Kushaan Dumasia*, Sharvari Deshpande, Sanketa Raut, N H Balasinor (2018). Delineating the regulation of estrogen and androgen receptor expression by sex steroids during rat spermatogenesis. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. 182:127-136. * Equal contribution
- Kushaan Dumasia, Anita Kumar, Sharvari Deshpande, & N. H. Balasinor (2017) Estrogen, through estrogen receptor 1, regulates histone modifications and chromatin remodeling during spermatogenesis in adult rats. 12(11):953-963.
- Kushaan Dumasia, Anita Kumar, Sharvari Deshpande, & N. H. Balasinor (2017) Estrogen signaling, through estrogen receptor β, regulates DNA methylation and its machinery in male germ line in adult rats. 12(6):476-483.
- Kushaan Dumasia, Anita Kumar, Sharvari Deshpande, Shobha Sonawane & N. H. Balasinor (2016). Differential roles of estrogen receptors, ESR1 and ESR2, in adult rat spermatogenesis. Molecular Cellular Endocrinology. 428:89-100.
- Kushaan Dumasia, Anita Kumar, Leena Kadam & N. H. Balasinor. Effect of estrogen receptor subtype specific ligands on fertility in adult male rats (2015). Journal of Endocrinology. 225(3):169-80.
- Anita Kumar, Kushaan Dumasia, Sharvari Deshpande & N. H. Balasinor (2017). Direct regulation of genes involved in sperm release by estrogen and androgen through their receptors and coregulators. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. 171:66-74.
- Anita Kumar, Kushaan Dumasia, Sharvari Deshpande, Reshma Gaonkar & N. H. Balasinor (2016). Actin related protein complex subunit 1b controls sperm release, barrier integrity and cell division during adult rat spermatogenesis. BBA: Molecular Cell Research. 1836:1996-2005)
- Anita Kumar, Kushaan Dumasia, Reshma Gaonkar, Shobha Sonawane, Leena Kadam & Balasinor, N. H. (2015). Estrogen and androgen regulate actin-remodeling and endocytosis-related genes during rat spermiation. . Molecular Cellular Endocrinology. 404: 91-101.
- Neelam Kedia-Mokashi, Leena Kadam, Mandar Ankolkar, Kushaan Dumasia & N. H. Balasinor (2013). Aberrant methylation of multiple imprinted genes in embryos of tamoxifen-treated male rats. Reproduction. 146(2):155-68.
- Rahul Upadhyay, N. H. Balasinor, Anita Kumar, Geetanjali Sachdeva, Priyanka Parte, Kushaan Dumasia. (2013) Proteomics in reproductive Biology: Beacon for unraveling the molecular complexities. BBA: Proteins and Proteomics. 1834: 8-15.
- Neelam Kedia, Leena Kadam, Kushaan Dumasia, NH Balasinor. (2016) Possible Role of Paternal Aberrant Imprinting in Placental Development: A Study in Tamoxifen Treatment Rat Model. Journal of Clinical Epigenetics. 2:1.
- F O Awobajo, O T Oyelowo, Kushaan Dumasia, N H Balasinor (2017). Influence of genistein aglycone on some male reproductive functions in pubertal Holtzman rats. Journal of African Association of Physiological Sciences. 5(1): 45-57.
