Dr. Rahul Gajbhiye



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Scientist 'B'

Infertility and Reproductive Endocrinology
Phone : +(91-22) 2419-2036
Email  : gajbhiyer@nirrh.res.in

 

 

Academic Background

  • M.B.B.S. Amravati University ; 1999
  • Ph.D. (2013) Mumbai University

 

Professional Experience

Medical Officer Maharashtra state Medical and Health services
1999-2001
Demonstrator Department of forensic medicine and Toxicology:
D. Y. Patil Medical College, Pimpri, Pune
2002-2003
Scientist NIRRH
2003-Till date

 

 


 

Research Interests

  • Endometriosis
  • Genetics of male infertility
  • Ovarian cancer

Indian Patent: 01

Awards & Achievements

  1. Awarded grant by DBT and Queensland University to participate in 4 th Indo- Australian Biotechnology Symposium and International conference on Genes and Environment in Human Diseases, Brisbane, Australia, May 7-9 2007
  2. Awarded fellowship to participate in Marine Biology Laboratory Training Course“Frontiers in Reproduction: Molecular and Cellular concepts and applications” at Woods Hole Boston MA USA between 4 th May -15 th June 2008.
  3. Awarded 1 st Prize for Best Poster presentation at the Global meeting “The Ovary Unraveled 2009”, organized jointly by Indian Society of Assisted Reproduction and Mumbai Obstetric & Gynecological Society, held at Hotel Renaissance, Mumbai, India on December 11-13, 2009

Membership of Professional organizations

  1. Life member of Indian Society for Study of Reproduction and Fertility
  2. Life member of Endometriosis Society of India

Publications

1. Gajbhiye RK, Suryawanshi AR, Khan SA , Meherji PK, Warty NR, Raut VS, Chehna NA and Khole VV. Multiple endometrial proteins are targeted in autoimmune endometriosis. Reproductive Biomedicine Online Vol. 16 No 6. 2008; 817-824 (IF: 3.2)

2. Chehna-Patel N, Sachdeva G, Gajbhiye R, Warty N and Khole V. ‘Spot’-ting differences between the eutopic and the ectopic endometrium of endometriosis patients Fertility & Sterility 6; 1964-1971, 2010 (IF: 4.1)

3. Suryawanshi A, Khan S, Gajbhiye R, Gurav M, Khole V. Differential Proteomics Leads to Identification of Domain Specific Epididymal Sperm Proteins Journal of Andrology 32(3):240-59, 2011 (IF: 2.3)

4. Shagufta Khan, Sudhir Jadhav , Amol Suryawanshi, Gauri Bhonde, Rahul Gajbhiye & Vrinda Khole. Evaluation of Contraceptive Potential of a Novel Epididymal Sperm ProteinSFP2 in a Mouse Model. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology 66(3):185-98,2011 (IF: 2.4)

5. Purvi Mande, Firuza Parikh, Indira Hinduja, Rama Vaidya, Rahul Gajbhiye

& Vrinda Khole. Auto antigens involved in women with Premature Ovarian Failure and Unexplained Infertility. Reproductive Biomedicine Online,2011Oct;23(4):471-83 (IF: 2.2)

6. Gajbhiye R, Sonawani A, Khan S, Suryawanshi A, Kadam S, Warty N, Raut V and Khole V. Identification and validation of novel serum markers for early diagnosis of Endometriosis. Human Reproduction, 2012 Feb; 27(2):408-17 (IF: 4.3)

7. Parte PP, Rao P, Redij S, Lobo V, D'Souza SJ, Gajbhiye R, Kulkarni V. Sperm phosphoproteome profiling by ultra performance liquid chromatography followed by data independent analysis (LC-MS(E)) reveals altered proteomic signatures in asthenozoospermia. J Proteomics. 2012 Oct 22;75(18):5861-71. (IF: 4.8)

Newsletters/Book chapters:

(2012) Rahul Gajbhiye and Vrinda Khole, Endometriosis Research in India: The Current Scenario and the Challenges for the Future. Endometriosis Society of India. Newsletter

Projects

Ongoing Research Projects:

  1. Autoimmune markers for diagnosis of Endometriosis, Funded by Department of Biotechnology, Government of India (2012-2014)
  2. Study on cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene screening and it’s association with congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens

Completed Research Projects:

  1. Identification and characterization of antigens detected using sera of women with Endometriosis. (Funded by Department of Biotechnology, 2005-2008)