• M.Sc. University of Mumbai (Microbiology; 1996)
• Ph.D. Cancer Research Institute, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai (Applied Biology; 2002)

Post-Doctoral Fellow	University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio , USA	2002-2005
Lecturer	Dept of Microbiology and Biotechnology Wilson College, Mumbai	2005-2006
Scientist	NIRRH	Jan 2007 - Till Date

• Cell biology
• Cancer Biology
• Protein-Protein interactions

• Awarded Research Fellowship from UGC (1997-2002) upon clearing the joint CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test.

1. Kirtane BM and Mulherkar R. Comparison of the activities of wild type and mutant enhancing factor/mouse secretory phospholipase A2 proteins. J.Biosci.27,489-494,2002

2. Mulherkar R, Kirtane BM, Ramchandani A, Mansukhani NP, Kannan S, Nares KN. Expression of enhancing factor/phospholipase A2 in skin results in abnormal epidermis and increased sensitivity to chemical carcinogenesis. Oncogene . 22,1936-1944, 2003.

3. Tominaga K, Kirtane BM, Jackson JG, Ikeno Y, Ikeda T, Hawks C, Smith JR, Matzuk MM and Pereira-Smith OM. MRG15 regulates Embryonic Development and Cell proliferation. Mol. Cell. Biol., 25, 2924-2937, 2005.

4. Bowman BR, Moure CR, Kirtane BM, Welschhans RL, Tominaga K, Pereira-Smith OM, and Quiocho FA. Multipurpose MRG domain involved in cell senescence and proliferation exhibits structural homology to a DNA-interacting domain. Structure. 14, 151-158, 2006.

Projects

• Exploring the regulation and biological significance of alternative splicing of PSP94 ( Funded by Department of Science and Technology)