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Naresh Chandra Bal
School of Biotechnology
Faculty Profile

Naresh Chandra Bal

Associate Professor

School of BiotechnologyRegular

Biography and academic profile

Naresh Chandra Bal has several major discoveries to his credit are sarcolipin as a basis of nonshivering thermogenesis in skeletal muscle, functional interplay between muscle and brown adipose tissue, muscle-energy expenditure in causation of obesity, role of muscle thermogenesis in evolution of mammalian endothermy, functional characterization of myokines. All these studies are published in high impact journals like Nature Medicine, Biological Reviews, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biochemical Journal and Biofactors. He has been awarded with several reputed fellowships including American Physiological Society (APS); American Heart Association (AHA); National Institute of Health (NIH); Department of Biotechnology, India. He was elected as fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB).

Academic profile

Expertise, contributions
and professional engagement.

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Research Interests

Skeletal muscle metabolism; Anti-diabetic drug development

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Educational Qualifications

PhD

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Course Expertise

Animal Physiology, Metabolism, Biochemistry

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Awards and Achievements

  • Fellowship from Royal Society of Biology, UK (2024).</li
  • Visiting Professorship, University of Central Florida, Orlando USA (2019).
  • Early Career Research Award, SERB, India (2017).
  • Visiting Scholarship, SBPMRI, Orlando USA (2016).
  • Ramalingaswami Fellowship, DBT, India (2016).
  • K01 Award, NIH, USA (2015).</li
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship from AHA (2010).
  • Physiological Genomics Fellowship, APS (2010).
  • Senior Research Fellowship, CSIR (2004).
  • Junior Research Fellowship, CSIR (2002).
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Professional Memberships

Fellow of Royal Society of Biology, UK

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