Email: prajput@ucdavis.edu
Project: Mechanistic insight into Multi-invasion induced rearrangements
Education
2006-2009 Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science, India
2009-2011 Master of Science in Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
2011-2015 Ph.D in Life Sciences, ICGEB, India
Work Experience
Molecular Biology, Transcription regulation, epigenetics, mammalian cell culture
Honors and Awards
2009-11 Maters scholarship from Department of Biotechnology, India
2011-15 Ph.D fellowship from Department of Biotechnology, India
2012 Workshop-travel award from ICMR, India
2015 EMBO travel award
Publications
Rajput P, Pandey V, Kumar V. Stimulation of ribosomal RNA gene promoter by transcription factor Sp1 involves active DNA demethylation by Gadd45-NER pathway. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2016 May.
Rajput P, Shukla SK, Kumar V. The HBx oncoprotein of hepatitis B virus potentiates cell
transformation by inducing c-Myc- dependent expression of the RNA polymerase I transcription factor UBF. Virol J. 2015 Apr.
Ahuja R, Jamal A, Nosrati N, Pandey V, Rajput P, Saxena N, Sidhu K, Kumar V. Human oncogenic viruses and cancer. Curr. Sci. 2014 Sept.