The Deanery of International Programmes coordinated the visit of Dr. Uthayashanker R. Ezekiel, Saint Louis University, Missouri, US, in Campus on Wednesday, 3rd July 2024.
Dr. Ezekiel was formally welcomed by our Principal Dr. Paul Wilson at 10 am in his office.
At 11. 30 am on 3rd July 2024, Prof. Ezekiel gave an Invited Talk for the Faculty & students of Department of Zoology. His talk was about Inducing pluripotent stem cells. He also spoke about the research he has been doing with St. Louis University.
This was followed by a Lunch with Dr. Aarti & Team, MMIP.
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At 2 pm, 3rd July 2024, MMIP hosted Dr. Ezekiel in the Computational Informatics Centre in MMIP for a brief interaction with student aspirants and researchers.
At 3 pm, Prof. Ezekiel gave an invited talk for the Faculty & students of the Department of Microbiology, on the topic, "Disease model using induced pluripotent stem cells".
He was accompanied by his daughter, and two other eminent experts in the field, whose portfolios are given below.
Dr. Ajit Kumar
M.Sc., Ph.D. (Molecular Biology), PDF (Harvard University, USA)
Dr. Ajit Kumar obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Madurai-Kamaraj University. He did post-doctoral research at Harvard University, Boston, USA before taking up research and faculty positions at the Children’s hospital in Cincinnati, USA. He has more than 3 decades of stem cell research experience with 15 years in the USA.
Dr. P. Raghu Babu
M.Sc., PGD (Stem Cell Tech & Tissue Engg.), Ph.D. (Regenerative Medicine)
Dr. P. Raghu Babu obtained his Ph.D. in Regenerative Medicine from the University of Madras and Biomedical Scientist with 14 years of experience in the stem cell industry. He is well versed in the intricacies of processing human stem cell populations from blood and other tissue sources. Further, he has also been involved in the design and development of medical devices that are essential for the isolation of stem cells. He has conducted CMEs on stem cells and on prenatal genetic testing. His tutoring credentials include an international teaching assignment in Ghana. Ingeniously, he has patented the use of coconut fiber as a suture material for wound healing and also has a second patent for a medical device entitled “A portable blood collection mixer”. He is the only inventor in the country to have two individual inventions, in medicine and engineering. He has been the recipient of grants and awards from the Government of India.
Dr. Raghu Babu is also an illustrious alumnus of the Department of Botany, MCC.
*with inputs from our Global Student Ambassador Smriti
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