Kunal Sharan

Scientist
Department of Molecular nutrition
Central Food Technological Research Institute
India

Scientist Nutrition
Biography

He has completed his PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University and Postdoc from Wellcome trust sanger institute, Cambridge, UK. He works as a scientist and has expertise in metabolic bone diseases, molecular nutrition, mouse embryonic stem cell culture, knockout and conditional knockout model of disease. He is awarded with SERB Young scientist start-up grant award Patent with 1 patent and 18 publications

Research Intrest

His research interest involves understanding the role of maternal nutrition in the programing of adult skeleton.

List of Publications
Sharan K,Yadav VK (2014) Hypothalamic control of bone metabolism. Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 28:713-723.
Garcia RP, Gonzalez IQ,Mottram L,Lieben L, Sharan K (2014) Vitamin B12–dependent taurine synthesis regulates growth and bone mass.J Clin Invest 124:2988.
Sharan K,Siddiqui JA,Swarnkar G, Chattoapdhyay N (2008) Role of calcium-sensing receptor in bone biology.Indian J. Med. Res 127:274.