Department of Cytogenetics

Name : Dr. Babu Rao Vundinti

Degree : M.Sc.,Ph.D.

Designation : Scientist D

Email: vbaburao@hotmail.com ; raovb@icmr.org.in

Education:

1. UGC and GATE Junior Research Fellowship-1990
2. BOYSCAST, DST fellowship-2000
3. ICMR International Fellowship for Young Bio-Medical Scientist-2007.

Human Genetics, Human molecular cytogenetics, Fanconi Anemia screening, Chromosomal instability syndromes and DNA ,repair and tumerogenesis.

Research Teacher :

Recognosed teacher for M.Sc and Ph.D courses from Mumbai University in applied Biology.
Recognized teacher for Ph.D courses from Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS)

Publications :

Chapters in Books: 3

International Journals: 22

National Journals: 34

Latest publications:

1. Balatzenko G, Vundinti BR, Margarita G. Correlation between the type of bcr-abl transcripts in chronic myeloid leukemia-a possible influence of mdr1 gene expression. Hematology Reports 2011;volume 3; e3.

2. Kawankar N, Vundinti BR. Chromosome abnormalities in myelodysplastic syndromes: An overview. Hematology 2011;16(13):131-138.

3. Kawankar N, Farah J, Ghosh K, Vundinti BR. Cytogenetic and comparative genomic study in Indian myelodysplastic syndromes. Cancer Epidemiol. 2010 Dec 28. [Epub ahead of print]

4. Korgaonkar S, Ghosh K, Farah J, Vundinti BR. Chromosomal Breakage study in children suspected with Fanconia anemia from Indian population. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2010;32:606-610.

5. Swaminathan S, Madkaikar M, Ghosh K, Vundinti BR,Kerketta L, Gupta M. Novel immunophenotypic and morphological presentation in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) with JAK2 V617F mutation. Eur J Haematol. 2010 Feb 1;84(2):180-2. Epub 2009 Oct 12.

6. Budrukkar A, Shahid T, Murthy V, Hussain T, Mulherkar R, Vundinti BR, Deshpande M, Ghosh-Laskar S, Agarwal JP. Squamous cell carcinoma of base of tongue in a patient with Fanconi’s Anemia treated with Radiation therapy: A case report and review of literature. Head Neck. 2010 Oct;32(10):1422-7. Epub2009.

7. Korgaonkar S, Ghosh K, Vundinti BR. Clinical, Genetic and cytogenetic study of Fanconia anemia in Indain population. Hematology 2010: 15: 58- 62.

8. Vundinti BR, Korgaonkar S, Ghosh K. Incidence of Clonal chromosome abnormalities in Fanconi anemia. Ind J Can 2010; 47:397-399.

9. Muranjan M, Chaudhari T, Vundinti BR. Phenotypic heterogencity and parental origin of extra chromosome 21 in Down syndrome. Ind Paed. 2010;47:429-432. Epub 2009 Jul 1.

10. Vundinti BR , Kerketta L, Farah J, Ghosh K. Cytogenetic study of myelodysplastic syndrome from India. Ind J Med Res 2009; 30: 155-159.