Department of Hemostasis and Thrombosis

 

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Name : Dr. Bipin Kulkarni

Degree : M.Sc. Ph.D

Designation : Scientist B

Email : bipinpkulkarni@yahoo.co.in

 

Education:

  • Post- Doctoral experience from Emory University, Dept. of Human Genetics, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A, 2007- 2008.
  • Ph. D (Applied Biology) from Mumbai University in August 2004.
    Title : Study of Platelet Specific Antigens In the Indian Population and its association with Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (NAITP).
  • M.Sc (Life-Sciences, Biotechnology Specialization) from Ramnarain Ruia college, Mumbai and University of Mumbai, with first class.
  • B.Sc (Life Sciences) from Ramnarain Ruia college, Mumbai.

Awards/ Honors

  • The Post- doctoral Project "Application of microarray genomic selection (MGS) in DNA diagnostics" received the first ACMG Foundation/Signature Genomics Travel Award at the American College of Medical Genetics conference at Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A. on 14 th March 2008.
  • Recipient of Dr.J.C.Patel Best Paper award for the paper entitled "Frequency distribution of Human Platelet Antigens (HPA) in the Indian population and its association with Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (NAITP)", at the 28 th annual conference and CME of Mumbai Hematology Group, Mumbai, March 26-28, 2004.
  • Obtained Best Paper Award for the paper entitled "Study of Human Platelet-Specific Antigen (HPA-1) in Indian Population and detection of cases of Neonatal Alloimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (NAITP)", at the Silver Jubilee Conference of ISBTI, Tirupati, 10-12 November 2000.
  • Obtained Best Poster Award for the poster entitled "HPA-1 Polymorphism in the Indian Population- A Preliminary Study", at the 40 th ISHTM, Pune, December 9-12, 1999.
  • Honoured by Ramnarain Ruia College in November 1996 for obtaining the Best- exhibit award (Industrial Fermentation) in its Diamond Jubilee Science Exhibition.

Foreign Visits:

  • Post doctoral study at Emory University School of Medicine, Dept. of Human Genetics, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A., 2007- 2008.
  • Visiting Scientist at Rockefeller University from May- July 2006.

Fields of interest: Molecular Biology, Platelet Biology, Haemostasis and Thrombosis.

Publications: 33

International Journals: 25

National Journals : 08

Latest 10 publications:

  1. An improved, semi quantitative clot based assay for factor XIII. Shanbhag S, Shetty S, Kulkarni B, Ghosh K. Haemophilia. 2011 Jul;17(4):718-20. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2516.2010.02456.x. Epub 2011 Feb 15.
  2. Molecular pathology of haemophilia A in Indian patients: identification of 11 novel mutations. Nair PS, Shetty S, Kulkarni B, Ghosh K. Clin Chim Acta. 2010 Dec 14;411(23-24):2004-8. Epub 2010 Aug 26.
  3. JAK2 mutations across a spectrum of venous thrombosis cases. Shetty S, Kulkarni B, Pai N, Mukundan P, Kasatkar P, Ghosh K. Am J Clin Pathol. 2010 Jul;134(1):82-5.
  4. Association of factor VII gene polymorphisms with Budd Chiari syndrome. Jain A, Shetty S, Kulkarni B, Ghosh K. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2010 Apr;21(3):296-7.
  5. Differences in Etiological and Clinical Manifestations in Upper and Lower Limb Deep Venous Thrombosis Patients From India. Pai N, Shetty S, Kulkarni B, Ghosh K. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2009 Nov 10. [Epub ahead of print]
  6. Antiphospholipid antibodies in haemophilia patients with severe bleeding tendency: cause, consequence or a consequential cause?Shetty S, Vora S, Kulkarni B, Mota L, Ghosh K. Haemophilia. 2009 Sep;15(5):1104-8. Epub 2009 Jun 22.
  7. Double mutations causing haemophilia B: a double whammy!Ghosh K, Shetty S, Quadros L, Kulkarni B. Br J Haematol. 2009 May;145(3):433-5. Epub 2009 Feb 19.
  8. Kanjaksha Ghosh, B. Kulkarni, S. Shetty, S. Nair. Antiplatelet antibodies in cases of Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia with and without a history of multiple platelet transfusion. Indian Journal of Human Genetics. 2009 Jan-Apr;15(1):23-27.
  9. Utility of an exon 14 BslI polymorphism for improved genetic diagnosis of hemophilia A in Indian population. Mukundan P, Shetty S, Kulkarni B, Ghosh K. Prenat Diagn. 2008 Oct;28(10):920-2.
  10. Spectrum of changes in endogenous thrombin potential due to heritable disorders of coagulation. Ghosh K, Mota L, Shetty S, Kulkarni B. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2008 Sep;19(6):577-80.