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Randeep Rakwal

Biography

RANDEEP RAKWAL is a Professor of TIAS & Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba (Tsukuba, Japan). He also is part of the team that manages the Graduate General Education Courses (GGEC) program at the University of Tsukuba, developing courses in Graduate General Education. Dr. Rakwal did B.Sc. (Hons.) Botany (Delhi University, 1989) and M.Sc. Agriculture (Plant Pathology) from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology (1992) in India. He completed Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Biotechnology (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan, with Monbusho Scholarship from Government of Japan) in 1997. He has researched on environmental stress biology focusing on jasmonic acid, ozone, radiation, and other biotic abiotic stresses in rice model using “omics” approaches. Current work is focused on effect of gamma radiation in rice in a contaminated area of Fukushima prefecture, Japan. Working with DNA-microarray based transcriptomics, proteomics and targeted metabolomics with close collaborators and experts in their respective fields, especially in Japan, South Korea, USA, Australia, Europe, Nepal and India, he is researching both planta and animal models. In Japan, he also contributes to research in human health, neuroscience, Aroma, DOHaD project, and mental stress with colleagues at Hoshi University (School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan) Showa University School of Medicine (Department of Anatomy), Tokyo and Toho University (Laboratory of Neuroscience), Chiba, in Japan. He is also one of the initiators of INPPO, and the founding member.

Research Interest

planta and animal models, research in human health, neuroscience, Aroma, DOHaD project, and mental stress with colleagues at Hoshi University (School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan) Showa University School of Medicine (Department of Anatomy), Tokyo and Toho University (Laboratory of Neuroscience), Chiba, in Japan

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