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Principal Investigator

Dr. Nazia Chaudhary

Dr. Nazia Chaudhary

DST Inspire Fellow

Honors and Recognitions

  • Dr. Virendra Balkrishna Kamat Award, 2026.
  • Merck Young Scientist Award, Runner-up, 2025.
  • DST INSPIRE Faculty Award, 2023.
  • Member, Board of Studies (Zoology), Sophia College, Mumbai (2018–2021).
  • Best Poster Award, 14th Indo–Australian Biotechnology Conference.
  • Second Prize, Sajjan Gupta Konark Memorial Award for Excellence in Bio-Research
  • Academic Awards and Scholarships:
    • Ramidevi Murlidhar Jalan – Rotary Mid-Town Best Student Award (Academic Performance, Leadership & Service), 2012–2013
    • Vaishno Endowment – Shanti Malhotra Award for Best All-Round Student, 2012–2013
    • Saifee Education Aid Scholarship (First Rank, T.Y.B.Sc. Microbiology), 2012–2013
    • K.C. Mahindra Honour’s Award (for winning the Mahindra Search for Talent Scholarship more than once).
    • Mahindra Search for Talent Scholarship, 2012–2013
    • Sir Ratan Tata Trust Scholarship
    • Madholal Sindhoo Memorial Scholarship (Zoology)
    • Mrs. A. Varghese Prize for consistently outstanding zoology student
    • Mahindra Search for Talent Scholarship, 2011–2012
    • Mrs. Margaret Rebello Sequeira Prize (Academic Ranking, Education for Excellence in Science Programme), 2010–2011

Research Interests

  • Therapy resistance
  • Early onset cancers
  • Rare Cancers: Signet ring cell carcinoma, Mantle Cell Lymphoma.
  • PDX, PDO, and peritoneal metastasis model system development.
  • Spatial transcriptomics.
  • Role of Lipid Droplet and Lipid metabolism (De novo lipogenesis, insulin resistance and fatty acid oxidation) in tumor progression and drug resistance
  • Ferroptosis in drug resistance, cellular metabolism, and tumor suppression.
  • Cysteine metabolism induced nutrient dependency
  • Role of Nutrient signaling and scavenging pathways in tumor development.
  • PUBLICATIONS

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    Dr. Nazia Chaudhary

    KS 231, Advance Centre for Treatment Research & Education in Cancer, Tata Memorial Centre, (ACTREC), Plot No. 1 & 2, Sector 22, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai-410210. Maharashtra India. nchaudhary[at]actrec[dot]gov[dot]in
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