Ranjeet Singh Mahla

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Ranjeet Singh Mahla (born on August 1, 1984) is an Indian molecular biologist. Presently he is working at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal. From 2009-late 2012 he was doing research at Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB). His areas of his research interest involves wild life conservation, molecular medicine and cancer immunothrepy.

Background
Mahla was born on August 1, 1984 at Churu, Rajasthan (the Thar desert, obtained his B.Sc. degree in biotechnology (2006), and M.Sc. in life science from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidalaya, Indore(2009). He joined Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species(LaCONES) as dissertation student and developed his research interest in wild life conservation. He continued his research at LaCONES as research fellow (2009–2011) in D.B.T project exploring male germ line stem cell as potential toll for germ plasm resurrection from endangered species. Later on he developed research expertise on cancer and studied Multi Drug Resistance in cancer ( the project was supported by CSIR).

Work at LaCONES
Ranjeet was involved in research for identification of germ cell specific markers and study of process of invitro spermatogenesis in domestic and wild animals (2009–2011).Identified UCHL-1 as spermatogonia specific marker and study carried out on spermatogenesis have potential application for approaching towards germplasm resurrection from dead wild animals.

Publications
1.Reddy, A., Maradani, B., Bhagvatula, J., Katkam, H., Mahla, R.S., Shivaji, S. (2012) Improved methods of carnivore scat collection, preservation, DNA extraction and quantification for accurate genotyping of wild tigers. Plos ONE 7(10); e46732. PMID 23071624 2.Mahla, R.S., Reddy N., Goel S. (2012) Spermatogonial Stem Cells in Buffalo Testis (Bubalis bubalis). Plos ONE 7(4); e36020 PMID 22536454

3.Reddy, N., Mahla, R.S., Thati, R., Suman, S.K., Jose J., Goel S. (2012) Gonadal Status of Male Recipient Mice Influences the Germ Cell Development in Immature Buffalo Testis Tissue Xenograft. Reproduction 143; 59–69. PMID 22046056

4.Reddy, N., Babu, K.S., Mahla, R.S., Pawar R.M., Goel, S. (2012) Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) transcript and protein in several vertebrates including endangered species. Theriogenology 77; 608-614. PMID 22056013

5.Goel, S., Reddy, N., Mahla, R.S., Suman, S. K., Pawar, R. M. (2011) Spermatogonial Stem Cells in the Testis of an Endangered Bovid: Indian Black Buck (Antelope cervicapra L.) Animal Reproduction Science 126; 251-257. PMID 21719218 6.Goel, S., Mahla, R.S., Suman, S.K., Reddy, N., Imai, H. (2010) UCHL-1 Protein Expression Specifically Marks Spermatogonia in Wild Bovid Testis. European Journal of Wildlife Research 57(3); 663-667. link

7.Mahla R. S. (2012) Comment on: Winkler et al. Histone Deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) Is an Essential Modifier of Glucocorticoid-Induced Hepatic Gluconeogenesis. Diabetes 61(7) e10. PMID 22723278

Current work
Presently he is studying role of miRNA in innate immunity at IISER (MHRD institute.