Education
1992-Ph.D Zoology
1977-M.Sc., Zoology Gold Medalist
1975-B.Sc., Zoology First Class
1971-Indian School Certificate (ISC) First Class
Primary School - Australian School, Trengannu, Malaysia.
eXPERIENCE
University GrantsCommission (UGC) Professor Emeritus University of Kerala, Dept of Biochemistry (Advanced Centre for Tissue engineering), Kariavattom, Trivandrum 695581, India
- Sree ChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology, Trivandrum 695012 Scientist B, D, E, F to Scientist G&-in-Charge of Division of Laboratory Animal Science (DLAS) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Laboratory;
- Kyoto university, Japan. JSPS Post- doctoral fellow &JSPS Short Term Fellowship; JSPS Bridge Fellowship; Kyoto University, Japan – Visiting Professor
- Sree ChitraTirunal Institute for Medical Sciences &Technology, Trivandrum. Senior Research Fellow (CSIR) 1992; Institute Post-Senior Research Fellow doctoral Fellow (1992-1994)
- University of Kerala, India Ph.D Scholar – Senior Research Fellow 1991(CSIR);
Junior & Senior Research Fellow 1985-1990 (DST) - Federal University of Technology, Makurdi, Benue state, Nigeria Lecturer
- Teaching Experience MSc., M.Phil& M. Tech.,Subject – Tissue Engineering
Skeletal Biology; Developmental Biology - Recognised Guide of SCTIMST M.Sc.,/M.Phil./M.Tech.,/Ph.D
publication LIST
- Josna Joseph, RebuSundar, Annie John and Annie Abraham. Phytochemical incorporated drug delivery scaffolds for tissue regeneration.. Regenerative Engineering and Translational Medicine.https://doi.org/10.1007/s40883-018-0059-x
- SunithaChandran and Annie John.Osseointegration of osteoporotic bone implants: role of stem cells, Silica and Strontium – a concise review. Journal of Clinical Orthopedics & Trauma (accepted- Article Ref. JCOT621/) DOI 10.1016/j.jcot.2018.08.003
- Mir MahmoudMortazavi R., Suresh Babu S., Harikrishnan V. S.,Annie John. A functional Injectable Hydrogel For Nucleus Pulposus Regeneration InLapine Intervertebral Disc Defect Model. European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (ejbps), 2017, Volume 4, Issue 8, 587-602.http://www.ejbps.com/ejbps/abstract_id/2890
- SunithaChandran, Suresh Babu, Harikrishnan V.S., H.K. Varma and Annie John; Osteogenic efficacy of Strontium Hydroxyapatite micro-granules in osteoporotic rat model. (J BiomaterAppl 2016 Oct 9;31(4):499-509 IF: 2.197https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0885328216647197?journalCode=jbaa
publication list
- Sunitha Chandran, Suresh Babu, Sachin J Shenoy, Renjith P Nair, H.K. Varma and Annie John; Strontium Hydroxyapatite scaffolds engineered with stem cells aid osteointegration and osteogenesis in osteoporotic sheep model, Colloids Surf B Biointerface. 2017 Dec 28;163:346-354. Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927776517308883?via%3Dihub
- SunithaChandran, Harikrishnan V.S. and Annie John. Characterization of a long term osteoporosis- induced aged (LOA) rat model for osteoporotic applications. Journal of drug delivery and therapeutics, 2017; 7(2):36-43. Link: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4c1d/25177bf73fc4996b350db6a2a3eab9981c45.pdf
- Mohan R, John A. Microtubule-associated proteins as direct crosslinkers of actin filaments and microtubules. IUBMB Life.2015, 67 (6):395-403. IF: 3.143 Link: https://iubmb.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/iub.1384
- Beeran AE, Fernandez FB, John A, Pr HV. Self-assembled superparamagneticnanocomposite-labelled cells for noninvasive, controlled, targeted delivery and therapy. RSC Adv. 2015 Apr 20;5(46):36742–52. IF 3.840 Link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/RA/C4RA16185H#!divAbstract
- Beeran AE, Nazeer SS, Fernandez FB, Muvvala KS, Wunderlich W, Anil S, Annie John et al. An aqueous method for the controlled manganese (Mn2+) substitution in superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for contrast enhancement in MRI. PhysChemChem Phys. 2015 Jan 28;17(6):4609–19. IF 4.198
Link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/cp/c4cp05122j#!divAbstract - Vibin, R. Vinayakan, Annie John, and Annie Abraham. Cellular Internalization of Silica- coated CdSe Quantum Dots for High Contrast Cancer Imaging and Labelling. Applications. 2014, CANO-D13-00015 IF: Ongoing
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12645-014-0001-y - Bodhisatwa Das, Francis Fernandez, Annie John, and Chandra P. Sharma. Synthesis, Characterization and Bio-Labeling Studies of Trypsin Stabilized Silver Quantum Clusters. Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Vol. 2, 299–306, 2012 IF:Ongoing Link:
https://www.ingentaconnect.com/search/article?option1=tka&value1=Synthesis.+Characterization+and
+Bio.Labeling+Studies+of+Trypsin+Stabilized+Silver+Quantum+Clusters&pageSize=10&index=1 - Venugopal B, Fernandez FB., Babu SS, Harikrishnan VS, Varma H, John A. Adipogenesis on biphasic calcium phosphate using rat adipose-derived esenchymal stem cells: In vitro and in vivo. J Biomed Mater Res Part A 2012 Jun;100(6):1427-37. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.34082. IF:2.834
Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jbm.a.34082 - Fernandez F B, Sachin Shenoy S Suresh Babu, HK Varma and Annie John. Short term studies using ceramic scaffolds in lapine model for osteochondral defect amelioration Biomed Mater. 2012, 7 pp1-8. IF:2.467
Link: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-6041/7/3/035005 - Nair MB, H.K Varma, P.V Mohanan and Annie John. Tissue engineered triphasic ceramic coated hydroxyapatite induces bone formation and vascularisation at an extraskeletal site in a rat model. 2011.
Bull. Mater. Sci. Vol 34 No 7, pp 1-11. IF: Ongoing
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12034-011-0383-y - M. Vibin, R. Vinayakan, Annie John, V. Raji, C. S. Rejiya and Annie Abraham. Biokinetics and in vivo distribution behaviours of silica-coated cadmium selenide quantum dots. Biological Trace Elements Research. 2011, 142(2):213-222. IF: Ongoing
Link:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/45276262_Biokinetics_and_In_Vivo_Distribution_Behaviour
s_of_Silica-Coated_Cadmium_Selenide_Quantum_Dots - A John, Hari Krishna Varma, S Vijiyan, A. Bernhardt, A. Lode, A. Vogel, B Burmeister, ThHanke, H
Domaschke and M. Gelinsky. In vitro investigations of bone remodeling on a transparent
hydroxyapatite ceramic. Biomedical Materials (2009) 4-9. IF: 1.963
Link: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-6041/4/1/015007 - Anne Bernhardt1*, Anja Lode1, Sivadasan Suresh Babu2, Antje Vogel1, Thomas Hanke1, Sebastian Thieme3, HariKrishna Varma2, Angela Rösen-Wolff3, Michael Gelinsky1 and Annie John. In vitro characterisation of bone cell activity on triphasic ceramic composites from calcium silicate- tricalciumphosphate and hydroxyapatite. Journal of Clinical Rehabilitative Tissue Engineering Research (2009)14(16) 3033 -3040. IF: Ongoing
Link: https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/boms/034/07/1721-1731 - Nair MB, Varma HK, John A. Platelet-rich plasma and fibrin glue coated bioactive ceramics enhances growth and differentiation of goat bone marrow-derived stem cells. Tissue Eng Part A. 2009 Jul;15(7):1619-31. IF: 4.63
Link: http://dspace.sctimst.ac.in/xmlui/handle/123456789/874 - Nair MB, Varma HK, Menon KV, Shenoy SJ, John A. Reconstruction of goat femur segmental defects using triphasic ceramic-coated hydroxyapatite in combination with autologous cells and platelet-rich plasma. ActaBiomaterialia5 (2009) 1742–1755. IF:4.82
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19297259 - Anshup J, SaiVenkataraman, ChandramouliSubramaniam, R. Rajeev Kumar, Suma Priya, T. R. Santhosh Kumar, R. V. Omkumar, Annie John and T Pradeep. Growth of Gold Nanoparticles in Human Cells. Langmuir 2005, 21, 11562 -11567. IF: 3.705
Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/la0519249 - Sandeep G, H. K.Varma, T.V Kumary, Suresh Babu and Annie John. Characterisation of novel bioactive glass coated hydroxyapatite granules in correlation with in vitro and in vivo studies. Trends Biomater. Artif. Organs, Vol 19(2) pp99-107(2006) IF: Ongoing
Link: http://www.angelfire.com/space2/trends/pdf/19-2-99-107.pdf - Manitha B Nair, H.K.Varma, T.V Kumary, Suresh Babu and Annie John. Cell interaction studies with novel Bioglass coated Hydroxyapatite porous blocks.TrendsBiomater. Artif. Organs, Vol. 19(2) pp108-
114 (2006). IF: Ongoing
Link: http://medind.nic.in/taa/t06/i1/taat06i1p108.pdf - Annie John, H. K. Varma and T. V. Kumary. Surface Reactivity of calcium phosphate based ceramics in a cell culture system (2003)–Journal of Biomaterials Application, Vol. 18, No. 1/July, pp 63-78. IF:
1.116
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12873076 - Annie John, H. K. Varma, T. V. Kumari, V. R. Nisha and D. Narayanan. Cytocompatibility Studies of a Novel Bioactive Glass Coated Porous Hydroxyapatite Bioceramic for Use as a Bone Substitute. Key Engineering Materials Vols. 284 – 286 pp 317 – 320 (2005). IF: 0.224
Link: https://www.scientific.net/KEM.284-286.317 - S. Abiraman, H. K. Varma, T. V. Kumari, P. R. Umashankar and Annie John. Preliminary in vitro and in vivo characterization of a sol-gel derived bioactive glass (2002). Bulletin of Materials Science Vol. 25. No. 5, pp 419 – 429.This paper was awarded the “MRSI Prize” for the Best Paper published in the Bulletin of Materials Science (2002) IF: 0.34
Link: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.572.5292&rep=rep1&type=pdf - S. Abiraman, H. K. Varma, P. R. Umashankar, Annie John Fibrin glue as an osteoinductive protein in a mouse model (2002) Biomaterials Vol. 23 (14) pp 3023-3031 IF: 3.008
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142961202000649?via%3Dihub - Annie John, YoshitoIkada and Yasuhiko Tabata Tissue engineered bone and adipose tissue – an in vitro study (2002) – Trends Biomater. Artif. Organs Vol. 16 (1) pp 28 – 33). IF:Ongoing
Link:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/45626168_Tissue_engineered_bone_and_adipose_tissue-
_an_in_vitro_study - Annie John, S. Abiraman, H. K. Varma, T. V. Kumari and P. R. Umashankar. Bone growth response with porous hydroxyapatite granules in a critical sized lapinetibial defect model (2002)–Bulletin of Materials Science, vol. 25. No. 2, pp 141 – 154. IF: 0.34
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02706235 - Annie John and D.Muraleedharan (1993) Effect of starvation on the larva of the castor
SemilooperAchaea janata(L) (Lepidotera: Noctuidae) Annals of Entomology, Vol.11, No.2, 13-18. - Annie John (1989) Survey of P. falciparum in Makurdi, Nigeria Jap.Trop. Med. Hyg.17 (3), 269-271.
Link: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/tmh1973/17/3/17_3_269/_pdf
publication list
- Mohan BG, Suresh Babu S, Varma HK, John A. In vitro evaluation of bioactive strontium-based ceramic with rabbit adipose-derived stem cells for bone tissue regeneration. J Mater Sci Mater Med. 2013 Dec;24(12):2831-44. doi: 10.1007/s10856-013-5018-y. Epub 2013 Aug 29.IF:2.587
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10856-013-5018-y - Despang F, A. Bernhardt,, A. Lode, R. Dittrich, T. Hanke, S. J. Shenoy, S. Mani, John A and M. Gelinsky. Synthesis and physicochemical, in vitro and in vivo evaluation of an anisotropic, nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite bisque scaffold with parallel-aligned pores mimicking the microstructure of cortical bone. J Tissue EngRegen Med 2013 DOI: 10.1002/term.1729-1744. IF: 5.199
Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/term.1729 - Mohan.B.G., Shenoy.S.J., Babu.S.S., Varma H, John A. Strontium Calcium Phosphate for the Repair of Leporine (Oryctolaguscuniculus) Ulna Segmental Defect. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2013 Jan;101(1):261-71. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.34324 IF:2.841
Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jbm.a.34324 - Palangadan R, Sukumaran A, Fernandez FB, John A, Varma H. Pulsed laser deposition and in vitro characteristics of triphasic –HASi composition on titanium. J Biomater Appl. 2013 28(6), pp849-858. IF: 2.197
Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0885328213484545 - K.R. Remya, Jasmin Joseph, Susan Mani, Annie John, H.K.Varma and P.Ramesh. Nanohydroxyapatite incorporated electrospunpolycaprolactone/polycaprolactonepolyethyleneglycol- polycaprolactone blend scaffold for bone tissue engineering applications. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology. 2013, 9 (9), 1483-1494. IF:7.578
Link: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asp/jbn/2013/00000009/00000009/art00003%3bjsessi
onid=2c2dt4ifw42a9.x-ic-live-03 - Bodhisatwa Das, Francis Fernandez, Annie John and Chandra P Sharma. Cyclic RGD Peptide Conjugated Trypsin Etched Gold Quantum Clusters: Novel Biolabeling Agents for Stem Cell Imaging. Journal of Stem Cells 1556-8539 (2012) 3. IF:Ongoing
Link:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235630968_Cyclic_RGD_Peptide_Conjugated_Trypsin_Etche
d_Gold_Quantum_Clusters_Novel_Biolabeling_Agents_for_Stem_Cell_Imaging - M. Vibin, R. Vinayakan, Annie John, V. Raji, C. S. Rejiya and Annie Abraham. Cytotoxicity and fluorescence studies of silica-coated CdSe quantum dots for bioimaging applications. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 2011, 13:2587-2596. IF: 3.287
Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4631722/
24. M. Vibin, R. Vinayakan, Annie John, V. Raji, C. S. Rejiya and Annie Abraham. Cellular uptake and subcellular localization of highly luminescent silica-coated CdSe quantum dots- in vitro and in vivo. Journal of Colloid Interface Science. 2011, 357:366-371. IF: 3.07:
Link: https://cancer-nano.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12645-014-0001-y - M. Vibin, R. Vinayakan, Annie John, V. Raji, C. S. Rejiya and Annie Abraham. Fluorescence imaging of stem cells, cancer cells and semi-thin sections of tissues using silica-coated CdSe quantum dots. Journal of Fluorescence. 2011, 21(4):1365-1370. IF: 1.96
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10895-010-0818-7 - V. Raji, Jatish Kumar, C. S. Rejiya, M. Vibin, Annie John and Annie Abraham. Synthesis, characterisation and biocompatibility of surface-functionalized gold nanoparticles. Journal of Experimental Nanoscience. 2011, 7(2),1-15. IF: 0.99
Link:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233081947_Synthesis_characterisation_and_biocompatibilit
y_of_surface-functionalised_gold_nanoparticles - Annie John, Susan Mani, Sandeep G, S. Suresh Babu, Arthur V. Lal, H.K.Varma. Osteogenesis of a bioactive ceramic calcium phospho silicate composite system in goat femur defect. International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 8 [3] 491–500 (2011). IF: 1.28
Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230217200_Osteogenesis_of_a_Bioactive_Ceramic-
Calcium_Phosphosilicate_Composite_System_in_Goat_Femur_Defect - Susan Mani, Manitha B Nair, Nisha S, K. Sreenivasan, Mariamma Jacob and Annie John. Adult Stem
Cells on Methacrylic Acid Grafted Cocoon Silky Fibrous Scaffolds. Trends in Biomaterials & Artificial
Organs. Volume 23, Number 3, January-April 2010, p 137-144. IF: ongoing
Link: http://medind.nic.in/taa/t10/i3/taat10i3p137.pdf - Nair MB, Varma HK, Shenoy SJ and John A. Treatment of goat femur segmental defects with silica-
coated hydroxyapatite – one year follow up. Journal of Tissue Engineering – Part A Volume 16 (2), 385-
391, 2010. IF: 4.63
Link: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ten.tea.2009.0207 - Nair MB, S SBabu, H K Varma, and John A. A triphasic ceramic-coated porous hydroxyapatite for
tissue engineering applications. ActaBiomaterialia4 ( 2008) 173- 181. IF: 4.82
Link: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/17804309 - John A, Nair MB, Varma HK, Bernhardt A, Gelinsky M. Biodegradation and cytocompatibility studies of a triphasic ceramic coated porous hydroxyapatite for bone substitute applications. Int. J. Appl. Ceram. Technol. 2008; 5: 11–19. IF:1.82
Link: https://ceramics.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1744-7402.2008.02191.x - Nair MB, Varma HK, John A. Triphasic ceramic coated hydroxyapatite as a niche for goat stem cell- derived osteoblasts for bone regeneration and repair. J Mater.Sci. Mater. Med. 2009, 20: S251- S258. IF:1.955
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10856-008-3598-8 - Nair MB, Bernhardt A, Lode A, Heinemann C, Thieme S, Hanke T, Varma HK, Gelinsky M, John A. A bioactive triphasic ceramic-coated hydroxyapatite promotes proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow stromal cells. J Biomed Mater Res A2009 Aug; 90 (2):533-42. IF: 3.04
Link: http://nano.tu-dresden.de/pubs/reprints/2008_06_J_Biomed_Mater_Res_A_90A_533.pdf - Nair MB, Varma HK, Menon KV, Shenoy SJ, John A. Tissue regeneration and repair of goat segmental femur defect with bioactive triphasic ceramic coated hydroxyapatite scaffold. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2009 Dec; 91(3):855-65. IF: 3.04
Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jbm.a.32239 - Annie John and D.Muraleedharan (1995) Circadian rhythms of sugar levels in fifth Instar Semilooper
Caterpillars of Achaea janataLinn.Entomon, Vol.20, No.2: 35-43.
Link: https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/79017784_Annie_John - Thomas Chandy, Mira Mohanty, Annie John, S. Bhaskar Rao, R.Sivakumar, Chandra P.Sharma and
M.S.Valiathan (1995) Structural Studies on bovine bioprosthetic tissues and their in vivo calcification: Prevention via drug delivery. Biomaterials, Vol.16, No.3, 1-9 IF: 1.337
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0142961296887084?via%3Dihub - Annie John and D.Muraleedharan (1994) Maintenance of Circadian Rhythmic Pattern of Carbohydrate Reserves in developing pupal forms of Achaea janataLinn.Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol.32, 252-255
Link: http://dspace.sctimst.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/2380 - Annie John and D.Muraleedharan (1993) Effect of ZR 515, Methoprene (Jha) on Castor Semilooper Larvae of Achaea janata(L) (Lepidoptera-Noctuidae)-Indian Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol.31,
971-976
Link: http://dspace.sctimst.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/2382 - Annie John and D. Muraleedharan (1993) Influence of hormones and starvation on glycogen and trehalose rhythms in castor semilooperAchaea janata(L) (Lepidoptera: Noctidea) .In the Proceedings of the Indian Journal of Comparative Animal Physiology, 11.1,39-46.
- Annie John and D.Muraleedharan (1993) Hormonal modulation of glycogen reserves in the fat body of Castor Semilooper, Achaea JanataLinn (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Journal of Biosciences, Vol.18, (20),
261-270
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02703123 - Annie John and D.Muraleedharan (1989) Biology and Morphometrics of Castor Semilooper, Achaea janataLinn (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Uttar Pradesh, J.Zoology, 9 (1), 45-48.
Link: https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19901181473 - Annie John and D.Muraleedharan (1988) Mobilization Pattern of Carbohydrate reserves in Castor Semilooper Moth, Achaea janataLinn. Proc. Indian National Science Academy, B54, No.2 & 3,139-141.
Link:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262563604_Mobilisation_Pattern_of_Carbohydrate_Reserv
es_in_Castor_Semilooper_Moth_Achoea_janata_Linn
WORKSHOPS / CONFERENCE
ICAST 2018 -International Conference on Advancement in Scienceand Technology
Nipah Virus Outbreak in Kerala – The Lessons
Learned Seminar and Panel Discussion- International Conference on BioMaterials, BioEngieering&BioTherano
sticsBioMet – 2018 - International Seminar on Recent Biochemical Approaches in Therapeutics:
RBAT-IV - International Conference on Crystal Ball Vision on Science & Engineering for Societal upLiftment, Organised by – Indian Japanese Alumni Association (IJAA) at CSIR – National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
- The International Conference on Electron Microscopy and Allied Techniques and XXXVIII Annual Meeting of Electron Microscope Society of India – jointly organized by Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai under the aegis of EMSI.
- Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery System & Regenerative Medicine (Bi-TERM 2016)
- Kerala Science Congress
- World Congress on Microscopy, Instrumentation, Techniques, and Applications in Life Sciences and Materials Sciences
- International Symposium on Photonics Applications and Nanomaterials, Trivandrum, India.
- International symposium on photonics application and nanomaterials
WORKSHOPS / CONFERENCE
- UGC-HRDC
- Indo-Australian Conference on Biomaterials, Tissue engineering, Drug Delivery System & Regenerative Medicine (Bi-Term 2015)
- Indo-Australian Conference on Biomaterials, Tissue engineering, Drug Delivery System & Regenerative Medicine (Bi-Term 2015)
- National Conference on Materials Science and Technology – 2014(NCMST-14)
- International Workshop on Biomedical Engineering
- Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Japan
- Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Japan
- International Conference on Advancements in Materials, Health and Safety towards Sustainable Energy & Environment (MHS-2014)
- National Science Day Celebrations -2014 “Fostering Scientific
Temper” – Chief Guest - National Science Day Celebrations -2014 ( Dept. of Biotechnology and
Biochemical Engineering) - Second International Conference on Medical Materials, Devices and Regneretaive Medicine ( MMDRM 2014).
- 13 th Asian BioCeramics Symposium ABC2013)
- TERMIS-AM 2013
- TERMIS-AP 2013 Annual Meeting
- TERMIS-AP 2013 Annual Meeting
- ISSCR – 11 th Annual Meeting Boston, MA, USA
- 43 rd Scand-LAS 2013 Symposium entitled “Animated Animals”
- XXV Kerala Science Congress 29 th January – 1 st February 2013.
Awards and Recognition
Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Japan (September to November, 2014)
ICMR Kshanika Oration Award – 2010” awarded in 2013 - to a woman scientist for her
meritorious work in Biomedical Research (Citation & Cash award Rs. 20,000/-)
The Japan Society For The Promotion of Science (JSPS) postdoctoral Fellowship award for foreign
research at Kyoto University, Japan - March 1999- 2001 & in May – July, 2006; November –
December 2013 (JSPS BRIDGE Fellowship)
Dr. Annie John - Best Posterand Presentation 2012 - entitled "Regenerative Medicine – concept to
practical application" in Researcher Category at NEERI, Nagpur.
DST-DAAD Programme on two international programmes - 2005 & 2008
Guest Professor on Biomaterials Science for the M.Tech. Programme in the School of Medical
Science and Technology, IIT Kharagpur, Kolkata (2002).
Rank Holder & Gold Medalist for M.Sc (Zoology) - 1977.
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