An eminent and award-winning Indian-origin immunologist has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research".
Sankar Ghosh is the Silverstein and Hutt Family Professor of Microbiology and chair of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University.
He was among the 120 newly elected members announced by the Academy last week, a statement by Columbia University Irving Medical Center said.
It said Ghosh's research examines the connection between the immune system and various diseases, from cancer to sepsis to diabetes and more.
He has a deep interest in deciphering the complexities of transcriptional regulation -- the ways by which a cell regulates the conversion of DNA to RNA -- to better understand the mechanisms of the immune system and the pathological changes that occur to its pathways in many diseases, the statement added.
Ghosh and members of his lab recently uncovered new clues to sepsis that may speed diagnosis.
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