Newcastle University

Qualifications:

M.B.B.S. (First Class), Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University - 2008

MSc (Medical Genetics), International Centre for Life, Newcastle University - 2009 

Posts held:

Marie Curie Fellow: January 2010-present (http://www.pro-nest.org/public/index.php)

Voluntary posts: 

NICR Teaching and Training Committee Postgraduate representative, Newcastle University: September 2010 - January 2012

Graduate School Committee Representative , Medical School, Newcastle University:  2011

 Awards:

1. Presented with a Travel award at the 9th World congress on Urological Research, 2011. Abstract: " The role of EMT in iPS induction of human prostate"

2. Presented with a Travel Bursary to attend and present at the Academic Urology section of the Annual SARS (Society of Academic and Research Surgery) meeting, 2012. 

Induced pluripotent reprogramming (iPSC reprogrmming) in human prostate

The role of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) in de-differentiation and carcinogenesis 

• Heer R, Glendinning RJ, Nesbitt CN, Pal D, Rix D, Menezes P, Johnson MI. Secondary haemorrhage following transurethral resection of bladder tumour — is it always related to infection?. British Journal of Medical and Surgical Urology 2012, (epub ahead of print).
• Pal D, Williamson SC, Robson CN, Rigas AC, Heer R. Characterising potential for pluripotency induction in human prostate tissue. In: British Journal of Surgery: Annual Meeting of the Society of Academic and Research Surgery. 2011, Dublin, Ireland: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
• Pal D, Robson CN, Williamson SC, Nayernia K, Soleimanpour-Lichaei HR, Heer R. Stem-cell regulatory protein Piwil2 enriches for known stem-cell and cancer stem-cell markers in prostate cancer cells. In: British Journal of Surgery: Annual Meeting of the Society of Academic and Research Surgery. 2011, Dublin, Ireland: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.