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{{Short description|Indian human geneticist (born 1965)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Anuranjan Anand
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1965|4|5}}
| birth_place = India
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| fields = [[Human genetics]] and [[genomics]]
| workplaces = [[Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research]]
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore]]<br />[[Stanford University]]
| known_for = Studies on the molecular and cellular basis of genetic disorders
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'''Anuranjan Anand''' is a geneticist studying the cellular and molecular basis of human disorders. He is a molecular biology and genetics professor and an associate neuroscience faculty at the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research]].

== Biography and career ==
Anuranjan Anand did his doctoral studies at the [[Indian Institute of Science]].,<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Anand,_Prof._Anuranjan |title=Fellow profile |date=2018-01-12 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref> and his post-doctoral studies at [[Stanford University]].<ref name="Background: The science behind the gene for sexual behavior (12/96)">{{Cite web |url=https://web.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/96/961212behavbkgrd.html |title=Background: The science behind the gene for sexual behavior (12/96) |website=web.stanford.edu |access-date=2018-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614055814/http://web.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/96/961212behavbkgrd.html |archive-date=14 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He joined [[Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research]] (JNCASR) as a faculty member in the Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit (MBGU)<ref name="Faculty fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/profile/anand.html |title=Faculty fellow |date=2018-01-12 |website=JNCASR |access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Handbook of Universities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKgM7P5iGwgC&pg=PA418|year=2006|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0607-9|pages=418–}}</ref> and later became a professor and chair (2009-2016) of the Unit.<ref name="Chair professor">{{Cite web |url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/faculty.php?d=mb |title=Chair professor |date=2018-01-12 |website=www.jncasr.ac.in |access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref> When the institute established the Neuroscience Unit (NSU) in 2014, he was designated as its associate faculty. He was the chair of NSU during 2016 - 2022.<ref name="Neuroscience Unit">{{Cite web |url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/nsu/welcome.html |title=Neuroscience Unit |website=www.jncasr.ac.in |access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref>

== Research ==
During his post-doctoral studies, Anuranjan Anand worked with his colleagues in Bruce Baker's laboratory on the mutations of [[fruitless (gene)|fruitless]], a gene involved in sexual behavior and courtship in [[Drosophila melanogaster]].<ref name="Background: The science behind the gene for sexual behavior (12/96)" /> In JNCASR, his primary focus is on human genetic diseases, emphasizing neurological disorders, hereditary hearing loss and rare developmental disorders<ref name="Anuranjan Anand - Home">{{Cite web |url=http://www.jncasr.ac.in/anand/ |title=Anuranjan Anand - Home |website=www.jncasr.ac.in |access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref> His laboratory has discovered several genes and mutations underlying these disorders and is currently examining their biological underpinnings employing cell- and animal- modeling approaches.<ref name="INSA :: Indian Fellows Elected">{{Cite web |url=https://insaindia.res.in/ref.php |title=INSA :: Indian Fellows Elected |website=insaindia.res.in |access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref><ref name="Indian mutation behind hearing loss">{{Cite journal |title=Indian mutation behind hearing loss |journal = Nature India|doi=10.1038/nindia.2009.91 |year = 2009}}</ref><ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Anand=3AAnuranjan=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2018-01-14 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=2018-01-14}}</ref><ref name="Publications Authored by Anuranjan Anand - PubFacts.com">{{Cite web |url=https://www.pubfacts.com/author/Anuranjan+Anand |title=Publications Authored by Anuranjan Anand - PubFacts.com |date=2018-01-12 |website=www.pubfacts.com |access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref><ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/38376190_Anuranjan_Anand |title=On ResearchGate |date=2018-01-09 |access-date=2018-01-09}}</ref>

== Honors ==
Anuranjan Anand received an Outstanding Research Investigator Award from the Department of Atomic Energy in 2006-2010. The [[Department of Biotechnology]] awarded him the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development]] from 2008-2011.<ref name="Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development">{{Cite web |url=http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |title=Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development |date=2016 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=2017-11-20 |archive-date=4 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304191331/http://dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/list_of_bioscience_awardees.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences,<ref name="Fellowship - Indian Academy of Sciences">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/listing/fellows/A |title=Fellowship - Indian Academy of Sciences |date=2017-12-28 |website=www.ias.ac.in |language=en |access-date=2017-12-28}}</ref> National Academy of Sciences, India,<ref name="NASI Year Book 2015">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf|title=NASI Year Book 2015|date=2018-01-12|publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India|access-date=2018-01-12|archive-date=6 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806211716/http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[Indian National Science Academy]].<ref name="Indian fellow">{{Cite web |url=https://insaindia.res.in/detail/P16-1704 |title=Indian fellow |date=2018-01-12 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=2018-01-12}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{Cite journal |last1=Ratnapriya |first1=Rinki |last2=Satishchandra |first2=Parthasarthy |last3=Dilip |first3=S. |last4=Gadre |first4=Girish |last5=Anand |first5=Anuranjan |date=2009-11-01 |title=Familial autosomal dominant reflex epilepsy triggered by hot water maps to 4q24-q28 |journal=Human Genetics |language=en |volume=126 |issue=5 |pages=677–683 |doi=10.1007/s00439-009-0718-6 |pmid=19597845 |s2cid=2063403 |issn=0340-6717}}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Chatterjee |first1=Arunima |last2=Jalvi |first2=Rajeev |last3=Pandey |first3=Nishtha |last4=Rangasayee |first4=R. |last5=Anand |first5=Anuranjan |date=2009-01-01 |title=A novel locus DFNA59 for autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss maps at chromosome 11p14.2–q12.3 |journal=Human Genetics |language=en |volume=124 |issue=6 |pages=669–675 |doi=10.1007/s00439-008-0596-3 |pmid=19030898 |s2cid=1718653 |issn=0340-6717}}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Kapoor |first1=Ashish |last2=Ratnapriya |first2=R. |last3=Kuruttukulam |first3=Gigy |last4=Anand |first4=Anuranjan |date=2007-07-01 |title=A novel genetic locus for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy at chromosome 5q12–q14 |journal=Human Genetics |language=en |volume=121 |issue=6 |pages=655–662 |doi=10.1007/s00439-007-0360-0 |pmid=17431681 |s2cid=24729173 |issn=0340-6717}}

== References ==
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== External links ==

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[[Category:Stanford University alumni]]
[[Category:Scientists from Karnataka]]
[[Category:1965 births]]

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