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{{Short description|Indian molecular biologist}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Deepak Gaur
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1972|9|18}}<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees"/>
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], India
| death_date = 20 May 2021
| death_place = New Delhi (AIIMS)
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Molecular biology]] | [[Biotechnology]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology|ICGEB Delhi]] | [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi|AIIMS Delhi]] | [[National Institute of Immunology, India|NII Delhi]] | [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] }}
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| doctoral_students =
| known_for = Studies on [[Plasmodium falciparum]]
| awards = {{ublist| 2005–07 [[National Institutes of Health]] Fellows Award | 2006–08 [[National Institutes of Health]] Performance Award | 2011 NAVBD Best Scientist Award | 2014 [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-Bios Prize]] | 2016 [[President of India|PoI]] Visitor’s Award | 2017 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] }}
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'''Deepak Gaur''' (born 18 September 1972) was an Indian molecular biologist, and a professor<ref>{{cite web|title=Deepak Gaur ,Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University|url=https://jnu.ac.in/content/deepakgaur |access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref> at the School of Biotechnology of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]. Known for his studies on [[Plasmodium falciparum]], Gaur is a recipient of the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-Bios Prize]]. The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to medical sciences in 2017.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=535 |title=View Bhatnagar Awardees |date=11 November 2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Long link – please select award year to see details}}

== Biography ==
[[File:AIIMS central lawn.jpg|thumb|left|AIIMS Delhi]]
Deepak Gaur earned an honours degree in human biology from the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi]] in 1994 and continued at AIIMS for his master's degree in biotechnology which he received in 1996.<ref name="Faculty Profile">{{Cite web |url=https://www.jnu.ac.in/content/deepakgaur |title=Faculty Profile |date=7 November 2017 |website=Jawaharlal Nehru University |access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> He did his doctoral studies at the [[National Institute of Immunology, India|National Institute of Immunology]] and after securing a PhD in 2001, he joined [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] a post-doctoral work as a visiting fellow. In 2006, he moved to the US on a [[Full-time equivalent]] position offered by the US Government and continued there till 2009 when he received the Ramalingaswami Fellowship of the [[Department of Biotechnology]].<ref name="List of Fellows">{{Cite web |url=https://ramalingaswami.wordpress.com/list-of-fellows/ |title=List of Fellows |date=6 November 2017 |website=Ramalingaswami Fellows |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> This enabled him to return to India that year to join the Malaria Group of the [[International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology]] (ICGEB), New Delhi. After half a decade, he rejoined Jawaharlal Nehru University where he serves as a full professor<ref>{{cite web|title=Deepak Gaur, Welcome to Jawaharlal Nehru University|url=https://jnu.ac.in/content/deepakgaur |access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref> at the School of Biotechnology of the university since 2014 and heads the Laboratory of Malaria and Vaccine Research.<ref name="SBT Faculties">{{Cite web |url=https://www.jnu.ac.in/sbt-faculty |title=SBT Faculties |date=6 November 2017 |website=JNU School of Biotechnology |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>

== Career ==
[[File:Plasmodium lifecycle PHIL 3405 lores.jpg|thumb|235px|Plasmodium – lifecycle]]
The core focus of Gaur's research has been the molecular biology of [[malaria]] parasites.<ref name="Molecular Parasitology Group, Jawaharlal Nehru University">{{Cite web |url=http://presidentofindia.nic.in/writereaddata/Portal/awards/booklet16.pdf |title=Molecular Parasitology Group, Jawaharlal Nehru University |date=2016 |website=President of India |access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> He discovered a multiprotein adhesion complex on [[Plasmodium falciparum]], the parasite which causes malaria. that helped the parasite in [[erythrocyte]] invasion.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=533 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=21 October 2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=21 October 2017}}</ref> This discovery is known to have potential in identifying ''strain-transcending parasite neutralization''<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf |title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners |date=17 October 2017 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |access-date=17 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in the development of a vaccine against the parasite by developing antibodies which blocks the antigen which assists the parasite to penetrate red blood cells of the host.<ref name=" Indian Discovery Gives Boost to Hopes for Malaria Vaccine">{{Cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-discovery-gives-boost-to-hopes-for-malaria-vaccine-731622 |title= Indian Discovery Gives Boost to Hopes for Malaria Vaccine |date=24 January 2015 |website=ND TV |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> This was later published by the [[Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]] journal.<ref name="India awaits its own malaria vaccine">{{Cite web |url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/india-awaits-its-own-malaria-vaccine-102094 |title=India awaits its own malaria vaccine |date=21 August 2015 |website=Millennium Post |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> His research association with [[Suman Kumar Dhar]], an [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|N-Bios]] and [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] laureate, was successful in identifying [[acriflavine]], an anti-parasitic drug in use in the 20th century, to be effective against [[Plasmodium falciparum]] and they have received a patent for their discovery.<ref name="Indian Scientists Resurrect World War Era Drug To Fight Malaria">{{Cite web |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/indian-scientists-resurrect-world-war-era-drug-to-fight-malaria/300157 |title=Indian Scientists Resurrect World War Era Drug To Fight Malaria |date=8 August 2017 |website=Outlook |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> The group is now engaged in the development of a nano-formulation of the drug, a project funded by the [[Department of Biotechnology]].<ref name="DBT participates in India’s war against malaria">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/dbt-participates-in-india%E2%80%99s-war-against-malaria/ |title=DBT participates in India's war against malaria |author=Deepak Gaur, JNU |author2=Jyoti Logani |author3=Kalaivani Ganeshan |author4=Alpana Saha |date=6 November 2017 |website=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles and [[ResearchGate]], an online article repository of scientific articles, has listed 40 of them.<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Deepak_Gaur2 |title=On ResearchGate |date=17 October 2017 |access-date=17 October 2017}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} He also maintains close research association with such institutions as [[National Institutes of Health]], [[Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute]] and Barcelona Institute for Global Health<ref name="Faculty Profile" /> and the invited speeches delivered by him include the one at 86th Conference of Society of Biological Chemists held in New Delhi.<ref name="86th Conference of Society of Biological Chemists">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sbc2017.org/page-speakers |title=86th Conference of Society of Biological Chemists |date=6 November 2017 |website=Society of Biological Chemists |access-date=6 November 2017 |archive-date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621014825/http://www.sbc2017.org/page-speakers |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2015, Gaur served as a consultant to the [[United States Agency for International Development]] (USAID) and was a member of the Malaria Vaccine Development Program (MVDP) of the organization. He has been a member of the program advisory committee of the UNESCO [[Regional Centre for Biotechnology]] of [[UNESCO]], as a special invitee. He sat in the preliminary interview committee for [[Rhodes Scholarship]] in 2014 and was involved in the selection of final round candidates.<ref name="Faculty Profile" /> He is also involved with the selection of research associates at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]].<ref name="JNU Recruitment 2017– Research Associate III">{{Cite web |url=http://sarkari-naukri.co.in/govt-jobs-new-delhi/jnu-recruitment-2017-research-associate/ |title=JNU Recruitment 2017– Research Associate III |date=6 November 2017 |website=Sarkari Naukri |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
Gaur, who won the first prize for the best paper in biotechcelence at the national symposium at [[Anna University]] in 1995, received the Fellows Award for Research Excellence and the Performance Award of the [[National Institutes of Health]] thrice each, the first from 2005 to 2007 and the other, from 2006 to 2008.<ref name="Faculty Profile" /> He was awarded the Best Scientist Award for Molecular Biology by the National Academy of Vector Borne Diseases in 2011. He received two of the highest Indian science awards; the [[National Bioscience Award for Career Development|National Bioscience Award]] of the [[Department of Biotechnology]] in 2014<ref name="N-BIOS awardees 2014">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/wp-content/uploads/NationalBioScienceAwardCareerDevelopment2014.pdf |title=N-BIOS awardees 2014 |date=2015 |publisher=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref> followed by the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in 2017.<ref name="CSIR list of Awardees">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csir.res.in/careeraward/prize-winner-indexdiscipline-wise |title=CSIR list of Awardees |date=2017 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research}}</ref><ref name="10 scientists receive Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/10-scientists-receive-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-prize/article19758442.ece |title=10 scientists receive Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |date=27 September 2017 |website=The Hindu |access-date=6 November 2017}}</ref>

The research fellowships held by him included Junior and Senior Research Fellowships of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (1996–2001), visiting fellowship of the [[Fogarty International Center]] (2001–06), Ramalingaswamy fellowship of the Department of Biotechnology (2009)<ref name="List of Fellows" /> and the Rising Stars in Global Health Grant of the [[Grand Challenges Canada]] in 2012.<ref name="Faculty Profile" /> He was selected as a fellow by [[Guha Research Conference]] in 2015 and he received the Visitor's Award for Research of the [[President of India]] in 2016, as a member of the Molecular Parasitology Group of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] which won the award.<ref name="Molecular Parasitology Group, Jawaharlal Nehru University" />

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{cite journal | title=Current status of malaria vaccines |vauthors=Gaur D, Chauhan VS | journal=Indian J Pediatr. |date=June 2013 | volume=80 | issue=6 | pages=441–3 | pmid=23604615 | doi=10.1007/s12098-013-1031-x|s2cid=32668560 }}
* {{Cite journal |author=Gaurav Anand |author2=K. Sony Reddy |author3=Alok Kumar Pandey |author4=Syed Yusuf Mian |author5=Hina Singh |author6=Shivani Arora Mittal |author7=Emmanuel Amlabu |author8=Quique Bassat |author9=Alfredo Mayor |author10=Virander Singh Chauhan |author11=Deepak Gaur |title=A novel Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry associated adhesin mediates erythrocyte invasion through the sialic-acid dependent pathway |journal=Scientific Reports |date=2016 |volume=6 |page=29185 |doi=10.1038/srep29185|pmid=27383149 |pmc=4935899 |bibcode=2016NatSR...629185A }}
* {{Cite journal |author=Pallabi Mitra |author2=Enna Dogra Gupta |author3=Tajali Sahar |author4=Alok K. Pandey |author5=Poonam Dangi|author6=K. Sony Reddy |author7=Virander Singh Chauhan |author8=Deepak Gaur |title=Evidence for the Nucleo-Apical Shuttling of a Beta-Catenin Like Plasmodium falciparum Armadillo Repeat Containing Protein |journal=PLOS ONE |date=2016 |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=e0148446 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0148446|pmid=26828945 |pmc=4734682 |bibcode=2016PLoSO..1148446M |doi-access=free }}

== See also ==
* [[Virander Singh Chauhan]]
* [[Anopheles]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.dbtindia.nic.in/dbt-participates-in-india%E2%80%99s-war-against-malaria/ |title=DBT participates in India's war against malaria |author=Deepak Gaur, JNU |author2=Jyoti Logani |author3=Kalaivani Ganeshan |author4=Alpana Saha |date=6 November 2017 |website=Department of Biotechnology |access-date=6 November 2017}}

== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=https://www.samviti.com/profile/Deepak-Gaur-Nzg1 |title=Profile on Samviti |author=Deepak Gaur |date=6 November 2017 |website=Samviti |access-date=6 November 2017}}

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