Indraneel (Neel) Mittra
Tata Memorial Centre, India
Biography
Indraneel (Neel) Mittra is Ernest Borges Chair in Translational Research and Professor Emeritus Department of Surgical Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai. He has obtained his Medical Degree from University of Delhi, is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and holds a PhD degree from University of London. He has completed his Post-doctoral research with Dr. Renato Dulbecco, Nobel Laureate, at the Imperial Cancer Research Laboratories in London. His current research interests are in the area of biology of extracellular nucleic acids and their role in ageing, inflammation, degenerative disorders and initiation and meta-statis of cancer. He has published in high impact journals such as Nature, Cell, Lancet and Br Med J. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and Indian Academy of Sciences.
Abstract
Abstract : Chromatin outside the cell: A new paradigm in biology