Akhilesh Reddy
Akhilesh Reddy | |
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| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience Chronobiology Genetics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Akhilesh Reddy is a British physician-scientist at the University of Cambridge.[1] He studied on the MB/PhD programme at Cambridge and did a PhD at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.[2] He is a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Clinical Sciences.[3]
Reddy's research group discovered the existence of circadian clocks in human red blood cells (erythrocytes) in 2011.[4] With Andrew Millar, his group also showed the existence of 24-hour oscillations in marine algae.[5] Therefore, his group discovered circadian rhythms without the formation of new RNA in higher organisms for the first time. In 2012, Reddy's group showed that redox circadian oscillations are pervasive across evolutionary time, from bacteria to humans, using a new molecular window into the clock - peroxiredoxin proteins.[6]
Awards
- 2011: EMBO Young Investigator Award.[7]
- 2012: Lister Prize.[8][9]
- 2012: Colworth Medal.[10][11][12]
- 2013: Academy of Medical Sciences Foulkes Foundation Medal.[13][14]
- 2014: Elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI).[7]
References
- ^ "Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge homepage: Reddy".
- ^ "Dr Akhilesh Reddy Bio at the Lister Institute".
- ^ "Senior Research Fellows in Clinical Science".
- ^ O'Neill, John S.; Reddy, Akhilesh B. (26 January 2011). "Circadian clocks in human red blood cells". Nature. 469 (7331): 498–503. doi:10.1038/nature09702. PMC 3040566. PMID 21270888.
- ^ O’Neill, John S.; van Ooijen, Gerben; Dixon, Laura E.; Troein, Carl; Corellou, Florence; Bouget, François-Yves; Reddy, Akhilesh B.; Millar, Andrew J. (26 January 2011). "Circadian rhythms persist without transcription in a eukaryote". Nature. 469 (7331): 554–558. doi:10.1038/nature09654. PMC 3040569. PMID 21270895.
- ^ Rachel S. Edgar; Edward W Green; Yuwei Zhao; Gerben van Ooijen; Maria Olmedo; Ximing Qin; Yao Xu; Min Pan; Utham K. Valekunja; Kevin A. Feeney; Elizabeth S. Maywood; Michael H. Hastings; Nitin S. Baliga; Martha Merrow; Andrew J. Millar; Carl H. Johnson; Charalambos P. Kyriacou; John S. O’Neill; Akhilesh B. Reddy (16 May 2012). "Peroxiredoxins are conserved markers of circadian rhythms". Nature. 485 (7399): 459–464. doi:10.1038/nature11088. PMC 3398137. PMID 22622569.
- ^ a b "ASCI - The American Society for Clinical Investigation". www.the-asci.org. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Dr Akhilesh Reddy | The Lister Institute". www.lister-institute.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Current Prize Fellows | The Lister Institute". www.lister-institute.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ Looi, Mun-Keat. "Colworth Medal for Trust Fellow". Wellcome Trust Blog. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Dr Akhilesh Reddy awarded Colworth Medal | St John's College, Cambridge". St John. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "The Colworth Medal | Biochemical Society". www.biochemistry.org. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Foulkes Foundation Medal « The Foulkes Foundation". www.foulkes-foundation.org. Retrieved 2015-05-18.
- ^ "Foulkes Foundation Medal | Academy of Medical Sciences". www.acmedsci.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-05-18.