Shahid Jameel

Shahid Jameel (born 8 August 1957) is an Indian virologist and academic. He is currently the director of the Trivedi School of Biosciences at Ashoka University.[1] He was formerly the chief executive officer of Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance. Known for his research in hepatitis E virus, Jameel is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies viz. National Academy of Sciences, India, Indian Academy of Sciences, and Indian National Science Academy. 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 2000.[2][note 1]

Shahid Jameel
Dr. Shahid Jameel
Born (1957-08-08) 8 August 1957
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forStudies on hepatitis E virus
Spouse(s)Rizwana Jameel
Children2
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Doctoral advisor
  • A. Siddiqui
  • B. A. McFadden

Biography
Entrance to Aligarh Muslim University

Shahid Jameel was born on 8 August 1957 in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to Abdul Majid Siddiqui, a medical academic, and his wife Jameela Aleem.[3] He completed his graduate studies (BSc) at Aligarh Muslim University in 1977 and moved to the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur to earn a master's degree (MSc) in 1979.[4][note 2] His doctoral studies were under the guidance of B. A. McFadden at the Department of Biochemistry of Washington State University and after securing a PhD in 1984, he did his post-doc work on molecular virology with A. Siddiqui at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology of University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Three years later, he joined the institute as an assistant professor at the division of rheumatology. His stay there lasted a year and on his return to India in 1988, he joined International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) where he established the Virology Research Group.[5] He continued his research at ICGEB as a senior scientist and the head of the virology research group for around 25 years.[6] In 2013, he moved to Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance as its chief executive officer and holds the position.[7][8] He was short listed as one of the five choices for the post of the vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University in January 2017[9] and remained in contention when the list was later shortened to three by AMU Court.[10]

Legacy

Jameel's research on virology started with his work on hepatitis B virus during his stay at the laboratory of A. Siddiqui at University of Colorado Health Sciences Center from 1984 to 1987 where he also worked on gene expression of interleukin-1 family of cytokines.[11] Later, he is known to have carried out studies on the molecular biology of hepatitis E virus (HEV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and he is credited with identifying molecular characterisation and transmission routes of these viruses.[12] He elucidated the structure of the viruses as well as their functions which are reported to be useful in developing diagnostic and prophylactic protocols.[13] His group identified that HIV-1 subtype C is the most prevalent form of infection in India and he continues his work focusing on HIV accessory proteins, HIV co-receptor dynamics, hepatitis B, X and SARS virus 3a proteins.[11] He headed the group which worked on the development of vaccines for HIV-1 subtype C, a project funded jointly by ICGEB and National Institutes of Health.[14] His research has been documented and cited in texts and articles[15][16][note 3] and he has contributed chapters to books published by others.[17][18] Besides, he has also published three books, Isocitrate Lyase and Proteinases from Fat-rich Seedlings,[19] Current Developments in Animal Virology: Papers Presented at the First ICGEB-UCI Virology Symposium, New Delhi, February 1995[20] and Advances in Animal Virology: Papers Presented at the Second ICGEB-UCI Virology Symposium, New Delhi, November 1998[21] and has mentored a number of doctoral, post-doctoral and master's scholars.[5]

Jameel sits in the Court of the Aligarh Muslim University, having nominated to the governing body of the University in August 2016.[22] He has served as the editor of medical section of VirusDisease journal of Springer (erstwhile Indian Journal of Virology) and is a former member of the editorial boards of Journal of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Journal of Biosciences and Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy (PINSA).[11] He has delivered keynote addresses or invited speeches which included the Sir Syed Day Celebration 2016 in Chicago[23] and is a designated speaker at the National Conference on Biotechnology and Environment (NCOBE-2017) to be held at Jamia Millia Islamia in August 2017.[24]

Awards and honors

Jameel received the BM Birla Science Prize in Biology of B. M. Birla Science Centre in 1995.[25] The National Academy of Sciences, India elected him as a fellow in 1996[26] and the Indian Academy of Sciences followed suit a year later.[27] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, one of the highest Indian science awards in 2000[28] and he became a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy in 2004.[29] He is a member of Guha Research Conference as well as the American Society for Microbiology[30] and the award orations delivered by him include the Dr. M. R. Das Memorial Lecture of the Indian National Science Academy.[31]

Selected bibliography

Books
  • Shahid Jameel (1984). Isocitrate Lyase and Proteinases from Fat-rich Seedlings. Washington State University.
  • Shahid Jameel; Edward K. Wagner (1996). Current Developments in Animal Virology: Papers Presented at the First ICGEB-UCI Virology Symposium, New Delhi, February 1995. Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-886106-61-1.
  • Dr. Shahid Jameel; Luis Villareal (1 January 2000). Advances in Animal Virology: Papers Presented at the Second ICGEB-UCI Virology Symposium, New Delhi, November 1998. Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-57808-094-6.

Chapters

Articles

See also

Notes
  1. Long link - please select award year to see details
  2. Long link – please select J and click on Shahid Jameel to see details
  3. Please see Selected bibliography section

References
  1. https://ashoka.edu.in/welcome/stories/welcome-561
  2. "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. "Dr. Shahid Jameel". Indian Muslim Legends. 2017.
  4. "Shahid Jameel-Indian fellow". Indian National Science Academy. 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  5. "Top Scientist, Economist in fray for AMU Vice Chancellorship". The Indian Awaaz. 21 March 2017.
  6. "CEO's profile". WellcomeDBT. 2017.
  7. "India lacks culture of good mentorship for researchers". Economic Times. 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017.
  8. "New CEO takes the reins at Wellcome Trust-DBT India Alliance". Wellcome. 2013.
  9. "AMU considering scientist Shahid Jamil, economist Abusaleh Sharif among others for next VC". Two Circles. 28 January 2017.
  10. "AMU Court Recommends Panel Of Three Names For New Vice Chancellor". ND TV. February 2017.
  11. "Indian fellows". Indian National Science Academy. 2017.
  12. "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2017.
  13. "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1999. p. 71.
  14. "ICGEB New Delhi: NIH Joint Grant Awarded". ICGEB Delhi. 2010.
  15. "Browse by Fellow". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2017.
  16. "On PubMed". US National Library of Medicine. 2017.
  17. R. Holland Cheng; Tatsuo Miyamura (2008). Structure-based Study of Viral Replication: With CD-ROM. World Scientific. pp. 13–. ISBN 978-981-279-085-9.
  18. Richard L. Guerrant; David H. Walker; Peter F. Weller (5 April 2011). Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practice. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 59–. ISBN 978-1-4377-3777-6.
  19. Shahid Jameel (1984). Isocitrate Lyase and Proteinases from Fat-rich Seedlings. Washington State University.
  20. Shahid Jameel; Edward K. Wagner (1996). Current Developments in Animal Virology: Papers Presented at the First ICGEB-UCI Virology Symposium, New Delhi, February 1995. Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-886106-61-1.
  21. Dr. Shahid Jameel; Luis Villareal (1 January 2000). Advances in Animal Virology: Papers Presented at the Second ICGEB-UCI Virology Symposium, New Delhi, November 1998. Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-57808-094-6.
  22. "Zafar Iqbal, Gopichand Narang, Kalbe Sadiq, Shahid Jameel elected to AMU Court". View Headlines. 10 August 2016.
  23. "Sir Syed Day Celebration 2016". Aligarh Muslim University Alumni Association of Greater Chicago. 2016.
  24. "National Conference on Biotechnology and Environment (NCOBE-2017)". Jamia Millia Islamia. 2017. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  25. "B M Birla Science Prizes". B M Birla Science Centre. 2017.
  26. "NASI fellows". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2017.
  27. "Fellow profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2017.
  28. "Medical Sciences". Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013.
  29. "INSA Year Book 2016" (PDF). Indian National Science Academy. 2017.
  30. "Dr. Shahid Jameel – Indian Scientist". Indian Muslim Community Development and Services. 2017.
  31. "Dr. M. R. Das Memorial Lecture". Indian National Science Academy. 2017.

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