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Dr. Roshan Ratnakar Naik

by | Aug 1, 2023

Designation: Assistant Professor

Email Address (G-Suite): roshannaik@carmelcollegegoa.org

Department: Food Technology

Nature of Appointment: Contract

Educational Qualifications: M.Sc., PhD

Years of Teaching Experience: 2years

Subjects Taught: Food Processing, Food additives

Areas of Interest:Food for health, Antimicrobial resistance, environmental bioremediation

Books Authored (Title, Publisher, Year):

Verma NK, Naik RR, Wong HS, Fazil MH, Lim KY, Chem MS, Xiao JC, Ting JK, Mamidi A, Lakshminarayanan R, Lai KO,  Jayraman A, Wong JH, Fairley LH, Vincent A, Lee ZQ, Verma R, Barron AM. Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Neurologic Disorders. Translational Neuroimmunology (1st Edition)-Neuroinflammation. Vol. 7. Elsevier 1st Edition – June 30, 2023. Paperback ISBN: 9780323858410. Book Chapter.

Naik RR, Phadke MR. (2022). High Levels of Nitrate in Well Waters of Saipem Ward, Candolim, Goa. In: Ashish, D.K., de Brito, J. (eds) Environmental Concerns and Remediation. Springer, Cham. First and Corresponding Author. Book Chapter.

Research Papers Published (Paper title, Publication Name and other details, year, abstract):

  1. Naik RR, Rajan A, Kalita N. Automated image analysis method to detect and quantify fat cell infiltration in hematoxylin and eosin stained human pancreas histology images. BBA Adv. 2023 Feb 19;3:100084. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadva.2023.100084. First and Corresponding Author.
  1. Fairley LH, Lai KO, Wong JH,Chong WJ, Vincent AS, D’Agostino G, Wu X, Naik RR, Jayaraman A, Langley SR, Ruedl C,Barron AM. Mitochondrial control of microglial phagocytosis by the translocator protein and hexokinase 2 in Alzheimer’s disease. PNAS Feb 2023. I.F: 12.78, H Index: 771.
  2. Chen Q, Lai SM, Xu S, Tan Y, Leong K, Liu D, Tan JC, Naik RR, Barron AM, Adav SS, Chen J, Chong SZ, Ng LG, Ruedl C. Resident macrophages restrain pathological adipose tissue remodeling and protect vascular integrity in obese mice. EMBO Rep. 2021 Jul 1:e52835. I.F: 7.497, H Index: 184.
  3. Naik RR, Sotnikov SV, Diepold RP, Iurato S, Markt PO, Bultmann A, Brehm N, Mattheus T, Lutz B, Erhardt A, Binder E, Schmidt U, Holsboer F, Landgraf R, Czibere L. Polymorphism in Tmem132d regulates expression and anxiety-related behavior through binding of RNA polymerase II complex. Translational Psychiatry. 2018 Jan 8(1). First and Corresponding Author.  I.F: 5.182, H Index: 82.
  4. Naik RR, de Jong TR. Transient and persistent behavioral and molecular changes in primiparous female Wistar rats. European Journal of Neuroscience. 2017;45(6):797-804. First and Corresponding Author. I.F: 3.115, H Index:206.
  5. Slattery DA, Naik RR, Grund T, Yen YC, Sartori SB, Füchsl A, Finger BC, Elfving B, Nordemann U, Guerrini R, Calo G, Wegener G, Mathé AA, Singewald N, Czibere L, Landgraf R, Neumann ID. Selective breeding for high anxiety introduces a synonymous SNP that increases neuropeptide s receptor activity. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2015 Mar 18;35(11):4599-613. Co-first Author.  I.F: 6.074, H Index: 455.
  6. Chekmareva NY, Sotnikov SV, Diepold RP, Naik RR, Landgraf R, Czibere L. Environmental manipulations generate bidirectional shifts in both behavior and gene regulation in a crossbred mouse model of extremes in trait anxiety. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. 2014 Mar 18;8:87. I.F: 2.512, H Index: 73.
  7. Sotnikov SV, Markt PO, Malik V, Chekmareva NY, Naik RR, Sah A, Singewald N, Holsboer F, Czibere L, Landgraf R. Bidirectional rescue of extreme genetic predispositions to anxiety: impact of CRH receptor 1 as epigenetic plasticity gene in the amygdala. Translational Psychiatry. 2014 Feb 11;4:e359. I.F: 5.182, H Index: 82.

Conference Presentation:

  1. Poster-Translocator protein deletion rescues synaptic degeneration in tauopathy mouse model, 35th ECNP Congress, Vienna, Austria, 15-18 October 2022.
  1. Oral– High levels of nitrate in well waters of Saipem Ward, Candolim, Goa, F-EIR conference, Environment Concerns and its Remediation, Chandigarh, India, October 2021.
  1. Oral– ‘‘Immuno-metabolic crosstalk mediated by the mitochondrial translocator protein in obesity”, 11th Singapore Society for Immunology, Annual Symposium, Aging and Inflammation, Singapore, 2019. 
  1. Co-chairof a scientific session-Animal Model/Molecular Neurobiology/Genetics.

Oral-Translocator protein knockout mice: an animal model of posttraumatic stress disorder?”, WFSBP Asia Pacific Regional Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Kobe, Japan, 2018.

  1. Poster- ‘‘Crosstalk between metabolic dysfunction and neuroinflammation in a translocator protein knock out mouse model”, EMBO workshop-Microglia, Heidelberg, Germany, 2018.
  2. Poster- ‘‘Metabolic dysfunction in translocator protein knockout mice: role in inflammation”, ECO 2017 (Porto, Portugal), EMBO workshop on Brown Adipose Tissue (Sitges, Spain), 2017.
  3. Poster- ‘‘Interaction of genetic and environmentally modulated epigenetic factors in the development of anxiety-related behavior: Detailed analysis of a candidate gene’’, SfN, San Diego, California, USA, 2013.
  4. Poster- ‘‘Cross-talk of genetically and environmentally modulated epigenetic factors in the development of anxiety-related behavior: in-depth analyses of candidate genes’’, IBANGS, Leuven, Belgium, 2013.
  5. Oral– ‘‘Phenomena involved in the regulation of Neuropeptide S in rats and mice selectively bred for extremes in trait anxiety’’, at the ‘‘Biomarkers, Functional Genomics & Novel Antidepressants’’ symposium at Ringberg castle, Germany, 2011.

Awards and Honours:

  1. 1stPrize in Amazing Imaging Edition 2 organized by VNIR Biotechnologies Pvt ltd, Bengaluru, announced on 5thJune 2022 (Rs. 15,000/-).
  2. 1stPrize in Start-up Biochallenge organized by BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus on 14thMarch 2022 (Rs. 15,000/-).
  3. Goa state Innovation Council Prototyping grant (20,000 INR), 2ndprize Ideathon award  for Healthcare Technologies (10,000 INR), June and December 2021.
  4. IBRO International Travel Grant, March 2018
  5. Early Career Forum award by Endocrine Society, USA (declined), 2018
  6. EMBO travel award for poster presentation at brown adipose tissue meeting, Sitges, Spain, 2017.
  7. Travel award to present poster at the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society, (IBANGS) Leuven, Belgiumm, 2013.

Extracurricular activities/hobbies: Hiking, startup activity