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Dr Abhirup Das

Dr Abhirup Das

Adjunct Lecturer

Education

  • PhD, Stanford University, USA (2010)
  • MSc, IIT Kanpur, India (2004)
  • BSc, University of Kalyani, India (2002)
Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine

Research Focus

Ageing, Musculoskeletal Health, Spine Degeneration, Sirtuins

Google Scholar Profile

Why we get frail and how to reverse it

Old mice are new again: anti-ageing pill restores vitality

Rewinding the clock

 
Phone
(+61) 2 9385 1621
E-mail
abhirupdas@unsw.edu.au
Location
4-10 South Street Research and Education Centre St. George Hospital Campus Kogarah, NSW 2217
  • Journal articles | 2022
    He B; Sheldrick K; Das A; Diwan A, 2022, 'Clinical and Research MRI Techniques for Assessing Spinal Cord Integrity in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy—A Scoping Review', Biomedicines, vol. 10, pp. 2621 - 2621, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10102621
    Journal articles | 2019
    Das A; Huang GX; Bonkowski MS; Longchamp A; Li C; Schultz MB; Kim LJ; Osborne B; Joshi S; Lu Y; Treviño-Villarreal JH; Kang MJ; Hung TT; Lee B; Williams EO; Igarashi M; Mitchell JR; Wu LE; Turner N; Arany Z; Guarente L; Sinclair DA, 2019, 'Erratum: Impairment of an Endothelial NAD+-H2S Signaling Network Is a Reversible Cause of Vascular Aging (Cell (2018) 173(1) (74–89.e20), (S0092867418301521) (10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.008))', Cell, vol. 176, pp. 944 - 945, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2019.01.026

  • CRO MetroBiotech International: Testing the efficacy of NAD precursors in wound healing using mouse models (2018 - present)

  • UNSW RIS_LSCI_MWAC (Associate Investigator): Laser Speckle Imaging Equipment Grant (2017)

  • NHMRC APP1093643 (Associate Investigator): New drugs to prevent premature ageing and side effects of chemotherapy (2015 - 2018)

  • Paul F. Glenn Postdoctoral Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Molecular dynamics of Sirtuin enzymes (2010 - 2014)

  • National Institute of Health Quantitative Chemical Biology Fellowship, Stanford University: Polyketide biosynthesis (2005 - 2008)

Patents

  • Methods for enhancing vascular density (Application No. PCT/AU2017/051435

Media

Why we get frail and how to reverse it

Article by Liam Mannix in Sydney Morning Herald: Old mice are new again

Channel 9 news: Two naturally-occurring molecules found to reverse signs of ageing in mice

Listen to Prof. David Sinclair talking about my latest work on vascular ageing at WBUR Boston

Harvard Medical School, News and Research: Rewinding the clock 

Harvard Medicine Magazine: Time’s toll reversed by bolstering blood vessels

UNSW Newsroom: Discovery offers hope for improving physical performance as we age

MIT News: Study suggests method for boosting growth of blood vessels and muscle

Time Health 

Scientists Reverse Vascular Aging

The Vascular Tree of Life 

Fairfax Photos of the Week

Sydney Morning Herald: Fountain of Youth

Sydney Morning Herald: Never Say Die

Weekfacts

STAT News

Scimex

Old Dog, New Tricks-Role of Hydrogen Sulfide and NAD+ in Angiogenesis and Health

 

 

 


 

My Research Supervision

PhDs

ILPs

 

My Teaching

  • Animal Care and Ethics Course (14/129A), UNSW Sydney (2015 - present)
  • Invited Lecture (PHAR3251): Targeting PI3-kinase(s) in cancer, UNSW Sydney (2015)
  • Session 1 Practical (PHAR3251): PI3K Inhibition and Cancer Cell Growth, University of New South Wales, Australia (2015)
  • Session 2 Practical (PHAR3251): PI3  Inhibition and Cancer Cell Metastasis, University of New South Wales, Australia (2015)
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Teaching Certificate (2014)
  • Advanced Undergraduate Seminar Course (7.341): Unraveling the Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-related Diseases, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (2013)
  • General Chemistry (CHEM 31A/B), Stanford University, USA (2004)