LIFE09200604007 Tabish - Homi Bhabha National Institute
LIFE09200604007 Tabish - Homi Bhabha National Institute
LIFE09200604007 Tabish - Homi Bhabha National Institute
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Acknowledgments<br />
A sincere and heart filled gratitude to my supervisor Dr. Rita Mulherkar for giving me<br />
an opportunity to join her research group and making me realise the importance of<br />
studying genotype and phenotype correlation in understanding multiple primary cancers<br />
of upper-aero digestive tract. Her constant support, encouragement and guidance kept<br />
me sparked throughout my Ph.D tenure.<br />
I thank Dr. Rajiv Sarin (Director, ACTREC) and Dr. Surekha Zingde (Dy. Director<br />
ACTREC) for providing an excellent research infrastructure and CSIR govt. of India<br />
for the fellowship. I am thankful to all my doctoral committee members, Dr. R. Sarin<br />
(ACTREC), Dr. R. Mukhopadhyaya (ACTREC), Dr. M. Seshadri (BARC) and Dr. S.<br />
Galande (IISER), for their careful and timely revision and valuable comments for<br />
improving this project. I am thankful to staff in radiotherapy, CIR, imaging facility,<br />
flow-cytometry, photography, library and administration for their constant help and<br />
support. I am highly grateful to Ms. S. Kannan for helping with statistical analysis of<br />
the data and Dr. P. Kowtal, Ms. Payal and Ms. N. Bhatnagar for helping in sample<br />
collection form CGC, TMH.<br />
I want to express my warmest thanks to all Mulherkar lab members Dr. Ujjwala,<br />
Ashwin, Aditya, Vishal, Deepika, Asha and Poulami for all the support during these<br />
years and keeping the lab environment lively. Without excellent technical help, I could<br />
not have completed this study and I cannot forget to thank Ganeshji, Jadhavji and<br />
Raneji for their timely help. I would also like to thank all my trainees Gaurav, Ayushi,<br />
Dhanashree, Abhishek and Rashmi.<br />
I am also thankful to all my colleagues Amit S, Poulami, Manoj, Ajit, Amit R, Amit F,<br />
Sapana, Pallavi, Lalit, Atul and Amit V who kept the tough and tense days of my Ph.D<br />
as fun filled and joyous as possible. I am extremely thankful to one of my oldest friends<br />
from AMU, <strong>Tabish</strong> Rehman for being my supporting pillar.<br />
Finally, I dedicate my warmest thanks to all my family members Paapa, Mummy and<br />
my sisters for their love and endless support.<br />
Thank you all<br />
<strong>Tabish</strong><br />
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