Shahid Jameel Explained

Shahid Jameel
Birth Date:8 August 1957
Birth Place:Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality:Indian
Workplaces: University of Oxford
Known For:Studies on hepatitis E virus
Children:2
Spouse:Rizwana Jameel

Shahid Jameel (born 8 August 1957) is an Indian virologist and academic. Dr. Jameel is the Sultan Qaboos bin Said Fellow at Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and Research Fellow, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. He serves as the Principal Investigator for the Centre's project on Public Health, Science and Technology in Muslim societies. Previously he was the director of the Trivedi School of Biosciences since its inception in the year 2020 at Ashoka University.[1] He was formerly head of the scientific advisory group to the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortia (INSACOG) established in December 2020,[2] [3] and 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.[4]

Biography

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.[5] His maternal grandfather was Dr. Abdul Aleem. He obtained a BSc degree from Aligarh Muslim University in 1977 and an MSc degree in chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1979.[6] Jameel did his doctoral studies at Washington State University where he received his PhD degree in biochemistry in 1984. Jameel performed his postdoctoral work on molecular virology 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.[7] He continued his research at ICGEB as a senior scientist and the head of the virology research group for around 25 years.[8] In 2013, he moved to Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance as its chief executive officer and holds the position.[9] [10] He was short listed as one of the five choices for the post of the vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University in January 2017[11] and remained in contention when the list was later shortened to three by AMU Court.[12]

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.[13] 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.[14] He elucidated the structure of the viruses as well as their functions which are reported to be useful in developing diagnostic and prophylactic protocols.[15] 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. 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.[16] His research has been documented and cited in texts and articles[17] [18] and he has contributed chapters to books published by others.[19] [20] Besides, he has also published three books, Isocitrate Lyase and Proteinases from Fat-rich Seedlings,[21] Current Developments in Animal Virology: Papers Presented at the First ICGEB-UCI Virology Symposium, New Delhi, February 1995[22] and Advances in Animal Virology: Papers Presented at the Second ICGEB-UCI Virology Symposium, New Delhi, November 1998[23] and has mentored a number of doctoral, post-doctoral and master's scholars.[7]

Jameel sits in the Court of the Aligarh Muslim University, having nominated to the governing body of the university in August 2016.[24] 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). He has delivered keynote addresses or invited speeches which included the Sir Syed Day Celebration 2016 in Chicago[25] 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.[26]

Awards and honors

Jameel received the BM Birla Science Prize in Biology of B. M. Birla Science Centre in 1995.[27] The National Academy of Sciences, India elected him as a fellow in 1996[28] and the Indian Academy of Sciences followed suit a year later.[29] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, one of the highest Indian science awards in 2000[30] and he became a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy in 2004.[31] He is a member of Guha Research Conference as well as the American Society for Microbiology[32] and the award orations delivered by him include the Dr. M. R. Das Memorial Lecture of the Indian National Science Academy.[33]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ashoka University appoints Dr. Shahid Jameel as the Director of Trivedi School of Biosciences. Ashoka University. 2020. 17 May 2021. 16 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201116185736/https://ashoka.edu.in/welcome/stories/welcome-561. dead.
  2. News: Top Indian virologist quits government panel after airing differences. Reuters. Krishna N. Das. 16 May 2021. 17 May 2021.
  3. News: India's Genome Sequencing Program Is Finally Good To Go – So What's the Hold Up?. The Wire. Priyanka. Pulla. 28 February 2021. 17 May 2021.
  4. Web site: View Bhatnagar Awardees . Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize . 2016 . 12 November 2016.
  5. Web site: Dr. Shahid Jameel . 2017 . Indian Muslim Legends.
  6. Web site: Shahid Jameel-Indian fellow . 2017 . Indian National Science Academy . 2017-10-22.
  7. Web site: Top Scientist, Economist in fray for AMU Vice Chancellorship . 21 March 2017 . The Indian Awaaz.
  8. Web site: CEO's profile . 2017 . WellcomeDBT.
  9. Web site: India lacks culture of good mentorship for researchers . 7 April 2016 . Economic Times . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170324095159/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/india-lacks-culture-of-good-mentorship-for-researchers-shahid-jameel/articleshow/51723917.cms . 24 March 2017 .
  10. Web site: New CEO takes the reins at Wellcome Trust-DBT India Alliance . 2013 . Wellcome.
  11. Web site: AMU considering scientist Shahid Jamil, economist Abusaleh Sharif among others for next VC . 28 January 2017 . Two Circles.
  12. Web site: AMU Court Recommends Panel Of Three Names For New Vice Chancellor . February 2017 . ND TV.
  13. Web site: Indian fellows . 2017 . Indian National Science Academy.
  14. Web site: Brief Profile of the Awardee . 2017 . Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize.
  15. Web site: Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners . Council of Scientific and Industrial Research . 71 . 1999.
  16. Web site: ICGEB New Delhi: NIH Joint Grant Awarded . 2010 . ICGEB Delhi.
  17. Web site: Browse by Fellow . 2017 . Indian Academy of Sciences.
  18. Web site: On PubMed . 2017 . US National Library of Medicine.
  19. Book: R. Holland Cheng. Tatsuo Miyamura. Structure-based Study of Viral Replication: With CD-ROM. 2008. World Scientific. 978-981-279-085-9. 13–.
  20. Book: Richard L. Guerrant. David H. Walker. Peter F. Weller. Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practice. 5 April 2011. Elsevier Health Sciences. 978-1-4377-3777-6. 59–.
  21. Book: Shahid Jameel. Isocitrate Lyase and Proteinases from Fat-rich Seedlings. 1984. Washington State University.
  22. Book: Shahid Jameel. Edward K. Wagner. Current Developments in Animal Virology: Papers Presented at the First ICGEB-UCI Virology Symposium, New Delhi, February 1995. 1996. Science Publishers. 978-1-886106-61-1.
  23. Book: Dr. Shahid Jameel. Luis Villareal. Advances in Animal Virology: Papers Presented at the Second ICGEB-UCI Virology Symposium, New Delhi, November 1998. 1 January 2000. Science Publishers. 978-1-57808-094-6.
  24. Web site: Zafar Iqbal, Gopichand Narang, Kalbe Sadiq, Shahid Jameel elected to AMU Court . 10 August 2016 . View Headlines.
  25. Web site: Sir Syed Day Celebration 2016 . 2016 . Aligarh Muslim University Alumni Association of Greater Chicago.
  26. Web site: National Conference on Biotechnology and Environment (NCOBE-2017) . 2017 . Jamia Millia Islamia . 2017-03-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170324083750/https://www.jamiabiotech.com/ . 2017-03-24 . dead .
  27. Web site: B M Birla Science Prizes . 2017 . B M Birla Science Centre . 23 March 2017 . 28 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180128175901/http://www.birlasciencecentre.org/awards/birlaSciencePrizes/ . dead .
  28. Web site: NASI fellows . 2017 . National Academy of Sciences, India . 23 March 2017 . 7 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200707200112/http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=J . dead .
  29. Web site: Fellow profile . 2017 . Indian Academy of Sciences.
  30. Web site: Medical Sciences . 2017 . Council of Scientific and Industrial Research . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130224074105/http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Medical_SCIENCES.htm . 2013-02-24 .
  31. Web site: INSA Year Book 2016 . 2017 . Indian National Science Academy.
  32. Web site: Dr. Shahid Jameel – Indian Scientist . 2017 . Indian Muslim Community Development and Services.
  33. Web site: Dr. M. R. Das Memorial Lecture . 2017 . Indian National Science Academy . 23 March 2017 . 16 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160916233840/http://insaindia.res.in/recipients.php#mrdms . dead .

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