Utpal Banerjee
VIDWAN ID: 725669

Prof Utpal Banerjee

Male Doctor of Philosophy
Distinguished Professor | Department of Molecular Cell Biology
University of California, Los Angeles
California
Expertise: Developmental Biology
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Professional Recognition

Irving and Jean Stone Chair
2005
UCLA
NIH Director's Pioneer Award
2011
NIH
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professors Award
2002
HHMI
117th Faculty Research Award Lecture
2014
UCLA
Elizabeth W. Jones Award for Excellence in Education
2010
Genetics Society of America
Gold Shield Faculty Prize
2000
Gold Shield Foundation
Distinguished Alumnus Award
2019
IIT Kanpur
Top 20 Professors of the Bruin Century
2000
UCLA Today
Kalfayan Memorial Award Lecture
1999
University of North Carolina
Medical Research Trust Award
1998
Margaret E. Early Trust
Harriet and Charles Luckman Distinguished Teaching Award
1997
UCLA
Eby Award for the Art of Teaching
1997
UCLA
Investigator Award
1996
McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience
Faculty Research Award
1993
American Cancer Society
Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award
1992
UCLA
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award
1990
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Scholars Award
1989
McKnight Foundation
Life Sciences Research Foundation Award
1986
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Del E. Webb Fellow
1983
Del E. Webb Foundation
Certificate of Merit
1977
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Sheshadri Memorial Award
1977
Delhi University
National Paper Reading Prize
1976
St. Stephen's College
National Science Talent Award
1974
Govt. of India
Junior Science talent Award
1972
Govt. of India

Community & Membership

DBT/Wellcome Trust Intermediate and Senior Fellow Selection Committee
Chair
Jan 2016
Advisory Committee inStem Bangalore India
SAC member
Jan 2013
Member Management Board National Center for Biological Sciences India
Advisory Board member
Jan 2003
Infosys Science Foundation Infosys Prize
Jury Panel Member
Jan 2014
"Expert reviewing panel" Peking University Beijing China.
expert member
Jan 2014
Scientific Academic Advisory and Review Committee Weizmann Inst. Israel
SAC and Review member
Jan 2018
Selection Committee and Advisory Board Gruber Genetics Prize
member
Jan 2015
Member Selection committee HHMI Professors competition
member
Jan 2014
Review of the top Liberal Arts Colleges in USA
Selection Committee member
Jan 2008
Genetics Society of America (GSA) Board
Director
Jan 2010
The Drosophila Board of Genetics Society of America
President
Jan 2007
Scientific Board US Hereditary Disease Foundation
member
Jan 1999
eLife
Senior Editor
Jan 2018
eLife
reviewing editor
Jan 2012
Editorial Board Journal of Genetics
member
PLoS Genetics
Associate Editor
Bioscience Research Initiatives UCLA
Special Advisor
Jan 2017
Editorial Board of Current Opinion in Genetics and Development.
member editorial board
Larry L. Hillblom Islet Research Center
Member Advisory Board
Jan 2008
HHMI College Review Panel
member Advisory and Selection Committtee
Jan 2008
Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Assistant Professor
Jan 1988
Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Full Professor
Jan 1994
Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Interim Chair
Jan 1996
Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Vice Chair
Jan 1998
Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
Chair
Jan 2001
Department of Biological Chemistry Geffen School of Medicine
Full Professor
Jan 1997
MCDB and Biol. Chem.Depts.
Distinguished Professor
Jan 2005
College and School of Medicine UCLA
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Jan 2026
Irving and Jean Stone Endowment
Endowed Chair in Life Sciences
Jan 2009
Broad Stem Cell Research Center
Founding Co-Director
Jan 2005
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
HHMI Professor
Jan 2002
Biomedical Research Minor Institute -wide
Founding Director
Jan 2007
Brain Research Institute
member
Jan 1990
Molecular Biology Institute
member
Jan 1988
Shiv Nadar U. India
Honorary "Distinguished Professor" designation
Jan 2024
Inducted as Member of the US National Academy of Sciences
Inducted lifetime
Jan 2018
Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Elected Lifetime
Jan 2008
Elected Foreign Fellow, Indian National Science Academy
Elected Lifetime (US)
Jan 2020
Elected Foreign Fellow, Indian National Science Academy
Elected Lifetime
Jan 2019
Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Elected Lifetime (US)
Jan 2009
Elected President of the Drosophila Society Board
2 year term
Jan 2006
Elected Director Genetics Society of America
5 year term
Jan 2010
Genetics Society of Americca
Life Member
Jan 1988

Personal Details

Doctor of Philosophy
1984
N/A
Master of Science
1979
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Bachelor of Science
1977
N/A
Distinguished Professor
Sep 1988 – Present
University of California, Los Angeles | Department of Molecular Cell Biology
Biological Sciences
Developmental Biology

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Novel mechanisms in the control of G2 phase of the cell cycle in the absence of induced DNA damage; implications for cancer
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Developmental Metabolism: Preimplantation mouse and human embryos show metabolic pathways act as signaling system to control cellular processes . implications for metabolic disorders
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Stress related pathways activate myeloid hematopoeisis in the absence of infections
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Mechanisms that control hematopoiesis and their implications in leukemia
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Combinatorial model of cell fate determination requires more than one signaling pathway; various combinations of the same two signals can give rise to ten cell types
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Putting the RTK pathway together; discovery of the first GEF (Sos
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A molecular and functional analysis of son of sevenless (sos) in Drosophila melanogaster

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Year 1994
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The role of strawberry notch in the development of Drosophila melanogaster

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Year 1994
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A genetic molecular and functional analysis of the son of sevenless (sos) gene in Drosophilia melanogaster

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Drosophila strawberry notch from phenotype towards function

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Specification of hematopoietic lineage in Drosophila melanogaster

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A characterization of the star gene and its role in epidermal growth factor receptor in signaling during Drosophila development

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Regulation of gene expression by lozenge notch and EGFR: implications for a new combinatorial model of cell fate specification in the Drosophila eye

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A genetic and functional analysis of runt domain proteins and their partners during Drosophila development

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Runx proteins and transcriptional repression in Drosophila eye development

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The identification and characterization of novel genes and pathways involved in Drosophila melanogaster hematopoiesis

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Characterization of hematopoietic lineage specification and lymph gland development in Drosophila melanogaster

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The oxidative stress response in Drosophila: A developmental and molecular genetic analysis

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Zebrafish (Danio rerio) as a model system for human leukemia and hematopoiesis

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Characterization of embryonic hematopoiesis and larval lymph gland development in Drosophila melanogaster

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Characterizing the role of extracellular matrix in hematopoietic development in Drosophila

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Metabolic Regulation of Preimplantation Mouse Embryo Development

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