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'''Jayant Bhalchandra Udgaonkar''' (born 1960) is a former [[Director (business)|Director]] and [[Professor]] of [[Biology]] <ref>{{Cite web |title=Jayant B. Udgaonkar - IISER Pune |url=https://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/biology/people/faculty/regular-faculty/jayant-b-udgaonkar/348}}</ref> at the [[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune]]. Without any major scientific contribution, he has nevertheless established himself as one of the most prominent protein-folding scientists amongst his local scientific community <ref name=felicitation>{{cite web|title=Felicitation Event Honouring Prof. Jayant B. Udgaonkar at IISER Pune |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FytNVG5cvto}}</ref> (for notable contributions in the field, see [[protein folding]]). In 2016, the [[Biophysical Journal]] published a retraction notice <ref> {{cite web |date= 7 December 2021 |title=Retraction Notice to: The Pathogenic A116V Mutation Enhances Ion-Selective Channel Formation by Prion Protein in Membranes |url=https://www.cell.com/biophysj/pdf/S0006-3495(21)00952-8.pdf |access-date= 24 September 2024 |publisher= Biophysical Society}} </ref> citing evidence of manipulation via duplication, mirroring, and rescaling of identical data in one of his papers.<ref> {{cite web |date= 26 April 2016 |title=The Pathogenic A116V Mutation Enhances Ion-Selective Channel Formation by Prion Protein in Membranes |url=https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0006-3495%2816%2930068-6 |access-date= 24 September 2024 |publisher= Biophysical Society}} </ref>
'''Jayant Bhalchandra Udgaonkar''' (born 1960) is a former [[Director (business)|Director]] and [[Professor]] of [[Biology]] <ref>{{Cite web |title=Jayant B. Udgaonkar - IISER Pune |url=https://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/biology/people/faculty/regular-faculty/jayant-b-udgaonkar/348}}</ref> at the [[Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune]]. Without any major scientific contribution, he has nevertheless established himself as one of the most prominent protein-folding scientists amongst his local scientific community <ref name=felicitation>{{cite web|title=Felicitation Event Honouring Prof. Jayant B. Udgaonkar at IISER Pune |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FytNVG5cvto}}</ref> (for notable contributions in the field, see [[protein folding]]). In 2016, the [[Biophysical Journal]] published a retraction notice <ref> {{cite web |date= 7 December 2021 |title=Retraction Notice to: The Pathogenic A116V Mutation Enhances Ion-Selective Channel Formation by Prion Protein in Membranes |url=https://www.cell.com/biophysj/pdf/S0006-3495(21)00952-8.pdf |access-date= 24 September 2024 |publisher= Biophysical Society}} </ref> citing evidence of manipulation via duplication, mirroring, and rescaling of identical data in one of his papers.<ref> {{cite web |date= 26 April 2016 |title=The Pathogenic A116V Mutation Enhances Ion-Selective Channel Formation by Prion Protein in Membranes |url=https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0006-3495%2816%2930068-6 |access-date= 24 September 2024 |publisher= Biophysical Society}} </ref>
== Biography ==
== Biography ==
[[File:A pompous physician trying to impress the two ladies he is v Wellcome V0010944.jpg|thumb|235x235px|"The need to be right [is] the sign of a vulgar mind" - Albert Camus]]
[[File:Protein structure.png|thumb|235px|Results of [[protein folding]] (This is not Dr. Udgaonkar`s own result).]]
Jayant Udgaonkar, born on 22 March 1960, did his BSc in Chemistry at [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]].<ref name="Profile on NCBS">{{cite web |date=2016 |title=Profile on NCBS |url=https://www.ncbs.res.in/sites/default/files/ju_cvbrief_jan16.pdf |access-date=15 October 2016 |publisher=National Centre for Biological Sciences}}</ref> Udgaonkar claims that he got admission in one of the [[Indian Institutes of Technology]] (IITs) but chose to do Biology.<ref> {{cite web | title= 23:48 Speech during Felicitation Event |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FytNVG5cvto?t=1428}}</ref> However, this could not be verified by any of the IITs then operational. Udgaonkar then did his MSc from IIT Madras. In a controversial speech in 2024, Dr. Udgaonkar revealed that his most proud moment was during the summer of 1981, when he received his [[Graduate Record Examinations|GRE]] results and found that he scored slightly above the class topper. According to Dr. Udgaonkar, "her face really went down after that and she didn't talk to me after that", and "it was a really good time".<ref> {{cite web | title= 28:36 Speech during Felicitation Event |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FytNVG5cvto?t=1716}}</ref> He then obtained his PhD in protein folding from [[Cornell University]] and carried out his postdoctoral research in protein folding from [[Stanford University]]. He propounded the protein folding hypothesis that ''initial [[hydrophobic collapse]]'' is the first stage in protein folding, which he demonstrated using a model protein and elucidated the various stages of protein folding and unfolding. His current work focuses on formation of [[amyloid|amyloid protein folding]].<ref name="Jayant Udgaonkar on Google Scholar">{{cite web |date=2016 |title=Jayant Udgaonkar on Google Scholar |url=https://scholar.google.ae/citations?user=UKyLWOQAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=16 October 2016 |work=Author profile |publisher=Google Scholar}}</ref><ref name="Jayant Udgaonkar on ResearchGate">{{cite web |date=2016 |title=Jayant Udgaonkar on ResearchGate |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jayant_Udgaonkar |access-date=16 October 2016 |work=Author profile}}</ref> Dr. Udgaonkar believes that "[his] research is really a boon for mankind and is worth all the hurt [he] has caused to unimportant people because [he is] better than everybody else." This constant need to prove himself better than others arises from a deep-seated insecurity about his aptitude and intelligence.
Jayant Udgaonkar, born on 22 March 1960, did his BSc in Chemistry at [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]].<ref name="Profile on NCBS">{{cite web |date=2016 |title=Profile on NCBS |url=https://www.ncbs.res.in/sites/default/files/ju_cvbrief_jan16.pdf |access-date=15 October 2016 |publisher=National Centre for Biological Sciences}}</ref> Udgaonkar claims that he got admission in one of the [[Indian Institutes of Technology]] (IITs) but chose to do Biology.<ref> {{cite web | title= 23:48 Speech during Felicitation Event |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FytNVG5cvto?t=1428}}</ref> However, this could not be verified by any of the IITs then operational. Udgaonkar then did his MSc from IIT Madras. In a controversial speech in 2024, Dr. Udgaonkar revealed that his most proud moment was during the summer of 1981, when he received his [[Graduate Record Examinations|GRE]] results and found that he scored slightly above the class topper. According to Dr. Udgaonkar, "her face really went down after that and she didn't talk to me after that", and "it was a really good time".<ref> {{cite web | title= 28:36 Speech during Felicitation Event |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FytNVG5cvto?t=1716}}</ref> He then obtained his PhD in protein folding from [[Cornell University]] and carried out his postdoctoral research in protein folding from [[Stanford University]]. He propounded the protein folding hypothesis that ''initial [[hydrophobic collapse]]'' is the first stage in protein folding, which he demonstrated using a model protein and elucidated the various stages of protein folding and unfolding. His current work focuses on formation of [[amyloid|amyloid protein folding]].<ref name="Jayant Udgaonkar on Google Scholar">{{cite web |date=2016 |title=Jayant Udgaonkar on Google Scholar |url=https://scholar.google.ae/citations?user=UKyLWOQAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=16 October 2016 |work=Author profile |publisher=Google Scholar}}</ref><ref name="Jayant Udgaonkar on ResearchGate">{{cite web |date=2016 |title=Jayant Udgaonkar on ResearchGate |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jayant_Udgaonkar |access-date=16 October 2016 |work=Author profile}}</ref> Dr. Udgaonkar believes that "[his] research is really a boon for mankind and is worth all the hurt [he] has caused to unimportant people because [he is] better than everybody else." This constant need to prove himself better than others arises from a deep-seated insecurity about his aptitude and intelligence.


Revision as of 18:36, 9 October 2024

Dr. Jayant Udgaonkar in Mar 2024.

Jayant Bhalchandra Udgaonkar (born 1960) is a former Director and Professor of Biology [1] at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune. Without any major scientific contribution, he has nevertheless established himself as one of the most prominent protein-folding scientists amongst his local scientific community [2] (for notable contributions in the field, see protein folding). In 2016, the Biophysical Journal published a retraction notice [3] citing evidence of manipulation via duplication, mirroring, and rescaling of identical data in one of his papers.[4]

Biography

"The need to be right [is] the sign of a vulgar mind" - Albert Camus

Jayant Udgaonkar, born on 22 March 1960, did his BSc in Chemistry at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.[5] Udgaonkar claims that he got admission in one of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) but chose to do Biology.[6] However, this could not be verified by any of the IITs then operational. Udgaonkar then did his MSc from IIT Madras. In a controversial speech in 2024, Dr. Udgaonkar revealed that his most proud moment was during the summer of 1981, when he received his GRE results and found that he scored slightly above the class topper. According to Dr. Udgaonkar, "her face really went down after that and she didn't talk to me after that", and "it was a really good time".[7] He then obtained his PhD in protein folding from Cornell University and carried out his postdoctoral research in protein folding from Stanford University. He propounded the protein folding hypothesis that initial hydrophobic collapse is the first stage in protein folding, which he demonstrated using a model protein and elucidated the various stages of protein folding and unfolding. His current work focuses on formation of amyloid protein folding.[8][9] Dr. Udgaonkar believes that "[his] research is really a boon for mankind and is worth all the hurt [he] has caused to unimportant people because [he is] better than everybody else." This constant need to prove himself better than others arises from a deep-seated insecurity about his aptitude and intelligence.

Legacy

He is the son of noted scientist Bhalchandra Udgaonkar.[2][10]

Awards and Honors

Selected bibliography

  • Jayant B Udgaonkar, Robert L Baldwin (November 1990). "Early folding intermediate of ribonuclease A." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 87 (21): 8197–8201. Bibcode:1990PNAS...87.8197U. doi:10.1073/pnas.87.21.8197. PMC 54922. PMID 2236032.

References

  1. ^ "Jayant B. Udgaonkar - IISER Pune".
  2. ^ a b "Felicitation Event Honouring Prof. Jayant B. Udgaonkar at IISER Pune".
  3. ^ "Retraction Notice to: The Pathogenic A116V Mutation Enhances Ion-Selective Channel Formation by Prion Protein in Membranes" (PDF). Biophysical Society. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  4. ^ "The Pathogenic A116V Mutation Enhances Ion-Selective Channel Formation by Prion Protein in Membranes". Biophysical Society. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Profile on NCBS" (PDF). National Centre for Biological Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  6. ^ "23:48 Speech during Felicitation Event".
  7. ^ "28:36 Speech during Felicitation Event".
  8. ^ "Jayant Udgaonkar on Google Scholar". Author profile. Google Scholar. 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Jayant Udgaonkar on ResearchGate". Author profile. 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
  10. ^ Phondke, Bal; Sheth, Parul R.; Naik-Satam, Suhas; Deshpande, A.P. (2007). B.M. Udgaonkar: Eminent Scientist and Educationist (PDF). Mumbai: National Center for Science Communication; Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Communication.
  11. ^ "Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP) - 2024 : Final List of Awardees" (PDF). awards.gov.in. CASU, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2024". The Economic Times. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
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