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Our first Ambassador of the Month for 2022 is Gaurang Telang; a research assistant at Logical Life Science Pvt. Ltd, Pune, India and final year master student at D.Y. Patil University, Pune, India.
Research interests: T cell immunology and related T cell subsets in chronic inflammatory diseases such as chronic kidney diseases. I also focus on multiplex flow cytometry of cytokines and chemokines. As a master’s student in my final year, I am working on tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and cytokines on primary tissue and blood samples.
Recent publications:
- Badodekar, N., Sharma, A., Patil, V., Telang, G., Sharma, R., Patil, S., Vyas, N., & Somasundaram, I. (2021). Angiogenesis induction in breast cancer: A paracrine paradigm. Cell biochemistry and function, 39(7), 860-873. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbf.
3663 - Vyas, N., Mishra, S., Telang, G., Badodekar, N., & Kumari, M. (2021). Cytokine Storm in COVID- 19: A Thing to Worry About or Not? 1(2), 1–2.
- Vyas, N., Telang, G., Mishra, S., & Kumari, M. (2021). Keratoacanthoma: Understanding by Immune Responses. 1(2), 4–6.
Why I love immunology: Since my undergrad immunology has fascinated me due to the striking resemblance of complexity to human society. Moreover, immunology is the culmination of cell biology, molecular biology, and biochemistry.
If I wasn’t an immunologist I would be: Biological illustrator, in fact, I do make biological comics and scientific illustrations.
Tips for young people who want to enter the field of immunology: As an early-stage researcher myself I have 3 tips for students looking to enter immunology. First, clear the basics of biology and never forget the “WHY”. Second, don’t limit yourself to a particular stream of immunology early on such as infectious biology or cancer immunology. The third tip would be to learn (as much as possible) to understand, analyse and interpret experimental data from research papers such as flow cytometry, sequencing, etc.
What being an Immunopaedia Ambassador means to me: Immunopaedia is an amazing platform to share knowledge on novel studies and perspectives to everyone for free and as an ambassador, this means a lot to me to share this amazing platform with as many as possible.
How I have contributed to Immunopaedia so far and plans for future contributions: I have written a breaking news article and am currently working on more. Furthermore, I am planning to interview immunologists and share their research.
You can get in touch with me by: LinkedIn
