Ajit Varki
Varki went to the Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore, India during which time he was also strongly influenced by his maternal grandfather Pothan Joseph, a famous journalist and founding editor of many Indian newspapers, including Deccan Herald.[citation needed] The research group led by Varki has made many contributions over the last few decades[5] towards understanding the biological roles of the sugar chains or "glycans" found on all vertebrate cell surfaces and glycoproteins.In this field of Glycobiology, his present focus is on the Sialic Acids, which are found at the outermost position on such glycans, and which can be recognized by intrinsic receptors such as Selectins and the Siglecs (which he co-discovered and named as a sub-group of I-type Lectins), and also by the binding proteins of various pathogens.[15] Varki's group has recently shown that a diet rich in red meat can result in accumulation of a non-human sialic acid molecule called Neu5Gc ("Gc") in the intestines and other tissues.[17] Varki developed an idea proposed in 2005 by the late Danny Brower of the University of Arizona into a theory called Mind Over Reality Transition (MORT) which has been published in two letters[18][19] and two books.
University of California, San DiegoCenter for Academic Research and Training in AnthropogenyIndian Institute of TechnologyMadrasNational Center for Biological SciencesBangaloreHuman Gene Nomenclature CommitteeBishop Cotton Boys' SchoolPothan JosephDeccan HeraldChristian Medical College, VelloreUniversity of NebraskaWashington University School of Medicineinternal medicinehematologyoncologyUniversity of GeorgiaPubMed CentralglycansglycoproteinsGlycobiologySialic AcidsSelectinsLectinsgreat apeshuman evolutionchimpanzeePhenomeJournal of Clinical InvestigationOpen AccessOpen Access textbooktheory of minddeny realityAmerican Academy of Arts and SciencesInstitute of MedicineAmerican Society for Clinical InvestigationAssociation of American Physiciansh-indexBibcodeGlycomicsGenomeAchyuta PisharatiCandravakyasCitrabhanuDamodaraGanita-yukti-bhasaGovinda BhattathiriHaridattaJyā, koti-jyā and utkrama-jyāJyeṣṭhadevaJyotirmimamsaKaranapaddhatiKatapayadi systemKriyakramakariMadhava of SangamagramaMadhava seriesMadhava's sine tableMelpathur Narayana BhattathiriNilakantha SomayajiParameshvaraSadratnamalaŚaṅkaranārāyaṇaTantrasamgrahaC-DAC ThiruvananthapuramCentre for Development StudiesCentre for Earth Science StudiesCentre for Mathematical Sciences (Kerala)Centre of Science and Technology for Rural DevelopmentCyberparkKerala Mathematical AssociationKerala Science and Technology MuseumKerala Science CongressKerala Soil MuseumKerala State Council for Science, Technology and EnvironmentKrishi Vigyan Kendra KannurLiquid Propulsion Systems CentreRajiv Gandhi Centre for BiotechnologyRegional Agricultural Research Station, PattambiRice Research Station, MoncombuVikram Sarabhai Space CentreAgricultural Research Station, AnakkayamAgricultural Research Station, MannuthyAgronomic Research Station, ChalakudyAmrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research CentreAromatic and Medicinal Plants Research Station, OdakkaliBanana Research Station, KannaraCashew Research Station, MadakkatharaCentral Institute of Fisheries TechnologyCentral Marine Fisheries Research InstituteCentral Tuber Crops Research InstituteCentre for Marine Living Resources & EcologyCollege of HorticultureCrocodile Rehabilitation and Research CentreInstitute of Handloom and Textile TechnologyIndian Institute of Science Education and Research, ThiruvananthapuramIndian Institute of Space Science and TechnologyIndian Institute of Spices ResearchJubilee Mission Medical College and Research InstituteKerala Forest Research InstituteKerala School of Mathematics, KozhikodeMar Athanasios College for Advanced Studies, TiruvallaNational Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and TechnologyNational Institute of Speech and HearingNational Research Institute for PanchakarmaNaval Physical and Oceanographic LaboratoryOriental Research Institute & Manuscripts LibrarySree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and TechnologySrinivasa Ramanujan Institute of Basic SciencesSt. Ephrem Ecumenical Research InstituteTropical Botanical Garden and Research InstituteVadakke Madham Brahmaswam Vedic Research CentreC. V. SubramanianDileep GeorgeE. C. George SudarshanG. Madhavan NairGeorge VargheseK. R. RamanathanK. RadhakrishnanM. G. K. MenonMatthew Pothen ThekaekaraP. N. VinayachandranPisharoth Rama PisharotyPulickel AjayanR. S. KrishnanSainudeen Pattazhy