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	Shiv I. S. Grewal, PhD Senior Investigator Center for Cancer Research, NCI Building 37, Room 6050 National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD 20892-4255 Phone: (301) 594-6389 Fax: (301) 435-3697 Email: grewals@mail.nih.gov Web address: http://ccr.cancer.gov/staff/staff.asp?profileid=7275 Name of Institution in India: Panjab Agricultural University Dr. Shiv Grewal began his scientific career at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom where he held prestigious Cambridge-Nehru scholarship. After obtaining his PhD in 1992, he joined NCI Frederick as a postdoctoral fellow to pursue his interests in the areas of epigenetic control of gene expression and development. In 1998 Dr Grewal joined Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory faculty as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor position in 2002. In January 2003, he was appointed Senior Investigator at the Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, NCI and is head of Chromosome Biology Section. Dr. Grewal has been awarded the Demerec-Kaufmann award in develomental biology, the 1999 Ellison Medical Foundation new scholar award, and the Newcomb Cleveland prize by the American Association for Advancement of Science. Recent work by Grewal laboratory showing a connection between RNAi and heterochromatin formation was selected "Breakthrough of the Year 2002" by Science magazine.

Shiv I. S. Grewal, PhD

Senior Investigator

Center for Cancer Research, NCI

Building 37, Room 6050

National Institutes of Health

Bethesda, MD 20892-4255

Phone: (301) 594-6389

Fax: (301) 435-3697

Email: grewals@mail.nih.gov

Web address:

http://ccr.cancer.gov/staff/staff.asp?profileid=7275

Name of Institution in India:  Panjab Agricultural University

Dr. Shiv Grewal began his scientific career at the University of Cambridge,

United Kingdom where he held prestigious Cambridge-Nehru

scholarship. After obtaining his PhD in 1992, he joined NCI Frederick

as a postdoctoral fellow to pursue his interests in the areas of

epigenetic control of gene expression and development. In 1998 Dr

Grewal joined Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory faculty as an Assistant

Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor position in 2002.  In

January 2003, he was appointed Senior Investigator at the Laboratory of

Molecular Cell Biology, NCI and is head of Chromosome Biology Section.

Dr. Grewal has been awarded the Demerec-Kaufmann award in develomental

biology, the 1999 Ellison Medical Foundation new scholar award, and the

Newcomb Cleveland prize by the American Association for Advancement of

Science. Recent work by Grewal laboratory showing a connection between

RNAi and heterochromatin formation was selected "Breakthrough of the

Year 2002" by Science magazine.