Rajesh Thakker

Rajesh Thakker

Professor Rajesh Thakker in 2014, portrait via the Royal Society
Born Rajesh Vasantlal Thakker
(1954-08-27) 27 August 1954[1]
Fields
Institutions
Alma mater University of Cambridge (MA, MB BChir, MD, ScD)
Doctoral students
  • Michael Bowl[3]
  • Karin Bradley[4]
  • Katherine Gaynor[5]
  • Poloko Leotlela[6]
  • Manuel Lemos[7]
  • Mahsa Javid[8]
  • Jeshmi Jeyabalan[9]
  • Jeremy Turner[10]
  • Fiona Wu[11]
Notable awards
Spouse Julie Clare Magee[1]
Website
www.ocdem.ox.ac.uk/rajesh-thakker

Rajesh Vasantlal Thakker (born 1954) FRS FMedSci FRCPath FRCPE FRCP is May Professor of Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Somerville College, Oxford.[13] Thakker is also a Consultant physician at the Churchill Hospital and the John Radcliffe Hospital, Chairman of the Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Board and Principal Investigator (PI) at the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM).[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Education

Thakker was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge where he was awarded his Master of Arts (MA), Bachelor of Medicine (MB BChir), Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Doctor of Science (ScD) degrees. He completed his clinical training at Middlesex Hospital Medical School.[1]

Research

Thakker's research investigates neuroendocrine tumours such as multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1)[2][20][22][23] and the molecular basis of disorders of calcium homeostasis.[15][16] He has supervised nine successful Doctor of Philosophy students[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] and his research has been funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC).[24]

Thakker has edited several books including Genetic and Molecular Biological Aspects of Endocrine Disease,[25] Molecular Genetics of Endocrine Disorders,[26] and Genetics of Bone Biology and Skeletal Disease.[27]

Awards and honours

Thakker was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2014. His nomination reads:

“ Thakker has made a sustained series of major contributions to endocrinology, particularly parathyroid and renal disorders affecting calcium homeostasis. His research at the basic-science and clinical interface has resulted in seminal gene discoveries and insights into molecular, cellular and physiological mechanisms. These include: identification of functional pathways of calcium-sensing, through characterisation of mutations of the calcium-sensing-receptor, a G-protein-coupled- receptor (GPCR), and its signalling pathway through G-protein-alpha-11-subunit (Gα11) and adaptor-protein-2-sigma-subunit (AP2σ), which regulates GPCR endocytosis; and defining a molecular-based taxonomy of syndromic and non-syndromic hyperparathyroid and hypoparathyroid disorders that has resulted in new pathophysiological insights and advances in diagnosis and treatment.[12] ”

Personal life

Thakker is married to Julie Clare Magee and has one daughter, Clare Thakker, who has qualified as a doctor from Clare College, Cambridge.[1] He is a school governor at Oxford High School, Oxford.[28]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 THAKKER, Prof. Rajesh Vasantlal. Who's Who 2014 (online edition via Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 3 Professor Rajesh Thakker FRS FMedSci, The Academy of Medical Sciences
  3. 1 2 Bowl, Michael Richard (2003). Molecular genetics of hypoparathyroid disorders (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  4. 1 2 Bradley, Karin J. (2006). Molecular genetics of the hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumour syndrome (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  5. 1 2 Gaynor, Katherine Ursula (2011). The role of the transcription factor GATA3 in calcium homeostasis and tumourigenesis (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  6. 1 2 Leotlela, Poloko D. (2003). Molecular genetics of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and related disorders (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  7. 1 2 Loureiro de Lemos, Manuel C. (2007). Genetic and phenotypic studies of the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 syndrome (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  8. 1 2 Javid, Mahsa (2012). Gene modifiers and novel therapies for multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  9. 1 2 Jeyabalan, Jeshmi (2008). Role of sedlin in spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  10. 1 2 Turner, Jeremy James Osborne (2003). Molecular genetics of renal tubular disorders affecting urate transport (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  11. 1 2 Wu, Fiona (2014). Dent's disease and the chloride channel, CLC-5 (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford.
  12. 1 2 "Professor Rajesh Thakker FMedSci FRS". London: The Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2014-08-11.
  13. ↑ Professor Rajesh Thakker, Somerville College, University of Oxford
  14. ↑ Prof Rajesh V Thakker, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism OCDEM
  15. 1 2 List of publications from Microsoft Academic Search
  16. 1 2 Rajesh Thakker's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database, a service provided by Elsevier.
  17. ↑ Holmes, David (2013). "Rajesh Thakker: A man of hidden depths". The Lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology 1 (4): 274. doi:10.1016/S2213-8587(13)70196-7. PMID 24622412.
  18. ↑ Lloyd, S. E.; Pearce, S. H.; Fisher, S. E.; Steinmeyer, K; Schwappach, B; Scheinman, S. J.; Harding, B; Bolino, A; Devoto, M; Goodyer, P; Rigden, S. P.; Wrong, O; Jentsch, T. J.; Craig, I. W.; Thakker, R. V. (1996). "A common molecular basis for three inherited kidney stone diseases". Nature 379 (6564): 445–9. doi:10.1038/379445a0. PMID 8559248.
  19. ↑ Modlin, I. M.; Oberg, K.; Chung, D. C.; Jensen, R. T.; De Herder, W. W.; Thakker, R. V.; Caplin, M.; Delle Fave, G.; Kaltsas, G. A.; Krenning, E. P.; Moss, S. F.; Nilsson, O.; Rindi, G.; Salazar, R.; Ruszniewski, P.; Sundin, A. (2008). "Gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours". The Lancet Oncology 9 (1): 61–72. doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(07)70410-2. PMID 18177818.
  20. 1 2 Pearce, S. H.; Williamson, C; Kifor, O; Bai, M; Coulthard, M. G.; Davies, M; Lewis-Barned, N; McCredie, D; Powell, H; Kendall-Taylor, P; Brown, E. M.; Thakker, R. V. (1996). "A familial syndrome of hypocalcemia with hypercalciuria due to mutations in the calcium-sensing receptor". The New England Journal of Medicine 335 (15): 1115–22. doi:10.1056/NEJM199610103351505. PMID 8813042.
  21. ↑ Carpten, J. D.; Robbins, C. M.; Villablanca, A; Forsberg, L; Presciuttini, S; Bailey-Wilson, J; Simonds, W. F.; Gillanders, E. M.; Kennedy, A. M.; Chen, J. D.; Agarwal, S. K.; Sood, R; Jones, M. P.; Moses, T. Y.; Haven, C; Petillo, D; Leotlela, P. D.; Harding, B; Cameron, D; Pannett, A. A.; Höög, A; Heath h, 3rd; James-Newton, L. A.; Robinson, B; Zarbo, R. J.; Cavaco, B. M.; Wassif, W; Perrier, N. D.; Rosen, I. B.; et al. (2002). "HRPT2, encoding parafibromin, is mutated in hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome". Nature Genetics 32 (4): 676–80. doi:10.1038/ng1048. PMID 12434154.
  22. ↑ Brandi, M. L.; Gagel, R. F.; Angeli, A; Bilezikian, J. P.; Beck-Peccoz, P; Bordi, C; Conte-Devolx, B; Falchetti, A; Gheri, R. G.; Libroia, A; Lips, C. J.; Lombardi, G; Mannelli, M; Pacini, F; Ponder, B. A.; Raue, F; Skogseid, B; Tamburrano, G; Thakker, R. V.; Thompson, N. W.; Tomassetti, P; Tonelli, F; Wells Jr, S. A.; Marx, S. J. (2001). "Guidelines for diagnosis and therapy of MEN type 1 and type 2". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 86 (12): 5658–71. doi:10.1210/jcem.86.12.8070. PMID 11739416.
  23. ↑ Lemmens, I; Van De Ven, W. J.; Kas, K; Zhang, C. X.; Giraud, S; Wautot, V; Buisson, N; De Witte, K; Salandre, J; Lenoir, G; Pugeat, M; Calender, A; Parente, F; Quincey, D; Gaudray, P; De Wit, M. J.; Lips, C. J.; Höppener, J. W.; Khodaei, S; Grant, A. L.; Weber, G; Kytölä, S; Teh, B. T.; Farnebo, F; Thakker, R. V. (1997). "Identification of the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) gene. The European Consortium on MEN1". Human Molecular Genetics 6 (7): 1177–83. doi:10.1093/hmg/6.7.1177. PMID 9215690.
  24. ↑ UK Government research grants awarded to Rajesh Thakker, via Research Councils UK
  25. ↑ Thakker, R. V (1995). Genetic and Molecular Biological Aspects of Endocrine Disease. ISBN 9780702019456.
  26. ↑ Thakker, R. (1998-09-04). Molecular Genetics of Endocrine Disorders. ISBN 9780412589706.
  27. ↑ Thakker, R. V; Whyte, Michael P; Eisman, John; Igarashi, Takashi (2013). Genetics of Bone Biology and Skeletal Disease. ISBN 9780123878298.
  28. ↑ "Oxford High School GDST School Governors". Archived from the original on 2014-08-11.
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