Dr. Manoj Balakrishna Menon
Associate Professor,
Kusuma School of Biological Sciences
Indian Insitute of Technology Delhi
New Delhi, India
Research Interests
Protein kinases & Cell Signaling,
Cell Death pathways,
Cytoskeleton and Autophagy...
Education
2018 Habilitation in Biochemistry
Hannover Medical School, Germany
2010 PhD Molecular Medicine
HBRS, Hannover Medical School, Germany (Prof. Dr. M. Gaestel / Dr. A. Kotlyarov)
2006 MSc Microbial Gene Technology
Madurai Kamaraj University, India
(Prof. Dr. S. Shanmuga Sundaram)
2004 BSc Biotechnology
Presidency College, Bangalore University
Bengaluru, India
Experience
Associate Professor, KSBS, IIT Delhi
From Nov 2024 onwards
Assistant Professor, KSBS, IIT Delhi
May 2019 - Nov 2024
Privatdozent (Adjunct Faculty)
Hannover Medical School, Germany
Dec 2018 - April 2019
Guest Researcher, NUS, Singapore
(Prof. Dr. David Engelberg)
Aug 2015 - Oct 2015
Post-doctoral Staff Scientist
Cell Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School,
Germany (Prof. Dr. Matthias Gaestel)
June 2010 - April 2019
Other roles
Coordinator, M.Sc. (Biological Sciences) - Since 2024
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Cell Dev Biol - Since 2021
Academic Editor, Plos One - Since 2018
Guest Associate Editor, Frontiers in Pharmacology
Research Topic: Autophagy & related Transcription Factors
in Liver & Gut diseases - 2018 - 2021
Peer-review Board Member, Bio-Protocols, Since 2018
Member, Signal Transduction Society, DE, From 2017
Guest Associate Editor, Frontiers in Cell Dev Biology
Research Topic: Emerging Functions of Septins - 2016-18
Member, Biochemical Society, UK, From 2015
Review Editor, Frontiers in Cell Dev Biology, 2015- 2021
Reviewer for journals including J Cell Science, Clini Sci,
Bioscience Rep, OncoTargets & Therapy, Cell Death Dis,
Res & Rep in Biochem etc.
Awards & Achievements
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Outstanding Associated Editor Award 2023 - by Frontiers in Cell Dev Biol.
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FITT Trailblazer Technology Transfer Award 2017-2022 - by Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer, IIT Delhi
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Sir Hans Krebs Prize 2018 - Germany-wide prize for basic biomedical research
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STS Science Award 2017- from Signal Transduction Society for work by a postdoc/junior PI.
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2017: Invited Speaker- EMBO conference on Molecular & Cellular Biology of Septins- Berlin, Oct 8-11.
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2015: Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds (BIF) Travel Grant for a research visit to NUS, Singapore.
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2012: Organizer’s Travel Grant to attend ‘’ Batsheva de Rothschild Seminar on the Biochemistry, Biology and Pathology of MAP Kinases’’, Jerusalem Hills, Israel.
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2009: HBRS Travel grant to attend ‘’ The EMBO Meeting 2009’’, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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2006: Doctoral fellowship, Molecular Medicine by the HBRS,Hannover, DE.
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2006: Qualified for Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) junior research fellowship (JRF)
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2006: University first rank, MSc Microbial Gene Technology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India.
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2005: ‘’Maveeran Sundaralingam scholarship’’, MKU, India.
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2004: ‘’Bharat Petroleum Scholarship for Higher Studies’’ by Bharat Petroleum Corporation, India.
Selected Recent Publications
Jose S*, Sharma H*, Insan J, Sharma K, Arora V, Puranapanda S, Dhamija S, Eid N, Menon MB. 2025. Kinase Inhibitor-Induced Cell-Type Specific Vacuole Formation in the Absence of Canonical ATG5-Dependent Autophagy Initiation Pathway. Molecular & Cellular Biology. 45(3):99-115.
Chauhan C, Kraemer A, Knapp S, Windheim M, Kotlyarov A, Menon MB* & Gaestel M*.2023. 5-iodotubercidin sensitizes cells to RIPK1-dependent necroptosis by interfering with NFκB signaling. Cell Death Discovery. 9(1):262.
Chauhan C, Del-Val AM, Niedenthal R, Olsen JV, Kotlyarov A, Bekker-Jensen S, Gaestel M* & Menon MB*. 2023. PRMT5-mediated regulatory arginine methylation of RIPK3. Cell Death Discovery. 9(1):14.
Menon MB*, Gropengießer J*, Fischer J, Novikova L, Deuretzbacher A, Lafera J, Schimmeck H, Czymmeck N, Ronkina N, Kotlyarov A, Aepfelbacher M, Gaestel M & Ruckdeschel K. 2017. p38MAPK/MK2-dependent phosphorylation controls cytotoxic RIPK1 signaling in inflammation and infection. Nature Cell Biology. 19: 1248–1259.
Abbey M, Hakim C, Anand R, Lafera J, Schambach A, Kispert A, Taft MH, Kaever V, Kotlyarov A, Gaestel M* and Menon MB*. 2016. GTPase domain driven dimerization of SEPT7 is dispensable for the critical role of septins in fibroblast cytokinesis. Scientific Reports.6:20007.
Menon MB, Dhamija S, Kotlyarov A and Gaestel M. 2015. The problem of pyridinyl imidazole class inhibitors of p38 MAPK in autophagy research. Autophagy. 11(8): 1425-27.
Menon MB*, Sawada A, Chaturvedi A, Mishra P, Schuster-Gossler K, Galla M, Schambach M, Gossler A, Förster R, Heuser M, Kotlyarov A, Kinoshita M* & Gaestel M*. 2014. Genetic deletion of SEPT7 reveals a cell type-specific role of septins in microtubule destabilization for the completion of cytokinesis. PLoS Genetics. 10(8):e1004558.
Menon MB* & Gaestel M. 2015. Sep(t)arate or not: how some cells take septin-independent routes through cytokinesis. Journal of Cell Science. 128(10):1877-86. (Commentary).