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LIFE09200604007 Tabish - Homi Bhabha National Institute

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Acknowledgments<br />

A sincere and heart filled gratitude to my supervisor Dr. Rita Mulherkar for giving me<br />

an opportunity to join her research group and making me realise the importance of<br />

studying genotype and phenotype correlation in understanding multiple primary cancers<br />

of upper-aero digestive tract. Her constant support, encouragement and guidance kept<br />

me sparked throughout my Ph.D tenure.<br />

I thank Dr. Rajiv Sarin (Director, ACTREC) and Dr. Surekha Zingde (Dy. Director<br />

ACTREC) for providing an excellent research infrastructure and CSIR govt. of India<br />

for the fellowship. I am thankful to all my doctoral committee members, Dr. R. Sarin<br />

(ACTREC), Dr. R. Mukhopadhyaya (ACTREC), Dr. M. Seshadri (BARC) and Dr. S.<br />

Galande (IISER), for their careful and timely revision and valuable comments for<br />

improving this project. I am thankful to staff in radiotherapy, CIR, imaging facility,<br />

flow-cytometry, photography, library and administration for their constant help and<br />

support. I am highly grateful to Ms. S. Kannan for helping with statistical analysis of<br />

the data and Dr. P. Kowtal, Ms. Payal and Ms. N. Bhatnagar for helping in sample<br />

collection form CGC, TMH.<br />

I want to express my warmest thanks to all Mulherkar lab members Dr. Ujjwala,<br />

Ashwin, Aditya, Vishal, Deepika, Asha and Poulami for all the support during these<br />

years and keeping the lab environment lively. Without excellent technical help, I could<br />

not have completed this study and I cannot forget to thank Ganeshji, Jadhavji and<br />

Raneji for their timely help. I would also like to thank all my trainees Gaurav, Ayushi,<br />

Dhanashree, Abhishek and Rashmi.<br />

I am also thankful to all my colleagues Amit S, Poulami, Manoj, Ajit, Amit R, Amit F,<br />

Sapana, Pallavi, Lalit, Atul and Amit V who kept the tough and tense days of my Ph.D<br />

as fun filled and joyous as possible. I am extremely thankful to one of my oldest friends<br />

from AMU, <strong>Tabish</strong> Rehman for being my supporting pillar.<br />

Finally, I dedicate my warmest thanks to all my family members Paapa, Mummy and<br />

my sisters for their love and endless support.<br />

Thank you all<br />

<strong>Tabish</strong><br />

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