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Minoti Apte OAM FAHMS | |
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| Known for | Discovering pancreatic stellate cells |
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| Fields | Pancreatology |
| Thesis | Molecular mechanisms of alcohol-induced pancreatic injury (1997) |
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Minoti Vivek Apte OAM FAHMS is an Indian-born Australian pancreatology researcher and is the Director of Pancreatic Research Group at the University of South Wales and Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.[1][2][3] She is also a classical Indian dancer and choreographer.
Apte is notable for her many achievements in the field of pancreatic disease research, including becoming the first in the world to successfully isolate pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs), the cells associated with pancreatic fibrogenesis.[2] The effectiveness of this isolation method allowed her team to prove that PSCs’ close communication with cancerous cells contributes to the aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer, a major discovery that led the government of New South Wales to award her The Premier's Award for Woman of the Year in 2015.[2]
- ^ "2015 NSW Women of the Year Awards: Professor Minoti Apte OAM". NSW Government. 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "Women NSW". Women NSW. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "Indian Cancer Researcher Wins Woman of the Year Award in Australia". NDTV.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.