Biography
Dr. Shilpee Dutt is a Professor at the School of Life Sciences (SLS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Her career spans over two decades of highly recognized work in cancer biology, molecular cell biology, and oncology.
Biography & Academic Journey
Before joining JNU as a faculty member, Dr. Dutt established her research foundation through various prestigious national and international positions:
Education: She achieved the first position in her B.Sc. at the University of Delhi, completed her M.Sc. at Jamia Millia Islamia, and earned her Ph.D. from the University of Zurich, Switzerland in 2005.
Postdoctoral Research: She worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA, from 2005 to 2010.
Principal Investigator (2010–2024): For nearly 14 years, she led her independent research laboratory at the Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) under the Tata Memorial Centre in Navi Mumbai.
Professor at JNU (2024–Present): She moved her laboratory to the School of Life Sciences, JNU, continuing her advanced oncological research.
Research Interests
Broad area of research of our lab is to understand the molecular basis of therapy resistance (radiation and chemotherapy) in cancer, with a specific focus on DNA repair, epigenetics, cancer stem cell biology and therapy induced senescence. To address these questions, we use patient samples, patient-derived cellular models, spheroid and tumoroid cultures and orthotopic mouse models.