Dr. Sorab Dalal

I obtained my Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences and Biochemistry from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, in 1988. In 1989, I entered the PhD program in Molecular Biology and Microbiology (now Molecular Microbiology) at the Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University. My PhD thesis in the laboratory of Dr. Elliot Androphy focused on the mechanisms by which HPV16E6 immortalized primary mammary epithelial cells. I started a post-doctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. James DeCaprio at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in 1995, where I identified a novel mechanism by which 14-3-3 proteins regulated the activity of the mitotic phosphatase cdc25C, in response to checkpoint activation. In the year 2000, I moved back to India to an independent position at the Cancer Research Institute (now ACTREC).

I spend most of my free time reading crime fiction and anything else that catches my fancy. I enjoy watching test match cricket (T20 is for people with short attention spans) and trashy movies with loud explosions and/or giant lizards (no Karan Johar/Aditya Chopra soap operas). I do enjoy teaching graduate students; however, I don't know how much they learn from me as they never seem to listen to anything I have to say.