Priyanka Joshi

Priyanka Joshi is a biochemist who is an Everitt Butterfield research fellow at Downing College, Cambridge. She works at the university's Centre for Misfolding Diseases, studying the metabolic precursors which influence the aggregation of proteins such as amyloid beta which are thought to cause Alzheimer's disease. In 2018, she was listed in the Forbes "30 under 30" list of innovators in science and healthcare and the Vogue 25 list of influential women in Britain.[1][2][3]

Priyanka Joshi
Alma materUniversity of Pune

University of Cambridge

Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge

Early life and education

Joshi was born in Delhi, India in 1988.[4][5] She went to Mount Carmel School in Delhi and then studied for a MSc in Biotechnology at Savitribai Phule Pune University before gaining a PhD at the University of Cambridge in Chemistry.[6][7][8] She was awarded the Salje medal for Best PhD in Science by Clare Hall, Cambridge in 2015.[5]

Career

During her PhD, Joshi created a library of small molecules which were the starting point for a drug screening program at the Centre for Misfolding Diseases, University of Cambridge.[6]

Following completion of her PhD, Joshi continued her research at the University of Cambridge as a postdoctoral research fellow of Downing College.[8] There she worked on small molecules in the body, such as metabolites, and their potential role in preventing protein aggregation in the brain.[8]

Following her inclusion in the Forbes "30 under 30" list in 2018, she was selected to be a judge for the 30 Under 30 Europe 2020: Innovators In Science And Health list.[9]

Joshi has also been involved in public engagement work with school students in India. She helped create the Science Outreach to Schools (SoS) initiative which has run workshops on science experiments for students.[10]

Awards and honours
  • Everitt Butterfield Research Fellowship [11]
  • Young Achiever Award 2020 - GG2 [12]
  • Salje Medal 2015 - Clare Hall, Cambridge[5]
  • Young Investigator Award 2013 - Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation[13]

References
  1. Dr Priyanka Joshi, Downing College Cambridge, 2019
  2. Ellie Kincaid (21 January 2018), "From Dinosaurs To Bionic Limbs: The 2018 Europe 30 Under 30 In Science And Healthcare", Forbes
  3. "The Vogue 25: Meet The Women Shaping 2018", Vogue, 31 May 2018
  4. "MOMENTUM - Dr. PRIYANKA JOSHI". Strøm. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  5. Krishna, Srikanth (2018-06-01). "Who is Priyanka Joshi? Indian-origin biochemist on UK's most influential women list". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  6. "Members of RSB named on Forbes Magazine 30 under 30 list". RSB. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  7. "Former Pune university alumna makes it to Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list for science and healthcare". Hindustan Times. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  8. "Dr Priyanka Joshi: First Everitt Butterfield Research Fellow". The Downing College Magazine. 2016. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  9. Rosenbaum, Leah (2020-03-17). "30 Under 30 Europe 2020: Innovators In Science And Health Across The Continent". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  10. Narayanan, Vivek (2014-11-03). "Experimenting with the fun side of science". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  11. https://www.dow.cam.ac.uk/people/vacancies/academic-vacancies/research-fellowships. Retrieved 2 September 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. Choksi, Harish. "Sajid Javid wins top honour at GG2 Leadership Awards". Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  13. Patel, Tanvi (2018-06-15). "Meet Priyanka Joshi, the Indian Biochemist on Vogue's 25 Most Influential Women List". The Better India. Retrieved 2020-03-21.


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