Dr. Ramesh Bhonde was associated with National Centre for Cell Science Pune, since its inception and subsequently joined Stempeutics Research Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore as Technical Director; later he moved to Stempeutics Research Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has been working in the field of pancreatic regeneration in diabetes for the past twenty years. He received Ph.D in Zoology from Pune University. His areas of interest and expertise include Animal Tissue Culture, tissue banking and engineering with special reference to the cultivation of fastidious cells such as hepatocytes, vascular endothelial cells, islets of Langerhans, Organ cultures of skin, trachea, fallopian tube, placenta and cornea for virological studies. He has extensively worked on in vitro generation of islets from pancreatic and non-pancreatic sources of stem cells. He has shown that multiple injections of unfractionated bone marrow reverse experimental diabetes in mice. He is a recognized guide for Ph.D in Zoology and Biotechnology of Pune University, Devi Ahilya University, Indore and Manipal University, Manipal. He has guided more than 15 Ph.D students who are currently placed either as postdoctoral fellows or having faculty positions abroad. He has more than 140 publications in peer reviewed indexed journals and 4 book chapters.

Selected Publications (2010-2011)

• Phadnis SM, Joglekar MV, Dalvi MP, Muthyala S, Nair PD, Ghaskadbi SM, Bhonde RR, Hardikar AA. Human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal cells differentiate and mature into endocrine pancreatic lineage in vivo. Cytotherapy. 2011 Mar;13(3):279-93.

• Mamidi MK, Pal R, Mori NA, Arumugam G, Thrichelvam ST, Noor PJ, Abdullah HM, Gupta PK, Das AK, Zakaria Z, Bhonde R. Co-culture of mesenchymal-like stromal cells derived from human foreskin permits long term propagation and differentiation of human embryonic stem cells J Cell Biochem. 2011 Feb 17
• Govindasamy V, Ronald VS, Abdullah AN, Ganesan Nathan KR, Ab Aziz ZA, Abdullah M, Musa S, Abu Kasim NH, Bhonde RR. Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells Into Islet Like Aggregates. J Dent Res. 2011 Feb 18.
• Mamidi MK, Pal R, Govindasamy V, Zakaria Z, Bhonde R. Treat the graft to improve the regenerative ability of the host. Med Hypotheses. 2011 Apr;76(4):599-601..
• Patki S, Kadam S, Chandra V, Bhonde R. Human breast milk is a rich source of multipotent mesenchymal stem cells. Hum Cell. 2010 May;23(2):35-40.
• Kadam S, Muthyala S, Nair P, Bhonde R. Human placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells and islet-like cell clusters generated from these cells as a novel source for stem cell therapy in diabetes. Rev Diabet Stud. 2010 Summer;7(2):168-82.
• Kadam SS, Sudhakar M, Nair PD, Bhonde RR. Reversal of experimental diabetes in mice by transplantation of neo-islets generated from human amnion-derived mesenchymal stromal cells using immuno-isolatory macrocapsules. Cytotherapy. 2010 Dec;12(8):982-91