Our Group
Principle Investigator
Dr. Neha Jain
Associate Professor
Department of Bioscience & Bioengineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur
Current Lab Members
Ambar Ish (DST-Inspire Fellow)
Joining Year- Aug 2020
Research Topic - Role of functional amyloidogenic protein TlyA in biofilm formation and severity of the diseases caused by Helicobacter pylori.
E-mail- ish.1@iitj.ac.in
Twitter- @ishambar
Vishakha (MHRD Fellow)
Joining Year- Jan 2022
Research Topic- Alpha-synuclein as an anti-microbial peptide: A double edge sword.
E-mail- vishakha.1@iitj.ac.in
Twitter- @Vishakha
Khushboo Rani (UGC Fellow)
Joining Year- June 2021
Research Topic- Understanding the role of cross-talk between amyloidogenic protein in the progression of PD.
E-mail- rani.4@iitj.ac.in
Twitter- @Khushboo
Bhumika Pippal (PMRF)
Joining Year- June 2022
Research Topic- Elucidating the interplay between bacterial functional amyloids and transthyretin (TTR) during TTR amyloidosis.
E-mail- p22bb004@iitj.ac.in
Twitter- @pippalbhumika
Harshita Agarwal (CSIR Fellow)
Joining Year- Sep 2021
Research Topic- Understanding the role of bacterial functional amyloid and human amyloidogenic protein during biofilm formation in kidney related disorder.
E-mail- agarwal.23@iitj.ac.in
Twitter- @Harshita
Bharat Gurnani (JRF, AyuerTech-CoE)
Joining Year- Feb 2023
Research Topic- Biofilm as an Indicative Disease Platform in the Space of Integrative Medicine.
E-mail- bharatgurnani@iitj.ac.in
Twitter- @bgurnani
Lab Alumni
Bhumika Pippal
MTech thesis student 2019-2021 (Currently pursuing Ph.D. from IIT Jodhpur)
Parvathy
MTech thesis student 2019-2021 (Currently pursuing Ph.D. from University of Lille, France)
Pritha Das
MTech thesis student 2019-2021
(Currently pursuing Ph.D. from Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
Himadri Ojha
Master's Dissertation, 2022
Taskeen
Master's Dissertation, 2022
Hardi Shah
Summer Trainee, 2022
Prachi Kapoor
Summer Trainee, 2022
(Currently pursuing M.Sc. from Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester)
Farheen Khader
(Summer Trainee 2023)
(NISER, Bhubaneswar)
Amit Beniwal
(Summer Trainee2023)
(NISER, Bhubaneswar)
Shivi Shrimali
(SummerTrainee 2023)
(IISER, Mohali)
Paramita Chaudhuri
Project JRF
April 2021 - March 2022
Vijaylakshmi
Project Assistant
October 2019 - March 2021