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Our Group
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Principle Investigator
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Dr. Neha Jain
Associate Professor
Department of Bioscience & Bioengineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur
Current Lab Members
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Bhumika Pippal
MTech thesis student 2019-2021 (Currently pursuing Ph.D. from IIT Jodhpur)
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Parvathy
MTech thesis student 2019-2021 (Currently pursuing Ph.D. from University of Lille, France)
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Pritha Das
MTech thesis student 2019-2021
(Currently pursuing Ph.D. from Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
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Himadri Ojha
Master's Dissertation, 2022
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Taskeen
Master's Dissertation, 2022
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Hardi Shah
Summer Trainee, 2022
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Prachi Kapoor
Summer Trainee, 2022
(Currently pursuing M.Sc. from Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester)
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Farheen Khader
(Summer Trainee 2023)
(NISER, Bhubaneswar)
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Amit Beniwal
(Summer Trainee2023)
(NISER, Bhubaneswar)
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Shivi Shrimali
(SummerTrainee 2023)
(IISER, Mohali)
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Paramita Chaudhuri
Project JRF
April 2021 - March 2022
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Vijaylakshmi
Project Assistant
October 2019 - March 2021