Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
MALARIA
RESEARCH LAB
Principal Investigator
Vishal Trivedi
Professor
Dr. Trivedi did his Ph.D from Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow in the field of Structural biology. While pursuing Ph.D he discovered a novel heme containing peroxidase from malaria parasite plasmodium falciparum. From his postdoctoral research at the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University and Molecular Oncology Research Institute, Tufts University, Boston, USA , he gained extensive research experience in the field of cell biology, intracellular signal transduction and immunology.
MSc in Biochemistry. University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India (Gold medalist).
BSc in Biology. University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India.
Phone: 0361-258-2217
Email: vtrivedi@iitg.ac.in
Address: Dept of BSBE, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India
PhD
Siddharth Neog
Year of Joining: July, 2018
Area of Research: Strategic Exploitation of NDV-Plasmodium Interaction Axis to Develop Novel Anti-Malarials
Email: neog@iitg.ac.in
M Rajendra Prasad
Year of Joining: Dec, 2019
Area of Research: Molecular and Biochemical aspects of Malaria diagnosis
Email: mrajendra@iitg.ac.in
Eena Dodwani
Year of Joining: July, 2021
Area of Research: Targetting proteases from hemoglobin degradation pathway of Plasmodium falciparum
Email: eena.dodwani@iitg.ac.in
Shirish Bhagwan Kathane
Year of Joining: July, 2021
Area of Research: Cell signaling pathways during inflamation in NAFLD
Email: b.shirish@iitg.ac.in
Pitam Chakrabarti
Year of Joining: December, 2023
Area of Research:Repurposing Ayurvedic Remedies With Anticancer Potential
Email: c.pitam@iitg.ac.in
Mtech
Mansi Biswas
Year of Joining: June, 2024
Area of Research:Designing Multifunctional Peptides for Enhanced Wound Healing and Hemin Neutralization.
Email: b.manasi@iitg.ac.in
Partha Pratim Sikdar
Year of Joining: June, 2024
Area of Research: Molecular Probe to Detect Apoptosis In Cancer Cells
Email: s.partha@iitg.ac.in
Alumni
Alok Kumar Pandey
Thesis title: Role of HSPA8 In Pathological Outcomes In The Host During Malaria
Thesis Submitted
Dr. MD Rafi Uz Zama Khan
Thesis title: Potentials of Ayurvedic Formulations as Anti-Cancer Agents
Dr. Sooram Banesh
Thesis title: Potentials of CD36 in sensing apoptotic cells and modulating hemin mediated immune response from macrophages
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
Dr. Anil Kumar D
Thesis title: Exploring the potentials of FIKK kinase(s) into development of antimalarial and diagnostics
Current position: Postdoctoral researcher at Baylor's college of Medicine, Texas, USA.
Dr. Arnish Chakraborty
Thesis title: Characterization and Activity Profiling of Candidate Drugs Against PFD0975W from Plasmodium Falciparum
Dr. Rohitas Deshmukh
Thesis title: Investigation of Macrophage Mediated Homeostasis During Malaria
Current position: Assosiate Professor in GLA University, Uttar Pradesh, India
Dr. Kimjolly Lhouvum
Thesis title: Cloning Over-expression and Biochemical Characterization of Putative Protease PFI1625c from Plasmodium falciparum 3D7
Current position: Assistant Professor in NIT Arunachal Pradesh, India
Dr. SN Balaji
Thesis title: Role of host factors governing malaria parasite growth and host pathology
Dr. Suman Jyoti Deka
Thesis title: Identification, screening and exploring potentials of PKC directed molecules in anti-cancer drug development
Current position: Co-founder and Director of Spice Natura food tech
Arunima Namdeo
Thesis Title: Effect of febrile temperature on RBC and its cytoadherence activity in malaria
Sandeep Reddy Vinjamuri
Thesis title: Temperature induced RBC structural abnormality and aggregation
Divyanshu Tiwari
Thesis title: Nanocarries from Ayurvedic Bhasmas to Deliver Drugs
Current position: Graduate student at IIT Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Neha Walawalkar
Thesis title: Virtual screening of FDA-approved drugs to develop potent antimalarials targeting antioxidant machinery in Plasmodium falciparum
Shyam Ji Gupta
Thesis title:Re-purposing of antibiotics drugs from FDA databank as anti-TB agents.
Arun saiKiran
Thesis title:Re-purposing of antibiotics drugs from FDA databank as anti-TB agents.
Umesh Kushwaha
Thesis title:Repurposing of FDA Drug Databank to identify suitable TB agents.
Current position: Graduate student at IIT Guwahati, Assam, India.
Rakesh Kumar Singh
Thesis title:Reformulation of Triphala as anticancer agents.
Vimee Raturi
Thesis title:Cloning Over-expression, purification and testing potentials of PF14_0660 from Plasmodium Falciparum 3D7 in designing anti-malarials.
P. Pallavi
Thesis title:Temp induced endothelial cells changes to contribute into the Cyto-adherence.