ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
Breaking Biofilms
Our research group focuses mainly on the following major objectives- Understanding the evolution of antibiotic resistance, Mechanism of biofilm formation, surveillance of pathogens/antibiotic resistance in the in-built environment and finding alternate drugs to block major beta-lactamase involved in drug resistance
Recent Publications
Ruhal, Rohit, et al. "Mutation of putative glycosyl transferases PslC and PslI confers susceptibility to antibiotics and leads to drastic reduction in biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa." Microbiology 169.9 (2023): 001392
Ruhal, Rohit, and Rashmi Kataria. "Biofilm patterns in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria." Microbiological Research 251 (2021): 126829.
GRANTS
SERB-SRG Govt of India (Start-Up Grant) 2023-
VIT Vellore Seed Grant 2023-
CSIR Scientist Pool scheme (2020-2022)
Open Positions
JRF for SERB project, preference for M. Sc in Bioinformatics and GATE/NET
Two months of project undergraduate training with fellowship as per DST norms
Motivated students for PhD in antibiotic resistance
Postdoc/RA for any fellowships
PhD students
Abhijeet Sahu (Topic-Antibiotic resistance evolution)
Tushar Koujalagi (Topic- Surveillance of pathogens)
Ankumoni Das (Topic- Inhibition of beta lactamase)