Lab members
Lab PI
Hem Chandra Jha, PhD, FRSB
Associate Professor
Department of BSBE, IIT Indore
PhD Scholars
Annu Rani
M.Sc. Zoology (Banaras Hindu University, India)
Year of Joining and current status: January 2020, CSIR-SRF
Research area: Evaluation of EBV entry into brain cells: an insightful therapeutic target
Email ID: phd1901271006@iiti.ac.in
MDS Periodontology (Barkatullah University, India), MSc Biotechnology (IIT Indore, India)
Year of Joining and current status: MSc Project- May 2019, PhD- Aug 2020,
Prime Minister's Research Fellow-2020
Research area: Malignant transformation of oral submucous fibrosis
Email ID: mscphd2007171001@iiti.ac.in
Meenakshi Kandpal
MSc Microbiology: (Kumaun University, India) Year of Joining and current status: August 2021, Prime Minister's Research Fellow-2022
Research area: Gut-Brain axis
Email ID: phd2101171014@iiti.ac.in
Pranit Bagde
MSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: (Pondicherry Central University, India)
Year of Joining and current status: July 2022, UGC-JRF
Email ID: phd2201171007@iiti.ac.in
Vaishali Saini
MSc Molecular and Human Genetics: (Banaras Hindu University, India)
Year of Joining and current status: July 2022, Prime Minister's Research Fellow-2022
Research area- Synaptic alterations and barrier compromises in the gut-brain axis: An outcome of gastric coinfections
Email ID: phd2201171005@iiti.ac.in
Pramesh Sinha
MSc Biotechnology: (Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyala, India)
Year of Joining and current status: July 2023, UGC-JRF
Email ID: phd2301171008@iiti.ac.in
Sidharth Singh
MSc Biotechnology: (Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India)
Year of Joining and current status: July 2023, UGC-JRF
Email ID: mscphd2301171011@iiti.ac.in
Nfor Gael Njini
MSc Biochemistry: (University of Dschang Cameroon)
Year of Joining and current status: Dec. 2023, TWAS-DBT
Email ID: phd2301271001@iiti.ac.in
Arpit Verma
MSc Biotechnology: (Central University Of Rajasthan)
Year of Joining and current status: Dec. 2023, TA-JRF
Email ID: phd2301271003@iiti.ac.in
Lab Alumni
Charu Sonkar
Year of Joining: Dec 2016
Year of completion: Aug 2021
Research area: Role kinases in gastric cancer
Shweta Jakhmola
Year of Joining: Dec 2016
Year of completion: April 2022
Research area: Role of EBV in Multiple Sclerosis
Deeksha Tiwari
Year of Joining July 2017
Year of completion: 2022
Research area: EBV and it's role in neurodegeneration (Alzheimer's disease)
Omkar Indari
Year of Joining: July 2017
Year of completion: 2022
Research area: Malaria-EBV coinfection
Dharmendra Kashyap
Year of joining: Dec 2017
Year of completion: 2023
Research area: Co-infection of Helicobacter pylori and Epstein Barr virus in gastric cancer
Budhadev Baral
Year of Joining: October 2018
Year of completion: 2024
Research area: SARS CoV-2 and host interaction and Co-infection of EBV and Helicobacter pylori in digestive tract cancer
Nidhi Varshney
Year of Joining: July 2019
Year of completion: 2024
Research area: Helicobacter pylori - EBV coinfection
Email ID: phd1901171007@iiti.ac.in
Past Interns and Project trainees
Akreti Tandon
MSc (Biotechnology) May 2022
Priyanka Patra
MSc (Biotechnology) May 2022
Gayatri Misra
Studies on signaling pathways involved in platelet adhesion and activation”,
MSc in Biotechnology, 2019-20.
Samiksha Rele
MSc (Biotechnology) May 2022
Akanksha Kumari
Coinfection of Plasmodium falciparum and Epstein-Barr Virus
MSc in Biotchnology, 2020.
Sonali Adhikari
MSc (Biotechnology) May 2022
Role of Epstein-Barr virus in the etiopathogenesis periodontitis and use of oral rinses as adjunctive therapy for recurrent gastritis
MSc in Biotechnology. 2019-20.
Siddharth Singh
MSc (Biotechnology) May 2022
Sayantani Chatterjee
Epstein-Barr Virus infection deteriorates neurobehavioral activity in rat model of Multiple Sclerosis
MSc in Life Sciences. 2020.
Sudipta Sonar
Role of αV integrin in Epstein Barr virus infected astrocytes
M.Sc. in Virology. 2019.
Anuranjan Singh Rathod
Identification of the host receptor domains which facilitate the attachment of Estein-Barr Virus.
M.Sc. in Genetic Engineering. 2018-19.
Kavita Kandara
Status of proto-oncogene and tumor suppressor gene in Epstein - Barr virus and Helicobacter pylori co-infected adenocarcinoma cell line.
M.Sc. in Life Sciences. 2018-19.
Deeksha Trivedi
Designing and cloning for different DBL domains of PfEMP1 of Plasmodium falciparum.
M.Sc. in Genetic Engineering. 2018-19.
Arpan Debnath
Construction of alpha-synuclein clone for studying Parkinson's disease.
M.Sc. in Biochemistry. 2018-19.
Jyoti Sharma
Biofilm formation for the study of Heavy metals.
M.Sc. in Life Sciences. 2017-18.