Dr. Vijay Tripathi

Principal Investigator

Dr. Vijay Tripathi has joined the Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, Jacob Institute of Biotechnology and Bioengineering in January 2017 as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Tripathi is an environmental biotechnologist cum bioinformatician to answer the questions related to the dissemination of antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the anthropogenic environment using culturable and unculturable techniques.

Before that, he was a visiting Scientist in the Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, Agricultural Research Organization, Israel and worked on the detection and characterization of Integron-associated ARB and ARGs in different European wastewater treatment plants. He was also working with Prof. Edward Trifonov (founder of Israeli bioinformatics) as a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel. He discovered and coined the universal visible pattern of strong nucleosomes and characterized these patterns in many species including bacteria, plants and animals. Dr. Tripathi started his research carrier, as a doctoral student under the supervision of Prof. Dwijendra K. Gupta at Center of Bioinformatics, University of Allahabad, India. There he worked in the isolation and purification of lysosomal membrane protein using double nano tagged IgY antibodies. During his doctoral thesis project, he was also awarded a prestigious MUIR fellowship and visited the University of Cagliari, Italy for 01 year. Previous to this, he has completed his M. Sc. in Bioinformatics from A.P.S. University, Madhya Pradesh, India in 2007 and B. Tech in Biotechnology (Genetic Engineering.) from Allahabad Agricultural Institute-Deemed University, Allahabad in 2005.

Responsibilities:

  • Assistant Director Research (July 2019- till now), Directorate of Research, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Technology, Prayagraj, U.P-India.

  • Treasurer (August 2019- till now), International Academy of Physical Sciences, Prayagraj, U.P.-India.

  • Staff Advisor of Society of Biotechnology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Technology, Prayagraj, U.P-India.

Editorial Board member:

  • PLos One (Academic Editor)

  • BMC Research Notes (Associate Editor),

  • Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry (Review Editor).

Fellowships:

  • ARO-Post Doctoral Fellowship (2015-2017) for Post Doctorate fellow at Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Centre, Israel.

  • PBC-VATAT Fellowship (2013-2014) for Post Doctorate Fellow at University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.

  • Indo-Israel Government Fellowship (2012-2013) for Post Doctorate Fellow at University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.

  • Italian Ministry of University Research Fellowship (2008-2009) for visiting fellow at University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.

  • University Grants Commission (UGC) Research Fellowship for pursuing Doctoral Studies from 2007 to 2012.

Expertise

  • Antibiotic Resistance

  • Functional Metagenomics

  • Next-Generation Sequencing

  • Nucleosome Positioning