Piyush Baindara, PhD
Education
Educational qualifications
Postdoctoral Research (March 2020-Present): University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
Postdoctoral Researcher (Oct 2018-Feb 2020): University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
Postdoctoral Researcher (Mar-Sep 2018): National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India
Visiting Research Scholar (2015): Catholic University of Brasilia, Brazil
PhD (2011-2017): CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India
MSc (2008-2010): School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
BSc (2004-2008): College of Agriculture, GB Pant University, Pantnagar, India
Research Experience
Postdoctoral Research (NCBS)
Project: Differential regulation of autophagy during M. tuberculosis infection and stress through calcineurin and TFEB
Visiting Research Scholar (2015), Mentor; Prof. Octavio L. Franco
Project: Antimicrobial recombinant peptides and lipopeptides production for treatment of nosocomial infections
PhD (2011-2017), Mentor; Dr. Suresh Korpole
Thesis: Molecular and genetic characterization of antimicrobial peptides produced by soil bacterial isolates
MSc (2008-2010), Mentor; Prof. R.N.K. Bamezai
Dissertation: Effect of MAP kinase pathway inhibition on expression, activity and oligomeric status of PKM2
Awards and achievements
Abstract selected for poster presentation at 13th ASM Conference on Candida and Candidiasis, Seattle, WA, USA, 2016
Abstract selected for poster presentation at 4th ASM/ESCMID Conference on Methicillin resistant Staphylococci in Animals, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2015
International Travel Grant by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India
International Travel Grant by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India
International Travel Support by Immunological foundation, Govt. of India
International Travel Support by Center for International Co-operation in Science (CICS), Govt. of India
Senior Research Fellowship 2013-2016 from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India
Junior Research Fellowship 2011-2013 Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India