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