Activities
The thrust areas of the Department are Protein Biochemistry, Structural Biology, Malarial Research, Microbial Genetics, Reproductive Biology and Molecular Biology of infectious diseases. The faculty in the department is well trained with experience in foreign laboratories and the department has a good infrastructure.
Dr. Rachna Hora studies structure function relationship of proteins from plasmodium species. She is actively involved in functional characterization of various
P. falciparum proteins critical for malaria pathogenesis.
Dr. Anup Kumar Kesavan works on the aspect of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis and its virulence. The study focuses on iron regulations and the role of genes that are involved in latency and reactivation.
Dr. Gagandeep Kaur Gahlay is interested in studying the process of sperm-egg interactions. Various proteins involved in the process one being studied for their role in this process.
Dr. Jatinder Singh is working on purification, characterization and molecular cloning of plant lectins. In addition role of various animal lectins is being investigated in susceptibity to various disease conditions.