Molecular Advancements in Tropical Diseases Drug Discovery

1. Amebiasis
2. Leishmaniasis
3. Tuberculosis
4. Lymphatic filariasis
5. Malaria
6. Sleeping Sickness

Gauri Misra, PhD, has a research focus in the field of cancer biology and Malaria directed toward drug discovery, armored with an experience in Structural Biology, Biophysics and Bioinformatics. She has an outstanding academic background and experience of more than 10 years in the field of teaching and research, adorned by various prestigious awards and honors at different stages of her career with a strong desire of transferring her repertoire of knowledge to the upcoming generations. Her PhD thesis was awarded with Eli Lilly Asia Outstanding Thesis Award (first prize) in 2009. She has received “state of the art” International exposure while working as a postdoctoral researcher at CHUL Research Centre, Canada and visiting scientist at ISPC, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel in 2014 along with few other countries. She serves as a reviewer for various renowned international journals and is often invited for speaking engagements about her research. To date, she has authored 17 research articles, 4 international books, and 6 book chapters. The ongoing research project in her laboratory focuses on evaluating the potential of new lead compounds against breast cancer. Dr. Vijay Kumar Srivastava is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology at the Amity Institute of Biotechnology in Jaipur, India. Dr. Srivastava has extensive research experience in pathogen biology working across Leishmania donovani, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Entamoeba histolytica. He did his postdoctoral studies at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Bhopal, India. He has published 22 research articles in journals of high repute, as well as two book chapters through Springer Nature and Elsevier. He has expertise in the field of Molecular Biology and Structural Biology with interdisciplinary expertise in Bioinformatics. Recently he has completed a DST-SERB project on Entamoeba histolytica as a PI/coordinator and was awarded an international travel grant from DST-India. His research primarily focuses on understanding the structure-function relationships of biologically significant soluble proteins.