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UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF

BIOTECHNOLOGY

I. ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE SCHOOL

Conferences, Seminars, FDPs, Extension Lectures • The USB organized a talk on “Opportunities in • The USB organized a webinar on “Thriving under
organized by the School Academics and Research for Biotechnologists in India” Pandemic Formula of 7” on 18th May 2020. Dr. Medha
on 5th March 2020. Dr. SS Meena, NIT Jalandhar, acted Kapoor, Nutrition and Lifestyle Consultant, Co-Founder:
as the resource person. Varsity Skin & Wellness Clinic; Adjunct Faculty, Indian
• The USB organized 15th Yellapragada Subba Row
Memorial Lecture on 14th January 2020. School of Hospitality, Gurgaon.
• The USB organized a webinar on “Ecological
perspective for Next Generation Bioremediation • The USB organized a webinar on “COVID-19, A mental
• The lecture was delivered by Prof. Anurag S. Rathore,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Practices for Sustainable Dye Industry” on 6th Health Pandemic: Strategies to Cope” 18th May 2020.
Technology, Delhi. May 2020. Dr. Vandana Mishra, Department of Mr. Raqib Ali, M. Phil, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Environmental Studies, University of Delhi. Founder, CUBBE Clinic; Visiting Consultant, BL Kapoor
Super-Speciality Hospital, acted as the resource
• The USB organized a talk on “Effect of nanomaterials person.
on interactive behaviour of microorganisms” on 5th • The USB organized a webinar on “Proteomics in Life
March 2020. Dr. Mohanty, NIT Jalandhar, acted as the Sciences: Beacon for Biomarker Discovery” 8th May
resource person. 2020. Prof. Savita Yadav, Department of Biophysics, • The USB organized an Alumni webinar series from 1st –
AIIMS acted as the resourced person. 3rd June, 2020.

II. FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

Publications: Research articles in Journals Natural Compound Present in Argyreia speciosa Roots • J. Sehrawat, , Sawetaji., K. K. Aggarwal, “A Protease
by In Vitro and In Silico Study” in Neuroscience Insights, Inhibitor from Momordica Charantia inhibits Trypsin,
Vol. 15: 1–10, 2020. Elastase and Cathepsin G (serine proteases) having
• V Tyagi, V Parihar, G Malik, V Kalra, S Kapoor and
M Kapoor published an article titled “The DEAD-box regulatory role in inflammation” in International Journal
RNA helicase eIF4A Regulates Plant Development and • P. Kashyap, V. Kalaiselvan, R. Kumar, S.Kumar of Phytopharmacology, 11(2), 57-63, 2020.
Interacts with the hnRNP LIF2L1 in Physcomitrella published an article titled “Ajmalicine and Reserpine:
patens” in Molecular Genetics and Genomics, 295: 373- Indole Alkaloids as Multi-Target Directed Ligands Book Chapters
389, 2020. Towards Factors Implicated in Alzheimer’s Disease” in
Molecules. Feb 2020, 25 (7), 1609, 2020. • Sirohi G and Kapoor M published a chapter titled
• S. K. Verma, and P. C.Sharma published an article “Brassinosteroids in Lowering Abiotic Stress-mediated
titled “NGS-based microbial diversity and functional • S. Chowdhury, S.Kumar published an article titled Damages” in Protective Chemical Agents in the
diversity of solid tannery waste metagenomes” in “Alpha-terpinyl acetate: A Natural Monoterpenoid from Amelioration of Plant Abiotic Stress: Biochemical and
Genomics 112: 29032913, 2020. Elettaria cardamomum as Multi-target Directed Ligand Molecular Perspectives, (eds.) A. Roychoudhury and D.
in Alzheimer’s Disease” in Journal of Functional Foods. K. Tripathi, Wiley-Blackwell ISBN: 978-1-119-55165-2,
Volume 68, 103892, 2020. 2020.
• R, R.Pathak, A.P.Jangam, A.Malik, N.Sharma,
D.K.Jaiswaland N.Raghuram published an article
titled“Transcriptomic and network analyses reveal • P Kashyap, K Muthusamy, M Niranjan, S Trikha, • P.C.Sharma and R. Verma published a chapter
distinct nitrate responses in light and dark in rice leaves S.Kumar published an article titled “Sarsasapogenin: titled “Current status of microRNA-based biomarkers
(Oryza sativa Indica var. Panvel1)” in Scientific Reports A Steroidal Saponin from Asparagus Racemosus as for gastric cancer” in Recent Advancements in
10: 12228, doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68917-z, 2020. Multi-target Directed Ligand in Alzheimer’s Disease” in Biomarkers and Early Detection of Gastrointestinal
Steroids. Volume 153, 108529, 2020. Cancers. Diagnostics and Therapeutic Advances in G.I.
Malignancies, eds. P. Veera Bramhachari, N. Neelapu
• D.Kanter, W. Winiwarter, B. Bodirsky, L. Bouwman, E. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-
Boyer, S. Buckle, J. Compton, T. Dalgaard, W. de Vries, • S. Hingane, N. Joshi, M. Surjit and C.T. Ranjith- 4431-6_6. Pg 73-9, 2020.
D. Leclère, A. Leip, C. Muller, A. Popp, N.Raghuram, Kumar published an article titled “Hepatitis E Virus
S.Rao, M. Sutton, H. Tian, H. Westhoek, X. Zhangand ORF2 Inhibits RIG-I Mediated Interferon Response”
M. Zurek published an article titled “Nitrogen Futures in Frontiers in Microbiology. 11:656. doi:10.3389/ • R. Verma and P. C. Sharma published a chapter
in the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways 4.” in Global fmicb.2020.00656, 2020. titled “Exploring the role of heat shock proteins in the
Environmental Change 61: 102029, 2020. development of gastric cancer.” In: Heat Shock Proteins
(eds. A.. Asea and P. Kaur), Springer, Dordrecht. https://
• J. Gupta, S. Kaul, A. Srivastava, N. Kaushik, S. Ghosh, doi.org/10.1007/7515_2020_4., 2020.
• N. Raghuram and R. P. Singh“Nurturing growth with C. Sharma, G. Batra, M. Banerjee, Shalimar, B. Nayak,
excellence: PMBP goes monthly in its Silver Jubilee year” C.T. Ranjith-Kumar, and M. Surjit published an article
in Physiol. Mol. Biol. Plants 26 (1): 1-2, 2020. titled “Expression, Purification and Characterization of Other (UNEP Monograph)
the Hepatitis E Virus Like-Particles in the Pichia Pastoris” • N. Raghuram published”Zeroing in on farm budgets
in Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:141. doi: 10.3389/ or zero budget natural farming? A perspective from
• P. Kashyap, H. Ram, S.D. Shukla and S.Kumar India.” UNEP Perspectives 37: 1-9, 2020.
published an article titled “Scopoletin: Antiamyloidogenic, fmicb.2020.00141, 2020.
Anticholinesterase, and Neuroprotective Potential of a