Sheetal Thakur 

PhD Research Scholar
Kusuma School of Biological Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Emails: sheetalthakur302@gmail.com, blz228264@bioschool.iitd.ac.in

Education:
M.Tech. Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad.
M.Sc. Biotechnology, Central University of Haryana.
B.Sc. (Honours) Biotechnology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla (H.P.).

Awards/Fellowships/ Grants:
Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) awarded by Indian Institute of technology Delhi.
Qualified GATE 2020.

Research Area:
Exploring Co-aggregation of Viral and Human Proteins Involved in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Workshops and Conferences
Attended International workshop on “Bioinformatics, Genomics and Data Analysis" organised by Nextgenhelper, New Delhi (March ,2021).
Attended National conference on “Biotechnology: Exploring Through Innovations” (November, 2018)

Publications:
1. Vashishtha, S., Thakur, S., Singh, J., Adhana, S., & Kundu, B. Evolutionarily conserved heat shock protein, HtpX, as an adjunct target against antibiotic-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Journal of cellular biochemistry,124 (10), 1516-1529,2023.
2. Singh, K., Vashishtha, S., Chakraborty, A., Kumar, A., Thakur, S., Kundu, B*, The Salmonella typhi cell division activator protein StCAP impacts pathogenesis by influencing critical molecular events, ACS Infectious Diseases, 2024.
 
Previous Research Experience:
M.Tech. Thesis: “Interaction studies of a putative HEPN/MNT toxin-antitoxin proteins in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803”, Under the supervision of Prof. J. S. S. Prakash, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad.
M.Sc. Thesis: “Feeding Strategies to Enhance Recombinant Human Serum Albumin Production from Pichia pastoris”, Under the guidance of Professor Anurag Rathore, Department of chemical engineering, IIT-Delhi.