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)
Presented a poster titled “ Viral peptide stretches may trigger amyloid aggregates in host proteins” at BioWorld 2024, organized by KSBS, IIT Delhi.

Presented a poster titled “Viral infections trigger amyloid formation in host proteins through selective cross-interaction mediated by peptide hotspots” at Proteins & Peptides Conference, 21th to 24th July 2025, Geneva, Switzerland.

Presented a poster titled “Do Viral Infections Trigger Neurodegenerative Diseases? A Computational Insight.” at 66th AMI Annual International Conference & research conclave, 12-15th November 2025, Dehradun.

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.
3. Adhana, S., Jain, R., Sahoo, S., Thakur, S., Pandey, A., Mittal, A., ... & Chaudhry, U. Superbug Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections: The Role of the Moonlighting Protein Glutamate Racemase in Treatment and Prevention. Current topics in medicinal chemistry,2025.

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.