Sampada Sudarshan

CDC-USA funded project on Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) and Japanese Encephalitis (JE) surveillance in India.Part of the Outbreak investigation team for field trials of NGS using Nanopore Sequencing technology in Assam and Uttar Pradesh, India in 2019 and 2018, respectively. Resource personnel for the Regional WHO workshop on Strengthening the capacity of JE laboratory network-South East Asia Region, 2019.

1.Immune modulation of Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and Murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV). 2.Effect of MCMV tegument protein encoding gene and their Human homologues in HCMV on the host IFN signaling pathway.

1.Evaluation of Herbal extract for antiviral property against Rabies virus invitro and invivo. 2.Study of immunopathogensis of Rabies virus in murine model. 3.Animal experiments involving Swiss Albino mice. 4.Training of M.D. Microbiology students on Rabies diagnostic technique and cell culture.

Establishing a Grade-I Virology network laboratory under the project funded by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR). Diagnosis of viral diseases by molecular biology and virological techniques.

Majors- Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Genetics