
Department of Biotechnology
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala
Ongoing Ph.D. Students
1. Neha Srivastav (Co-supervisor: Dr. B. K. Chudasama)
Worked on -Thermo-chemotherapeutic effects of magnetic nanoparticles on cancer cells.
2. Pratima Roy: (Co-supervisor: Dr. Siddharth Sharma)
Working on: Identification of nsSNPs in Interleukin-4 gene and their association with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
3. Diksha Sharma
Working on: Computational design of Orthohantavirus immunogenic peptides and in vitro validation
4. Garima Goyal:
​Working on: In silico identification of immunogenic multi-epitopes peptides against Orthohantavirus glycoprotein and their validation
5. Ishita Arora
Working on: In silico identification of conserved immunogenic peptides containing multiple epitopes against Bluetongue virus structural protein and their experimental validation (IRB Yet to be done)
6. Sneha Singh: IRB yet to be done
PhD Completed
1. Neha Lohia
Worked on- Immunogenic peptide identification in H1N1 virus as target for vaccine design
2. Sahil Jain
Worked on - Identification of peptides containing epitopes of Ebola virus eliciting immune
response.
3. Sidhartha Singh: (Co-supervisor: Dr. Siddharth Sharma)
Worked on: Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Mis-Match Repair pathway genes, and its computational analysis in Lung Cancer patients4.
4. Yogita Gupta (Co-supervisor: Dr. B. K. Chudasama)
Worked on - Designing a synthetic peptide-nanoparticle conjugate as a vaccine candidate
against Zika virus.
5. Ajay Chalotra: (Co-supervisor: Dr. Dwarikanath Ratha & Dr. Richa Babbar)
Worked on: Study on transport mechanism of biological contaminants through subsurface media
6.Neha Kaushal
​ Worked on- Conserved peptide containing HLA restricted epitopes as vaccine candidate against Crimean-congo haemorrhagic fever 4.
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Master Thesis Completed: 37