Lahari Das

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Microbiologist

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Tel: 6787181072

Email: lahari.das@einsteinmed.edu

 

 

 

VALIDATE Role:

Network Associate

 

Research Keywords:

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. leprae, TB, leprosy, vaccine, genetic engineering.

 

Biography: 

I am a microbiologist having a PhD from the Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR-IMTECH), Chandigarh, India. My association with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) began during my doctoral. research. I was awarded the prestigious Dr D.S. Kothari Postdoctoral fellowship by the Government of India, to pursue my postdoctoral research at the Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, India. Currently, I am working as a postdoctoral research fellow in the laboratory of Dr William. R. Jacobs Jr. at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. My research in Dr Jacobs’ lab involves developing a novel recombinant herpes virus vector TB vaccine. I am also working towards genetically engineering M. leprae to make a stable fluorescent reporter strain and make the leprosy bacilli grow on artificial media. These efforts when successful would revolutionize the field of vaccine research and drug discovery for leprosy.

 

Key Publications: 

  • Das L, Verma D, Gambhir V, Dikshit KL, Varshney GC (2015) Heterogeneity among the homologsof cutinase – like protein 
  • Cut5 in Mycobacteria. PloSONE 10(7): E0133186.
  • Dubey N, Mehak Zahoor Khan, Suresh Kumar, Sharma A, Das  L, Bhaduri A, Nandicoori V K, Singh Y (2021). Mycobacterium tuberculosis Peptidyl prolyl isomerase A interacts with host integrin receptor to exacerbate disease progression. Journal of Infectious Disease. jIab081 (Review Article)
  • Das L*, Virmani R, Vishal S, Rawat D, Singh Y, (2019) Human milk microbiota: transferring the antibiotic resistome to infants. Indian Journal of Microbiology. 59(4):410-416 DOI: (First and *Co-corresponding) Book Chapter
  • Das L, Singh Y. (2018) Quorum Sensing Inhibition: A Target for Treating Chronic Wounds. In: Kalia V. (eds) Biotechnological Applications of Quorum Sensing Inhibitors. Springer, Singapore. Doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-9026-4_6

 

Weblinks of Interest:

William Jacobs Profile
Linkedin Profile