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Dr. Vishvanath Tiwari

Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry

M.Sc. (Biochemistry); Ph.D. (Biochemistry; AIIMS, New Delhi); CSIR-NET-JRF; ICMR-JRF; GATE; INSA-YS Medal; Associate-IASc; Member-NASI; AMS Visiting Fellow, University of Oxford & Uni. of Southampton, England

vishvanath@curaj.ac.in

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  • Antimicrobial Resistance  
  • Host-Pathogen Interactions   
  • Therapeutic Design & Drug Discovery

My laboratory is looking for highly motivated PhD students, and Post-doctoral Fellows under various GOI fellowships. 

  • Assistant Professor (05 July 2012- till present)- Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, Ajmer, India  
  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)- Department of Biochemistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

Administrative Duties:

  • Coordinator of Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Rajasthan (2012-2016)
  • Academic Council Member, Central University of Rajasthan (2012-2015)
  • Director, Physical Education (Office-Incharge), Central University of Rajasthan (2013-2016, 2019-2020)
  • Secretary, University Innovation Club, C.U.Raj (2013-2014)
  • Apex committee for Integrated Studies, Central University of Rajasthan (2020-21)
  • Secretary, University Game and Sport Committee, Central University of Rajasthan (2013-2016, 2019-2020)
  • Convener, and member of Admission (Ph.D., PG & UG) and Lab establishment
  • Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CUCET-2013) organizing committee Member 

Dr. Vishvanath's laboratory mainly focuses on the biochemistry of pathogenesis and drug resistance, as well as therapeutics development for ESKAPE pathogens (Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Klebsiella pneumoniae) causes hospital-acquired infections.

1. Publications:  

2. Research Awards, Recognitions, and Fellowships:  Received Awards, Recognitions and Fellowships from-  

  • Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
  • Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc)
  • National Academy of Sciences India (NASI) 
  • Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) 
  • Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) 
  •  Biotech Research Society, India (BRSI)
  • Council of Scientific & Industrial Research(CSIR) etc. 
  • Listed in World’s Top 2% Scientist from India in Year 2022, 2023, & 2024.
  • Ranked "Second in World" by Scholar GPS, listed top 0.05% of scholars worldwide

3. Supervisor:

  • Awarded: 04 Ph.D. Thesis, 42 Master Thesis, 12Graduate Thesis
  • Ongoing: 03 PhD. Thesis and 4 M.Sc. Thesis

4. Editor of International Journals: 

  • Scientific Reports of Nature Publishing Group (Academic Editor, 2019- till date), 
  • Frontiers in Immunology (Associate Editor, 2021-till date), 
  • BMC-Microbial Cell Factories (Associate Editor, 2023- till date),
  • Frontiers in Microbiology (Associate Editor, 2019-20), 
  • BMC-Proteome Science (Associate Editor, 2019- till date)  
  • Journal of Integrated-OMICS (Associate Editor, 2016-till date)

As Principal Investigator (PI) 

  • ICMR, India (2022-2025)- Ongoing 
  • SERB-DST, India (2018-2022)- Completed 
  • SERB-DST, India (2014-2018)- Completed
  • UGC, India (2014-2016)- Completed

Attended

Invited Speakers/Talks:  

  • Oct 2024: INEOS Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford, England
  • Oct 2024: Biomedical Research Centre Science Forum, University of Southampton, England
  • July 2024: International Conference on "Engineered Materials for Sustainable Development" by NABI, Mohali & PEC, Chandigarh​
  • March 2024: National Conference on "Medicial Plants: Exploring New Frontiers in Envirnmental Sustainability & Healthcare Innovaions" by University of Rajasthan, Jaipur​
  • February 2024: National Conference on "Recent Advancements in Biophysics and Structural Biology" by Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi​
  • February 2024: International Conference on "Nutraceuticals and Chronic Diseases" by Panjab University, Chandigarh​
  • February 2024: National Conference on "Nano-Bio Interface 2024" by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
  • February 2024: National Conference on "North Zone ACBI Conference 2024” by All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur
  • January, 2024: International Conference on Chemical and Biological Sciences by University of Delhi with Kwangwoon University
  • November 2023: International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology (NHBT-2023) by CSIR-NIIST & BRSI at Trivandrum
  • November 2022: Department of Microbiology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India  
  • February 2022: Department of Biotechnology, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Bilaspur
  • December 2020: Department of Zoology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda. 
  • December 2020: 26th Conference of International Academy of Physical Sciences on “Recent Advances in Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, &  Biochemistry"
  • November 2020: 86th Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
  • October 2020: Workshop on “Microbial Diversity: Source of Novel Therapeutics and Industrial Enzymes” by AKS University
  • March 2019: National workshop on Foldscope and Symposium on Applied biotechnology at IIS University 
  • January 2019: Indian Science Congress Association, Lovely Professional University (LPU), Punjab 
  • March 2018: Trends in Genomics: Congruence with Contemporary Biotechnological Tools at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh
  • November 2017: Protein Structure and Dynamics in Health and Agriculture at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), New Delhi
  • November 2016: International Conference on New Development in Drug Discovery From Natural Products and Traditional Medicines at National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali
  • October 2016: India-Japan Symposium on Advanced Materials Science and Technology at Biyani Girls College, Jaipur
  • April 2015: International Congress on Friedreich’s Ataxia and DNA Structure in Health & Disease at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
  • January 2014: International Conference RAPT-2014 at University of Calcutta, Kolkata
  • February 2013: International Conference on Advances in Molecular Mechanisms of Neurological Disorders at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi
  • December 2012: International Conference on “Protein Folding and Diseases at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), New Delhi
  • October 2012: Third International Conference on Natural Polymers and Biomaterials at Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), Kottayam, Kerala

Organized

Conference Organised:

  • Organizing secretary in the National Conference on ‘Advances in Biochemical Sciences: Basics to Translational Research 2024 (ABSBTR2024)’ on dated 20th to 21th March, 2024 at Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer
  • Organizing secretary in the International Conference on ‘Microbial Technologies for Sustainable Bioeconomy 2024 (MTSB2024)’ on dated 31st Jan to 1st Feb, 2024 at School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer
  • Organizing Secretary in International Conference on Emerging Trends in Systems Biology at Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, 23rd March 2022
  • Co-organizing Secretary in International Conference on Molecular Basis of Disease and Therapeutics at School of Life Sciences, Central University of Rajasthan, Bandarsindri, March 2019
  • Co-convener in the symposium ‘Translation Research in Health Sciences’, organized by Society of Young Scientist (SYS), A.I.I.M.S. New Delhi.  Nov 2009: 
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