Archana Chugh’s Lab
About the Lab and Research
Our lab intends to explore versatility of cell penetrating peptides (CPPs). They can be used as therapeutic peptides as well as Nano carriers. Additionally, we are working on plant phenomics and IPR and regulatory issues in novel life science technologies such as nanomedicine, synthetic biology.
Cell penetrating peptides (CPPs)
• CPPs as membrane active peptides (MAPs)
• Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as CPPs
• Peptide mediated ocular disease management
• Developing novel CPPs with better stability and cargo delivery
• Organelle targeting CPPs (mitochondria, nucleus etc.)
Rice Phenomics
Drought is one of the severe abiotic stress that affects productivity of rice, an important staple crop that is consumed all over the world. The traits responsible for enhancing or adapting drought resistance in rice plants can be selected and studied to elucidate the adaptive mechanism of rice that leads to drought tolerance. Therefore, the main focus is to find the correlation between genotypic and phenotypic traits in order to understand rice phenomics in a better way for further improvement of the crop.
"Rice Root Xylem" by Anupama
IPR, SAFETY AND REGULATORY ISSUES IN NOVEL LIFE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES
Currently we are investigating various challenges in the governance of Nanomedicine in India. We are also investigating the comparative regulatory regimes in the field of Nanomedicine and proposing a novel governance framework for effective regulation of Nanomedicine. We have also been studying the IPR as well as governance issues with Synthetic biology.
Lab Students
Ph.D. Scholars
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Anjali Priya
Previous Qualifications
GATE
M.Tech in Marine Biotechnology
Area of Research
Novel Cell penetrating peptides from marine resources
Email
itsanjali.priya@gmail.com
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Anupama
Co-supervised by Dr. Brejesh Lall (Electrical Engineering Department)
Previous Qualifications
ICAR-NET 2014, GATE 2013, CSIR-NET 2012
M.Tech. in Biotechnology
Area of Research
Rice Phenomics
Email
anupama151989@gmail.com
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Deepthi Poornima B
Previous Qualifications
ICMR-SRF
M.Sc. Microbiology
Area of Research
Anti-microbial peptides and their mechanism of action
Email
deepti.iitd12@gmail.com
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Harsha Rohira
Previous Qualifications
GATE
M.Sc. Biotechnology
Area of Research
Nanocarrier mediated drug delivery for treatment of ocular diseases
Email
harsharohira19@gmail.com
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Nisha P
Previous Qualifications
UGC-SRF
M.Sc. Biochemistry
Area of Research
Cell penetrating peptides and their mechanism of transport
Email
nishabio227@gmail.com
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Pankhuri Narula
Previous Qualifications
CSIR-NET, GATE
M.Sc. (Honors) Biochemistry
Area of Research
Cell penetrating peptides and neurodegenerative diseases
Email
narula.pankhuri@gmail.com
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Pooja Bhatia
Ph.D. (Part Time)
Previous Qualifications
M.Sc.
Area of Research
Governance systems for emerging life science technologies, IPR, Innovation Management and Commercialization
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Vinita Krishna
Ph.D. (Supervisor – Prof. S. K. Jain, Dept. of Management Studies, Co-supervisor – Dr. Archana Chugh)
Area of Research
Patent Economics
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Vivek Kumar
Previous Qualifications
CSIR-SRF
M.Sc. Life Sciences
Area of Research
Novel cell organelle penetrating peptide(s) and medicinal plants
Email
vivekkumarbckv@gmail.com
M.S. Research Students
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S. Sujithra
Previous Qualifications
GATE
B.Tech. Biotechnology
Area of Research
Applications of CPPs for treatment of ocular diseases
Email
sujishankar94@gmail.com
Lab Alumni
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Astha Jain
PhD, 2010–2015
Present Position
Post-Doctoral Fellow at Institute of Organic Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Junior Research Fellows
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Mudit Mishra
Project JRF
Present Position
PhD from Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium
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Sheeba Zarin
Project JRF
Present Position
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