सीएसआईआर – केंद्रीय खाद्य प्रौद्योगिक अनुसंधान संस्थान
वैज्ञानिक और औद्योगिक अनुसंधान परिषद
विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्रालय, भारत सरकार,
मैसूरु - 570020
Presently, my lab focuses on
1) Dietary interventions for modulation of the gut microbiome in relation to health and disease. In particular, we are trying to understand the cross talk between pre-, pro- and post- biotics for their influence on colon health via gut microbiota modulation.
2) My team also works on nanobiotechnology based approaches to develop biosensing (aptamers, enzymes, antibodies, affimers etc.) methods to detect food contaminants, foodborne pathogens and microbial toxins. In this direction, my lab particularly specializes in generation of novel oligonucleotide aptamers and enzymes for their application in developing optical biosensors.
Pre-, Pro-, and Post-biotics, Gutmicrobiome modulation in health and disease, Biosensors
CSIR-CFTRI annual award for best research publication 2016-17; CSIR-CFTRI annual award for best research publication 2017-18; Recognized as "SHERO" Women Scientist Achiever by Biostand ups Women forum (2017); DST- FAST TRACK start up grant for Young Scientist; AU-CBT Ph.D Research Scholar Excellence award from Biotech Research Society of India (BRSI), India (2008), CSIR-NEERI best research publication award (2008), Merit award for securing third highest marks in M.Sc., University Exam, Bangalore, India
