Shikha Joon
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,India
Biography
Shikha Joon is a Ph.D. candidate at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India with a particular interest in studying novel drug targets against infectious diseases mainly anthrax. Prior She received her graduate and post-graduate degrees in Biotechnology at Bangalore University, India. She was a part of a team that worked towards developing therapeutic single chain variable fragment (Scfv) antibody against anthrax, the first of its kind. Her dedicated research on CodY, a pleiotropic transcriptional regulator, led to the revelation of the novel and unique aspects of this multifaceted protein. Further inquiry is being extended out from her to gain an insight into its detailed mechanism of interaction with GTP and further acquiring it as a drug target.
Abstract
Abstract : A study of the interaction mechanism of GTP with CodY of Bacillus anthracis