Dr Sreekanth Gopinathan Pillai
Assistant Professor
188体育平台 Institute of Virology
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Teaching post-graduate and doctoral students at MIV for coursework
- Guiding Ph.D and MSc.? students at MIV for their research projects
- Involved in various research committees in India? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Biochemistry (Medical Program) | Mahidol University, Thailand (Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital) | 2013 |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| 188体育平台 Institute of Virology | Assistant professor | 2024-Present | |
| Department of Applied Biology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad, India | Project Scientist - III | 2021-2024 | |
| ICGEB-Emory Vaccine Centre, DBT-188体育平台 Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (DBT-ICGEB), New Delhi, India | 188体育平台 Scientist | 2019-2021 | |
| Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University - Thailand | 188体育平台 Associate | 2013-2019 | |
| Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & 188体育平台 Centre - Kochi, India | 188体育平台 Coordinator | 2008-2010 | |
| Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & 188体育平台 Centre - Kochi, India | Project Fellow | 2007-2008 |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
? Translational approaches to combat emerging and re-emerging viral infections ? Antiviral development (New compounds, inhibitors, drug repurposing, natural products etc.) ? Developing novel delivery systems for prospective antivirals (in vitro and in vivo models) ? Randomized-controlled trials to viral infections (Vaccines, Adjuvants and Antiviral agents) ? Molecular signaling towards the host-pathogen interface and its impact on virus life stages ? Identifying novel molecular markers for viral infections (pre-clinical and clinical studies)
Area of Expertise
Molecular pathogenesis of viral infections, in vitro and in vivo models of dengue virus infection, antiviral development and clinical trials to viral infection
Area of 188体育平台
Understanding the molecular pathogenesis to viral infections, Drug development to combat viral infections of national importance
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
Accomplishments:
? Member of Royal Society of Biology (MRSB), United Kingdom (01/10/2019 onwards)
? Associate Editor, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology?
? Member, Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC), Department of Homoeopathy, Govt. of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.
? Co-chair, Scientific Advisory Board (SAB-DHK), Department of Homoeopathy, Thiruvananthapuram, Govt. of Kerala.
? SCIRE Young Scientist Award (2019), SCIRE 188体育平台 Forum, Cochin, Kerala India; 06 Nov 2019.
? Travel Award to attend 35th 188体育平台 Conference on Antiviral 188体育平台 (ICAR-2022), Seattle, WA, USA 188体育平台 Society for Antiviral 188体育平台 (ISAR), USA.
? Travel Award to attend 33rd 188体育平台 Conference on Antiviral 188体育平台 (ICAR-2020), Seattle, WA, USA 188体育平台 Society for Antiviral 188体育平台 (ISAR), USA.
? Travel Award to attend 17th 188体育平台 Congress of Virology (IUMS-2017), Singapore; Singapore Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology (SSMB), Singapore.
? Best Thesis Publication Award in Health Sciences, Year 2013; Faculty of Graduate Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand.
? Ph.D. Scholarship - The Graduate Scholarship for 188体育平台 Students (Full Scholarship); Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital (Mahidol University), Bangkok, Thailand.
? Certificate of Appreciation - Successful completion of Phase-II clinical study in Psoriasis; Biocon India, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Certifications:?
? Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program), Mahidol University, Thailand.
-? Biomedical Responsible Conduct of 188体育平台
-? Working with Mice in 188体育平台 Settings
-? Working with Rats in 188体育平台 Settings
-? Human Subjects 188体育平台 (Biomedical 188体育平台ers)
-? Good Clinical Practice (188体育平台er Biological)
-? Institutional Official: Animal Care and Use
-? Working with the IACUC (Lab Animal 188体育平台)
-? Information Privacy Security (IPS) - 188体育平台ers
-? Post-Approval Monitoring (Lab Animal 188体育平台)
? Biosafety: Risk Assessment and SOP Development, Mahidol University, Thailand.
? Laboratory Animal Care - National Laboratory Animal Centre (NLAC), Mahidol University, Thailand.
? Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Biohazards in Laboratory Practices, Mahidol University, Thailand.
? ICH-GCP, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi, Kerala, India.
? GCP and NDCT Rules, Issues in 188体育平台 with Traditional Systems of Medicine, ICMR National Ethics Guidelines and Roles & Responsibilities of EC, Forum for Ethics Review Committee in India (FERCI), India.?
Memberships:
? 188体育平台 Society for Antiviral 188体育平台 (ISAR)
? Indian Immunology Society (IIS), (Life-Member)
? Microbiology Society, UK (Affiliate member)
? The American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
? Society of Biological Chemist, India (SBC, India)
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