Asmita Das
Assistant Professor
Biotechnology
Delhi Technological University
India
Biography
Dr. Asmita Das completed BSc (H) Microbiology from Delhi University, Gargi College and master’s degree in Biotechnology from M.S. University, Baroda. She received her PhD in Immunology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. During her PhD she worked on Natural Killer cell development in mouse models and also worked on NK cell interaction with tumor cells. Thereafter she moved to National Institutes of Health, USA for postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Immunogenetics in National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases, at NIH, USA. During her postdoctoral research she worked on NK cell signaling in humans. Her work in the field was acclaimed as the top 10% articles in Journal of Immunology (IF:5.6) and also published in reputed peer reviewed journals (Immunity: Impact factor of 20.5). While at NIH she also worked as part of the Fellows Editorial Board of National Cancer Institute at National Institute of Health (NIH), USA. She is also engaged in collaborative research in the field of Cancer Biology with Industry and other academic institutes like JNU, NII and others.
Research Interest
Immunodiagnostics and therapeutics
Publications
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Kaur H, Sharma R, Das A (2013) “Mirâ€acles in Neuro Molecular Medicine. International Journal of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics 2: 19-26.
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Sharma R, Das A (2014) Organ specific phenotypic and functional features of NK cells in humans. Immunologic Research 58: 125-131.
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Dhanjal JK, Sharma S, Grover A, Das A (2015) Use of ligand-based pharmacophore modeling and docking approach to find novel acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for treating Alzheimer’s. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 71: 146–152.
