Sonika Bhatnagar

Biography

I finished my Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral work in Department of Biophysics, AIIMS in 2002. Subsequently, I have been associated with the B.E. Biotechnology Program since the very early stages. During the early years, I was involved with the approval of course and development of basic infrastructure of the Divisional labs. Currently, I am developing a Computational and Structural Biology Lab. for research and teaching. I have been awarded the Innocentive solver award for Identification of top five therapeutic targets for treatment of obesity (https://www.innocentive.com/ar/challenge/bio?userName=ecc999). My research interests lie in the application of Computational and Structural Biology tools for gaining insights into Cardiovascular Disease and Bacterial Stress response with a long term focus on Drug target selection, Drug design and Repurposing. Our work has also featured as Invited commentary on International Atherosclerosis Society Website (www.athero.org).

Research Interest

5. Cardiovascular Disease and Bacterial Stress response: Molecular mechanisms of disease, Target selection; Drug Repurposing and design.