Laboratory of Antibiotic Resistance & Virulence
School of Biological Sciences
National Institute of Science Education
and Research
Present members
Principal Investigator
Harapriya Mohapatra, PhD, Reader
Ph.D, 2003 - Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi South Campus, Ph.D Supervisor – Prof. Rani Gupta
Post-Doc, 2008 - Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Supervisor - Dr. D. V. Singh.
Ph.D Scholars
Mitali Mishra, DST-INSPIRE fellow, Batch 2012,
M.Sc Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Vellore Institute of Technology
Thesis title: Study on membrane-mediated antibiotic resistance mechanisms and pathogenic potential in clinical and non-clinical multidrug resistant Enterobacter isolates.(Ongoing)
Shashank Patole, NISER fellow, Batch 2014,
M.Sc Microbiology, University of Mumbai,
Thesis title: Study on persister cell formation in Klebsiella pneumoniae
Past members
Ph.D Scholars
Santosh Kumar Singh, CSIR-UGC NET JRF, Batch 2010
M.Sc. Biotechnology, Pondicherry University
Thesis title: Comparative study of molecular diversity in environmental and clinical isolates of Klebsiella sp: focus on resistance mechanism, genomic variations and virulence potential. (Degree awarded, June 2017)
M.Sc. project students
Roseleen Ekka, M.Sc Batch 2007-2012.
Dissertation title: Prevalence and diversity of antibiotic resistance genes in bacterial isolates from aqueous environment.
Present affiliation: Eukaryotic Gene Expression Laboratory, National Institute of Immunology.
Sunil Kumar Sethy, M.Sc Batch 2008-2013.
Dissertation title: Diversity of efflux pump genes and exploring the role of MATE efflux pump in multidrug resistant clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae
Present affiliation: BARC Training School, Mumbai
Jacklin Thomas Tete, M.Sc Batch 2009-2014.
Dissertation title: Genetic relatedness among efflux pumps of MATE and MFS sub-families.
Project Fellow
Minu Sahoo, Project Fellow II, November 2013.- January 2017
Project title: Genetic diversity and alternate biological functions of quinolone resistance determinants in gram negative bacteria.
Funding agency - Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India