0120 2446902BIOS: Dr Anuj Kumar did his graduation from the University of Delhi (Shivaji Collage) and post-graduation in Biotechnology from IIT Bombay. He completed his PhD from ICGEB affiliated with JNU, Delhi on the topic “Functional studies on histone chaperones – histone complexes in Plasmodium falciparum” mainly addressing the biochemical and structural aspects of biology. Completed post-doc in malaria biology group with Dr Chetan Chitnis on malaria vaccine. Dr Anuj also worked as a scientist position at Shriram Institute for Industrial Research, Delhi, Lupin Pharma Ltd. and the National Institute of Virology before joining the National Institute of Cancer Prevention and Research, NOIDA. He is a Nodal-Officer of the National Tobacco Testing Lab of the ministry of health and family welfare.
Dr Anuj has gained experience of 15 years of research and published 25 research articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals. He has been awarded the “Corona Warrior Award” for his service in the institute.
His research interest revolves around understanding the role of proteins in the context of developing novel drugs, vaccines and other therapeutic/diagnostic targets. Protein networks and macromolecular complexes are the backbone of cellular processes that need to be analyzed for their therapeutic/diagnostic potential.
At ICMR-NICPR, He is working on understanding the effect of smokeless tobacco products (SLTs) at the molecular level. He was part of the team involved in COVID-19 diagnosis. He also has an interest in factors affecting the chromatin assembly. He uses molecular, computational, structural and systems biology approaches to pursue the biological questions.