Resume

Name Dr. Bhawna Sharma

Designation Research Officer/ Scientist B

Date of Birth 5

October 1981

Email Address bhavnamicrobio@gmail.com

Discipline Immunology

Address Office Department of Immunology

National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & Other

Mycobacterial Diseases (ICMR)

Dr. M. Miyazaki Marg, Tajganj , Agra -282004

(INDIA).

Address Residence Quarter No-8, JALMA Campus,

Tajganj, Agra- 282004

Date of Joining 25

April 2013

Research Experience More than five years including six months

project from BOSE INSTITUTE, Kolkata as a

part of M .Sc programme and PhD work from

Immunology Division of NJIL & OMD, Agra.

Foreign Visit Visited Cleveland, OHIO (U.S.A.) in August

2009 to attend ELISPOT training programme.

Educational Qualification M.Sc. & Ph. D (Microbiology) from Dr. Bhim

Rao Ambedkar University, Agra.

Conferences & Workshops Attended Twelve conferences (Including two international

conferences)

Training Programmes Attended extensive wet lab ELISPOT training

programme at Cleveland, OHIO (U.S.A.)

organized by Cellular technology Limited. Also

attended FACS training program at BD

Biosciences, Gurgaon.

Membership Nil

Area of Interest Immunology of infectious disease

Publications:

1. Bhavyata Dua, Bhawna Sharma, Joy Kumar Chakma, Mamta Arora, Rekha Bhadauria,

Dipendra Kumar Mitra, Beenu Joshi. Expansion of T regulatory cells in lepromatous

leprosy is mediated by Phenolic glycolipid-1. Accepted in Journal of Medical

Microbiology & Diagnosis.

2. Bhawna Sharma, Rajni Upadhyay, Bhavyata Dua, Naim Akhar Khan, Vishwa Mohan

Katoch, Bharat Bajaj and Beenu Joshi. Mycobacterium tuberculosis secretory proteins

downregulate T cell activation by interfering with proximal and downstream T cell

signalling events. BMC Immunology 2015; 16:67. DOI 10.1186/s12865-015-0128-6.

3. Pradeep K Dagur, Bhawna Sharma, Rajni Upadhyay, Vishwa M Katoch, Utpal Sengupta

and Beenu Joshi. Phenolic-glycolipid-1 and lipoarabinomannan preferentially modulate

TCR and CD28-triggered proximal biochemical events, leading to T-cell unresponsiveness

in mycobacterial diseases. Lipids in Health and Disease 2012, 11:119.

4. Itu Singh, Asha Ram Yadav,

Keshar Kunja Mohanty, Kiran Katoch,

Bhawna

Sharma, Utpal Sengupta. Molecular mimicry between HSP 65 of M. leprae and

cytokeratin 10 of the host keratin; Role in pathogenesis of leprosy. Cellular Immunology

2012. 278:63-75.

5. Mohammad Farazuddin, Bhawna Sharma, Ahmad Aijaz Khan, Beenu Joshi, Owais

Mohammad. Anticancer efficacy of perillyl alcohol-bearing PLGA microparticles.

International Journal of Nanomedicine 2012; 7: 35-47.

6. Rajeshwar Dayal, Vikas Verma, Bhawna Sharma, G. Kumar, V. M. Katoch, Beenu Joshi,

D. S. Chauhan. Diagnostic Value of Interferon- gamma Release Assays (QuantiFERON-

TB Gold® In Tube) in Childhood Tuberculosis. Indian Journal of Paediatrics 2011 79:

183-187.

7. Gaurav Kant Saraogi, Bhawna Sharma, U.D. Gupta, Narendra Kumar Jain, Govind

Prasad Agrawal. Mannosylated gelatin nanoparticles bearing isoniazid for effective

management of tuberculosis. Journal of Drug Targeting 2011; 19:219-227.

8. Pradeep K. Dagur, Bhawna Sharma, Vishwa M. Katoch, Beenu Joshi

Mycobacterial

antigen(s) induce anergy by altering TCR- and TCR/CD28-induced signalling events:

Insights into T-cell unresponsiveness in leprosy. Molecular Immunology 2010; 47: 943–

952.

9. Menka Khoobchandani, B K Ojeswi, Bhawna Sharma, Man Mohan Srivastava.

Chenopodium album prevents progression of cell growth and enhances cell toxicity in

human breast cancer cell lines. Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity 2009; 2: 160-

165.