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Dr Kushi Anand

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Associate Professor, Department of Life Science
Kristhu Jayanthi College, K. Narayanapura

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Expertise

  • Microbiology

Publications

Total Articles 20
Books 0
Proceedings 0

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Citations 317
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Professional Recognition

2022

EMBO travel award

EMBO
2018

India Alliance fellow

DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance
2013

UGC-Dr. D.S Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow

UGC
2020

Visiting Scientist

NCBS
2009

Research Associateship

VIT University
2019

Nominated to attend DELTAS (Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training and Science)

DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance

Community & Membership

2020

Society of Chemical and synthetic Biology (SCSB)

Advisory board

Society of Neurochemistry India (SNCI)

2012
Life member

Indian Association of Cancer Research (IACR)

2011
Members

European Association of Cancer (EACR15757)

2011
Member

Bio

Fundamental mechanisms involved in chronic human infections, host-pathogen interaction, dissecting how redox signaling controls virulence properties of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Drug resistance, persistence, and drug tolerance mechanism in tuberculosis. Development of low-cost point-of-care diagnostic kit for Mycobacterium tuberculosis detection. Regulatory Role of DNA/ RNA secondary structure in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Personal Details

  • Male
  • Associate Professor , Kristhu Jayanthi College, K. Narayanapura
  • Kristu Jayanti College, K.Narayanapura, Kothanur, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Integrated Ph.D
Other Institute 2013
B. Tech
Other Institute 2009
Associate Professor Jul 2024 – Present
Kristhu Jayanthi College, K. Narayanapura | Department of Life Science
Assistant Professor - Senior Scale Dec 2023 – Jul 2024
Kristhu Jayanthi College, K. Narayanapura | Department of Life Science
Scientist Fellow Jan 2021 – Nov 2023
TIFR-National Centre for Biological Sciences
Research Investigator Jan 2018 – Dec 2020
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore | Microbiology and Cell Biology
Post-Doctoral Research Associate Jul 2014 – Dec 2017
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore | Microbiology and Cell Biology
Post-Doctoral Fellow Mar 2013 – Jun 2014
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore | Biochemistry
Research Associate Aug 2009 – Feb 2013
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT-AP) University, Andhra Pradesh | School of Advanced Sciences

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Dr P. Ajitkumar

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

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Prof Gopal B

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore

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Prof Chittaranjan Sinha

Jadavpur University

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Scholarly Work

Understanding the regulatory role of G-quadruplex in modulating gene expression in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)

Funding Agency: DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance

PI

17,000,000

2018 - 2023

Completed
Mechanism of BCL6 translocation in Diffuse Large B- cell Lymphoma

Funding Agency: University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India

Postdoctoral

509,846

2013 - 2014

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Scholarly Publications

Molecular innovations in Plastic fuel toward a sustainable energy future and waste mitigation

Open Access
review
Journal of Integrated Science and Technology. Year: 2025. Volume: 13 , Pages: 1140 .
Authors: Atreyi Pramanik, Rajendra Prasad, Ajay Singh, Pardeep Yadav, Saurabh Kumar Jha, Sunil Kumar Jaiswal, Kushi Anand
DOI 10.62110/sciencein.jist.2025.v13.1140

MOSR and NDHA Genes Comprising G-Quadruplex as Promising Therapeutic Targets against Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Molecular Recognition by Mitoxantrone Suppresses Replication and Gene Regulation

Open Access
article
Year: 2023. Volume: 14(5) , Pages: 978 .
Authors: Arpita Dey, Kushi Anand , Amit Singh, Ramasare Prasad, Ritu Barthwal

Binding-induced thermal stabilization of mosR and ndhA G-quadruplex comprising genes by emodin leads to downregulation and growth inhibition in Mtb: potential as anti-tuberculosis drug

Open Access
article
Results in Chemistry. Year: 2023. Volume: 6 , Pages: 101114 .
Authors: Arpita Dey, Kushi Anand , Amit Singh, Ramasare Prasad, Ritu Barthwal
DOI 10.1016/j.rechem.2023.101114

Mycobacterial lipids in the host–pathogen interface: roles in pathogenesis and host immune response

Open Access
book chapter
Year: 2022. Pages: 51-82 .
Authors: Kushi Anand, Varadharajan Sundaramurthy
DOI 10.1016/B978-0-323-91948-7.00005-1

Mycobacterium tuberculosis requires SufT for Fe-S cluster maturation, metabolism, and survival in vivo

Open Access
Article
PLOS Pathogens. Year: 2022. Volume: 18 , Issue: 4 .
Authors: Tripathi A.;Anand K.;Das M.;O’Niel R.A.;Sabarinath P.S.;Thakur C.;Reddy R.R.L.;Rajmani R.S.;Chandra N.;Laxman S.;Singh A.
DOI 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010475
15 16

Mycobacterium tuberculosis SufR responds to nitric oxide via its 4Fe–4S cluster and regulates Fe–S cluster biogenesis for persistence in mice

Open Access
Article
Redox Biology. Year: 2021. Volume: 46 .
Authors: Anand K.;Tripathi A.;Shukla K.;Malhotra N.;Jamithireddy A.K.;Jha R.K.;Chaudhury S.N.;Rajmani R.S.;Ramesh A.;Nagaraja V.;Gopal B.;Nagaraju G.;Narain Seshayee A.S.;Singh A.
DOI 10.1016/j.redox.2021.102062
26 25

Phagosomal Copper-Promoted Oxidative Attack on Intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Open Access
article
ACS Infectious Diseases. Year: 2018. Volume: 4(11) , Pages: 1623-1634 .
Authors: M Daben J Libardo, Cesar de la Fuente-Nuñez, Kushi Anand, Gopinath Krishnamoorthy, Peggy Kaiser, Stephanie C Pringle, Christopher Dietz, Scott Pierce, Michael B Smith, Amy Barczak, Stefan HE Kaufmann, Amit Singh, Alfredo M Angeles-Boza
DOI 10.1021/acsinfecdis.8b00171

Redox-dependent condensation of the mycobacterial nucleoid by WhiB4

Open Access
Article
Redox Biology. Year: 2018. Volume: 19 , Pages: 116-133 .
Authors: Chawla M.;Mishra S.;Anand K.;Parikh P.;Mehta M.;Vij M.;Verma T.;Singh P.;Jakkala K.;Verma H.N.;AjitKumar P.;Ganguli M.;Narain Seshasayee A.S.;Singh A.
DOI 10.1016/j.redox.2018.08.006
21 18