Biography
Dr. Mamta Chawla-Sarkar joined as Scientist C in Division. of Virology, NICED, Kolkata in January 2006. Dr Chawla Sarkar gained her Master’s in Zoology in 1992 from Calcutta University and acquired the degree of Ph.D from Bose Institute-Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 1999. She did her Post-doctoral research work as Research Associate for six years in the Center for drug discovery & development, Taussig Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland. The research project was on analysis of the genes involved in antitumor effects of Interferons and the mechanisms underlying IFN resistance in tumors of different histopathologies. In addition she was also involved in project on role of heme insertion in dimerization and activity of inducible nitric oxide synthetase and study the effect of heme binding inhibitors in modulating NOS activity in various pathological disorders.
Research Interest
Paediatrics, Microbiology, Immunology and Virus Diseases
Publications
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Proteomic Perspectives on Viral Infections: Insights into Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Targets
Perspective: J Virol Antivir Res
DOI:
Yasuhiro Ishida