Welcome to Atul Johri's Lab

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Welcome to Atul Johri's Lab

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Welcome to Atul Johri's Lab

Atul Kumar Johri

Designation: Professor

School of Life Sciences

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, India

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Ph.D. 1995: Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Supervisor: Prof. Rup Lal and Prof. D.M. Saxena

Post Doctoral Research

Year	Professor	Affiliation	Location
2011	Prof. Robert Stroud	Visiting Assistant Professor	University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
2007	Prof. Sree Krishnan	Visiting Scientist	Queensland Institute of Medical research, Brisbane, Australia.
2004	Prof. Dennis Kasper and Dr. L.C. Paoletti	Research fellow in Medicine	Channing laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
2002	Prof. David L Kaplan	Post Doctoral Associate	Biotechnology and Bioengineering Centre, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
2000	Prof. Wilfred Chen	Post Doctoral Fellow	Dept. of Chemical Engineering University California, Riverside, California, USA.
2000	Prof. A. N Moitra	Senior Research Associate	Dept. of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi India.
1997	Prof. Raymond Legge	UNESCO-Visiting Scientist	Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

Awards

International

UNESCO-Young Scientist Award in Biotechnology, Paris, France (1997) to visit Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada.
American Society for Microbiology (ASM, USA) Research Professorship to work in the laboratory of Prof. Robert Stroud University of California, San Francisco, USA (2011).

National

CRESTAwardfellowship Department of Biotechnology, DBT, Govt of India, (2012-13).
TATA Innovation Fellowship, DBT, Govt. of India 2020-21.
DHR-ICMR International Fellowship, Govt of India, 2023.

Selected Publications

1	Aggarwal, R, Mahajan, P., Bajaj, A., Pandiya S., Yadav P., Verma SK,, Dua, M, Khan AU, and Johri AK (2024) : Antibiotic resistance: a global crisis problems and solutions: Critical Reviews in Microbiology (in press)
2	Verma SK, Mahajan P. Singh NK, Gupta A., Aggarwal R., Rappuol R., and Johri AK (2023): New age vaccine adjuvants, their development and future perspective, Frontiers in Immunology (Accepted).
3	Verma, N., Narayan, OP, Prasad, D., Jogawat A., Panwar, SL, Dua, M., and Johri AK (2021): Functional characterization of a high-affinity iron transporter (PiFTR) from the endophytic fungus Piriformospora indica and its role in plant growth and development. Environmental Microbiology. Published online
4	Anand, A., Sharma, A., Ravins, M., Biswas, D., Ambalavanan, P., Xuan, Z L K., Rachel Ying Min Tan, Johri, AK, Tirosh, B., Hanski, E., (2021) : Unfolded protein response inhibitors cure group A streptococcal necrotizing fasciitis by modulating host asparagine. Science Transnational Medicine 13, Issue 605 • DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abd7465
5	Liu , Y., Chenghan, L, Gupta, M., Verma, N., Johri, AK,. Stroud, RM, Voth, GA (2021): Key computational findings reveal proton transfer as driving the functional cycle in the phosphate transporter PiPT. PNAS, USA. June 22, 2021 118 (25) e2101932118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2101932118.
6	S Sadhu, ZA Rizvi, RP Pandey, R Dalal, DK Rathore, B Kumar, M Pandey, Yashwant Kumar, Renu Goel, Tushar K Maiti, Johri, AK., Ashutosh Tiwari, Amit Kumar Pandey, Amit Awasthi (2021): Gefitinib results in robust host-directed immunity against salmonella infection through proteo-metabolomic reprogramming. Frontiers in Immunology , 12.
7	Narayan OP et al (2021) Sulfur transfer from the endophytic fungus Serendipita indica improves maize growth and requires the sulfate transporter SiSulT. The Plant Cell, 33, 1268–1285. 2021 May 31;33(4):1268-1285. doi: 10.1093/plcell/koab006.
8	Sanduja, P., Gupta, M., Somani, V.K. Yadav, VK., Dua, M.. Hanski, E. Sharma A. Bhatnagar, R., and Johri AK (2020). Cross-serotype protection against group A Streptococcal infections induced by immunization with SPy_2191. Nature Communications 11, 3545. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17299.
9	Johri, AK, Hem Lata, Yadav, P., Dua, M., Yang, Y, Xu, X, Homma, A., Barocchi, MA., Bottomley, MJ , Saul, A., Klugman, KP and Black, S. (2013): Epidemiology of Group B Streptococcus in Developing Countries, Vaccine, Aug 28;31 Suppl 4:D43-5.
10	Pedersen,BP Kumar,H., Waight,AB, Risenmay,AJ, Zygy Roe-Zurz, Chau, BH Schlessinger, A., Bonomi, M., Harries, W., Sali, A., Johri, AK, Stroud, RM (2013). Crystal structure of a eukaryotic phosphate transporter. Nature, Apr 25;496 (7446):533-536.
11	Sharma, A., Arya, DK., Sagar, V., Bergmann, R., Chhatwal, GS., and Johri, AK (2013) : Identification of Potential Universal Vaccine Candidates against Group A Streptococcus by using high throughput in silico and Proteomics Approach. Journal of Proteome Research. Jan 4;12(1):336-46.
12	Sharma,P., Lata, H., Arya, DK., Kashyap,AK., Kumar,H., Dua, M., Ali,A., and Johri, AK (2013): Role of pili proteins in adherence and invasion of Streptococcus agalactiae to the lung and cervical epithelial cells. Journal of Biological Chemistry. Feb 8;288(6):4023-34.
13	Johri AK, Immaculada, M., Broenstrup M., Brettoni, C., Hua, L., Gygi, SP, Telford, J., Grandi, G., Paoletti LC. (2007) :Transcriptional and proteomic profiles of Group B Streptococcus type V reveal potential adherence proteins associated with high-level invasion) Infection and Immunity. 75,1473-1483.
14	Johri A.K., Paolett, LC, Glaser, P., Dua, M., Sharma, PK, Grandi, G., and Rappuoli, R (2006): Group B Streptococcus" global incidence and vaccine development: Nature Reviews Microbiology 4: (12) 932-942.