Purna Dwivedi

About

Purna Dwivedi is a Ph.D. student at The MS University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. A research enthusiast, her current work focuses on the phylogenomics and molecular epidemiology of leprosy bacilli using whole genome approaches. Her overall research training makes her efficient in NGS library preparations, DNA extraction, molecular biology techniques, microbial culturing, and protein purification.

Employment

• ICMR-NIRTH Senior Research Fellow
  ? - 2023
• The M.S. University of Baroda Research Assistant
  ? - 2020
• Christ College Ad hoc lecturer
  ? - 2018

Education

• G.S.B.T.M., H.N.G.U. M. Phil., Biotechnology
  ? - 2016
• Saurashtra University M. Sc., Microbiology
  ? - 2015
• Christ College B.Sc., Microbiology
  ? - 2013

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (10)

• Molecular Characterization and Genomic Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Lineages in Central India
  Viruses 2024 DOI: 10.3390/v16101608
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• Multiplex PCR-based RFLP assay for early identification of prevalent Mycobacterium leprae genotypes
  Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2023.116084
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• Novel mutations found in Mycobacterium leprae DNA repair gene nth from central India
  Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2023.12.011
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• Interaction of surface glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern with potential drug candidates: A molecular docking study
  F1000Research 2022 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.109586.1
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• Current situation of leprosy in tribal areas of India in the post-elimination era
  Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology 2022 DOI: 10.25259/ijdvl_1380_20
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• Simultaneous detection and differentiation between Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis using novel polymerase chain reaction primers
  The Journal of Dermatology 2021 DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.16165
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• Mycobacterium lepromatosis MLPM_5000 is a potential heme chaperone protein HemW and mis-annotation of its orthologues in mycobacteria
  Infection, Genetics and Evolution 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2021.105015
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• Biochemical properties and repression studies of an alkaline serine protease from a haloalkaliphilic actinomycete, Nocardiopsis dassonvillei subsp. albirubida OK-14
  Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2021.102059
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• Leprosy Transmission in Amazonian Countries: Current Status and Future Trends
  Current Tropical Medicine Reports 2020 DOI: 10.1007/s40475-020-00206-1
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• Transgenic plants
  Green Biotechnology 2018
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