Sidharth Chopra

Associate Professor,  CSIR 

Location: India

Consulting Services


Areas Of Interest

Drug Discovery Antibiotics Microbiology Resistance Genes, Multidrug Biotechnology

Professional Narrative


Employment

Associate Professor, CSIR 2017
Assistant Professor, CSIR 2012

Education

PhD, ICGEB 2004
Post doctoral fellow, Stanford 2008
Research Scientist, SRI International 2012

Referees


Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OXpp0UYAAAAJ&hl=en


Grants,Awards and Certifications

Grants :

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International GAP Projects

1

Target identification and hit-to-lead optimization of SRI-12742 targeting MDR A. baumannii

GAP0355

Indo-German ICMR-BMBF

PI

2

SELECTAR: Selection for antimicrobial resistance by antimicrobial production waste

GAP0363

DBT-NERC

Indo-UK

Co-PI

National GAP Projects

3

Small  molecule inducers of redox stress targeting antibiotic resistance

GAP0240

DBT

Co-PI

4

Synthesis and therapeutic evaluation of new LpxC inhibitors as potent anti-bacterial agents.

GAP0246

DST

Co-PI

5

Design and Synthesis of Hybrid Molecules for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

GAP0284

DBT

PI

6

Novel rationally designed DNA gyrase inhibitors as antibacterials

GAP0285

DBT

PI

7

Therapeutic evaluation of organometallic compounds as antibacterial agents

GAP0291

DST

Co-PI

8

Repurposing Oxiconazole: Alone

and in combination with PUFA's as a broad spectrum antibacterial

GAP0310

DBT

PI

9

Screening of Phytochemical and Bioactive compounds against human pathogenic bacteria of selected indigenous medicinal plants of Arunachal Pradesh, India

GAP0311

DBT

Co-PI

10

Probing sp³-rich spirocyclic scaffolds in drug discovery: Syntheses of Cyanogramide, FR901483 and their diversified analogues towards leads against Mtb and ESKAPE pathogen

GAP0320

DST

Co-PI

11

Structure-activity validation of inhibitors of bacterial

peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase for tackling AMR

GAP0328

DBT

Co-PI

12

Development of  candidate RL348 for methicillin- and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

GAP0332

DBT

Co-PI

13

A cocktail of phages effective against urinary tract infections caused by biofilm forming MDR uropathogenic E. coli

GAP0333

DBT

Co-PI

14

Synergistic Metal-based Antimicrobial Agents for AMR Bacterial Pathogens: Combinatorial and Multimodal Approach

GAP0360

ICMR

Co-PI

Awards & Prizes :

  • Novozymes A/S: Awarded $88,000 for Post-doctoral Research at Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, India (CSIR)-UGC-NET Fellowship: Awarded fellowship for pursuing doctoral studies


Languages

Language Proficiency :

English (Excellent Spoken and Written)

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