Dr Taruna Anand
Principal Scientist-cum-National-Fellow
Qualifications:
| Degrees | University/Institute | Field (s) | Year |
| Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) | Delhi University | Microbiology (Hons.) | 2001 |
| Post Graduate Diploma in Molecular & Biochemical Technology | Delhi University | Biotechnology | 2002 |
| Master of Science (M.Sc.) | Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar | Biotechnology | 2004 |
| Ph. D | National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana. | Animal Biotechnology | 2008 |
Research Interests:
Phage therapy, ecology and diversity of bacteriophages, the role of bacteriophages in emerging antimicrobial resistance, Infectious biology and the evolutionary mechanisms responsible for phage diversity, host range and defences by the bacterial host are of specific interest
Recent research papers in the last five years:
| Kumar D, Anand T, Vijayalakshmy K, Sharma P, Rajendran R, Selokar NL, Yadav PS, Kumar D. | Transposon mediated reprogramming of buffalo fetal fibroblasts to induced pluripotent stem cells in feeder free culture conditions. Res Vet Sci. 2019 Jan 17;123:252-260. doi: 0.1016/j.rvsc.2019.01.015. | 2019 |
| Anand T, Virmani N, Vaid RK, Bera B, Ahlawat U, & Tripathi B. Isolation and Characterization of A Bacillus Phage from Equine Carcass Disposal Site. Defence Life Science Journal, 4(1), 61-66. https://doi.org/10.14429/dlsj.4.13082. | 2018 | |
| Vaid RK, Shanmugasundaram K, Anand T, Bera BC, Tigga M, Dedar R, Riyesh T, Bardwaj S, Virmani N, Tripathi BN, Singh R. Characterization of isolates of Bordetella bronchiseptica from horses. J Equine Sci. 2018;29(1):25-31. doi: 10.1294/jes.29.25. | 2018 | |
| Pavulraj S, Virmani N, Bera BC, Joshi A, Anand T, Virmani M, Singh R, Singh RK, Tripathi BN. Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of inactivated equine influenza (H3N8) virus vaccine in murine model. Vet Microbiol. 2017 Oct;210:188-196. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.08.013. Epub 2017. | 2017 | |
| Anand T, Bera BC, Virmani N, Vaid RK, Vashisth M, Tripathi BN. Isolation and characterization of a novel, T7-like phage against Aeromonas veronii. Virus Genes. 2017 Nov 7. doi: 10.1007/s11262-017-1517-0. | 2017 | |
| Bidhan Ch. Bera, Nitin Virmani, Naveen Kumar, Taruna Anand, S Pavulraj, Adam Rash, Debra Elton, Nicola Rash, Sandeep Bhatia, Richa Sood, Raj Kumar Singh and Bhupendra Nath Tripathi. (2017). Genetic and codon usage bias analyses of polymerase genes of equine influenza virus and its relation to evolution. BMC Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-017-4063-1. | 2017 | |
| Kumar N, Bera BC, Greenbaum BD, Bhatia S,Sood R, Selvaraj P, Anand T, Tripathi BN, Virmani N. Revelation of influencing factors in overall codon usage bias of equine influenza viruses. PLoS ONE 11(4):e0154376. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154376. | 2017 | |
| Raguvaran R, Manuja BK, Chopra M, Thakur R, Anand T,Kalia A, Manuja A. Sodium alginate and gum acacia hydrogels of ZnO nanoparticles show wound healing effect on fibroblast cells. Int J Biol Macromol. 96:185-191. | 2017 | |
| Anand T., Bera B.C., Vaid R.K., Barua S., Riyesh T., Virmani N., Hussain M., Singh R.K. and Tripathi B.N. Abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in environmental bacteriophages Journal of General Virology. 97(12):3458-3466. | 2016 | |
| Kumar D, Anand T and Kues WA. Clinical potential of human-induced pluripotent stem cells. Cell Biol Toxicol. 33(2):99-112. | 2016 | |
| Anand T, Talluri TR, Kumar D, Garrels W, Mukherjee A, Debowski K, Behr R, Kues WA. Differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells to lentoid bodies expressing a lens cell-specific fluorescent reporter. PLoS One. 11(6):e0157570. | 2016 | |
| Anand T., Vaid R.K., Bera B.C., Singh J., Barua S., Virmani N., Rajukumar K., Yadav N.K., Nagar D., Singh R.K., Tripathi B.N. Isolation of a lytic bacteriophage against virulent Aeromonas hydrophila from an organized equine farm. Journal of Basic Microbiology, 56(4):432-7. | 2016 | |
| Kumar N., Bera BC., Greenbaum BD., Bhatia S., Sood R., Selvaraj P., Anand T., Tripathi B.N., Virmani N. Revelation of influencing factors in overall codon usage bias of Equine Influenza viruses PLoS One 11(4):e0154376. | 2016 | |
| Riyesh T., Barua S., Kumar N., Jindal N., Bera B.C., Narang G., Mahajan N.K., Arora Devan, Anand T., Vaid R.K., Yadav M., Chandel S.S., Malik P., Tripathi B.N., Singh R.K. Isolation and genetic characterization of swinepox virus from pigs in India. Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases. 46:60-65 | 2016 | |
| Anand T., Vaid R.K., Bera, B.C., Barua, S., Riyesh, T., Virmani, N., Yadav, N., Malik, P. Isolation and characterization of a bacteriophage with broad host range, displaying potential in preventing bovine diarrhoea. Virus Genes, 51(2):315-321. | 2015 | |
| Selvaraj P., Bera B.C., Joshi A., Anand T., Virmani M., Vaid R.K., Shanmugasundaram K., Gulati B.R., Rajukumar K., Singh R., Misri J., Singh R.K., Tripathi B.N., Virmani N. Pathology of Equine Influenza virus (H3N8) in Murine Model. PLoSOne 10 (11): e0143094. | 2015 | |
| Kumar D, Talluri TR,Anand T, Kues WA. Transposon-based reprogramming to induced pluripotency. Histology and Histopathology 30: 1397-1409. | 2015 | |
| Kumar D., Talluri T.R., Anand T. and Kues W.A. Induced pluripotent stem cells: mechanisms, achievements and future perspectives in farm animals. World Journal of Stem Cells, 7(2): 315-328. | 2015 | |
| Vaid R.K., Jindal N., Anand T., Bera B.C., Riyesh T., Virmani N., Barua S., Gupta R., Mahajan N.K., Joshi C.G., Singh R.K. First draft genome sequence of Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum strain VTCCBAA614, isolated from chicken in India. Genome Announc 3(5):e01221-15. | 2015 | |
| Bera B.C., Barua S., Shanmugasundaram K., Anand T., Riyesh T., Vaid R.K., Virmani N., Kundu S., Yadav N.K., Malik P., Singh R.K. Genetic characterization and phylogenetic analysis of host-range genes of Camelpox virus isolates from India. Virus disease, 26(3):151-62. | 2015 | |
| Kumar D., Anand T., Lalaji S.N., Yadav P.S., Singh I. Buffalo embryonic, fetal and adult stem cells: Progress and challenges. Agricultural Research, 4 (1):7-20. | 2015 | |
| Vaid R.K., Shanmugasundaram K., Boora A., Bera B.C., Shukla B.N., Anand T., Singha A., Riyesh T., Virmani N., Barua S., Ahir V.B., Koringa P.G. and others. Draft Genome Sequence of Pasteurella multocida subsp. multocidaB:2 strain VTCCBAA264 isolated from Bubalus bubalis in North India. Genome Announc. 2(4):e00755-14 | 2014 | |
| Riyesh T., Shanmugasundaram K., Bera B.C., Barua S., Virmani N., Yadav S., Vaid R.K., Anand T., Bansal M., Malik P., Pahuja I. and Singh R.K. Laboratory acquired Buffalopox Virus Infection, India. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 20(2): 325-327. | 2014 | |
| Anand T., Bera B.C., Vaid R.K., Shanmugasundaram K., Sharma G., Virmani N., Shukla B.N., Barua S., Malik P., Singh R.K. Molecular characterization of virulence-associated protein (Vap) family genes of pathogenic Rhodococcus equi isolates from clinical cases of Indian equines. Indian Journal of Biotechnology. 13:195-202. | 2014 |
Awards/ Fellowships:
| S. No. | Name of Award | Awarding Agency | Year |
| 1 | Indo-US WISTEMM Fellow | Department of Science & Technology | 2018 |
| 2 | Lal Bahadur Shastri Young Scientist Award | Indian Council of Agricultural Research | 2017 |
| 3 | Young Scientist Award | Indian Association of Veterinary Pathologists | 2015 |
| 4 | NAIP International Training | Indian Council of Agricultural Research | 2013 |
| 5 | Best Poster Award | International buffalo conference, 1-4 Feb 2010, New Delhi. | 2010 |
| 6 | ICAR-Fellowship | Indian Council of Agricultural Research | 2004-2008 |
| 7 | CSIR-NET | CSIR | 2006 |
| 8 | ICMR-JRF | ICMR | 2004 |
| 9 | State Level Eligibility Test-Haryana | Haryana Govt. | 2004 |
| 10 | Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) | Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. | 2004 |
| 11 | Merit scholarship during M.Sc | JNU | 2002-2004 |
Ongoing Research Projects:
1) Principal Investigator: “Elucidating therapeutic role of bacteriophages and encoded endolysins against multidrug resistant enteric pathogens of poultry” ICAR- Lal Bahadur Shastri Challenge Project, 2016
2) Principal Investigator: “Development of bacteriophage repository and exploring the therapeutic potential of phages and their encoded endolysins.”
3) As Co-PI: Indian network for Fisheries and Antimicrobial resistance (INFAAR)
4) As Co-PI: DBT-NER Centre for Advanced Animal Diagnostics and Services on Animal Health and Diseases (ADSADH)
5) As Co-PI: Pathogenecity and Innunogenicity of recombinant neurogenic and non-neurogenic mutant equine Herpesvirus-1 (in tissue explants and murine model) and their potential as vaccine candidate (s)
6) As Co-PI: Phenotypic and Genotypic authentication and preservation of network bacterial isolates
7) As Co-PI: Prevalence studies for porcine respiratory viruses and development of their repository