{"id":17532,"date":"2022-12-23T04:45:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T04:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalrecordsindia.com\/?p=17532"},"modified":"2022-12-23T04:52:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T04:52:05","slug":"global-award-for-rgcb-scientist-for-study-on-pathogens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalrecordsindia.com\/?p=17532","title":{"rendered":"Global award for RGCB scientist for study on pathogens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She\u00a0has been working on\u00a0the human pathogens\u00a0\u00a0<em>Chlamydia trachomatis.\u00a0<\/em>Her research focuses on how these pathogens evade the host immune system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Karthika&nbsp;Rajeeve, staff scientist&nbsp;at the&nbsp;Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB),&nbsp;has been selected for the Ben Barres Spotlight Award, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ben Barres Spotlight Awards has been instituted by scientific journal&nbsp;<em>eLife<\/em>&nbsp;to perpetuate the memory of American neurobiologist Dr. Ben Barres, a transgender researcher who advocated equality in science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Karthika is one of the 12 scientists from around the world chosen for the prestigious award this year. She&nbsp;has been working on&nbsp;the human pathogens&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Chlamydia trachomatis.&nbsp;<\/em>Her research focuses on how these pathogens evade the host immune system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe scientific community at RGCB is elated at the international recognition received by Dr. Karthika Rajeeve,\u201d said Professor Chandrabhas Narayana, Director RGCB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Money for equipment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Karthika said she would use the award to buy much-needed equipment to take forward her research, besides attending an international conference on Chlamydia biologists to increase the visibility of her work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Chlamydia trachomatis<\/em>&nbsp;(Ctr) is a neglected tropical disease and the infection remains asymptomatic as a silent epidemic.&nbsp;The bacteria persist over extended times within their host cell and thereby establish chronic infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Persistent and chronic infection can cause potentially fatal ectopic (outside the uterus) pregnancy, pelvic inflammatory disease and sterility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her\u00a0study challenges a\u00a0long-standing hypothesis and shows that interferon gamma can down regulate c-Myc, the key regulator of metabolism leading to chlamydial persistence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thehindu.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She\u00a0has been working on\u00a0the human pathogens\u00a0\u00a0Chlamydia trachomatis.\u00a0Her research focuses on how these pathogens evade the host immune system. Dr. Karthika&nbsp;Rajeeve, staff scientist&nbsp;at the&nbsp;Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB),&nbsp;has been selected for the Ben Barres Spotlight Award, 2022. 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