Deepak Kumar Saini

Associate Professor

Phone : +91-80-2293-2574 (O)
E-mail:  deepaksaini@iisc.ac.in
Website:  https://sites.google.com/site/sainislab/home

Research Interests:
Signaling in aging, inflammation and infection, Two-component signaling systems in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Educational History

Post-doctoral fellow: Washington University Medical School (2005-2010)
Post-doctoral fellow: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (2004-2005)
PhD (2003): AIIMS, New Delhi, India (Biotechnology)
Masters (1997): Madurai Kamaraj University, TN, India (Biotechnology)
Bachelors (1994): Delhi University, Delhi, India (Biology)

Courses offered

RD205: Principles of Signal Transduction

Awards / Honours / Affiliations

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Publications

  • Fernandes, S.E., Singh, A., Rajmani, R.S., Jhunjhunwala, S. and Saini, D.K. Aging associated altered response to intracellular bacterial infections and its implication on the host. (2021) BBA Mol Cell Res. 1868(9):119063. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2021.119063
  • Yadav, P., Chatterjee, K. and Saini, D.K.Senescent Cells in 3D Culture Show Suppressed Senescence Signatures (2021)  Sci. 9(19):6461-6473. doi: 10.1039/d1bm00536g
  • Hariharan, V.N., Yadav, R.,Thakur, C., Singh, A., Gopinathan, R.,Singh, D.P., Sankhe, G., Malhotra, V., Chandra, N., Bhatt, A., Saini, D.K.(2021) Cyclic di‐GMP sensing histidine kinase PdtaS controls mycobacterial adaptation to carbon sources. The FASEB Journal. 35(4):e21475. doi: 10.1096/fj.202002537RR