Events

Amity Institute of Biotechnology organized a guest lecture on “The Candida albicans Acetylome: Concepts, Challenges and Therapeutic Opportunities” at Amity University Gurugram campus on 1st July 2019. The lecture was delivered by Dr. Neeraj Chauhan, Associate Prof, Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, USA and was attended by students and faculty of AIB. The main aim of the lecture was to make students and faculties aware about the post translational modifications in fungal pathogens and their role in virulence.

He talked about understanding the epigenetic mechanisms that affect fungal virulence, specifically, the role of post-translational modification of proteins via lysine acetylation. 

Dr Chauhan also discussed his recent work on protein acetylation mediated by one histone acetyl transferase (HAT), Gcn5 in C. albicansand its crosstalk with cell wall and antifungal resistance during his lecture.