Specialization:

• Plant Tissue Culture
• Animal Cell Culture
• Immunology
• Cell and Developmental Biology

OVERALL RESEARCH/WORK EXPERIENCES: 6 Years

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:

• Ph.D. in Biotechnology, 2020,  Gauhati University
• M.Sc. Biotechnology, 2012, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam

AWARDS RECEIVED:

• Received the Rank Certificate from Dibrugarh University for securing Firstposition with Grade A+ (CGPA 8.08) in the M.Sc Final Examination in Biotechnology in 2012.
• Received the Department of Science & Technology (DST), INSPIRE Fellowship for PhD in 2013 under the Grant No. IF130766

POSTER /ABSTRACT PRESENTED

1. Khatonier R, Khan AM, Sarmah P, Ahmed GU. Effect of anti-leishmanial drug Amphotericin B on Transcription factors STAT3 and RORγt in experimental visceral Leishmaniasis. Poster presented at: International conference on Biosciences and Biotechnology (ICABB, 2018) held at JIIT, Noida from 1st Feb - 3rd Feb, 2018
2. Khatonier R, Sarmah P, Khan AM, Establishment of Leishmania donovani infection in animal models for screening of plant products for antileishmanial properties in northeastern region of India. Poster presented at: 10th National conference of Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology, held at JIPMER, Pondicherry from 2-6th November 2016

WORKSHOP/SYMPOSIUM/TRAINING:

1. Participated in “Application of Bioinformatics in Biomedical Research” on 28th March 2016 organized by the Biomedical Informatics Centre of Regional Medical Research Centre, N.E. Region (ICMR), Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
2. Participated in 1st North East Chapter of Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology on 19th December 2012 organized by Regional Medical Research Centre, N.E. Region (ICMR), Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
3. Participated in “Bioinformatics: Current Approaches and Applications In Biomedical Research” (ICMR Sponsored Workshop), 28^th – 29th March, 2017, organized by Regional Medical Research Centre, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
4. Trained in maintenance of Leishmania parasites, both in vitro and in vivo, including tissue culture, animal handling and biopsies of animals (hamsters), various molecular and immunological techniques in the Department of Parasitology, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (Council of Scientific & Industrial Research) from 28.07.2014 to 05.08.2014.

PUBLICATIONS:

1. Khatonier R, Khan AM, Sarmah P, Ahmed GU. Role of IL-21 in host pathogenesis in experimentalvisceral leishmaniasis. J Parasit Dis. 42(4); 500-504(2018).
2. Khatonier R, Khan AM, Sarmah P, Ahmed GU. Role of IL-17 gene polymorphism in Indian Kala-Azar. J Vector Borne Dis.57; 23-30(2020).
3. Sarmah P, Bharali R, Khatonier R, Khan AM. “Polymorphism in Toll interacting protein (TOLLIP) gene and its association with Visceral Leishmaniasis.” Gene Reports 20 (2020): 100705.
4. Khatonier R, Ahmed G U, Sarmah P, Narain K, Khan AM. Immunomodulatory role of Th17 pathway in experimental visceral leishmaniasis. Immunobiology. Volume 226; Issue: 6, Article: 152148 (2021).