Anju Kaushal
Senior Scientist (Cell Biology/ Immunology) ( previous)
Virionyx Corporation Ltd, Auckland
New Zealand
Biography
Dr. Anju Kaushal obtained her Bachelor and Master in Microbiology from Central Research Institute, Kasauli affiliated with H.P. University, Shimla, India and her PhD in Microbiology from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India in 2003. She’s awarded as Senior Research Fellow at Mycology Lab ( Centre for Advanced Research in Medical Mycology and Reference Laboratory for National Culture Collection), Microbiology Department, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research ( PGIMER), Chandigarh, sponsored from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi in 1995. After that she joined Microbiology Department, Panjab University in a project sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Sciences, New Delhi in 1997. She also worked in Private Industrial Sector for few years.
Research Interest
Anju mainly worked on Rabies, Invasive Aspergillosis, Antifungal- susceptibility for non-albicans for Candida sps. , pathogenic Cryptococcus sp. isolation from environment, Fermentation technology & downstream processing, Enzymes characterization, HIV- virus & its diagnostics. Her main competences are in Diagnostics (Microbiology/ Virology/ Biotechnology), R&Ds, Quality Control/Assurance for Biologicals/ Immunobiologicals and Process validation.