Biography

Ms Chikanshi Sharma has completed her MSc in Biotechnology from Pune University, India. She is currently working in the Dept of Microbiology at Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi, India, as a Project scholar, under the mentorship of Prof. Mandira Varma Basil. The project focuses on bedaquiline and linezolid resistance in patients of pulmonary TB.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Novel mutations in genes associated with bedaquiline and linezolid resistance in drug- naiive Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates

Impact details available upon request.

Source: Conference 2024