Dr Sreekanth Gopinathan Pillai
Associate Professor
亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Institute of Virology
CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Teaching post-graduate and doctoral students at MIV for coursework
- Guiding Ph.D and MSc.? students at MIV for their research projects
- Involved in various research committees in India
- 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Projects: Ongoing - 3? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING
| Subject | Semester / Year |
|---|---|
| Cell Biology | 1st semester |
| Immunology of Viral Diseases | 1st semester |
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Biochemistry (Medical Program) | Mahidol University, Thailand (Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital) | 2013 |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Institute of Virology | Associate Professor | 2025-Present | |
| 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Institute of Virology | Assistant professor | 2024-2025 | |
| Department of Applied Biology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad, India | Project Scientist - III | 2021-2024 | |
| ICGEB-Emory Vaccine Centre, DBT-亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (DBT-ICGEB), New Delhi, India | 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Scientist | 2019-2021 | |
| Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University - Thailand | 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Associate | 2013-2019 | |
| Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Centre - Kochi, India | 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Coordinator | 2008-2010 | |
| Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Centre - Kochi, India | Project Fellow | 2007-2008 |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
? Viral Infections of National Importance: Dengue, KFDV, Nipah, and Rare Viral Infections ? Translational approaches to combat emerging and re-emerging viral infections ? Development of Reverse Genomics Approaches to Antiviral Discoveries ? Antiviral Testing (Novel compounds, inhibitors, drug repurposing, natural products, etc.) ? Developing novel delivery systems for antivirals (in vitro and in vivo models) ? Randomized-controlled trials to viral infections (Vaccines, Adjuvants, and Antiviral agents) ? Molecular signaling towards the host-pathogen interface and its impact on virus life stages ? Identifying novel molecular markers for viral infections (pre-clinical and clinical studies)
Area of Expertise
Molecular pathogenesis of viral infections, in vitro and in vivo models of dengue virus infection, antiviral development and clinical trials to viral infection
Area of 亚洲通_亚洲通官网
Understanding the molecular pathogenesis and drug development to combat viral infections of national importance (Dengue, KFDV, Nipah, Zika, and Rare Viruses)
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
Accomplishments:
? Member of Royal Society of Biology (MRSB), United Kingdom (01/10/2019 onwards)
? Associate Editor, Frontiers in Immunology
? Review Editor, Frontiers in Immunology??
? Associate Editor, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology?
? Member, Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC), Department of Homoeopathy, Govt. of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.
? Co-chair, Scientific Advisory Board (SAB-DHK), Department of Homoeopathy, Thiruvananthapuram, Govt. of Kerala.
? SCIRE Young Scientist Award (2019), SCIRE 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Forum, Cochin, Kerala India; 06 Nov 2019.
? Travel Award to attend 35th 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Conference on Antiviral 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 (ICAR-2022), Seattle, WA, USA, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Society for Antiviral 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 (ISAR), USA.
? Travel Award to attend 33rd 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Conference on Antiviral 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 (ICAR-2020), Seattle, WA, USA, 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Society for Antiviral 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 (ISAR), USA.
? Travel Award to attend 17th 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Congress of Virology (IUMS-2017), Singapore; Singapore Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology (SSMB), Singapore.
? Best Thesis Publication Award in Health Sciences, Year 2013; Faculty of Graduate Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand.
? Ph.D. Scholarship - The Graduate Scholarship for 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Students (Full Scholarship); Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital (Mahidol University), Bangkok, Thailand.
? Certificate of Appreciation - Successful completion of Phase-II clinical study in Psoriasis; Biocon India, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Certifications:?
? Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program), Mahidol University, Thailand.
? Biomedical Responsible Conduct of 亚洲通_亚洲通官网
? Working with Mice in 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Settings
? Working with Rats in 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Settings
? Human Subjects 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 (Biomedical 亚洲通_亚洲通官网ers)
? Good Clinical Practice (亚洲通_亚洲通官网er Biological)
? Institutional Official: Animal Care and Use
? Working with the IACUC (Lab Animal 亚洲通_亚洲通官网)
? Information Privacy Security (IPS) - 亚洲通_亚洲通官网ers
? Post-Approval Monitoring (Lab Animal 亚洲通_亚洲通官网)
? Biosafety: Risk Assessment and SOP Development, Mahidol University, Thailand.
? Laboratory Animal Care - National Laboratory Animal Centre (NLAC), Mahidol University, Thailand.
? Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and Biohazards in Laboratory Practices, Mahidol University, Thailand.
? ICH-GCP, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi, Kerala, India.
? GCP and NDCT Rules, Issues in 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 with Traditional Systems of Medicine, ICMR National Ethics Guidelines and Roles & Responsibilities of EC, Forum for Ethics Review Committee in India (FERCI), India.?
Memberships:
? 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 Society for Antiviral 亚洲通_亚洲通官网 (ISAR)
? Indian Virological Society (IVS) – Life Member
? Indian Immunology Society (IIS) - Life-Member
? Microbiology Society, UK (Affiliate Member)
? The American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
? Society of Biological Chemists, India (SBC, India)
For full publication list click here
1. Ms. Susmitha V (2025) - Title: Correlation of Interleukin-36γ Expression with Dengue Severity Identifies It as a Potential Therapeutic Target