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Dr. Smita Kulkarni
Publications
Designation:
Scientist D
Department:
Molecular Virology
E-mail address:
skulkarni@nariindia.org
Educational Qualification:
| Degree |
Year |
Institution |
| Ph.D. (Microbiology) |
1990 | Pune University |
| M.Sc. (Microbiology) |
1981 | Marathawada University |
| B.Sc. (Microbiology) |
1978 | Marathawada University |
 Awards and Honours:
1. International Scholarship Award, AIDS vaccine International Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 2008
2. Research Scholar, Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, USA, 2006.
3. International Scholarship Award, AIDS Vaccine International Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2005.
4. Travel Grant Award, 10th Conference on Retrovirus & Opportunistic Infection, Boston, MA, USA, 2003.
5. Fogarty AITRP Fellowship in HIV Immunology/Virology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; New York University Medical Centre, NY, USA, 2000.
6. Colombo Plan Health General Fellowship in HIV Plus Microbiology Screening (AIDS/Blood Screening Technology), Regional Blood Transfusion Centre, New Castel Upon Tyne; Edimburgh University, Edimburgh and Dundee University, Dundee, 1992.
7. Training in Flow Cytometry, Becton Dickinson, San Hose, CA, USA, 1991.
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Research Experience:
1. HIV Virology and Molecular Virology:
* Establishment of repository of over 200 HIV-1 and HIV-2 well characterized Indian strains.
* Isolates made available to researchers worldwide.
* Characterization of Indian HIV 1 and HIV-2 strains.
* First report of HIV-2 isolation from India.
* Isolation and characterization of HIV-1 B/C recombinants.
* HIV-1 strains from recently infected individuals used for vaccine development and characterization.
* Development of in vitro anti-HIV testing system for indigenously developed drugs.
* Testing of over 200 herbal and synthetic preparations for anti-HIV activity.
2. HIV Immunology:
* Study of neutralizing antibody responses in HIV positive individuals.
* Characterization of neutralization phenotypes of recently transmitted HIV strains
3. Rickettsiology:
* Maintenance of rickettsial strains in embryonated eggs and cell lines.
* Rickettsial antigen preparation, development of immune sera.
* Screening and optimization of primary cultures/established cell lines for
development of rickettsial antigen and isolation.
* Doctoral Thesis on “Studies on in vitro cultivation of Coxiella burnetii”.
Professional Experience:
* 1981-1992: National Institute of Virology, Pune
a) 1981-1987: Dept of Rickettsiology
b) 1987-1992: Dept of AIDS
* 1992 till date: National AIDS Research Institute, Pune
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