Monisha Khanna Kapur, Harsha, Prateek Kumar, Munendra Kumar, Renu Solanki (2022). Screening and molecular analysis of antifungal compounds from Streptomyces spp. against pathogenic fungi. Oral presentation in International E-Conference on Mitigating Contemporary Environmental issues by Sustainable approaches (ICMESCA-2022) organized by Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi from February 22-28, 2022 under the aegis of IQAC and DBT Star College Scheme.
Monisha Khanna Kapur, Harsha, Prateek Kumar, Munendra Kumar, Renu Solanki (2021). Bioactive potential of Streptomyces spp. against diverse pathogenic fungi. Poster presentation in 6th Annual International Conference of Indian Network for Soil Contamination Research (INSCR) on “Microbes in Sustainable Development” under the theme 6 (Microbiology of Extreme Environments) organised in association with the Department of zoology(DU), Acharya Narendra Dev College, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College(DU), Gragi College(DU), Kirori Mal college(DU), PG Department of Zoology(MU), Maitreyi College(DU), Ramjas college(DU), Sri Venkateswara College(DU), C.M.P College(AU), SGTB Khalsa College(DU), COCAS (PU), and PhiXgen Pvt. Ltd., Gurugram from November 15 to 18, 2021
Monisha Khanna Kapur, Munendra Kumar, Prateek Kumar (2020). Analysis of chitinase producing genes and antifungal compounds produced by Streptomyces sp. Oral presentation in International Conference on Natural Products and Human Health-2020, organized by Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 27-29 February 2020.
Monisha Khanna Kapur, Prateek Kumar, Anjali Chauhan, Munendra Kumar, Bijoy K. Kuanr, Aditi Kundu, Renu Solanki (2020). Exploitation of natural products from Streptomyces sp. for the potential application in lung cancer treatment. Poster presented in International Conference on Natural Products and Human Health-2020, organized by Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 27-29 February, 2020.
Monisha Khanna Kapur, Prateek Kumar, Munendra Kumar, Aditi Kundu, Renu Solanki (2019). Extraction, identification and structure elucidation of bioactive compounds from a soil actinomycetes. Poster presented in INSCR International Conference (CTM-2019) on Current Trends in Microbiology and Microbiome Research: A Global Prospective organized by Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 11-12 October, 2019
Monisha Khanna Kapur, Munendra Kumar, Prateek Kumar, Payal Das (2019). Functional analysis and protein structure prediction of chitinases and xylanases from Streptomyces sp. strain 130. Poster presented in INSCR International Conference (CTM2019) on Current Trends in Microbiology and Microbiome Research: A Global Prospective organized by Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 11-12 October, 2019.
Monisha Khanna Kapur, Prateek Kumar, Munendra Kumar, Aditi Kundu, Renu Solanki (2019). Purification and structure elucidation of bioactive compounds from a potent soil derived actinobacterium. Poster presented in 60th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI- 2019) on Microbial Technologies in Sustainable Development of Energy, Environment, Agriculture and Health organized by Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, Haryana, India, 15-18 November, 2019.
Monisha Khanna Kapur, Munendra Kumar, Prateek Kumar, Payal Das (2019). Functional analysis protein structure prediction and molecular docking of chitinases produced from Streptomyces sp. strain 130. Poster presented in 60th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI- 2019) on Microbial Technologies in Sustainable Development of Energy, Environment, Agriculture and Health organized by Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, Haryana, India, 15- 18 November, 2019
Monisha Khanna Kapur, Prateek Kumar, Payal Das, Munendra Kumar and Renu Solanki (2017) “Phylogenetic characterization of antibiotic producing actinomycete strains from diverse ecological habitats” presented at INSCR International Conference, held at Conference Centre, University of Delhi, September 26-28, 2017.
Monisha Khanna Kapur, Munendra Kumar, Payal Das, Prateek Kumar and Renu Solanki (2017) “Taxonomic study of extracellular enzyme producing actinomycetes from varied ecological habitats” presented at INSCR International Conference, held at Conference Centre, University of Delhi, September 26-28, 2017.
Monisha Khanna Kapur, Payal Das, Prateek Kumar, Munendra Kumar and Renu Solanki (2017) “Screening and molecular characterization of extracellular chitinase from Streptomyces sp.” presented at International Conference on Recent Trends in Biotechnology and Biodiversity Conservation for Sustainable Development, held at Le Meridien, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, September 26-29, 2017.
Attended 2 days conference on “Recent Advances in Nano Medical Sciences (RANMS 2022), organized by Institute of Nano Medical Sciences (INMS), University of Delhi, 22–23 June, 2022.
Oral presentation in International Conference on Natural Products and Human Health-2020, organized by Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 27-29 February 2020.
Poster presented in 60th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI- 2019) on Microbial Technologies in Sustainable Development of Energy, Environment, Agriculture and Health organized by Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, Haryana, India, 15-18 November, 2019.
Poster presented in 2 days INSCR International Conference (CTM-2019) on Current Trends in Microbiology and Microbiome Research: A Global Prospective organized by Department of Microbiology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, 11-12 October, 2019.
Poster presented in 3 days INSCR International Conference (IIC-2017) on Role of Microbe-Plant-Animal Interactions in Human Health organized by Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 26-28 September, 2017.
Attended 5 days India International Science Festival (IISF-2016) organized by, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, 7-11 December 2016.
Attended “International Congress on Chronobiology” organized by Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, 7 October 2012.
Attended three days National Conference on “Redefining Science Teaching: Future of Education” organized by Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi, 7-9 Mar 2012.
Cell Culture: Handling of Streptomyces, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus niger, Candida albicans, and E. coli
Microbiological Techniques: Revival and restreaking of culture, MIC determination, Spot assay, Growth curve assay, Mycelium growth assay, Disc diffusion assay, Glycerol stock preparation, Lyophilization of bacterial culture.
Microscopy: Bright field and Phase contrast microscopy
Molecular Techniques: Genomic DNA isolation and purification, Plasmid DNA isolation, Competent cells preparation, Transformation, Primer designing, Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Restriction digestion of DNA, Colony PCR, 16S rRNA, ITS amplification, Gel electrophoresis, DNA elution, SDS-PAGE
Bioinformatics: Sequence analysis using BLAST programme, Phylogenetic analysis using software like Clustal W for multiple sequence alignment, determination of evolutionary relationship by Neighbour joining, Maximum likelihood, Maximum parsimony method. Protein structure prediction using SWISS MODEL, MODELLER, Molecular docking by Autodock software using Cygwin command, Annotation using RAST, Prediction of biosynthetic gene cluster using Anti-SMASH
Instruments handling: Laminar (BSL-2), Lyophilizer, Gel-documentation system, Gradient PCR machine, Phase contrast microscope, Electroporator, SDS-PAGE assembly, Transilluminator, Automatic and manual centrifuge, Spectrophotometer, Autoclaving and sterilizing of lab equipment, and discarding of pathogenic bacteria and fungi using autoclave