Department of Veterinary Physiology & Biochemistry
Dr. Mumtesh Kumar Saxena
DESIGNATION: | Professor |
QUALIFICATION: | Ph.D. (Animal Biotechnology) |
SPECIALISATION: | Molecular Biology and Biotechnology |
EMAIL: | mumteshsaxena[at]gmail[dot]com |
CONTACT NO.: | +91-9458269455 (M) |
Research Areas/Areas of interest
Research projects
- Molecular Typing and Virulence gene analysis of Salmonella in North India ( DST -2005-2008)
- Characterization of potent protective antigens of Pasteurella multocida and development of recombinant DNA vaccine ( DBT -2005-2008)
- Molecular Typing and Virulence gene analysis of Salmonella in North India ( DBT- 2007-2010)
- Expression of Omp28 with special reference to development of r-DNA vaccine of Salmonella ( DST-2009-12)
- Creation of double gene mutant ( stn and inv)of Salmonella Typhimurium and testing of immune-potential of mutant ( DBT-2012-15)
- Recombinant penton base and fiber proteins of inclusion body hepatitis-hydropericardium syndrome virus of poultry: Production and testing of immune-potential ( DBT-2016-19)
Selected Research Publications
- Saxena, M. K., Kumar, A.A., Chaudhari, P., Shivachandra, S.B., Singh, V.P. and Sharma, B. (2005) Ribotyping of Indian isolates of Pasteurella multocida based on 16 and 23 s r-RNA genes .Veterinary Research Communication. 29:527-535.
- Saxena, M.K., Singh, V.P., Kumar, A.A., Chaudhari, P., Singh, V.P., Shivachandra, S.B., Biswas, A. and Sharma. B. (2006) REP-PCR analysis of Indian Isolates of Pasteurella multocida. Veterinary Research Communication. 30: 851-861.
- Tamuly S. and Saxena M.K. (2012) Preparation of Calcium Phosphate nano-particles and evaluation of their effect on muscle cell of rat. Current Science .102:610-612.
- Tamuly, S., M.K.Saxena, A.Saxena, R.Kumar and R. Jha. Comparative evaluation of Humoral immune response generated by calcium phosphate nanoparticle adjuvanted and saponin adjuvanted recombinant outer membrane protein 87 (Omp 87) of Pasteurella multocida serotype B:2 in mice (2014) Journal of Nanopharmaceutic and drug delivery .2:1-7 doi:10.1166/jnd.2014.1045
- Pandey, M., Saxena, M.K., Saxena, A., Jha, R., Rastogi, S.K.and Kumar, R. (2018) Cloning, expression and purification of the outer membrane protein28 of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium for subunit vaccine development. Veterinarski Arhiv. 88 (4):559-568.
Awards/Honours