Nishanth Makthal

Nishanth Makthal
Research Associate
Texas Tech University, USA

Biography

Nishanth Makthal obtained his master’s degree from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, USA. He has coauthored over 12 publications in peer-reviewed journals including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nucleic Acids Research, Journal of Biological Chemistry, and Molecular Microbiology. Nishanth is a research associate in Dr Kumaraswami’s group and currently enrolled in a graduate program pursuing his PhD. His PhD studies are aimed at investigating the interplay between host nutritional defenses and group A streptococcal adaptive responses, and its influence on bacterial pathogenesis. His co-first authored research on “Leaderless secreted peptide signaling molecule alters global gene expression and increases virulence of a human bacterial pathogen” was broadcasted on 8 news channels across United Sates and published in 14 news outlet all around the world with estimated audience of 44 million in 6 countries.