BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
[email protected]
Nupur Bhatnagar
+33 1 45 68 8731
PhD,
Post-doc, Institut Pasteur, Paris
13-11-1982
New Delhi,
India
EDUCATION / TRAINING
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
DEGREE
YEAR(s)
FIELD OF STUDY
Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany PhD
2010
Immunology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Master in
New Delhi, India
Biotechnology
2005
Biotechnology
University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
2003
Microbiology
Graduate
POSITIONS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2014-present
2012-2013
2010-2012
Post-doc, Institut Pasteur (IP), Paris
Post-doc, Benaroya Research Institute, Seattle, USA
Post-doc, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
HONORS AND AWARDS
2011-2012
2010
2008
2007
2005-2008
2005
2003-2005
Postdoctoral grant, Hilf (Hochschulinterne Leistungsförderung), Hannover Medical
School, Hannover, Germany
Travel award, Deutsche Gesellschaft for Immunology (DGfI), Germany
Travel award, Deutsche Gesellschaft for Immunology (DGfI), Germany
th
Young Investigator Award, 14 CROI, Los Angeles, USA
PhD fellowship, Hannover Medical School, Hannover Germany
Junior Research Fellowship, Department of biotechnology (DBT), Government of India
Masters Scholarship, Department of biotechnology (DBT), Government of India
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (among 9 peer-reviewed publications)
1.
Bhatnagar N, Ahmad F, Hong HS, Eberhard J, Lu IN, Ballmaier M, Schmidt RE, Jacobs R,
Meyer-Olson D. FcγRIII (CD16)-mediated ADCC by NK cells is regulated by monocytes and
FcγRII (CD32). Eur J Immunol. 2014 Nov; 44(11):3368-79.
2. Hong HS, Ahmad F, Eberhard JM, Bhatnagar N, Bollmann BA, Keudel P, Ballmaier M,
Zielinska-Skowronek M, Schmidt RE, Meyer-Olson D. Loss of CCR7 expression on
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CD56(bright) NK cells is associated with a CD56(dim)CD16⁺ NK cell-like phenotype and
correlates with HIV viral load. PLoS One. 2012; 7(9):e44820.
Bhatnagar N, Hong HS, Krishnaswamy JK, Haghikia A, Behrens GM, Schmidt RE, Jacobs R.
Cytokine-activated NK cells inhibit PMN apoptosis and preserve their functional capacity. Blood.
2010 Aug 26; 116(8):1308-16.
Hong HS, Eberhard JM, Keudel P, Bollmann BA, Ballmaier M, Bhatnagar N, ZielinskaSkowronek M, Schmidt RE, Meyer-Olson D. HIV infection is associated with a preferential
decline in less-differentiated CD56dim CD16+ NK cells. J Virol. 2010 Jan; 84(2):1183-8.
Hong HS, Bhatnagar N, Ballmaier M, Schubert U, Henklein P, Volgmann T, Heiken H,
Schmidt RE, Meyer-Olson D. Exogenous HIV-1 Vpr disrupts IFN-alpha response by
plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) and subsequent pDC/NK interplay. Immunol Lett. 2009 Aug
15; 125(2):100-4.
Ansari AW, Bhatnagar N, Dittrich-Breiholz O, Kracht M, Schmidt RE, Heiken H. Host
chemokine (C-C motif) ligand-2 (CCL2) is differentially regulated in HIV type 1 (HIV-1)-infected
individuals. Int Immunol. 2006 Oct; 18(10):1443-51.