{"id":29,"date":"2023-02-25T16:41:49","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T16:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cidr.iisc.ac.in\/shashank?page_id=29"},"modified":"2026-02-28T10:42:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T10:42:57","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cidr.iisc.ac.in\/shashank\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#e2e2e2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||true|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_nextend_smart_slider_3 slider=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_nextend_smart_slider_3][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Welcome to lab webpage of Dr. Shashank Tripathi in CIDR, IISc<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/cidr.iisc.ac.in\/shashankwp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/shashank.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;shashank&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<strong>Dr Shashank Tripathi<\/strong><br \/>\nAssociate Professor<br \/>\nWellcome Trust India Alliance Intermediate Fellow<br \/>\nMicrobiology &amp; Cell Biology Department,<br \/>\nCentre for Infectious Disease Research,<br \/>\nIndian Institute of Science,<br \/>\nCV Raman Avenue, Bangalore-560012, India<br \/>\nPhone: +91 8022932884<br \/>\nmail: shashankt@iisc.ac.in[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px|10px|10px|10px|true|true&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<pee style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>News Updates<\/strong><\/pee><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><marquee behavior=\"scroll\" direction=\"up\" scrollamount=\"2\" height=\"200\"><!\u2013- [et_pb_br_holder] -\u2013><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<ul data-editing-info=\"{'applyListStyleFromLevel':true}\"><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/p>\n<li>Congratulations to Mansi and Sumandeep for wining the Best poster award at the India EMBO lecture RNA virus infection and host immune responses, Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Faridabad 2026<\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/p>\n<li>Rishad received a Travel Grant to attend the Vaccinology workshop at the Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.<\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li>Dr. Shashank Tripathi won the Keshvi Sharma Memorial Award from NIV research foundation. <\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li>Sumandeep won the Excellent poster award in India EMBO Cell Autonomous Defense and Innate Immunity Conference held in Hyderabad 3-5th Dec 2025<\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->Shachee received the travel award and the best poster award at the India EMBO Cell Autonomous Defense and Innate Immunity Conference held in Hyderabad between 3-5th Dec 2025.<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->Sumandeep received the Travel award for Cytokines 2025; held in Seattle, USA<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  Mansi received Travel grant to attend the Keystone symposia 2025 \u201cPredicting and responding to emerging viral infections\u201d Geneva, Switzerland<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  Mansi and Rajesh were awarded the Best Poster and Best Oral presentation award respectively at the 8th Molecular Virology, Institute of Advanced Virology (IAV), Thiruvananthapuram,18-20th Sep, 2025<!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->\tRajesh received the Best Poster award from RSC Chemical Biology at the 10th Annual Research Symposium 2024, 11-13th Jan 2024, organized by the Bioengineering Department, IISc Bengaluru. <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  Rohan Gets a travel award and the invitation to deliver a research talk at the &#8216;Pandemic Preparedness&#8217; conference in ICGEB Trieste,Italy Nov 2024 (<a title=\"https:\/\/www.icgeb.org\/international-conference-on-pandemic-preparedness-trieste-2024\/\" id=\"OWAde9df130-cbeb-2266-44cb-13298e423e8f\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icgeb.org\/international-conference-on-pandemic-preparedness-trieste-2024\/\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Link<\/a>) <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Oyahida goes to present a research poster at the Keystone Positive Strand RNA Virus Meeting in Killarney, Ireland. (<a title=\"https:\/\/www.keystonesymposia.org\/conferences\/conference-listing\/meeting?eventid=7121\" id=\"OWA062ff9b8-ae59-3a95-03fe-b9c0568092d1\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.keystonesymposia.org\/conferences\/conference-listing\/meeting?eventid=7121\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Link<\/a>) <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Shashank delivers a research talk at Immunocon 2024 at IISc, Bengaluru. (<a title=\"https:\/\/immunocon2024.iisc.ac.in\/\" id=\"OWAf49f50fe-cd72-34a9-5c23-f7eb9ab2d0fd\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/immunocon2024.iisc.ac.in\/\" data-linkindex=\"2\">Link<\/a>) <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Oyahida gets SERB Internationa Travel Award to attend Keystone Positive Strand RNA Virus Meeting in Killarney, Ireland. (<a title=\"https:\/\/www.keystonesymposia.org\/conferences\/conference-listing\/meeting?eventid=7121\" id=\"OWAa0a9b2fb-1e47-2741-4a22-01da74c90f73\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.keystonesymposia.org\/conferences\/conference-listing\/meeting?eventid=7121\" data-linkindex=\"3\">Link<\/a>) <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Shashank gets the Axis Bank International Travel Award to attend the Options\u00a0XI meeting in Brisbane,\u00a0Australia. (<a title=\"https:\/\/www.optionsxii2024.org.uk\/about\/the-options-series\" id=\"OWAcfcc1067-889c-4902-c409-5606cf062f8d\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.optionsxii2024.org.uk\/about\/the-options-series\" data-linkindex=\"4\">Link<\/a>) <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Shashank gets invited to chair a session and present research at the Options XI meeting in Brisbane,\u00a0Australia. (<a title=\"https:\/\/www.optionsxii2024.org.uk\/about\/the-options-series\" id=\"OWA1eabb89d-5692-1a33-d1ca-9c0170309e46\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.optionsxii2024.org.uk\/about\/the-options-series\" data-linkindex=\"5\">Link<\/a>) <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Shashank goes to Sumit Chanda&#8217;s lab at Scripps Research, San Diego, USA, for a 3-month research Visit. (<a title=\"https:\/\/www.scripps.edu\/faculty\/chanda\/\" id=\"OWA3c135bd4-6fee-e3c4-6229-c8e507f85773\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scripps.edu\/faculty\/chanda\/\" data-linkindex=\"6\">Link<\/a>) <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->     Mansi gets a travel award and invitation to deliver a talk and present a poster at\u00a0ASV 2024 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. (<a title=\"https:\/\/asv.org\/asv2024\/\" id=\"OWA114dfe12-83c5-52a6-7cd4-7ac98316692e\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/asv.org\/asv2024\/\" data-linkindex=\"7\">Link<\/a>) <!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->  <\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/ul>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<ol><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li>Featured in Deccan Herald (23rd February 2022) \u2013 News of our preprint on the discovery of Broad-Spectrum Antiviral got covered by Deccan Herald under the title \u201cIISc scientists find a compound in mammals that can restrict coronavirus\u201d<\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li>Featured in Jansatta(22nd February 2022) \u2013 News of our preprint on the discovery of Broad-Spectrum Antiviral got covered by Jansatta<\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li>Featured in NewsMedical.net (21st February 2022) \u2013 News of our preprint on the discovery of Broad-Spectrum Antiviral got covered by NewsMedical.net<\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li>Abhijith and Oyahida\u2019s Research article published in EBioMedicine(The Lancet)-Abhijith,Oyahida,et al(12th August 2021)<\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li>Featured in Telegraph (19th February 2022) \u2013 News of our preprint on the discovery of Broad-Spectrum Antiviral got covered by Telegraph titled \u201cCovid: Hope of anti-viral shield against multiple viruses\u201d<\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li>Quoted by Down To Earth (21st December 2021) \u2013 Shashank Tripathi got quoted in Down To Earth article titled \u2018COVID-19 immunity: Treading turbulent waters\u2019 <\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li>Official Press Release by IISc (14th November 2021) \u2013 IISc release an official Press Release on our published work on identification of COVID-19 severity marker<\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><pee class=\"content-title\">Highlighted on KERNEL Research News IISc (14th November 2021) \u2013 \u201cLeads for COVID-19 Prognosis and Therapy from Nasal Swabs got highlighted on KERNEL Research news IISc.<\/pee><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><pee class=\"content-title\">Publication in Critical Reviews in Immunology(October 2021) \u2013 A review article titled \u201cInnate Immune subversion strategies of Human Flaviviruses\u201d authored by Sumandeep Kaur and Shashank Tripathi got published in the journal Critical Reviews in Immunology<\/pee><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><pee class=\"content-title\">Publication in Nature Microbiology (23rd September 2021) \u2013 A research article co authored by Dr Shashank Tripathi on a mechanism for evasion of autophagy got published in Nature Microbiology titled \u201cRestriction Factor compendium for Influenza A virus reveals a mechanism for evasion of autophagy\u201d<\/a>.<\/pee><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li>Featured in Hindustan Times(29th August 2021) \u2013 Our published work on the identification of COVID-19 severity marker got featured in the India News section of Hindustan times titled, \u201cIISc researchers identify marker to determine Covid severity\u201d<\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><pee class=\"content-title\">Featured in Deccan Herald(24th August 2021) \u2013 Our peer-reviewed work of identifying a novel marker for the prediction of Covid-19 severity, merely through RT PCR test got featured in Deccan Herald titled, \u201cRT-PCR can predict Covid severity: IISc study\u201d<\/pee><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li>Join Lab For Masters Thesis(7th may 2021) &#8211; Swarnima (BHU) and Manish (Amity, Noida) join lab for Masters thesis<\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><pee class=\"content-title\">Featured by India Alliance(20th August 2021) Our published work on the identification of COVID-19 severity marker got covered by India Alliance<\/pee><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li>Top 5 in BRICS Young Scientist Conclave 2021 \u2013 Rajesh got selected in the top 5 for BRICS Young Scientist Conclave 2021 <\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><pee class=\"content-title\">Featured in Jansatta (13th August 2021) \u2013 Our published work on the identification of COVID-19 severity marker got featured in Jansatta<\/pee><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li>Publication in Lancet EBioMedicine (12th August 2021) \u2013 Abhijith and Oyahida\u2019s Research article on the identification of COVID-19 severity marker got published in EBioMedicine(The Lancet)<\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><pee class=\"content-title\">Publication in ACE Infectious Disease(14th July 2021) \u2013 Research article co-authored by Dr Shashank Tripathi got published in ACE Infectious Disease-Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of a highly thermotolerant, trimeric SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain derivative<\/pee><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><pee class=\"content-title\">Official Press Release By IISc (1st July 2021) \u2013 IISc released an official press release on COVID-19 Vaccine Testing Center titled \u201cViral BSL-3 facility and DBT-BIRAC COVID-19 Vaccine Testing Centre at IISc\u201d<\/pee><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><pee class=\"content-title\">Featured in The Indian Express (1st July 2021) \u2013 COVID-19 vaccine testing centre got covered in The Indian Express under the title \u201cKarnataka: IISc\u2019s Covid vaccine testing facility in Bengaluru first to be supported by BIRAC in south India\u201d<\/pee><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><pee class=\"content-title\">Featured in Deccan Herald (29th June 2021) \u2013 COVID-19 vaccine testing centre got covered in Deccan Herald under the title Vaccine testing centre started at BSL-3 lab at Bengaluru\u2019s IISc<\/pee><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><pee class=\"content-title\">Featured in The Hindu (26th June 2021) \u2013 COVID-19 vaccine testing centre got covered in The Hindu under the title \u201cCOVID-19 vaccine testing centre set up at IISc\u201d<\/pee><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><pee class=\"content-title\">Interviewed by Rediff (31st March 2021) \u2013 Shashank Tripathi got interviewed by Rediff published under the title \u2018One must be cautious, not scared, of the new variants\u2019<\/pee><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><pee class=\"content-title\">Public outreach publication in The Times of India(4th March 2021) \u2013 Abhijith and Dr Shashank Tripathi published an article in Times of India Article Titled \u201cLessons from a century-old pandemic for current India\u201d<\/pee><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/p>\n<li><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><pee class=\"content-title\">New Lab Members (22nd February 2021) \u2013 Rishad Shiraz joins the lab as a PhD student<\/pee><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/li>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/ol>\n<p><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><\/marquee>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; 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We strive to translate this knowledge for the development of broad-spectrum antivirals and vaccines. Our expertise is in the multi-omics analysis of virus-host interactions, viral reverse genetics, and small animal models of viral pathogenesis.<\/p>\n<p><span>We are always looking for motivated Ph.D. students and have few positions open in 2026. 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