Trichomonas vaginalis

Dr. Prashant Khare is a Vice President (R&D) at Xenesis Institute, Absolute in Gurugram (Haryana), India. Previously, he was a Ramalingaswami Fellow and Scientist D in the Department of Microbiology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India. He completed his PhD from the Division of Parasitology at the Central Drug Research Institute in Lucknow, (Uttar Pradesh), India. He has almost five years of postdoctoral experience from the Baylor Institute for Immunology Research and UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, USA, and more than 15 years of research experience in the field of infectious biology, immunology, vaccine, and drug development. He has published more than 30 research papers in highly reputable international journals such as Nature Immunology and Nature Communication. He has reviewed publications and served in an editorial role for several international journals as well. Dr. Ashish Jain is working as an Assistant Professor (senior scale) since last eleven years in the Department of Microbiology, Smt. CHM College Ulhasnagar; affiliated with the University of Mumbai (Maharashtra), India. He has completed his PhD from Division of Endocrinology, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) India on spermicides and anti-Trichomonas molecules and their mode of action. He has published more than 20 reputed international research papers and reference books in the field of Sexually transmitted infections and reproductive biology and credited international patents in his account. He is a recognized postgraduate teacher and PhD guide of University of Mumbai in Microbiology subject. Presently he is working to investigate the role of vaginal microbiota on reproductive health.