{"id":49054,"date":"2023-04-24T17:12:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T17:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krea.edu.in\/sias\/?page_id=49054"},"modified":"2026-05-22T07:44:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:44:41","slug":"professor-vikas-jain","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/krea.edu.in\/sias\/professor-vikas-jain\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Vikas Jain"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"49054\" class=\"elementor elementor-49054\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cac80f7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"cac80f7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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id=\"elementor-tab-title-7794\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7794\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Teaching Modules<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7791\" aria-expanded=\"false\">About<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-7791\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7791\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor Vikas Jain pursued his BSc in Zoology (Honours) from University of Delhi and his MSc in Biosciences from Jamia Millia Islamia. He carried out his doctoral studies at Indian Institute of Science Bangalore under the supervision of Professor Dipankar Chatterji at the Molecular Biophysics Unit. After his postdoctoral research work at the University of California San Diego under the guidance of Professor E Peter Geiduschek, he joined Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal and started his laboratory in Bacteriophage research. Professor Vikas Jain has guided 15 PhD students, and several undergraduate students. He is a recipient of the Young Scientist Medal from the Indian National Science Academy, and Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award from the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. He is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences India.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7792\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Research<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-7792\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7792\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor Vikas Jain is a molecular microbiologist and phage biologist. He heads the Laboratory of Antimicrobial Innovation. His research focuses on understanding bacteriophage-mycobacteria interactions and developing next-generation phage-derived therapeutics against drug-resistant bacterial pathogens, particularly <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-7793\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Publications<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-7793\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-7793\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><b>Google scholar: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=zK0e9EYAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=zK0e9EYAAAAJ&amp;hl=en<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last 5 years publications:<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[1]<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharma S, Jain V*. Structural and functional relevance of DUF4352 domain in antiviral immunity and physiology of mycobacteria. Nucleic Acids Res. 2025, 53: gkaf1253.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/nar\/gkaf1253\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/nar\/gkaf1253<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[2]<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mulye M, Jain V*. Molecular insights into the structure, function, and stability of the DNA polymerase processivity factor from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J. Mol. Biol. 2025, 437: 169416.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jmb.2025.169416\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jmb.2025.169416<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[3]<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pillai SS, Jain V*. Elucidating the role of mycobacteriophage D29-encoded Gp36 in DNA binding and phage gene expression regulation. Nucleic Acids Res. 2025, 53: gkaf662.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/nar\/gkaf662\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/nar\/gkaf662<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[4]<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gangakhedkar R, Jain V*. Elucidating the molecular properties and anti-mycobacterial activity of cysteine peptidase domain of D29 mycobacteriophage endolysin. J. Virol. 2024, 98(10): e01328-24.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/jvi.01328-24\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/jvi.01328-24<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[5]<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gangakhedkar R, Jain V*. Construing the function of N-terminal domain of D29 mycobacteriophage LysA endolysin in phage lytic efficiency and proliferation. Mol. Microbiol. 2024, 122(2): 243-254.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/mmi.15295\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/mmi.15295<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[6]<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nair G, Jain V*. An intramolecular crosstalk in D29 mycobacteriophage endolysin governs the lytic cycle and phage-host population dynamics. Sci. Adv. 2024, 10: eadh9812.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/sciadv.adh9812\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/sciadv.adh9812<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[7]<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wani SR, Jain V*. Deciphering the molecular mechanism and regulation of formaldehyde detoxification in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2024, 90: e02039-23.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/aem.02039-23\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/aem.02039-23<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[8]<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Singh AK, Gangakhedkar R, Thakur HS, Raman SK, Patil SA, Jain V*. Mycobacteriophage D29 Lysin B exhibits promising antimycobacterial activity against drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Microbiol. Spectr. 2023, 11: e0459722.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/spectrum.04597-22\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/spectrum.04597-22<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[9]<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abdelrahman F, Gangakhedkar R, Nair G, El-Didamony G, Askora A, Jain V*, El-Shibiny A*. Pseudomonas phage ZCPS1 endolysin as a potential therapeutic agent. Viruses. 2023, 15: 520.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/v15020520\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/v15020520<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[10]<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wani SR, Dubey AA, Jain V*. Ms6244 is a novel Mycobacterium smegmatis TetR family transcriptional repressor that regulates cell growth and morphophysiology. FEBS Lett. 2023, 597: 1428-1440.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/1873-3468.14582\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/1873-3468.14582<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[11]<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seniya SP, Jain V*. Decoding phage resistance by mpr and its role in survivability of Mycobacterium smegmatis. Nucleic Acids Res. 2022, 50:6938-6952.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/nar\/gkac505\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/nar\/gkac505<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[12]<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wani SR, Jain V*. Molecular dissection of a dedicated formaldehyde dehydrogenase from Mycobacterium smegmatis. Protein Sci. 2022, 31:628-638.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/pro.4258\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/pro.4258<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[13]<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James S, Jain V*. A positive selection Escherichia coli recombinant protein expression vector for One-step cloning. Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 2022, 9:776828.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fbioe.2021.776828\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fbioe.2021.776828<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[14]<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patil V, Jain V*. Understanding metabolic remodeling in Mycobacterium smegmatis to overcome energy exigency and reductive stress under energy-compromised state. Front. Microbiol. 2021, 12:722229.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fmicb.2021.722229\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/fmicb.2021.722229<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[15]<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bavda VR, Yadav A, Jain V*. Decoding the molecular properties of mycobacteriophage D29 Holin provides insights into Holin engineering. J. 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