B.Sc. (1987) Chemistry (Hons), University of Delhi, Delhi
M.Sc. (1989) Biotechnology, M.S. University, Vadodara, Gujarat
Ph.D (1996) Life Sciences (Immunology), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
*Role and molecular mechanisms of Mast Cell effector responses in infectious and non-infectious diseases
*Interaction of nanoparticles with immune effector cells
* May, 2008 onwards: Assistant Professor in Immunology, in the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
* October, 2005 till April, 2008: Visiting Fellow (Employee) in the Laboratory of Dr. Paul A. Roche, Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
* April, 2005 till September, 2005: Visiting Fellow (Contract Employee) in the Laboratory of Dr. Paul A. Roche, Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
* March, 2000 till March, 2005: Post Doctoral Visiting Fellow in the Laboratory of Dr. Paul A. Roche, Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
* September, 1997 till Nov 1999: Project Associate in the project titled, "Cloning, Expression and Purification of Ovine Growth Hormone" funded by Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, with Dr. Satish M. Totey, Embryo Biotechnology Lab., National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, as the Principal Investigator.
* December, 1995 till December, 1996: Research Associate in the Project titled, "Major Histocompatibility Complex I Antigen Expression Augmenting Factor (MEAF), A new immunomodulatory Cytokine: Purification, characterization and sequencing " funded by Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, with Prof. Rajiv K. Saxena, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, as the Principal Investigator.
* March 2000 till March 2005: Fogarty Fellow in Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
* November 1994 till October 1995: Senior Research Fellow (ICMR) in School of Life Sciences, J.N.U., New Delhi. Title of project : "Modulation of certain membrane receptors crucial for immunological interactions, by mouse natural killer-resistance inducing factor (NK-RIF)"
* Life Membership of Indian Immunology Society
* Award for best poster presentation, 18th Annual meeting of the Indian Immunology Society, NII, New Delhi (October 1991)
* August 1991 till July 1994: Senior Research Fellow (JNU-UGC) in School of Life Sciences, J.N.U., New Delhi
* August 1989 to July 1991: Junior Research Fellow (JNU-UGC) in School of Life Sciences, J.N.U., New Delhi
* Passed with position in top 5% in CSIR-UGC-JRF Exam, 1988
* Students Fellowship sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, during M. Sc. (1987-1989)
1. Puri, N., Kruhlak, M. J., Whiteheart, S. W. and Roche, P. A. (2003) Mast cell degranulation requires N-Ethylmaleimide-Sensitive Factor mediated SNARE disassembly. J. Immunol. 171: 5345-5352. Impact Factor:5.362 Citations 50
2. Hepp, R., Puri, N. (equal contribution with 1st author), Hohenstein, A. C., Crawford, G. L., Whiteheart, S. W. and Roche, P. A. (2005) Phosphorylation of SNAP-23 regulates exocytosis from mast cells. J. Biol. Chem. 280(8): 6610-6620. Citations 54
3. Puri, N. and Roche, P. A. (2008) Mast cells possess distinct secretory granule subsets whose exocytosis is regulated by different SNARE isoforms. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., U.S.A. 105(7): 2580-2585. Citations 71
4. Alam A., Sachar S., Puri N., Saxena R.K. (2013) Interactions of polydispersed single-walled carbon nanotubes with T cells resulting in downregulation of allogeneic CTL responses in vitro and in vivo. Nanotoxicology 7(8):1351-60. Impact Factor:6.411 [Included as a Key Nanotechnology Article on Global Medical Discovery web-portal (globalmedicaldiscovery.com)]
5. Rizvi Z.A., Puri N., and Saxena R.K. (Septemper, 2015) Lipid antigen presentation through CD1d pathway in mouse lung epithelial cells, macrophages and dendritic cells and its suppression by poly-dispersed single-walled carbon nanotubes, Toxicology in Vitro 29(6):1275-1282. Impact Factor:3.207; Citations:1
1. Selvapandiyan A., Ahuja K., Puri N. and Krishnan A. (December, 2015) Implications of co-infection of Leptomonas in visceral leishmaniasis in India, Parasitology 142(14):1657-62. Impact Factor:2.56
2. Priyanka, Kotiya D., Rana M., Subbarao N, Puri N. and Tyagi R.K. (January, 2016) Transcription regulation of nuclear receptor PXR: role of SUMO-1 modification and NDSM in receptor function, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 420:194-207 Impact Factor:4.405; Citations:2
3. Alam A., Puri N., Saxena R.K. (September, 2016) Uptake of polydispersed single-walled carbon nanotubes and the attendant decline of cellular functions of mouse NK cells undergoing activation J. Immunotoxicology 13(5):758-65 DOI: 10.1080/1547691X.2016.1191562 Impact Factor:2.054.
