Aparna Tiwari – The Scientist Unraveling the Hidden Links Between Malaria and Hypertension!

**Aparna Tiwari**

**Education**
– **[hidden] (Biotechnology)**, ICMR-NIMR and Kumaun University, India, 2016-2022
– **[hidden] (Biochemistry)**, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, MP, India, 2010-2012
– **[hidden] (Biotechnology)**, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, MP, India, 2007-2010

**Awards/Fellowships**
– **CSIR-UGC NET Junior Research Fellowship**, All India 52nd Rank, 2016

**Research Experience**
– **Research Associate (Research and teaching)**, UM-DAE, CEBS, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 2022-2024
– **PhD**, Role of malaria exposure in RAAS polymorphisms and hypertension, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, India, 2017-2022
– **Healthcare worker in COVID-19 pandemic 2020**
– **Diagnostic testing**, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, India
– **COVID-19 Testing**, National Institute of Biologicals, India
– **Project Research Fellow**, ICMR-National Institute of Malaria Research, India, 2014-2017

**List of Publications**
– *Tiwari A, De A, Sinha A. Malaria exposure evolutionarily predisposes to hypertension risk*
– *Tiwari A, De A, Sinha A, Malaria and Hypertension: What Is the Direction of Association?*
– *Tiwari A and Ghag SB. Base editing and prime editing in horticulture crops*
– *Sinha A, Savargaonkar D, De A, Tiwari A, Yadav CP, Anvikar AR. Joint Involvement Can Predict Chikungunya in a Dengue Syndemic Setting in India*
– *Tiwari A, De A, Sinha A. Increasing blood pressure: could malaria have a role?*
– *Sinha A, Kar S, Deora N, Dash M, Tiwari A, Kori L, Schneider K, Ranford-Cartwright L. India-EMBO Lecture Course: understanding malaria from molecular epidemiology, population genetics, and evolutionary perspectives*

**Conference Presentations**
– *Oral Presentation in International conference on “Fungal interactions with plants and animals: Scoping for the future”*
– *Oral Presentation in National Conference on Future of Agriculture and Agriculture for future Indian perspective*
– *Poster presentation in EMBO virtual workshop: The mobile genome: Genetic and physiological impacts of transposable elements*

**Trainings/ Workshops**
– *Genomics (NGS, RNA-seq), Proteomics (Mass spec) and Bioinformatics*
– *Methods in Cancer Biology Research (Immunohistochemistry)*
– *High-end workshop on flow cytometry and its applications*

**References**
1. Dr Abhinav Sinha, Scientist E, ICMR-NIMR, New Delhi, India
2. Dr Jacinta D’Souza, Professor, UM-DAE CEBS, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3. Dr Poornima Kishore, Associate Professor, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, MP, India

**Skills and Techniques**
– *Molecular Biology: Genomics & Proteomics, PCR, qPCR, Next-generation sequencing*
– *Immunology: ELISA, Immunohistochemistry*
– *Microbiology: In vitro culture, Banana plant tissue culture*
– *In vivo techniques: Rodent experimental techniques*
– *Epidemiology and Public Health: Cohort study, Mendelian Randomization*
– *Analytical skills*
– *Writing skills*
– *Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint*

**Keywords:** Molecular Biology, Genomics, Proteomics, Immunology, Microbiology, In vivo techniques, Epidemiology, Analytical skills, Writing skills.

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