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Dr Kaushal

Editor-in-Chief: Dr Deepak Kaushal

Dr. Deepak Kaushal earned his Bachelor of Science with Honors and Master of Science, both in Biochemistry in 1991 and 1993 respectively from the University of Delhi, India. In 1999, he earned his PhD in Biochemistry, also from the University of Delhi, India. He performed his postdoctoral research at the Center for TB Research, John Hopkins School and Medicine, Baltimore, MD and at St Jude Children’s Hospital, Memphis, TN.Dr. Kaushal is an Associate Professor in the Division of Bacteriology and Parasitology at the Tulane National Research Primate Center, Covington, LA, with an academic appointment at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, the Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA. Since joining TNPRC in 2006, he has been active in the implementation of various aspects of TB research ncluding but not limited to the molecular microbiology studies research aimed at dissecting the role played by various members of the M. tuberculosis sigH network, including sigE, sigB and Rv2745c genes. This network is being studied through the use of mutants, microarrays, cell-line and primary macrophages as well as the mouse model.  His has also developed a rhesus macaque model of TB, and of TB/AIDS, using natural routes of exposure. His lab is leveraging these models to better understand pathogenesis, immunopathology, latency and reactivation in TB.Dr. Kaushal is also the Director of the Tulane Institutional DNA Microarray and Expression Core (DMEC).  The core processes spotted (2-color) microarrays, as well as perform high-dimension data-analysis from both spotted as well as 1-color (Affymetrix) microarrays.  Dr. Kaushal’s work is mainly funded by several institutes and centers at the National Institutes of Health including National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute and National Centers for Research Resources.  He also serves on the editorial board of PLoS ONE.