Dynamics of Immune Activation in Viral Diseases

Module 1_ Role of Innate Immunity in Combating Viral diseases . -Chapter 1_ Significance of the dynamics and regulation of immune cells during viral pathogenesis . -Chapter 2_ Inflammation during virus infection: swings and roundabouts . -Chapter 3_ Interferons and their role in Viral infection . -Chapter 4_ Role of Cytokines in combating viral infections: Siginificance and relevance . -Chapter 5_ Potentiality of Toll Like Receptors (TLRs) in viral infections.- Chapter 6_ Macrophages/Micro vesicles and their task in viral diseases. -Module 2_ Role of Adaptive Immunity in Combating Viral diseases . -Chapter 7_ Cellular activation and Viral infections. - Chapter 8 _ Activation and immune evasion of viruses from Complement system.- Chapter 9 _B cells and their role in combating viral diseases. - Chapter 10_ Antibody-dependent enhancement of viral infections .- Chapter 11_ T cells in viral infections: The myriad flavours of antiviral immunity. - Chapter 12_ microRNAs and their role in viral infection. - Chapter 13_ Evolution, Distribution and Diversity of Immunodeficiency Viruses. - Chapter 14_ Role of immune cells in Hepatitis B infection. - Chapter 15_ Role of RNA Sensors in Immunity against Viral Diseases. - Chapter 16_ Role of DNA Sensors in Immunity against Viral Diseases. - Chapter 17. Advanced immunotechnological methods in diagnostic virology. -Chapter 18. Current advances in viral vaccines development and research.

Dr. Pallaval Veera Bramhachari is currently Head of the Department of Biotechnology at Krishna University, India. He has served as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at the Bacterial Pathogenesis Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR), Australia, and DBT Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science (IIsc), Bangalore. He holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology from Goa University, India. His research focuses on applied microbiology and cell biology research, including the biochemical mechanisms of bacterial-biofilm formation, structure-function relationship of bacterial rhamnolipids, and basic and translational cancer research. He has published more than 115 research articles in leading peer-reviewed international journals and 3 books, and has presented 47 abstracts at various national and international conferences. He has served as an editorial board member and reviewer for a number of national and international journals, and is a member of several international scientific societies and organizations, most importantly, the Indian Science Congress & Society of Biological Chemists, India. He has received a number of prestigious awards, notably, AP State Best Scientist Award 2017, DST SERB Young Scientist Award (2011) and was nominated as an Associate Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences (APAS) for the year 2016.