Proteostasis and Chaperone Surveillance

Tanveer A. Dar is Assistant Professor in Clinical Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He received his Masters in Biochemistry from Hamdard University, New Delhi, India in 2003 and PhD in Biosciences from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi in 2009. After completing his PhD, he joined Post-doctoral fellowship with Prof. Bruce E. Bowler in University of Montana, USA. His main research area is protein structural biology and medicinal plant proteomics. He has published more than 20 research papers in reputed international journals in the field of protein folding and their stability in presence of small molecules solutes. He is a recipient of the Junior Research Fellowship and Senior Research Fellowship by CSIR, New Delhi, India. Hewas recently selected as INSA-Visiting fellow for the year 2014-2015. Dr. Dar is actively involved in various projects as principal investigator and Co-Investigator with funding from various reputed national funding agencies like Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi. His current research focuses on modulation of protein fibrillation/aggregation by chemical chaperones and characterization of therapeutically important proteins from medicinal plants.

Dr. Parvaiz is Senior Assistant Professor in Department of Botany at Sri Pratap College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He has completed his post graduation in Botany in 2000 from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. After receiving Doctorate degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, India, he joined International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi in 2007. His main research area is Stress Physiology and Molecular Biology. He has published more than 40 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and 35 book chapters. He is also an Editor of 14 volumes (1 with Studium Press Pvt. India Ltd., New Delhi, India, 9 with Springer NY USA, 3 with Elsevier USA and 1 with John Wiley). He is a recipient of the Junior Research Fellowship and Senior Research Fellowship by CSIR, New Delhi, India. Dr. Parvaiz has been awarded the Young Scientist Award under Fast Track scheme in 2007 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. Dr. Parvaiz is actively engaged in studying the molecular and physio-biochemical response of different agricultural and horticultural plants under environmental stress.