Anjali Roy
Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India
Biography
Anjali Roy is pursuing her Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore, a premier educational organization. She has published 8 papers in reputed peer-reviewed journals and has been serving as an active member of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Science and Indian society of Atherosclerosis research. She is an awardee of many best poster presentation awards including prestigious N S Dhalla Best Poster Award. During Ph. D., her work mainly focused on understanding the role of NOS1 derived nitric oxide in macrophage polarization and macrophage foam cell formation. She also studies inflammatory mediators in regulating endothelial junction and permeability, leading to endothelial dysfunctioning. Using computational techniques, she screened various drugs to be repurposed as anti-inflammatory molecules and checked the efficacy of drug employing in-vivo mice models in the study. She believes that her research interest focuses on improving global health and discovering novel therapeutics against cardiovascular disease and sepsis.