Journal of Next Generation Sequencing & Applications

ISSN - 2469-9853

+44 1250400002

Runu Chakravarty

Runu Chakravarty
Prefessor, ICMR Virus UNIT
Kolkata, India

Biography

Runu Chakravarty is an Deputy Director of ICMR Virus UNIT,Kolkata, INDIA. She completed her Ph.D. in 1984 in Calcutta University. She is an Editorial Board member for more than 18 International Journals.

Research Interest

Virological basis of chronic hepatitis in humans, encompassing diagnosis, molecular epidemiology, pathogenesis of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and understanding the origin and diversity of HBV in India

Systematic studies to improve understanding of HIV, HBV and HCV co-infection

Human genetic determinants of HBV infection, studying polymorphisms of human genes in HBV mediated liver diseases and the functional analysis of disease-associated polymorphisms to understand the biochemical basis of disease susceptibility

MicroRNA and host virus interaction

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