Scientific Committee

Biography

Dr. (Mrs.) Vijay Prabha did her B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. (Hons), and Ph.D. from the Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. She joined the same department as Assistant Professor and then obtained the position of Associate Professor and Professor. She has 32 years of teaching and 42 years of research experience. She has published 111 research articles in reputed journals. She has presented her work in various national and international conferences as an invited speaker and keynote speaker. She had been member of various Biosafety committees and learned societies. She is Editorial Board member of various national and international journals.

Research interests:

1. Role of microorganisms in male and female infertility.
2. Exploiting sperm impairing bacterial metabolites as vaginal contraceptives.
3. Understanding bacteria sperm interaction at the receptor ligand level to develop immunocontraceptives.
4. Molecular mimicry between bacteria and spermatozoa and their role in immune infertility.
5. Probiotics and their role in amelioration of infertility.
6. Cloning and characterization of sperm impairing factors isolated from microorganisms and their development as vaginal contraceptives.
7. Protein profiling in unlocking the basis of microorganisms’ associated infertility