Dr. Harvinder K Khera is an interdisciplinary scientist with extensive expertise in molecular biology. Her research journey spans diverse areas including protein chemistry, molecular biology, drug discovery, assay development, recombinant protein expression, downstream processing, and antibody therapeutics. Her current research is focused on advancing biosensor development using innovative techniques like CRISPR, digital PCR, etc for infectious and rare genetic diseases. She holds a humble yet impressive academic background, earning her M. Sc., in Biotechnology as a gold medalist from the University of Jammu and completing her PhD at CSIR-IIIM Jammu, J & K, India, followed by a postdoctoral experience at the University of California San Diego, California, USA. Dr. Khera has excelled in various national-level exams such as CSIR-JRF, ICMR-JRF, DBT-JRF, ICAR-NET, and GATE, and has contributed to various scientific publications while also sharing her insights as a reviewer for SCI journals.

• My research interests lie in CRISPR-based diagnostics, biosensors, and nanobody engineering, with applications in infectious diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis. I also work on rational protein engineering approaches to develop novel tools for rapid, sensitive, and field-deployable diagnostics. Broadly, my goal is to advance molecular technologies that can bridge fundamental research with translational applications in global health.

• Khera HK, Singh SK, Bhat GN, Singh S. Conserved cysteine residues in malaria Chorismate synthase indicate their important role in protein structure and function. Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics. 2016;53161-168. IF 1.9, Q3 ISSN : 0975-0959.
• Khera HK, Singh SK, Mir R, Bharadwaj V, Singh S. A HRMS-based method for determination of Chorismate synthase activity. Protein and Peptide Letters. 2017;23(3):229-234 IF 1.9, Q3; 0929-8665.
• Khera HK, Singh SK, Singh S.Chorismate synthase from malaria parasites is bifunctional enzyme. Molecular & Biochemical Parasitology, 2019.111202 IF 1.7, Q30166-6851
• Das MK, Prajapati BK, Tiendrebeogo RW, Ranjan K, Adu B, Srivastava AK, Khera HK, Chauhan NK, Tevatiya S, Kana IH, Sharma SK, Singh S, Theisen M.Malaria epidemiology in an area of stable transmission in tribal population of Jharkhand, India. Malaria Journal. 2017;16:181 IF 3.08, Q31475-2875
• Shukla G, Khera HK, Srivastava AK, Khare P, Patidar R, Saxena R. Therapeutic Potential, Challenges and Future Perspective of Cancer Stem Cells in Translational Oncology: A Critical Review. Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 2017;12(3): 207-224.IF 3.8; Q22212-3946
• Srivastava AK, Yadav TC, Khera HK, Mishra P, Raghuwanshi N, Pruthi V, Prasad R. Insights into interplay of immunopathophysiological events and molecular mechanistic cascades in psoriasis and its associated comorbidities. Journal of Autoimmunity. 2021 1;118:102614. IF 14; Q11095-91571095-9157
• Khera, H.K., Venugopal, N., Karur, R.T., Mishra, R., Kartha, R.V. and Rajasimha, H.K., 2022. Building cross-border collaborations to increase diversity and accelerate rare disease drug development–meeting report from the inaugural IndoUSrare Annual Conference 2021. Therapeutic Advances in Rare Disease, 3, p.26330040221133124.2633-0040
• Khera, H.K. and Mishra, R., 2023. Nucleic Acid Based Testing (NABing): A Game Changer Technology for Public Health. Molecular Biotechnology, pp.1-33. IF: 2.8, Q3 ISSN: 1559-0305
• Stanley SM, Khera HK, Chandrasingh S, George CE, Mishra RK. A comprehensive review of dengue with a focus on emerging solutions for precision and timely detection. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 2023 Oct 22:127613. IF: 8.3;Q10141-8130.
• Khera, H., Valiyaparambil, A., Jagannath, D. K., Viswanath, V. K., Kumar, N., Shukla, J. P., ... & Lakshminarasimhan, A. (2024). Nano-Differential Scanning Fluorimetry as a tool for assessment of refolded antibody fragments: a case study for anti-Pfs25 single-chain antibodies. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 109287. If 3.9, Q21873-295X
• Stanley, S.M. and Khera, H*.,2025. Stability insights into synthetic biology enabled biosensors: A case study with SARS-CoV2 toehold-based colorimetric sensor. Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, p.100775.2214-1804
• R. Karan, M. K. Prasannakumar, Harvinder Kour Khera*, J. Harish, N. Vamsidharreddy, Gopal Venkateshbabu, Pramesh Devanna, C. Manjunatha4, K.B. Palanna, Rakesh Kumar Mishra 2025 Molecular Virulotyping and Advancing the Detection of Magnaporthe oryzae Using a CRISPR-Cas12a-Based Diagnostic Tool. World Journal of Microbiology and biotechnology.41(5):159. 1573-0972.
• Khera HK*, Kanan S, Varghese A, 2025 CRIPSR-Cas based assay for nucleic acid detection of SARS-Cov2 using BfCas12a. International Journal of Biological macromolecules.

• Khera, H.K., Srivastava, A.K., Singh, S. (2023). Antimalarial Drug Discovery and Development: From Bench to Bedside. In: Rajput, V.S., Runthala, A. (eds) Drugs and a Methodological Compendium . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7952-1_16 ; 978-981-19-7952-1
• Thirunavukarasou A, Kaur S, Khera HK. Metagenomics for Studying Microbes in Wastewater Treatment Plants. InMicrobial Community Studies in Industrial Wastewater Treatment 2022 Dec 30 (pp. 171-183). CRC Press.9781032406565
• Khera HK, Srivastava AK. Genetic engineering of algae. InAn Integration of Phycoremediation Processes in Wastewater Treatment 2022 Jan 1 (pp. 487-502). Elsevier.978-0-12-823631-4
• Khera, H.K. and Maity, K., 2019. Rational design of next-generation therapeutic antibodies using protein engineering tools. In Next Generation Biomanufacturing Technologies (pp. 109-139). American Chemical Society.10. 0841235007
• Kour, N., Singh, J. and Khera, H.K., 2023. Increasing Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Genes in Wastewater: Impact on Public Health. In Genomics of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Industrial Waste Water Treatment (pp. 95-114). Cham: Springer International Publishing.978-3-031-44617-7

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