DR.RAJDEEP DALAL
Ph.D.
PROJECT RESEARCH SCIENTIST-III
- Ph.D. Immunobiology, Centre for Immunobiology and Immunotherapy, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute
- M.S. (Pharm.), National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali
- Bachelor of Pharmacy, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak
Publication
1. Rizvi, Z.A., Dalal, R., et al., High-salt diet mediates interplay between NK cells and gut microbiota to induce potent tumor immunity. Science Advances, 2021.
2. Rizvi Z., Dalal, R., et al., Immunological and cardio-vascular pathologies associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in golden Syrian hamster. BioRxiv preprint, 2021.
3. Sadhu, S., Rizvi, Z.A., Pandey, R.P., Dalal, R., et al., Gefitinib Results in Robust Host-Directed Immunity Against Salmonella Infection Through Proteo-Metabolomic Reprogramming. Frontiers Immunology, 2021.
4. Rizvi, Z.A., Dalal, R., et al., Golden Syrian hamster as a model to study cardiovascular complications associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. eLife, 2022. (Equal First Author).
5. Sadhu, S., Dalal, R., et al., IL-9 aggravates SARS-CoV-2 infection and exacerbates associated airway inflammation. Nature communications, 2023.
6. Sadhu, S., Dandotiya, J. Dalal, R., et al., Fangchinoline inhibits SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV entry. Antiviral Research, 2023.
7. Sugandha, N., Rizvi, Z., Dalal, R. Zinc mediates the interplay between Th1/Treg differentiation and regulates anti-tumor immunity. Journal of Immunology, 2023.
8. Rizvi, Z., Dalal, R., Awasthi, A. Potent tumor immunity by high salt interventions. European Journal of immunology, 2019.
9. Sugandha, N., Dalal, R., et al., Zinc dampens anti-tumor immunity by promoting Foxp3+ regulatory T cells. Frontiers Immunology, 2024.
10. Chandwaskar, R., Dalal, R., et al. Dysregulation of T cell response in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology, 2024.
11. Dalal, R., et al. Gut commensals-derived succinate impels colonic inflammation in ulcerative colitis. npj biofilms and microbiomes 2025.
12. Binayke, A., Dalal, R., et al. Testosterone suppresses IL17 expression by targeting RORγt functions. European Journal of Immunology 2025
13. Dalal, R., Awasthi A., et al. Dietary micronutrients and microbiome interactions in modulation of cancer immunity. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (JITC) 2025.
14. Chatteree, J.,...Bharatam, P., Dalal, R., Kumar, R. Design, catalyst-free synthesis, DFT study and anticancer assessment of new 2,9-disubstituted purine-6-carboxamides. Bioorganic Chemistry 2026.
15. Sadhu, S., Dalal, R., et al., Fangchinoline drives NOS2-dependent host immunity to restrict intracellular enteric pathogens. iScience, 2026.
1. Dalal, R., S. Sadhu, and A. Awasthi, Chapter 6 - Role of Th17 Cell in tissue inflammation and organ-specific autoimmunity, in Translational Autoimmunity, N. Rezaei, Editor. 2022, Academic Press.
1. Asthana S., Suri C., Kalia M., Awasthi A., Chande A., Rode A., Kumar S., Srikanth Sadhu S., Dalal R.,et al. Autophagy Inducing Peptides. International Application Published Under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). WO 2022/038638 A1.
2. Awasthi A., Salunke D., Dalal R., et al. Novel cholic acid derivatives for the treatment and prevention of autoimmune diseases and uses thereof. Non-provisionally filed for the Indian patent (Application no. 202211005368).
3. Awasthi A., Dalal R. A combination of succinate consuming microbiotas. Non-provisionally filed for the Indian patent (Application No. 202311037041).
4. Awasthi A., Dalal R. BIS(BENZYLISOQUINOLINE) ALKALOIDS AS TLR4 AGONIST (Application No. 202411088715).
5. Ahuja V., Kedia S., Tiwari R., Balakrishnan D., Bajaj A., Markandey M., Awasthi A., Rathore A., Dalal R. A formulation of dietary metabolites, methods and use thereof. Provisionally Filed for the Indian Patent (Application No. 202511124871).
- AIIMS-THSTI Interdisciplinary Intramural grant 2023-2025 (Co-Principal Investigator).
- ICMR Collaborating Centre of Excellence (ICMR-CCoE) [Co-Principal Investigator].
- DST-SERB (CRG/2023/008754) [Co-Principal Investigator].
- AIIMS-THSTI Interdisciplinary Intramural grant 2026-2028 (Co-Principal Investigator).
- ICMR Intermediate Grant (IIRPIG(NAG)-I-2026-01-1150)[Co-Principal Investigator].
2015-Junior Research Fellowship, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.
2018-Senior Research Fellowship, Department of Biotechnology,Government of India.
2019-FIMSA Bursary Award for participation in IUIS/IIS/FIMSA Course on Basic And advanced Translational Immunology (12th to 16th October 2019).
2019-Best Oral Presentation Award at IUIS/IIS/FIMSA Course on Basic and And advanced Translational Immunology (12th to 16th October 2019).
2020-Best Oral Presentation Award at Colloquium organized by THSTI IN 2020.
2021-Best Oral Presentation Award at 8th FIMSA Congress held on October 31st to November 3rd at BEXCO, Busan, Korea.
2018-Best Poster Presentation Award, at Immunocon 2018.
2020-Scientific Quiz organized by THSTI on 10th Foundation Day.
2021-Best Oral Presentation Award at AIMT-2021 by Amity University, India.
2022-Prof. M.K. Bhan Award for a PhD student for the 5 years all-around performance.
2010-Silver Medal in 5000 meters at 43rd annual sports and athletic Meet at PGIMS.
2011-Gold medal in Marathon organized by NIPER, Mohali, India.
2024-SERB-DST International Travel Grant for attending the International congress of Mucosal Immunology-2024 (ICMI-2024), Copenhagen (Denmark).
2024-DBT/CTEP International Travel Grant for attending the International congress of Mucosal Immunology-2024 (ICMI-2024), Copenhagen (Denmark).
2024-Best Poster Presentation Award (Scientist Category), at THSTI 15th Foundation Day celebration.
2025-Young Investigator Award at 15th India Probiotic Symposium organized by PGIMER (Chandigarh) in collaboration with the Gut microbiota and Probiotic Science Foundation (India).
2025-Young Investigator (Cross Asia Pacific) by World Immunotherapy Council (WIC), at WIC APAC Conference, Singapore July 21-22, 2025.
2025-Best Scientific Presentation Award at the Indo-French Workshop on Infectious Diseases: Pathogen Biology and Immune Responses, jointly organized by NII, CNRS, and INSERM, and held at BRIC-National Institute of Immunology (NII) from 13-15 November 2025.
2026-Keynote Speaker at the 4th Edition of International Conference on Probiotics and Prebiotics (Probiotics 2026), March 26-28, 2026, Singapore.
2026- Keynote Speaker at the Two-Day International Conference on “Pharma and Allied Sciences in the Age of AI: Innovations and IPR Strategies (PASAI-2026) organized by the School of Medical and Allied Sciences, KR Mangalam University, India.
2026- Deliver an invited lecture during the National Technology Day celebrations at Central University of Punjab (CUP), Bathinda, Punjab on the topic: Microbiota-Derived Metabolites: Next-Generation Therapeutic Targets for Inflammatory Diseases.
2026- Honored to deliver a talk sponsored by the Indian Immunology Society (IIS) on the occasion of International Day of Immunology 2026 at K.R. Mangalam University, Haryana.
2026- Invited to participate as an Innovator at the Medical Innovations Patent Mitra Innovators-to-Industry Connect (I2I Connect) 2026, organized by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on 25th May 2026.
2026- Oral Presentation at International congress of Mucosal Immunology-2026 (ICMI-2026), Montreal, Canada organized by Society for Mucosal Immunology (SMI) on 13 July to 17 July.
Memberships
1. 2012-Present: Haryana state pharmacy Council (Registration No. 23751).
2. 2018-Present: Member of Indian Immunology Society Member (Membership no. LM/IIS/667/03/18).
3. 2024-2025: Vounteer and active memeber of Society for Mucosal Immunology (SMI) [Registration No. 75121559].
4. 2024-Present: Memeber of Vigyan Bharti (Mem ID: OLNM/24-269).
Invited Talks
1. ISMPO-CON 2024; Theme: Cancer. Genomics. Precision. 18th-20th October 2024. https://www.ismpocon2024.com/
2. 16th International colloquium on Paratuberculosis (ICP-2024), Mathura and Vrindavan, India, from October 21-25, 2024. https://www.gla.ac.in/icpindia/
Abstract Published
1. Potent tumor immunity by high salt interventions (IUIS, China) Oct-2019.
2. Understanding the molecular pathways induced by IL-27 to suppress Th9 cell-mediated intestinal inflammation (18th International Congress of Immunology, South Africa, Cape town) Dec-2023.
3. Identification of Fangchinoline as a Toll-like receptor 4 agonist that induces anti-bacterial immunity (18th International Congress of Immunology, South Africa, Cape town) Dec-2023.
4. Understand the SARS-CoV-2 infection-associated extra pulmonary pathologies and post COVID19 sequelae (18th International Congress of Immunology, South Africa, Cape town) Dec-2023.
5. Retinoic acid promotes succinate-consuming gut bacteria to suppress intestinal inflammation (18th International Congress of Immunology, South Africa, Cape town) Dec-2023.
6. Zinc mediates the interplay between Th1/Treg differentiation and regulates anti-tumor immunity (American Association of Immunologists, USA) May-2023.
7. Gut microbiota metabolite succinate promotes intestinal inflammation (3rd Human & Translational Immunology Conference, Rhodes, Greece).
8. Colitis-associated dysbiosis alters gut immunity through the succinate/SUCNR1 axis and exacerbates colitis development (ICMI 2024, Copenhagen) July 2024.
9. Dietary Micronutrients And Microbiome Interactions In Modulation Of Cancer Immunity (WIC APAC 2025, Singapore) July 2025.
- 2015-Junior Research Fellowship, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.
- 2018-Senior Research Fellowship, Department of Biotechnology,Government of India.
- 2019-FIMSA Bursary Award for participation in IUIS/IIS/FIMSA Course on Basic And advanced Translational Immunology (12th to 16th October 2019).
- 2019-Best Oral Presentation Award at IUIS/IIS/FIMSA Course on Basic and And advanced Translational Immunology (12th to 16th October 2019).
- 2020-Best Oral Presentation Award at Colloquium organized by THSTI IN 2020.
- 2021-Best Oral Presentation Award at 8th FIMSA Congress held on October 31st to November 3rd at BEXCO, Busan, Korea.
- 2018-Best Poster Presentation Award, at Immunocon 2018.
- 2020-Scientific Quiz organized by THSTI on 10th Foundation Day.
- 2021-Best Oral Presentation Award at AIMT-2021 by Amity University, India.
- 2022-Prof. M.K. Bhan Award for a PhD student for the 5 years all-around performance.
- 2010-Silver Medal in 5000 meters at 43rd annual sports and athletic Meet at PGIMS.
- 2011-Gold medal in Marathon organized by NIPER, Mohali, India.
- 2024-SERB-DST International Travel Grant for attending the International congress of Mucosal Immunology-2024 (ICMI-2024), Copenhagen (Denmark).
- 2024-DBT/CTEP International Travel Grant for attending the International congress of Mucosal Immunology-2024 (ICMI-2024), Copenhagen (Denmark).
- 2024-Best Poster Presentation Award (Scientist Category), at THSTI 15th Foundation Day celebration.
- 2025-Young Investigator Award at 15th India Probiotic Symposium organized by PGIMER (Chandigarh) in collaboration with the Gut microbiota and Probiotic Science Foundation (India).
- 2025-Young Investigator (Cross Asia Pacific) by World Immunotherapy Council (WIC), at WIC APAC Conference, Singapore July 21-22, 2025.
- 2025-Best Scientific Presentation Award at the Indo-French Workshop on Infectious Diseases: Pathogen Biology and Immune Responses, jointly organized by NII, CNRS, and INSERM, and held at BRIC-National Institute of Immunology (NII) from 13-15 November 2025.
- 2026-Keynote Speaker at the 4th Edition of International Conference on Probiotics and Prebiotics (Probiotics 2026), March 26-28, 2026, Singapore.
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