Computational Immunology

Dr. Shyamasree Ghosh (MSc, PhD, PGDHE, PGDBI) is currently working as the Scientific Officer (F), in the School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, under Department of Atomic Energy, Govt of India currently located in Jatni, Orissa since 2016 dedicated to teaching and research. From 2009 she served as the Scientific Officer (E), in the SBS, NISER. She graduated from the prestigious Presidency College Kolkata in 1998 in Zoology with Chemistry and Physiology as the other subjects and was awarded the prestigious National Scholarship from the Govt. of India in the same year. She obtained post graduation degree in Biotechnology from Calcutta University ranking second in the University in the year 2000. She continued her PhD from Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, CSIR, Kolkata by qualifying for the National Eligibility Test conducted by Ministry of HRD, Govt of India. Her PhD work in the field of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) was accepted in various national and international journals of repute and is cited by the young researchers worldwide. She has worked and published extensively in glycobiology, biology of sialic acids, immunology, stem cells and nanotechnology. She has served as faculty in post graduate college affiliated to Bangalore University. She has authored several publications that include books and encyclopedia chapters in reputed journals and books. Research that tries to decode the complexity of life with hopes for a better living forms her research interest.

Chapter 1 Overview of Immunology and Computational Immunology; Chapter 2 Immune Organs and Cells, Antigen, and Antibody, B-Cell, and T-Cell; Chapter 3 Antigen Processing and Presentation; Chapter 4 Innate Immunity; Chapter 5 Inflammation; Chapter 6 Infection and Immunity; Chapter 7 Transplantation Immunology; Chapter 8 Vaccines; Chapter 9 Diseases due to Abnormalities of the Immune System; Chapter 10 Cancer Biology