Dr. Sunil Kumar Lal
Professor
Monash University
Malaysia
Biography
Dr. Sunil Kumar Lal is Professor of Microbiology, School of Science, Monash University, Sunway Campus, Malaysia (Aug. 2014 – present). He is working on Viruses from past 25 years. Dr. Sunil Kumar Lal has published 100+ publications and 3 books. He has conferred Hind Ratna Award, Highest NRI Civilian Honor by the Govt. of India (2016). He has also been awarded as International Ambassador of the year 2006 from the American Society for Microbiology, Washington DC. Dr. Lal has been bestowed with many Awards and honors that includes Regional Ambassador for 9 consecutive years (2002-2011)from American Society for Microbiology, 11th ICID New Investigator award by International Society for Infectious Diseases, Young Investigators Award 2002 from the Asia-Pacific Association for the Study of Liver (APASL).
Research Interest
Molecular Virology and Emerging Infectious Diseases. Molecular Biology of Host-Virus interactions. Genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic approaches to understanding host-virus relationships. Cell Death and Suvival pathways. Cell signalling and cell cycle progression. Cellular NF-kB, Enolase/S100A8, ubiquitin ligase and chaperone mediated modulation of host pathways by influenza viruses. Viral strategies to overcome host innate immune responses