Dx · NanoMethod
Live-Cell Visualization of DNA Double-Strand Break Repair Dynamics via Recombinase-Coated Gold Nanoconjugates
Khan NA, Khan T, Islam A, Joshi MC. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 9(30):14603–14618 · 2026
Why it matters — In the fieldRecA-coated gold nanoconjugates that image DNA double-strand-break repair in living cells in real time — resolving repair dynamics without GFP/RFP genetic tagging.
Why it matters — For another fieldTurns a gold nanoparticle into a live camera for DNA damage — letting scientists watch cells repair broken DNA as it happens.
Why it matters — Clinical & healthA label-free readout of DNA-repair dynamics that could sharpen study of the genome instability behind cancer and antimicrobial resistance.
Why it matters — Industry & innovationA tag-free, nanoparticle-based DNA-damage imaging platform — a licensable basis for research tools, drug screens and diagnostics.
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Dx · DiagnosticsClinical
Comparative Urinary Metabolomics Reveals Unique and Shared Pathways in COVID-19 and Liver Diseases
Juyal G, Khan F, Siddiqui S, Rehman A, Madhumalar A, Mirsamadi N, Jhingan GD, Bihari C, Joshi MC. Metabolomics 22(2):30 · 2026
Why it matters — In the fieldComparative urinary metabolomics maps the shared and disease-specific metabolic pathways separating COVID-19 from liver disease — non-invasive biomarker leads.
Why it matters — For another fieldReads a simple urine sample to find chemical fingerprints that tell COVID-19 and liver disease apart.
Why it matters — Clinical & healthPoints to non-invasive urinary biomarkers that could aid differential diagnosis and monitoring across COVID-19 and hepatic disease.
Why it matters — Industry & innovationCandidate urinary-metabolite panels — a starting point for non-invasive diagnostic assays.
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MicrobiomeClinical
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Attenuates Neuropathic Pain in Rats via Gut Microbiota-Mediated Immunomodulation of Ion Channels and Nociceptors
Allani M, Nath G, Juyal G, Joshi MC, Tiwari V. Microbial Pathogenesis 212:108275 · 2026
Why it matters — In the fieldFecal microbiota transplantation reduces neuropathic pain in rats through gut-microbiota-driven immunomodulation of ion channels and nociceptors — a gut–nerve axis mechanism.
Why it matters — For another fieldShows that changing gut bacteria can dial down nerve pain — the microbiome talking to the nervous system.
Why it matters — Clinical & healthEarly mechanistic support for microbiome-directed approaches to chronic neuropathic pain.
Why it matters — Industry & innovationA microbiome-based therapeutic direction for pain — rationale for live-biotherapeutic development.
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BS · GenomeFoundational
Loss of SeqA Confers Low-Level Fluoroquinolone Resistance Through Transcriptional Reprogramming and RpoS Dependence in E. coli
Faraz A, Khan NA, Singh DK, Joshi MC. AIMS Microbiology 11(4):1079–1100 · 2026
Why it matters — In the fieldDeleting SeqA drives low-level fluoroquinolone resistance in E. coli via transcriptional reprogramming and an RpoS-dependent stress response — a chromosome-maintenance route to antibiotic tolerance.
Why it matters — For another fieldRemoving one DNA-organising protein makes bacteria harder to kill with common antibiotics — a fresh angle on how resistance emerges.
Why it matters — Clinical & healthIdentifies a genetic-regulatory pathway to fluoroquinolone resistance relevant to how low-level tolerance seeds treatment failure.
Why it matters — Industry & innovationHighlights SeqA/RpoS regulation as a target space for anti-resistance strategies.
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MicrobiomeClinical
Cross-Ethnic Evaluation of Gut Microbial Signatures Reveals Increased Colonization with Oral Pathobionts in the North Indian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cohort
Singh A, Juyal G, Gacesa R, Joshi MC, Midha V, Thelma BK, Weersma RK, Sood A. Intestinal Research · 2025 (online Jul 14)
Why it matters — In the fieldA cross-ethnic gut-microbiome comparison finds enrichment of oral pathobionts in a North Indian IBD cohort — population-specific microbial signatures of inflammatory bowel disease.
Why it matters — For another fieldFinds that mouth-dwelling bacteria colonise the gut more in Indian IBD patients — geography shapes the disease's microbial signature.
Why it matters — Clinical & healthSuggests population-specific microbial markers for IBD, informing diagnosis and stratification beyond Western cohorts.
Why it matters — Industry & innovationPopulation-aware microbiome signatures — inputs for diagnostics and stratified therapeutics in IBD.
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BS · GenomeFoundational
Bacteria-to-Human Protein Networks Reveal Origins of Endogenous DNA Damage
Xia J, … Joshi MC, … Rosenberg SM. Cell 176:127–143 · 2019
Why it matters — In the fieldA bacteria-to-human map of the protein networks that generate spontaneous DNA damage — a systems-level account of where endogenous mutation originates.
Why it matters — For another fieldShows the same protein systems that damage DNA in bacteria also operate in human cells — a shared, cross-species origin for mutation.
Why it matters — Clinical & healthThe endogenous DNA-damage pathways mapped here underlie mutation processes relevant to cancer initiation and to how infections acquire resistance.
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Dx · NanoFoundational
Exposure to High Dosage of Gold Nanoparticles Accelerates Growth Rate by Modulating Ribosomal Protein Expression
Quadir S, Khan NA, Singh DK, Faraz A, Jhingan GD, Joshi MC. ACS Nano 17(16):15529 · 2023
Why it matters — In the fieldHigh-dose gold nanoparticles remodel ribosomal-protein expression and accelerate bacterial growth — a mechanism that constrains safe nanoconjugate design.
Why it matters — For another fieldShows nanomaterials aren't inert inside living cells: gold particles change how bacteria build proteins and grow.
Why it matters — Clinical & healthDefines a safety boundary for gold-nanoparticle agents intended for use in diagnostics and therapy.
Why it matters — Industry & innovationSets a safe-design limit for gold-nanoparticle products — essential for anyone commercialising nanoconjugate diagnostics or therapeutics.
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Dx · NanoApplied
A Saliva-Based RNA Extraction-Free Workflow Integrated With Cas13a for SARS-CoV-2 Detection
Azmi I, Faizan MI, Kumar R, … Joshi MC*, Ahmad T*. (corresponding) Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 11:632646 · 2021
Why it matters — In the fieldAn extraction-free, saliva-based Cas13a workflow for SARS-CoV-2 — a simplified rapid molecular diagnostic.
Why it matters — For another fieldUses CRISPR not to edit genes but to detect a virus, directly from saliva.
Why it matters — Clinical & healthA point-of-care-friendly test that skips complex RNA extraction — faster testing pathways for clinics and field settings.
Why it matters — Industry & innovationA licensable, low-cost rapid-diagnostic workflow — a template for scalable, extraction-free molecular test kits.
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BS · GenomeFoundational
Escherichia coli sister chromosome separation includes an abrupt global transition with concomitant release of late-splitting intersister snaps
Joshi MC, Bourniquel A, Fisher J, Ho BT, Magnan D, Kleckner N, Bates D. (first author) PNAS 108:2765 · 2011
Why it matters — In the fieldFirst-author work revealing an abrupt, global transition in E. coli sister-chromosome separation, with late-splitting intersister snaps.
Why it matters — For another fieldReveals the physical choreography by which a bacterium pulls its two DNA copies apart just before dividing.
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BS · GenomeFoundational
Regulation of Sister Chromosome Cohesion by the Replication Fork Tracking Protein SeqA
Joshi MC, Magnan D, Montminy TP, Lies M, Stepankiw N, Bates D. (first author) PLoS Genetics 9:e1003673 · 2013
Why it matters — In the fieldFirst-author demonstration that the fork-tracking protein SeqA regulates sister-chromosome cohesion.
Why it matters — For another fieldIdentifies a molecular 'clasp' that keeps freshly-copied bacterial DNA paired — a control point in cell division.
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Dx · NanoBS · GenomeMethod
Engineered proteins detect spontaneous DNA breakage in human and bacterial cells
Shee C, … Joshi MC, … Rosenberg SM. eLife 2:e01222 · 2013
Why it matters — In the fieldEngineered fluorescent reporters that flag spontaneous DNA double-strand breaks in living human and bacterial cells.
Why it matters — For another fieldTurns proteins into living 'sensors' that glow wherever DNA breaks — a way to watch damage as it happens.
Why it matters — Clinical & healthA live-cell DNA-break sensor relevant to studying genome instability in disease, including cancer.
Why it matters — Industry & innovationThe sensing principle behind the lab's label-free DNA-damage-detection platform — a basis for diagnostic tooling.
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MicrobiomeApplied
Enrichment of Lactic Acid-Producing Bacteria in the Fecal Microbiota of Patients with Ulcerative Colitis in North India
Juyal G, Sood A, Midha V, … Joshi MC. Adv. Gut & Microbiome Res. 2023 · Art. 7333511
Why it matters — In the fieldCharacterised enrichment of lactic-acid-producing bacteria in the fecal microbiota of North-Indian ulcerative-colitis patients.
Why it matters — For another fieldMaps how gut-bacterial communities shift in an inflammatory bowel disease.
Why it matters — Clinical & healthMicrobiome signatures in ulcerative colitis that could inform patient stratification and microbiome-directed care.
Why it matters — Industry & innovationPoints to microbiome biomarkers of potential interest to diagnostics and probiotic development.
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MicrobiomeClinical
Efficacy of fecal microbiota therapy in steroid-dependent ulcerative colitis: a real-world intention-to-treat analysis
Sood A, Mahajan R, Juyal G, … Joshi MC, … Intest. Res. · 2018
Why it matters — In the fieldReal-world intention-to-treat analysis of fecal-microbiota-therapy efficacy in steroid-dependent ulcerative colitis.
Why it matters — For another fieldTests whether transplanting healthy gut bacteria helps a hard-to-treat bowel disease.
Why it matters — Clinical & healthReal-world evidence on fecal microbiota therapy for steroid-dependent ulcerative colitis — directly relevant to gastroenterology practice.
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Dx · NanoApplied
Synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial studies of novel transition-metal complexes of a tridentate Schiff-base ligand
Singh N, Khan NA, Taha A, Joshi MC, … Hashmi AA. J. Mol. Structure 1332:141722 · 2025
Why it matters — In the fieldSynthesis and characterisation of novel transition-metal Schiff-base complexes with antimicrobial activity.
Why it matters — For another fieldNew designed metal compounds that can kill microbes — chemistry meeting antimicrobial biology.
Why it matters — Clinical & healthEarly-stage antimicrobial candidates of potential interest against resistant infections.
Why it matters — Industry & innovationNovel antimicrobial chemotypes — early, IP-relevant leads for antimicrobial development.
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BS · GenomeFoundational
DNA Replication Initiation Is Blocked by a Distant Chromosome-Membrane Attachment
Magnan D, Joshi MC, Barker AK, Visser BJ, Bates D. Curr. Biol. 25:2143 · 2015
Why it matters — In the fieldShowed that a distant chromosome-membrane attachment blocks DNA-replication initiation in E. coli.
Why it matters — For another fieldFinds that tethering DNA to the cell membrane can pause its copying — a timing mechanism for growth.
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Dx · NanoReviewReview
COVID-19: The emerging immunopathological determinants for recovery or death
Ahmad T, Chaudhuri R, Joshi MC, Ali SM. (review) Front. Microbiology 11 · 2020
Why it matters — In the fieldReview synthesising the immunopathological determinants of COVID-19 outcomes.
Why it matters — For another fieldPulls together why some COVID-19 cases resolve and others turn severe, from an immune-system view.
Why it matters — Clinical & healthA clinically-oriented synthesis of the immune determinants of COVID-19 recovery versus death.
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BS · GenomeMethodBook chapter
Multilocus Imaging of the E. coli Chromosome by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization
Visser BJ, Joshi MC, Bates D. (book chapter) Methods Mol. Biol. 1624:213 · 2017
Why it matters — In the fieldMethods chapter: multilocus FISH imaging of the E. coli chromosome.
Why it matters — For another fieldA how-to for imaging bacterial DNA at many points at once.
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