Punam Bisht

This study develops a human BBB model using NCC-PCs to show they protect against viral neuroinvasion by maintaining BMEC barrier integrity.

This study identifies GPX4 as a conserved suppressor of cold-induced cell death through multi-species CRISPR screens in hibernators and non-hibernators.

The paper detects SARS-CoV-2 retrotransposition into host genomes via LINE1 in infected cells but not in transfected cells, using WGS and TagMap methods.

This study shows that human iPS cell-derived sensory neurons can be infected by SARS-CoV-2 WA1/2020 and its variants delta and omicron, but cannot produce new viruses.