Dr. Vikram Saini's Lab
(Laboratory of Infection Biology and Translational Research)

   Community Service

 Councils and Committee:


2022- Onwards Expert Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Director General of Health (DGHS) to set up Network of High containment Biosafety Level-3 (BSL-3) facilities in Various states of India under National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Govt. of India.
CPSCEA Nominee to VMCC Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi and Dhriti Life Sciences, New Delhi.

2021-22 Expert Member, National Biodefense Programme, DRDO, Govt. of India
Expert Member Advisory Committee to set up Biosafety Level-3 (BSL-3) facility at National Institute of Biologicals (NIB), Noida.
Expert Member, Technical Specifications Committee for BSL-3, Govt. of India National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), New Delhi, India

2020- Onwards Member Secretary, Covid-19 Diagnostic Committee, AIIMS, New Delhi
Member, Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBSC), AIIMS, New Delhi
Member Secretary, Animal Biosafety Facility (A-BSL3) Development Committee, AIIMS, New Delhi
Member PPE selection and usage committee Covid-19, AIIMS, New Delhi

2019- Onwards Member, Technical committee for the development of small and large animal facilities, AIIMS, New Delhi

2019- Onwards Special Invitee Member, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC), AIIMS, New Delhi

2018- Onwards Member, Biosafety Facilities Core committee (BSL-2 and BSL-3 laboratory), AIIMS, New Delhi (July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019)

2018- Onwards Member Technical Committee, Nude-mice development facility at Central Animal Facility, AIIMS, New Delhi

2018-2019 External expert and reviewer for the Biomedical Research program of The Leprosy Mission Trust India (TLMI), New Delhi

2017-18 UAB Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), Member

  Editorial Board Positions:

  Frontiers in Microbiology (Review Editor)

  Reviewerships:
  Journals
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Redox Biology, Antioxidants and Redox Signaling, Scientific Reports
Molecular Microbiology, Biochemical Journal
Virulence, Clinical Science
PLoS One, Bioscience Reports, FEBS Journal
BMC Microbiology, Gut Pathogens
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Funding Agencies
DST SERB, Govt of India
DBT, Govt of India
Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland
Alabama Drug Discovery Alliance, Birmingham, AL, USA
UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS), USA