Journal of Microbiology Research

Journal of Microbiology Research aims to publish all the latest and outstanding research articles, reviews and letters in all areas of major importance to techniques of microbiology and applied research. It publishes high quality research and review papers on novel aspects of microbiology, including environmental, food, agricultural, medical, pharmaceutical, veterinary, soil, water and biodeterioration.

Rahul Mittal

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Microbiology Research

Post-doctoral Fellow, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California (USC), USA

Research Areas

Microbiology, Immunology, Bacteriology, Life Sciences

Education

2007-presentPostdoctoralChildren's Hospital Los Angeles affiliated to University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2003-2007Ph.D Microbiology from Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
2000-2002M. Sc. Microbiology from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
1997-2000B. Sc. Microbiology from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India

Academic Achievement

Awarded The Saban Research Institute Research Career Development Fellowship (RCDF) for two years (2010-2012)
Won best poster awards at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, California, USA (2008 and 2010)
ASIP Young Pathologist Fellowship' by American society of Investigative Pathology (2010)
George McCracken Infectious Disease Fellow award' by ICAAC and ASM (2009)
Travel grant for attending Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting (CSHL) (2009)
Bill and Melinda Gate award' to attend conference on Infectious Diseases in Bangkok, Thailand (2008)
FEMS Young scientist Award (2009)
Won first prize in poster presentation at SIPT, India (2006)
Selected for 'Marquis Who's Who's in America'

Membership

American Physiological Society (ASP)
American Society of Investigative Pathology (ASIP),
American Society of Microbiology (ASM),
Society for Leukocyte biology (SLB),
Pediatric Infectious Disease Society (PIDS),
Canadian Society of Microbiology (CSM),
International society of Infectious Diseases (ISID),
Society for anaerobic Microbiology (SFAM),
Scottish Microbiology Society (SMS),
Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI)
Fellow of the Society for Applied Biotechnology (FSAB)

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]   Emami, CN*, Mittal R*, Wang L, Ford HR and Prasadarao NV. Recruitment of dendritic cells is responsible for intestinal epithelial damage in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis by Cronobacter sakazakii. J Immunology (2011) (In Press).
[2]  Emami, CN*, Mittal R*, Wang L, Ford HR and Prasadarao NV. Role of neutrophils and macrophages in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis caused by Cronobacter sakazakii. J Surgical Research (2011) (In Press).
[3]  Mittal R, Krishnan S, Gonzalez-Gomez I and Prasadarao NV. Deciphering the roles of outer membrane protein A extracellular loops in the pathogenesis of Escherichia coli K1 meningitis. Journal Biological Chemistry (2011) 285:2183-93.
[4]  Mittal R, Sukumaran S, Selvaraj S, Wooster D, Babu MM, Schreiber A, Veerbeek JS and Prasadarao NV. Fc-receptor I alpha chain (CD64) expression in macrophages is critical for the onset of meningitis by Escherichia coli K1. PLOS Pathogens (2010) 6:e1001203.
[5]  Pascal TA, Abrol R, Mittal R, Wang Y, Prasadarao NV and Goddard WA. Experimental validation of the predicted binding site of Escherichia coli K1 outer membrane protein A to human brain microvascular endothelial cells; identification of critical mutations that prevent E. coli meningitis. Journal Biological Chemistry (2010) 285:37753-61.
[6]  Mittal R, Gonzalez-Gomez I and Prasadarao NV. Escherichia coli K1 promotes the ligation of CD47 with thrombospondin-1 to prevent the maturation of dendritic cells in the pathogenesis of neonatal meningitis. J Immunology (2010) 185: 2998-3006.
[7]  Mittal R, Gonzalez-Gomez I, Panigrahy A, Goth KA, Bonnet R, and Prasadarao NV. IL-10 administration reduces PGE-2 levels and promotes CR3 mediated clearance of Escherichia coli K1 by phagocytes in meningitis. J Experimental Medicine (2010) 207: 1307-1319.
[8]  Mittal R, Gonzalez-Gomez I, Goth KA and Prasadarao NV. Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide controls pathogen load and brain damage by enhancing phagocytosis of Escherichia coli K1 in neonatal meningitis. American J Pathology (2010) 176: 1292-1305.
[9]  Mittal R and Prasadarao NV. NO/cGMP signaling Induces Escherichia coli K1 Receptor Expression and Modulates the Permeability in Human Brain Endothelial Cell Monolayers During Invasion. Cellular Microbiology (2010) 12: 67-83.
[10]  Mittal R, Sharma S, Chhibber S, Aggarwal S, Gupta V, Glover J and Harjai K. Correlation between serogroup, in vitro biofilm formation and elaboration of virulence factors by uropathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa. FEMS Immunology Med Microbiol (2010) 58: 237-243.
[11]  Dubois D, Prasadarao NV, Mittal R, Bret L, Roujou-Gris M and Bonnet R. The emergence of CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli K1 changes the paradigm of virulence and antibiotic multi-resistance. Emerging Infectious Diseases (2009) 15: 1988-1990.
[12]  Mittal R, Silvia, B, Emami, C and Prasadarao NV. Enterobacter sakazakii targets DC-SIGN to induce immunosuppressive responses in dendritic cells by modulating MAP kinases. J Immunology (2009) 183: 6588-6599.
[13]  Mittal R, Aggarwal S, Sharma S, Chhibber S and Harjai K. Contribution of macrophage secretory products to urovirulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. FEMS Immunology Med Microbiol (2009) 57: 156-164.
[14]  Mittal R, Aggarwal S, Sharma S, Chhibber S and Harjai K. Urinary tract infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A minireview. J Infection Public Health (2009) 2:101-111.
[15]  Mittal R, Sharma S, Chhibber S and Harjai K. Evaluation of tumour necrosis factor-and interleukin 1β in an experimental pyelonephritis model induced with planktonic and biofilms cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. (2009) 20(3): e35-e42.
[16]  Mittal R, Sharma S, Chhibber S and Harjai K. Evaluation of Interleukin 10 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa induced acute pyelonephritis. J Infection public health (2009) 2:136-140.
[17]  Mittal R, Sharma S, Chhibber S and Harjai K. A time course study of production of virulence factors by biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. American J Biomedical Sciences (2009) 1 (3): 178-187.
[18]  Mittal R, Sharma S, Kaur A, Nada R, Joshi K, Chhibber S and Harjai K. Experimental non-obstructive chronic renal infection model with planktonic and biofilm cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. American J Biomedical Sciences (2009) 1(2): 103-114.
[19]  Mittal R, Sharma S, Chhibber S and Harjai K. In vitro effect of urinary constituents on the adhesion ability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to human uroepithelial cells. J Adhesion Science Technology (2009) 23: 1239-1251.
[20]  Mittal R, Sharma S, Chhibber S and Harjai K. Effect of osmolarity on virulence of uropathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa. American J Biomedical Sciences (2009) 1: 12-26.
[21]  Mittal R, Wang Y, Hunter CJ, Gonzalez-Gomez I and Prasadarao NV. Brain damage in newborn rats: A role for outer membrane protein A. Lab Investigation (2009) 89: 263-277.
[22]  Hunter CJ, Williams M, Petrosyan M, Guner Y, Mittal R, Mock D, Ford HR and Prasadarao NV. Lactobacillus bulgaricus prevents intestinal epithelial cell injury caused by Cronobacter (Enterobacter) sakazakii-induced nitric oxide both in vitro and in the newborn rat model of necrotizing enterocolitis. Infection Immunity (2009) 77: 1031-1043.
[23]  Mittal R and Prasadarao NV. Outer membrane protein A expression in Escherichia coli K1 is required to prevent the maturation of myeloid dendritic cells and the induction of IL-10 and TGF-β. J Immunology (2008) 181: 2672-2682.
[24]  Mittal R and Sharma S, Chhibber S, Harjai K. Contribution of free radicals to Pseudomonas aeruginosa induced acute pyelonephritis. Microbial Pathogenesis (2008) 45: 323-330.
[25]  Mittal R, Sharma S, Chhibber S, Harjai K. Iron dictates the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in urinary tract infections. J Biomedical Sciences (2008) 15(6): 731-741.
[26]  Mittal R, Sharma S, Chhibber S, Harjai K. Effect of macrophage secretory products on elaboration of virulence factors by planktonic and biofilm cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Comp Microbiol Immunol Infect Diseases (2006) 29: 12-26.
[27]  Mittal R, Sharma S, Chhibber S and Harjai K. Contribution of quorum sensing systems to the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an experimental pyelonephritis model. J Microbiol Immunol Infect Diseases (2006) 39: 302-309.
[28]  Mittal R, Sharma S, Chhibber S and Harjai K. Alteration in virulence characteristics of biofilm cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in presence of Tamm-Horsfall Protein. World J Microbiol Biotechnol (2006) 22: 915-919.
[29]  Mittal R, Khandwaha RK, Gupta V, Mittal PK and Harjai K. Phenotypic characters of urinary isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and their correlation with mouse renal colonization. Indian J Medical Research (2006) 123: 67-72.
[30]  Harjai K, Mittal R, Chhibber S and Sharma S. Contribution of Tamm-Horsfall protein to virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in urinary tract infection. Microbes Infection (2005) 7: 132-137.
[31]  Kumar V, Ganguly NK, Joshi K, Mittal R, Harjai K, Chhibber S and Sharma S. Protective efficacy and immunogenicity of Escherichia coli K13 diptheria toxoid conjugate against experimental ascending pyelonephritis. Medical Microbiology Immunology (2005) 194:211-217.
[32]  Harjai K, Khandwaha RK, Mittal R, Yadav V, Gupta V and Sharma S. Effect of pH on elaboration of virulence factors by biofilm cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Folia Microbiologica (2005) 50: 99-102.
[33]  Mittal R, Chhibber S, Sharma S and Harjai K. Macrophage inflammatory protein-2, neutrophil recruitment and bacterial persistence in an experimental mouse model of urinary tract infection. Microbes Infection (2004) 6: 1326-1332.