• Ramalingaswami Fellowship 2014 from Department.of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
• Ramanujan Fellowship 2014 from Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India
• Prof. P. C. Sen Gold Medal for best paper in the year 2008
• Best poster award for Mycology and Parasitology in the year 2008
• “Pre-Doctoral Travel Award” from American Society for Cell Biology for the year 2007
• Foreign Travel Award 2007, from Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India, to attend 47th Annual Meeting of American Society for Cell Biology, held at Washington, USA. 2007
• Qualified GATE- 2003 (Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering) in Life Sciences discipline with 99.47 Percentile (All India Rank 19th)
• Qualified CSIR UGC NET 2003 for JRF in life sciences discipline

Journal Publications

• Upadhyay A, Amanullah A, Chhangani D, Mishra R, Prasad A, Mishra A. Mahogunin Ring Finger-1 (MGRN1), a Multifaceted Ubiquitin Ligase: Recent Unraveling of Neurobiological Mechanisms. Molecular Neurobiology 2015 Aug 9.PubMed PMID: 26255182
• Singh AK, Singh SK, Singh A, Gupta KK, Khatoon J, Prasad A, Rai RP, Gupta RK, Tripathi M, Husain N, Prasad KN. 2015. Immune response to Taenia solium cyst after anti-parasitic therapy. Int. J. Parasitol. 45(12):749-59
• Ramirez-Ortiz ZG*, Prasad A*, Griffith JW, Pendergraft WF, Cowley GS, Root DE, Tai M, Luster AD, El Khoury J, Hacohen N, Means TK. 2015. The receptor TREML4 amplifies TLR7-mediated signaling during antiviral responses and autoimmunity.Nature Immunology doi:10.1038/ni.3143. *Joint first author
• Singh AK, Prasad KN, Prasad A, Tripathi M, Gupta RK, Husain N. 2013. Immune responses to viable and degenerative metacestodes of Taenia solium in naturally infected swine.Int. J. Parasitol. 43 (14):1101-7.
• Ramirez-Ortiz ZG, Pendargraft WF, Prasad A, Byrne MH, Blanchette CJ, Luster AD, Hacohen N, El Khoury J, Means TK. 2013. The scavenger receptor SCARF1 mediates the clearance of apoptotic cells and prevents autoimmunity.Nature Immunology 14:917-26.*Joint first author
• Jo H, Mondal S, Tan D, Nagata E, Takizawa S, Sharma AK, Hou Q, Shanmugasundaram K, Prasad A, Tung JK, Tejeda AO, Man H, Rigby AC, Luo HR. 2012. Small molecule-induced cytosolic activation of protein kinase Akt rescues ischemia-elicited neuronal death. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 109 (26):10581-6
• Prasad A*, Jia Y*, Chakraborty A, Jain SK, Zhong J, Roy SG, Loison F, Mondal S, Sakai J, Blanchard C, Snyder SH and Luo HR. 2011. Inositol hexakisphosphate kinase 1 (InsP6K1) is a key modulator of neutrophil function in innate immunity via negative regulation of PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 signaling. Nature Immunology 12:752-60
• Li Y, Prasad A, Jia Y, Loison F, Mondal S, Silberstein LE, Ding S, Luo HR. 2011. Pre-treatment with PTEN inhibitor SF1670 augments the efficacy of neutrophil transfusion in a clinically relevant mouse neutrophil transfusion model. Blood 117:6702-6713
• Prasad A, Prasad KN, Gupta RK, Tripathi S, Jha S, Paliwal VK, Tripathi M. 2011. Immune response to different fractions of Taenia solium cyst fluid antigens in patients with Neurocysticercosis. Exp. Parasitol. 127:687-92
• Yadav A, Malik GK, Trivedi R, Prasad A, Nath K, Prasad KN, Agrawal P, Rathore RKS, Tripathi RP, Gupta RK. 2009. Correlation of CSF neuroinflammatory molecules with leptomeningeal cortical subcortical white matter fractional anisotropy in neonatal meningitis. Magn. Reson. Imaging. 27:214-221
• Prasad KN, Prasad A, Gupta RK, Pathak KN, Pradhan S, Tripathi M, Pandey CM. 2009. Neurocysticercosis in patients with active epilepsy from a pig farming community. Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 103:144-150.
• Prasad A, Prasad KN, Gupta RK, Pradhan S. 2009. Increased expression of ICAM-1 among the symptomatic NCC cases. J. Neuroimmunol. 206:118-120
• Goyal A, Prasad A, Ghoshal U, Ayyagari A, Prasad KN. 2009. Extended spectrum β-lactamases in Escherichia coli & Klebsiella pneumoniae & associated risk factors. Indian J. Med. Res. 129:695-700
• Prasad A, Prasad KN, Yadav A, Gupta RK, Pradhan S, Jha S, Tripathi M. 2008. Lymphocyte transformation test: A new method for diagnosis of neurocystierosis (NCC). Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 61:198-202
• Prasad A, Gupta RK, Pradhan S, Tripathi M, Pandey CM, Luthara G, Prasad KN. 2008. What triggers seizures in neurocysticercosis?- A MRI based study in pig farming community from a district of North India. Parasitol. Int. 55:166-171
• Prasad KN, Prasad A, Verma A, Singh AK. 2008. Human Cysticercosis in India: A Review. J Biosciences 33: 571–582
• Prasad KN, Prasad A, Verma A, Gupta RK, Pandey CM. 2008. Taenia solium taeniasis and neurocysticercosis (NCC): experience from North Indian pig farming community. Current Trends in Parasitology 13-20.
• Dwivedi M, Mishra A, Prasad A, Azim A, Singh RK, Baronia AK, Prasad KN, Dwivedi UN. 2008. Aeromonas caviae septicemia in immunocompetent gastrointestinal carriers. Brazi. J. Infectious Dis. 12:547-548
• Goyal A, Prasad A, Ghoshal U, Prasad KN. 2008. Comparison of disk diffusion, disk potentiation & double disk synergy methods for detection of extended spectrum beta lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae. Indian J. Med. Res. 128:209-211
• Gupta RK, Nath K, Prasad A, Prasad KN, Husain M, Rathore RKS, Husain N, Srivastava C, Khetan P, Trivedi R, Narayana PA. 2008. In vivo demonstration of neuroinflammatory molecules expression in brain abscess with diffusion tensor imaging. AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol. 29:326-332
• Prasad KN, Prasad A, Gupta RK, Pandey CM, Uttam S. 2007. Prevalence and associated risk factors of T. solium taeniasis in a rural pig farming community of North India. Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 101: 1241-1247
• Prasad KN, Chawla S, Prasad A, Tripathi M, Husain N, Gupta RK. 2006. “Clinical Signs for Identification of Neurocysticercosis in Swine Naturally Infected with Taenia solium”. Parasitol. Int. 55:151-154
• Prasad A, Prasad KN, Gupta RK, Pradhan S, Jha S, Tripathi M. 2006. Identification of immuno dominant fractions of Taenia solium cyst fluid and its cytokine response. Ann. Neurosci. 13(s):109

Nucleotide sequence submitted to Genbank

• Goyal A, Prasad A, Prasad KN. Extended spectrum beta lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae and associated risk factors. EU030434
• Goyal A, Prasad A, Prasad KN. Extended spectrum beta lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae and associated risk factors. EF675749
• Prasad A, Goyal A, Prasad KN. Extended spectrum beta lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae and associated risk factors. EU030435

• Prasad A, Ramirez OZ, Means TK. Mechanism id AIM2 inflammasomes regulations. Immunology 2013, American Society for Immunology, Hawai, USA
• Prasad A, Verma A, Gupta RK, Pradhan S, Jha S, Tripathi M, Husain M, Prasad KN. “Lymphocyte Proliferation Test: A New Method for Diagnosis of Neurocystierosis”. UP MICROCON-2008, 4th annual conference of UP chapter of the Indian Association of Medical Microbiologist (IAMM), at CSJMMU, Lucknow, India
• Prasad A, Gupta RK, Pradhan S, Tripathi M, Prasad KN. “In vitro Immune Response of Low Molecular Taenia solium Cyst Fluid Antigens”. Presented in 47th Annual Meeting of American Society fro Cell Biology 2007(ASCB), Washington, USA., 1-5th December 2007
• Prasad KN, Prasad A, Yadav A, Pradhan S, Jha S, Tripathi M, Gupta RK. “Lymphocyte Proliferation Test: A New Method for Diagnosis of Neurocystierosis”. Presented on 107th American Society of Microbiology 2007 (ASM), Toronto, Canada, 21st-25th May 2007
• Prasad KN, Prasad A, Yadav A, Pradhan S, Jha S, Tripathi M, Gupta RK. “Lymphocyte Proliferation Test: A New Method for Diagnosis of Neurocystierosis”. Presented on 107th American Society of Microbiology 2007 (ASM), Toronto, Canada, 21st-25th May 2007
• Prasad A, Prasad KN, Gupta RK, Pradhan S, Yadav A, Tripathi M, Pandey CM. “Low molecular weight T. solium cyst fluid fractions are immunodominant and induces Th1 immune response” Presented on National Congress of Parasitology, Kolkata; 27-29th Nov. 2006
• Prasad A, Prasad KN, Pandey CM, Pradhan S, Gupta RK. “Identification of Diagnostic Markers in Pig Farming Community with Neurocysticercosis” MICROCON 2005, XXIX-Annual Conference of the Indian Association of Medical Microbiologist (IAMM), Chennai (Tamilnadu), India

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