Talk Biotech

- Pokhara

Organizing team would like to welcome our Invited Speaker Dr. Sakhila Ghimire for the session Human Health.

Dr. Sakhila Ghimire is an immunologist whose research has significantly advanced understanding of gut microbiome–immune interactions in allogeneic stem cell transplantation. She has produced high-impact evidence linking intestinal cytokine pathways and microbiome-regulated immune receptors to graft-versus-host disease severity and transplant-related mortality. Her work integrates human tissue immunology, immune phenotyping, and translational microbiome science to elucidate mechanisms of immune dysregulation.

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- Pokhara

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- Pokhara

Organizing team would like to welcome our Invited Speaker Wen-Chi Hsu for the session Animal Health.

Wen-Chi Hsu is a specialist in Animal Science with a Master’s degree from the Department of Animal Science at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST), Taiwan. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the Graduate Institute of Bioresources at NPUST, she specializes in reproductive physiology, nutritional physiology, and molecular biology of economic animals.

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- Pokhara

Organizing team would like to welcome our Invited Speaker Lokesh Sapkota for the session Environmental Health.

Lokesh Sapkota is currently holding the position of Managing Director at SWAT Labs. He holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Management. Currently, he is a PhD Scholar in Environmental Engineering at Kathmandu University. Lokesh Sapkota is an environmental consultant and laboratory professional with expertise in water, wastewater, soil, and environmental quality assessment.

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- Pokhara

Organizing team would like to welcome our Invited Speaker Dr. Deegendra Khadka for the session Human Health.

Deegendra Khadka received a PhD degree from Inha University, South Korea in 2012. Since then, Dr. Khadka has been working as a senior scientific officer at Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST). His academic journey and laboratory experience span molecular biology, enzymology and in vivo studies using animal models.

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- Pokhara

Organizing team would like to welcome our Invited Speaker Zi-Chen Hsu for the session Animal Health.

Zi-Chen Hsu is currently studying in the Department of Animal Science and Animal Husbandry at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology. In the Reproductive Technology Laboratory, she focuses her research in areas such as in vitro culture of porcine oocytes, stem cell culture, and extracellular vesicle extraction, and also on the nutritional physiology of chickens and pigs.

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- Pokhara

Organizing team would like to welcome our Invited Speaker Stefan Harper for the session Human Health going to be organized next year in Pokhara.

Stefan is a PhD student working at the Quadram Institute in the UK. His research focuses on looking at the impact of fibre and nutrient bio-accessibility on the gut microbiota. He has first class bachelor degree in biochemistry and a research masters in biomolecular sciences.

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- Pokhara

Organizing team would like to welcome our Invited Speaker Dr. Anurag Adhikari for the session Human Health going to be organized next year in Pokhara.

Dr. Adhikari is an immunologist, currently working on the functional aspect of human adaptive immunity. He studies the polyclonal antibody effector functions to characterize the humoral immunity in viral infection. He is currently adapting the antibody effector functional assays including the antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis (ADCP), antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC), and antibody-dependent neutralization (ADN), to understand the role of anti-HIV antibodies in HIV pathogenesis and disease.

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- Pokhara

Organizing team would like to welcome our Invited Speaker Prof. Neil Mabbott for the session Animal Health going to be organized next year in Pokhara.

Prof. Mabbott aims to understand the pathogenesis of infectious diseases within the immune system. Particular interests include understanding host-pathogen interactions within the mucosal immune system, especially prion diseases and other gastrointestinal pathogens such as Salmonella and nematodes. Studies are also focused on the effects of host age on the function of the immune system and how this influences susceptibility to gastrointestinal pathogens.

Call for Participation: https://icbb.com.np/icbb2026/call/