Rameshwar Adhikari & Santosh Thapa 
Infectious Diseases and Nanomedicine III [PDF ebook] 
Second International Conference (ICIDN — 2015), Dec. 15-18, 2015, Kathmandu, Nepal

Cancer and Infectious Diseases: Bacterial Proteins/Peptides for Therapy and Prevention.- Disease Control Options in a Post Antibiotic Era.- Significance of Vi Negative Isolates of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi in Causing Typhoid Fever.- Development of Cancer Sensing Nanodevices Using Metamaterial Nanostructure.- Materials Scientific Aspects of Some Heavy Metals Containing Ayurvedic Drugs.- Infectious Diseases in Nepal: Status of Toxoplasmosis.- Risk Evaluation of Medical Nanomaterials Available in Mongolia.- Molecular Studies on the Haitian Variant ctx B Gene and Cholera Toxin Production in Vibrio cholerae O1outbreak Strains Isolated from India.- Heart and Liver Regeneration in Zebra Fish Using Silver Synthesis Particle from Marine Plant- in vivo.- Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Evaluation of different extracts of Parthenium Hysterophorus.- Microbial Diversity of Vector Borne-Diseases.

Dr. Rameshwar Adhikari is a Professor of Chemistry, currently serving as Executive Director of the Research Center for Applied Science and Technology (RECAST) at, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. He has been an Invited Professor at Rouen University (France), Mahatma Gandhi University (India) and Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan).He was General Secretary of the Nepal Chemical Society and German Engineers Society. He has been bestowed several awards including the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation’s Ambassador Scientist Award, Fellowship of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and POLYCHAR World Forum International Materials Science Prize. He is the Founder President of the Nepal Polymer Institute and has convened several International Congresses, Symposia and Workshops. His research areas include biopolymers, nanostructured polymers, block copolymers, polymer microscopy, and bionics. He has authored over 120 research papers in peer-reviewed journals, co-authored 4 textbooks and edited 4 books. He was an editorial board member of the Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Wiley Inter Science from 2011 to 2015, and is currently an expert reviewer for several international journals.
Mr. Santosh Thapa received his MSc (Microbiology) from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal in 2005 and taught related courses for undergraduate and graduate students at various colleges in Kathmandu, including Tri-Chandra College, and the Central Department of Microbiology. He is a member of the American Society for Microbiology, European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), Society for Applied Microbiology (Sf AM), and is associated with the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS). He has received several awards, including the Asian Productivity Organization Travel Award (2011), Sf AM Bursary Award (2013), Sf AM Public Engagement Workshop Grant Award (2015), Phylogenomics Symposium Travel Award (2016), ESCMID/ECDC (European Center for Disease Prevention and Control) Observership (2016), Sf AMPresident Award (2017), the University of North Texas Health Science Center’s Graduate Student Association (GSA) Scholarship (2017), GSA Travel Award (2017), GSA Professional Development Award (2017).He has organized several international conferences and workshops and has authored five research papers in peer-reviewed journals and edited two books. Currently, he works at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, where he is pursuing his Ph D.