Sonika Bhatnagar

Kalpana Chawla Memorial Award Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo Feb 2020 Received the Kalpana Chawla from her father Banarasi Lal Chawla at the Awards ceremony held at Talwandi Sabo on Feb.2, 2020https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/bathinda/women-achievers-get-kalpana-chawla-memorial-award-34640

Innocentive Solver Award - Top 5 Drug targets for therapeutic treatment of Obesity Innocentive Sep 2003 In September 2003, I received my first Innocentive award for shortlisting the top five biological targets for obesity. At the time, obesity had just been recognized as a disease and search for targets for its treatment was really hotting up.I looked through the literature and public resources and just shortlisted the five best targets that held the most promise. I also delineated their mechanisms of action, genetic evidence on each, possible side effects, high throughput screening… Show more In September 2003, I received my first Innocentive award for shortlisting the top five biological targets for obesity. At the time, obesity had just been recognized as a disease and search for targets for its treatment was really hotting up.I looked through the literature and public resources and just shortlisted the five best targets that held the most promise. I also delineated their mechanisms of action, genetic evidence on each, possible side effects, high throughput screening, methods for design and further testing. In short, all the paraphernalia that goes into target validation.Today, four of the targets I chose are in the market with valid drugs against them. Show less