Profile
Dr G. Taru Sharma is a molecular reproductive biologist, her major research area is stem cell therapeutics in livestock and pets, did her doctorate in 1989 from Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Animal Physiology a Major discipline, Animal Biochemistry and Animal Reproduction as Minor disciplines, Worked at LSU, Baton Rouge, USA on somatic cell cloning using bovine IVF embryos. Before joining NIAB, served as a Principal Scientist and Head Physiology and Climatology Division, Director Centre for Advanced Faculty Training and Chairperson, faculty of Veterinary Physiology, at IVRI. She has a research and academic experience at the CIRG, Centre for Biotechnology, NDDB, Mumbai, mentored by Prof. KKG Menon at NDDB and Dr. Lalji Singh at CCMB, Hyderabad for buffalo embryo sexing. Research Scientist at Bio Med., a vaccine producing cell, the QC Unit. She is Fellow NASI, NAAS, mentored M.V.Sc and Ph.D scholars, Member of the Inter academia panel for women in STEMM,the founder president of Animal Physiologists Association.
Current Focus Areas
Stem cell therapeutics in Livestock and pets, Coordinating DBT-One Health Consortium with 28 centers
Selected Publications
BN Likhitha, Deshpande AD, Shukla S, Emmanuel RS, Singh A, Thirupathi Y, Singh V, Saikumar G, Chandra V & Sharma G. Taru (2024) Exploring the therapeutic potential of allogeneic amniotic membrane for quality wound healing in rabbit model. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology.; 91:e13853 https://doi.org/10.1111/aji.13853;1-12
Sivanarayanan T.B, Irfan A. Bhat, Sharun Khan, Sangeetha Palakkara, Rashmi Singh, Remya V, Mehtab S.Parmar, Rahul Bhardwaj, Vikash Chandra, Palanivelu Munusawmy, Prakash Kinjavdekar, A.M.Pawde, Amarpal and G. Taru Sharma (2023) Allogenic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and it’s conditioned media for repairing acute and subacute peripheral nerve injuries in a rabbit model. Tissue and Cell 82; 102053; 1-12.
Irfan A. Bhat, Sivanarayanan T.B, Anjali Somal, Sriti PandeyMukesh B., BibudattaS.K.Panda, Indu B., MeghaVerma,Anand J., Arvind Sonwane, G.Saikumar, Amarpal, Vikash Chandra and G. Taru Sharma (2019) An allogenic therapeutic strategy for canine spinal cord injury using mesenchymal stem cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 234:2705–2718.
Mukesh K Bharti, Irfan A. Bhat, Sriti Pandey, Uffaq Shabi, Bilal A. Peer, B. Indu, Abas Rashid Bhat, G.SaiKumar, Amarpal , Vikash Chandra, G. Taru Sharma (2020). Effect of cryopreservation on therapeutic potential of canine bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells augmented meshs scaffold for wound healing in guinea pig. Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 121, 109573.
G. Taru Sharma, Pawan K. Dubey, Amar Nath, Prathessh MD. G. Sai Kumar (2012). Collagen-IV induces embryoid bodies formation and differentiation from buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) embryonic stem cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 424, 378-384.