Shreya Choudhary

Ph.D. candidate in Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech with research experience in bacterial physiology, protein biochemistry, and quantitative microscopy. Interested in understanding how proteins contribute to bacterial adaptation, survival, and stress resistance. Experienced in combining genetics, biochemical approaches, and microscopy to investigate protein function and cellular organization.

• Oral Presentation, Virginia Branch ASM Meeting, 2025
• Oral Presentation, 11th European Spore Conference, 2024
• Oral Presentation, SubJllery Online Conference, 2024
• Poster Presentation, 22nd International Conference on Bacilli & Gram-Positive Bacteria, 2024
• Oral Presentation, Virginia Branch ASM Meeting, 2023
• Oral Presentation, International Astronautical Congress, 2018

• 1st Prize Talk Award, American Society of Microbiology, Virginia Branch Annual Meeting, 2025
• 1st Prize Poster Award, 22nd International Conference on Bacilli & Gram-Positive Bacteria, 2024
• Lewis Edward Goyette Graduate Fellowship, Virginia Tech
• Graduate Research and Development Program Grant Award, Virginia Tech
• Noel Krieg Graduate Fellowship, Virginia Tech
• Alexis Taylor Breaux International Study Fellowship
• CeZAP Student Mini-Grant Award
• ISRO-ASI Scholarship for International Astronautical Congress, 2018

• Preparing the Future Professoriate (PFP) Certificate Program, Virginia Tech (Ongoing)
• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Course: Expression, Purification and Analysis of Proteins and Protein Complexes, intensive hands-on training in advanced protein biochemistry and biophysical techniques (2023)
• Virginia Tech Global Perspectives Program, Switzerland, university-funded international program focused on higher education, research, and global engagement (2023)
• Research Training Program, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Investigated metal homeostasis and related diseases in Drosophila melanogaster.

• Flores MJ, Duricy K, Choudhary S, Laue M, Popham DL. 2023. A Family of Spore Lipoproteins Stabilizes the Germination Apparatus by Altering Inner Spore Membrane Fluidity in Bacillus subtilis Spores.
  Journal of Bacteriology.
• Fungal Biodiversity Producing Xylanase Enzymes Involved in Efficient Uses of Xylanolysis., Gupta PK, Choudhary S, Chandrananthi C, Sharon Eveline J, Sushmitha SP, Hiremath L, Srivastava AK, Narendra Kumar S., In Mycodegradation of Lignocelluloses 2019, 51-63, Springer, Cham.
• Fungal Biodiversity Producing Cellulase Involved in Efficient Cellulolysis., Gupta PK, Choudhary S, Chandrananthi C, Sharon Eveline J, Sushmitha SP., InMycodegradation of Lignocelluloses 2019, 23-33, Springer, Cham.
• An update on overview of cellulose, its structure and applications., Gupta PK, Raghunath SS, Prasanna DV, Venkat P, Shree V, Chithananthan C, Choudhary S, Surender K, Geetha K., Cellulose., 05/13/19
• Gupta PK, Keerthi AM, Kallapur SS, Choudhary S. 2021. Overview of Cellulose Types and Applications. In: Comprehensive Glycoscience (Second Edition). Elsevier. pp. 220–236.
• Synthesis, characterization of TiO2 doped nanofibres and investigation on their antimicrobial property., Hiremath L, Narendra Kumar S, Gupta PK, Srivastava AK, Choudhary S, Suresh R, Keshamma E., J Pure Appl Microbiol., 2019, 13, 4, 2129-40

• Rojas M, Liu H, Choudhary S, Popham DL, Vinatzer BA. 2026. Mutations in a Lysinibacillus parviboronicapitans Polyketide Synthase–Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Operon Alter Growth Dynamics and Expression of ABC Transporters. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Under Review.
• Choudhary S, McLaughlin S, Popham DL. A Family of Abundant Lipoproteins Defines the Bacillus subtilis Spore Inner Membrane. Manuscript in Preparation.
• Choudhary S, Popham DL.Spore Lipoproteins Promote Stress Resistance Through Protection of Membrane Integrity. Manuscript in Preparation.

• English (ILETS: Band 8)
• Hindi
• Bengali