Name: 
Dr. Himal Luitel
Designation: 
Associate Professor
Department: 
Center for Biotechnology
Email: 
hluitel@afu.edu.np
Telephone: 
+977-56592405
Mobile: 
+977-9855051156
Qualification: 
Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and Medicine of the Lungs (MBML), Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
Professional Experience: 
Assistant Professor: Center for Biotechnology, Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal (July, 2015 till date)
Scientific Publications: 

Luitel H, Sydykot A, Schermuly RT, Pressure overload leads to an increased accumulation and activity of mast cells in the right ventricle, Physiological Reports, DOI: 10.14814/phy2.13146

Pradhan, K., Sydykov, A., Tian, X., Mamazhakypov, A., Neupane, B., Luitel, H., Kretschmer, A. (2016). Soluble guanylate cyclase stimulator riociguat and phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor sildenafil ameliorate pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease in mice. International journal of cardiology, 216, 85-91. 

Luitel H, Sydykov, A, Seimetz M et al, Pulmonary Vascular Research in Nepal: Prospective and Challenges, PVRI Chronicle: Volume 2 Issue 1 January - June 2015.

Kosanovic, D., Luitel, H., Dahal, B. K., Cornitescu, T., Janssen, W., Danser, A. J., Schiffers, P. (2015). Chymase: a multifunctional player in pulmonary hypertension associated with lung fibrosis. European Respiratory Journal ERJ-00182-02015.

Petrovic, A., Seimetz, M., Sydykov, A., Pak, O., Veit, F., Luitel, H., Schermuly, D. K. Cold-induced pulmonary hypertension: a distinctive pathological entity of the pul-monary circulation, Volume 2 Issue 1 January - June 2015.

Ongoing Researches: 

a. Translational Medicine

b. Poultry diseases

c. Wildlife genetics and Molecular study of infectious diseases of wildlife

Research Interests: 
1. Molecular Pathomechanism of pulmonary hypertension in experimental animals, High altitude medicine
2. Poultry disease: Molecular characterization of major poultry pathogens from Nepalese flocks, developing rapid diagnostic tools.
3. Vaccinology
4. Nano technology in livestock and poultry disease diagnosis
5. Wild life genetics and genetic study of infectious disease of wildlife