Dr. Anusha Kishore

Anusha Kishore is a co-founder of MOST, a startup team that develops small, smart and affordable stress tests for athletes.

She is a bio-nanotechnologist at the Hannover Centre for Optical Technologies at Leibniz University Hannover, Germany. Beyond her professional life, Anusha enjoys drawing, macro photography, cooking and hiking.

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Education

2025Doctorate in Bio-Nanotechnology
Leibniz University Hannover
2019Master of Technology in Nanotechnology
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
2017Bachelor of Engineering in Biotechnology
RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru
2012Senior School Certificate Examination
Delhi Public School, Rourkela

Honours and grants

2026Special Honours
Indian Association Hannover e. V.
2026EXIST Startup Grant
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE)
2024Award of the International Office
International Office, Leibniz University
2024Research Scholarship
Graduate Academy, Leibniz University
2022Entrepreneurial Scholarship
SMINT@Hannover high-tech incubator
2019Exposé Scholarship
Graduate Academy, Leibniz University
2019Department Gold Medal
Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Roorkee
2018IIT Master Sandwich Fellowship
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Publications

2026

Functionalized Quantum Dot-Based Portable Sensor for Dual Detection of Stress Biomarkers in Blood Serum and Saliva

Anusha Kishore, Arun Mathew Varughese, Bernhard Roth, Carsten Zeilinger
Journal of Biophotonics 19 (4), e70268, 2026. DOI

2025

Detection of valid and reliable stress biomarkers using innovative measuring methods for control training in endurance sports

Anusha Kishore
Doctoral thesis, Leibniz University Hannover, 2025. DOI

Stress biomarker test for athletes with portable optical detector and functionalized quantum dots

Anusha Kishore, Arun Mathew Varughese, Bernhard Roth, Carsten Zeilinger
Proc. SPIE 13313, Biophotonics in Exercise Science, Sports Medicine, Health Monitoring Technologies, and Wearables VI, 133130A, 2025. DOI

Structure and function of the geldanamycin amide synthase from Streptomyces hygroscopicus

Wiebke Ewert, Christian Bartens, Jekaterina Ongouta, Monika Holmes, Anja Heutling, Anusha Kishore, Tim Urbansky, Carsten Zeilinger, Matthias Preller, Andreas Kirschning
Nature Communications 16, 2464, 2025. DOI

2024

Fabrication of a low-cost benchtop optical imager for quantum dot microarray-based stress biomarker detection

Anusha Kishore, Arun Mathew Varughese, Bernhard Roth, Carsten Zeilinger
Biomedical Optics Express 15 (7), 4147–4161, 2024. DOI

A miniaturized test for stress biomarker detection by quantum dots on microarrays

Anusha Kishore, Arun Mathew Varughese, Bernhard Roth, Carsten Zeilinger
Proc. SPIE 12850, Optical Diagnostics and Sensing XXIV: Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics, 1285006, 2024. DOI

2023

Fluorescence Masking Based Multifunctional Quantum Dots’ Assay for HSP90α Interactions Detection

Anusha Kishore, Lu Fan, Frank Stahl, Thomas Reichel, Karsten Krüger, Carsten Zeilinger
Applied Sciences 13 (5), 2957, 2023. DOI

2022

Identification of a Thyroid Hormone Binding Site in Hsp90 with Implications for Its Interaction with Thyroid Hormone Receptor Beta

Lu Fan, Anusha Kishore, Linda Jansen-Olliges, Dahua Wang, Frank Stahl, Olympia Ekaterini Psathaki, Jennifer Harre, Athanasia Warnecke, Julia Weder, Matthias Preller, Carsten Zeilinger
ACS Omega 7 (33), 28932–28945, 2022. DOI

Microarray-Based Screening of Putative HSP90 Inhibitors Predicted and Isolated from Microorganisms

Anusha Kishore, Artem Fetter, Carsten Zeilinger
Methods in Molecular Biology 2489, Engineering Natural Product Biosynthesis: Methods and Protocols, 435–448, Humana Press, 2022. DOI

2020

Threading Microarrays into Novel Applications

Anusha Kishore, Carsten Zeilinger
Heat Shock Proteins 21, Heat Shock Proteins in Human Diseases, 151–165, Springer, 2020. DOI