Ishita Shreshtha

I’m pursuing PhD research in early cancer diagnostics, using spectroscopy and nanosensors. Exploring the molecular signals that help us detect disease earlier.

I write poetry for myself and for others, as a way to explore memory, identity, tenderness, and the small moments that often escape ordinary language.

I organise community events at Neill-Wycik, the student co-operative residency I live in.

lately, i

Chalkboard sign in rainbow chalk: Some stranger somewhere remembers you because you were kind to them

gallery of my favorite memories recently (as of oct 5, 2026)

Reading poetry into a microphone outdoors at night, a few people listening
A purple passionflower in a greenhouse
A pianist in a red shirt under a single spotlight on a dark stage
Black roller skates with yellow wheels and a long shadow on concrete
A laughing selfie with the lines: in my smiles i see the longings that were gratified by your presence
A spray-painted board in red, blue and purple, with spray cans in front
Two people in red and pink kurtas at a railing by the water under a deep blue night sky
Smiling in a white cap outside a Biscoff Coffee Corner
Blue, white and pink city lights reflected on dark water at night
The Palace of Fine Arts rotunda in San Francisco, someone sitting on a bench beside two scooters

poetry

essays

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scientific publications

  1. Detection of brain metastases from blood using Brain nanoMET sensor: Extracellular vesicles as a dynamic marker for metastatic brain tumors Premachandran, S., Shreshtha, I., Venkatakrishnan, K., Das, S., & Tan, B. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 116968 · 2025
  2. Different preparation and characterization techniques of lipid nanoparticle and its application as drug carrier Kumari, K., Shrestha, I., Singh, H. R., & Sampath, M. K. Vegetos · 2025
  3. Explanatory Model of South Asian Newcomer Mother and Canadian-Born Mother Comprehension: A Cross-Sectional Khajeei, D., Neufeld, H. T., Donelle, L., Neiterman, E., Shreshtha, I., & Pant, M. Advances in Translational Medicine, 4(1), 21–39 · 2025
  4. Challenges and opportunities of using immobilized lipase as biosensor Iyer, M., Shreshtha, I., Baradia, H., & Chattopadhyay, S. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews, 1–24 · 2022
  5. Integrated biomedical waste degradation and detoxification Singh, N., Shreshtha, I., Rishabh, & Nigam, V. K. Ch. 21 in Integrated Environmental Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Sustainable Development (Elsevier), 481–508 · 2022
  6. Pullulan: Biosynthesis, production and applications Pandey, S., Shreshtha, I., & Sachan, S. G. In Microbial Exopolysaccharides as Novel and Significant Biomaterials (Springer), 121–141 · 2021

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older writing

essays and poems from 2019–2024

contact

ishitagrad24@gmail.com

socials