Subject:                                       Application for associate editor

NAME:                                         Dr. Radhika  J. Poojari

POSITION:                                  Post-Doctoral Fellow

ADDRESS:                                  Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering,

                                                      Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), 

                                                      Mumbai, India.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: 

TITLE OF Ph.D. THESIS:Study of Hepatoprotective and Antitumor Activities of Herbal Drug Preparations in Animals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 

Post Doctoral Fellow (January 2012 – present) at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), Mumbai, India. Working in Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Healthcare Initiative funded project (June 2014 - present).

Research Associate (November 2010 – November 2011) at Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Navi Mumbai, India. 

Research Interests: 

1. Nanomedicine as Controlled Drug Delivery Systems, Cancer Nanotechnology

2. Molecular Medicine and Cancer

3. Drug Development: Pre-Clinical Pharmacology

4. Natural Products, Cancer Chemoprevention, Anti-infectives

 RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS:    

Poojari, R. (2014). Embelin, a small molecule quinone with a co-clinical power for castrate-resistant prostate cancer. Frontiers in Pharmacology 5, 1 – 2.

Poojari, R. (2014).Embelin − a drug of antiquity: shifting the paradigm towards modern medicine. Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs 23, 427 – 444.    

Poojari, R.and Srivastava, R. (2013). Composite alginate microspheres as the next-generation egg-box carriers for biomacromolecules delivery. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery 10, 1061–1076.

     Poojari, R. (2013). PLGA: The smart therapeutics goods carrier. Frontiers in Pharmacology   4, 1. 

* Poojari, R., Patil, A. and Gota, V. (2012). Development of botanical medicines for clinical use in Cancer – where are we lacking?, Journal of Postgraduate Medicine 58, 64 – 68. (*Corresponding author)

Poojari, R. (2011). Phytochemical fingerprinting, cytotoxic, antimicrobial, antitubercular,  antimycotic potentials of Sida rhombifolia ssp. retusa and Embelia tsjeriam-cottam, Asia Pacific Journal of Life Sciences 4, 201–214.

* Poojari, R., Gupta, S., Maru, G., Khade, B. and Bhagwat, S. (2010). Chemopreventive and hepatoprotective effects of Embelin on N – Nitrosodiethylamine and Carbon tetrachloride induced Preneoplasia and Toxicity in rat liver, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 11, 1015 –1020. (*Corresponding author)      

 * Poojari, R., Gupta, S.,Maru, G.,Khade, B. and Bhagwat, S. (2009). Sida rhombifolia ssp. retusa seed extract inhibits DEN induced murine hepatic Preneoplasia and CCl₄ Hepatotoxicity, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 10, 1107 – 1112. (*Corresponding author) 

BOOK CHAPTERS: 

Poojari, R. (2012). In, Phytochemical fingerprinting, cytotoxic, antimicrobial, antitubercular, antimycotic potentials of Sida rhombifolia ssp. retusa and Embelia tsjeriam-cottam, Asia Pacific Life Sciences Compendium, Vol. 4, Edited by Bandit Chumworathayi, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, pp. 1–17.

MEMBERSHIP:

Member of UICC (Union Internationale Contra Cancrum) for asian cancer control.

Member of OMICS group.

AWARDS / HONOURS:

Post-doctoral Fellowship Award (2012 – present) in Biotechnology and Life Sciences from Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Goverment of India, India.