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:
DEGREE |
YEAR |
UNIVERSITY/ INSTITUTE |
FIELD OF STUDY |
B.Sc. |
May 2000 |
University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India |
Zoology |
M.Sc. |
April 2002 |
University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India |
Zoology |
Ph.D. |
April 2010 |
University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India |
Science |
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:
Nanomedicine as Controlled Drug Delivery Systems, Cancer Nanotechnology
Molecular Medicine and Cancer
Drug Development: Pre-Clinical Pharmacology
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., 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.