Dr. Neha Arya
neha.tmc@aiimsbhopal.edu.in
Associate Professor
Translational Medicine
Education
Other Administrative Position/In Charge
Managing Editor, Future Health (Official Journal of AIIMS Bhopal)
Nodal Officer, MoU between AIIMS Bhopal and MANIT Bhopal
Member Secretary, Technical Specification Committee
Area of Interest (Specialty)
Tissue Engineering
Area of Interest (Other)
in vitro tumor models
point-of-care diagnostics
Research Interest
Tissue engineering
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About
Experienced Biomedical Researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the academia. Strong education professional with expertise in biomaterials-based device development for application in nanotechnology, drug delivery, in vitro disease models as well as regenerative medicine.
Fellowships/specialization
S.No. | Fellowships/specialization | Awarded year |
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1 | DST Inspire Faculty Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, India | 2015 |
2 | Post-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Freiburg, Germany | 2013 |
3 | Junior Research Fellowship (Life Sciences Stream), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India | 2005 |
4 | Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (Life Sciences Stream), 97.78 percentile, India | 2005 |
5 | Monsanto Scholarship, Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi, India | (2004-05) |
6 | National Scholarship, Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi, India | (2003-04) |
Publications
S.No. | Publications | DOI-URL |
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Sarkar P, Chowdhary R, Ashish Kumar Yadav, Arya N, Pandya B, Kumar V, et al. Unrevealing the Role of miRNA in Successful TNBC Treatment: A Pilot Study to Explore the Chemotherapy Drugs for Timely Treatment of TNBC. Journal of Laboratory Physicians. 2023 Sep 5; |
10.1055/s-0043-1774405 |
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Joshi S, Pandey R, Kumar A, Gupta V, Arya N. Targeted blockade of interleukin-8 negates metastasis and chemoresistance via Akt/Erk-NFκB axis in oral cancer. Cytokine. 2023 Jun 1;166:156155–5. |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cyto.2023.156155 |
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Chatterjee S, Lakshmi Vineela Nalla, Sharma M, Sharma N, Singh AA, Fehmina Mushtaque Malim, et al. Association of COVID-19 with Comorbidities: An Update. 2023 Feb 27;6(3):334–54. |
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsptsci.2c00181 |
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Priyanka Pulugu, Arya N, Kumar P, Srivastava A. Polystyrene-Based Slippery Surfaces Enable the Generation and Easy Retrieval of Tumor Spheroids. ACS applied bio materials. 2022 Nov 29;5(12):5582–94. |
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.2c00620 |
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Suchita Dattatray Shinde, Rao KB, Santosh Kumar Behera, Arya N, Sahu B. Epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) binding short peptides derived from antibody MOC-31; De-novo design, synthesis and their in-vitro evaluation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2022 Apr 1;600:1–5. |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.01.120 |
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Piyush Gondaliya, Adil Ali Sayyed, Bhat P, Mali M, Arya N, Amit Khairnar, et al. Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes Loaded with miR-155 Inhibitor Ameliorate Diabetic Wound Healing. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 2022 May 2;19(5):1294–308. |
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00669 |
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Adil Ali Sayyed, Piyush Gondaliya, Bhat P, Mali M, Arya N, Amit Khairnar, et al. Role of miRNAs In Cancer Diagnostics And Therapy: A Recent Update. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 2022 Feb 1;28(6):471–87. |
https://doi.org/10.2174/1381612827666211109113305 |
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Vishwakarma S, Arya N, Kumar A. Regulation of tumor immune microenvironment by sphingolipids and lysophosphatidic acid. Current Drug Targets. 2021 Dec 8;22. |
https://doi.org/10.2174/1389450122666211208111833 |
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Choppadandi M, Guduru AT, Gondaliya P, Arya N, Kalia K, Kumar H, et al. Structural features regulated photoluminescence intensity and cell internalization of carbon and graphene quantum dots for bioimaging. Materials Science and Engineering: C. 2021 Oct;129:112366. |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2021.112366 |
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Adil Ali Sayyed, Piyush Gondaliya, Mali M, Pawar A, Bhat P, Amit Khairnar, et al. MiR-155 Inhibitor-Laden Exosomes Reverse Resistance to Cisplatin in a 3D Tumor Spheroid and Xenograft Model of Oral Cancer. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 2021 Jun 28;18(8):3010–25. |
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.1c00213 |
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Singh MP, Brahmachari S, Arya N. An elderly woman with multilobulated breast mass presenting as a diagnostic dilemma: A rare case report. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care [Internet]. 2021 Oct 1 |
https://doi.org/10.4103%2Fjfmpc.jfmpc_176_21 |
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Pulugu P, Ghosh S, Rokade S, Choudhury K, Arya N, Kumar P. A perspective on implantable biomedical materials and devices for diagnostic applications. Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering. 2021 Jun;18:100287. |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobme.2021.100287 |
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Kulkarni N, Shinde SD, Jadhav GS, Adsare DR, Rao K, Kachhia M, et al. Peptide-Chitosan Engineered Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications. Bioconjugate Chemistry. 2021 Mar 3;32(3):448–65. |
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.1c00014 |
Arya N, Forget A, Melika Sarem, V. Prasad Shastri. RGDSP functionalized carboxylated agarose as extrudable carriers for chondrocyte delivery. Materials Science and Engineering: C. 2019 Jun 1;99:103–11. |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2019.01.080 |
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Ahrens L, Vonwil D, Arya N, Forget A, Shastri VP. Biotin-Avidin-Mediated Capture of Microspheres on Polymer Fibers. Molecules. 2019 May 28;24(11):2036. |
https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24112036 |
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Biomaterials for recapitulating tumor’s extracellular matrix: towards personalized therapy [Internet]. scholar.google.de. [cited 2024 Feb 15]. |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3328-5_8 |
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Kumar A, Arya N. Mfsd2b, a Novel Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Transporter: Implication in Cancer Therapeutics. 2018 Jan 1;07(02). |
10.4172/2324-9110.1000e113 |
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Melika Sarem, Arya N, Heizmann M, Neffe AT, Barbero A, Gebauer T, et al. Interplay between stiffness and degradation of architectured gelatin hydrogels leads to differential modulation of chondrogenesis in vitro and in vivo. 2018 Mar 15;69:83–94. |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2018.01.025 |
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Forget A, Arya N, Rotsiniaina Randriantsilefisoa, Florian Miessmer, Buck M, Ahmadi V, et al. Nonwoven Carboxylated Agarose-Based Fiber Meshes with Antimicrobial Properties. Biomacromolecules. 2016 Nov 22;17(12):4021–6. |
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.6b01401 |
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Lamichhane SP, Arya N, Kohler E, Xiang S, Christensen J, Shastri VP. Recapitulating epithelial tumor microenvironment in vitro using three dimensional tri-culture of human epithelial, endothelial, and mesenchymal cells. BMC Cancer. 2016 Aug 2;16(1). |
10.1186/s12885-016-2634-1 |
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Katti D, Arya N. Poly(d,l-lactide-co-glycolide)–chitosan composite particles for the treatment of lung cancer. International Journal of Nanomedicine. 2015 Apr;2997. |
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Shastri P, Lamichhane S, Arya N, Ojha N, Kohler E. Glycosaminoglycan-functionalized poly-lactide-co-glycolide nanoparticles: synthesis, characterization, cytocompatibility, and cellular uptake. International Journal of Nanomedicine. 2015 Jan;775. |
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Arya N, Arora A, Vasu KS, Sood AK, Katti DS. Combination of single walled carbon nanotubes/graphene oxide with paclitaxel: a reactive oxygen species mediated synergism for treatment of lung cancer. Nanoscale. 2013;5(7):2818. |
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3NR33190C |
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tumour model. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 2012 Sep 12;9(77):3288–302. |
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2012.0564 |
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Arya N, Chakraborty S, Dube N, Katti DS. Electrospraying: A facile technique for synthesis of chitosan-based micro/nanospheres for drug delivery applications. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials. 2009 Jan;88B(1):17–31. |
https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.b.31085 |
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In situ collagen mineralization modulates metastatic properties of breast cancer cells |
Book/ Book Chapter
S.No. | Book / Book Chapter | Title | DOI-URL |
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Advanced Biosensors for Virus Detection Smart Diagnostics to Combat SARS-CoV-2 |
Optical biosensors for SARS-CoV-2 detection |
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824494-4.00005-9 |
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In Nano bioanalytical Approaches to Medical Diagnostics |
Point-of-care diagnostics for cancer: recent trends and challenges |
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85147-3.00006-2 |
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Biosensor Based Advanced Cancer Diagnostics |
Emerging technologies for salivary biomarkers in cancer diagnostics |
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823424-2.00021-1 |
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Immobilization Strategies |
Cell Immobilization Strategies for Tissue Engineering: Recent Trends and Future Perspectives |
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7998-1_2 |
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Biomaterials in orthopaedics and bone regeneration, Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials |
Engineering of bone: uncovering strategies of static and dynamic environments |
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9977-0_12 |
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Advances in Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications |
Biomaterials Based Strategies for Engineering Tumor Microenvironment |
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3328-5_8 |
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Advanced Biomaterials: Fundamentals, Processing and Applications |
Designing nano fibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering |
https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470891315.ch13 |
Projects
S.No. | Title of Project | Funding Agency | PI/Co-PI | Extramural/ Intramural | Completed/Running |
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“Effect of mechanically graded nano-fibrous scaffolds on cancer cell migration: Applications in anti-metastatic agent screening/testing” |
Department of Science and Technology, Government of India |
Extramural |
Completed |
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Implications in breast cancer therapy” |
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) under Early Career Research Award Category |
Extramural |
Completed |
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MicroTumor Tek: A high throughput-screening platform for personalized therapy” |
Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council under BIG Scheme, India |
Extramural |
Completed |
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“Deciphering CXCR4/CXCL12 signaling on a tissue engineered bone-mimetic 3-D in vitro co-culture model: Role in breast cancer therapy” |
Indian Council of Medical Research-Senior Research Fellowship Category |
PI |
Ongoing |
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“Investigating cancer-associated fibroblasts-driven metastasis in a bioengineered 3-D breast cancer co-culture model: towards cancer therapy” |
Indian Council of Medical Research-Senior Research Fellowship Category |
Co-PI |
Ongoing |
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“Elucidating cancer-associated adipocytes-mediated metastasis in a 3-D biomimetic co-culture model: applications in breast cancer therapy” |
SERB Government of India |
PI |
Ongoing |
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“Establishment of “Tissue Engineering Facility” at the Department of Translational Medicine Centre” |
Vardhman Group under their CSR initiative |
PI |
Ongoing |
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“Identification of urinary exosomal miRNA for early detection of breast cancer: toward non-invasive diagnostics” |
M.P. Council of Science & Technology |
PI |
Ongoing |
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“Investigating the role of environmental pollutants in population of Singrauli district, Madhya Pradesh and human lung organoids” |
M.P. Pollution Control Board |
PI |
Ongoing |
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“Evaluating the health impact of environmental pollutants in population of Sonebhadra district, Uttar Pradesh and laboratory-based three dimensional human lung organoid platform” |
U.P. Pollution Control Board |
PI |
Ongoing |
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11. |
“Understanding the mechanism for aberrant expression of Sphingosine Kinase 1 in oral squamous cell carcinoma" |
ICMR, Government of India |
Co-I |
Ongoing |
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12. |
Development of a home-based sleep monitoring device for screening of obstructive sleep apnea using wearable sensors and mobile technology |
ICMR, Government of India |
Co-I |
Ongoing |
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13. |
Unravelling chemoresistance and S1P signalling in a bioengineered 3-D oral squamous cell carcinoma model: implications in cancer therapy” |
ICMR |
Co-PI |
Ongoing |
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14. |
Screening synthetic extracellular matrix for culturing patient derived breast cancer cells: towards personalized therapy” |
Department of Science and Technology under DST-DAAD under Project- based Personnel Exchange Programme with India |
Co-PI |
Ongoing |
Patent
S.No. | Patent | Status |
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A high throughput method for preparation of 3-D tumors, Patent Application Number E-2/1899/2023/MUM, Indian Patent |
Filed |
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A method for tumoroid generation using 3-D chitosan-gelatin scaffolds for anti-cancer drug screening, Patent Application Number 2841/Del/2012, Indian Patent, Patent Number: 443023 |
Granted, 2023, |
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A process for synthesis of polymeric micro/nano-particles for drug (bioactive agent) delivery applications, Patent Application Number 645/Del/2008, Indian Patent, Patent Number: 285405 |
Granted, 2017 |
Award
S.No. | Award | Awarded year |
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1 | Second Prize (Poster Presentation), 2nd International Global Cancer Consortium Conference, Manipal. (As Co-author in the abstract) | 2023 |
2 | Second Prize (Oral Presentation), International virtual meet on "Non-Coding RNAs in Health and Disease", All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, (as Co-corresponding author in the abstract) | 2022 |
3 | Power Grant, Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India | 2022 |
4 | Biotechnology Ignition Grant Awardee, BIRAC | 2019 |
5 | Early Career Research Award, Science and Engineering Research Board | 2019 |
6 | First Position, SMC Select, Startup Master Class, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, India | 2019 |
7 | Best Poster Award, World Congress on Cancer, Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Jaipur, India | 2018 |
8 | Bajpai-Saha Award, Third Position (Oral Presentation) and Second Position (Micrography Contest), International Conference on Design of Biomaterials & XXIII Annual Meeting of Society of Biomaterials and Artificial Organs (SBAOI) & VI Annual general Meeting of Society of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (STERMI), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India | 2012 |
9 | Travel award, Indian Council of Medical Research, India to present research work at 38th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Controlled Release Society, National Harbor, Maryland, USA | 2011 |
10 | Travel award, Department of Science & Technology, India to present research work at Society for Biomaterials, Annual Meeting and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, USA | 2011 |
11 | Travel award, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India to present research work at Society for Biomaterials, Annual Meeting and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, USA (not availed) | 2011 |
12 | Travel award, Department of Biotechnology, India to present research work at 38th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Controlled Release Society, National Harbor, Maryland, USA and Society for Biomaterials, Annual Meeting and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, USA (not availed) | 2011 |
13 | Third Position (Oral Presentation), International conference on Design of Biomaterials and XVII Annual Meeting of Society of Biomaterials and Artificial Organs, IIT Kanpur, India | 2006 |
14 | Second Position, Bachelors of Science, Department of Microbiology, University of Delhi | 2001 |
15 | First Position, Class X, New Delhi, India | 1998 |
16 | Certificate of Merit, among the top 0.1% of successful candidates of All India Senior Secondary Examination in Mathematics. | 1998 |
17 | Certificate of Merit, National Scholarship Schemes and listed among the meritorious students for CBSE Senior Secondary Examination | 1998 |
18 | Certificate of Merit, Delhi Association of Mathematics Teachers, 94% in National Mathematics Olympiad Contest | 1997 |
Outreach activities
S.No. | Date | Detail of outreach | Your contribution |
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Conference/ Workshops
S.No. | Date | Workshop name | Venue place | Your contribution |
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2024 |
Central Zone Conference of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India |
AIIMS Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
Oral Presentation/ Corresponding author |
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2024 |
Central Zone Conference of Association of Clinical Biochemists of India |
AIIMS Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh |
Poster Presentation/ Corresponding author |
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2023 |
International Global Cancer Consortium Conference |
Manipal |
e-Poster Presentation/ Corresponding author |
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2023 |
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Manipal |
e-Poster Presentation |
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2022 |
48th Annual Conference of Clinical Biochemistry of India, (*) |
ICAR Convention Centre, New Delhi |
Oral Presentation/ Corresponding author |
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2022 |
International virtual meet on "Non-Coding RNAs in Health and Disease" |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal |
Co-Corresponding author |
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2022 |
International Conference of Indian Association for Cancer Research |
Amity Institute of Molecular Medicine & Stem Cell Research (AIMMSCR), Amity University Uttar Pradesh, NOIDA, India |
Oral Presentation/ Corresponding author |
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2022 |
International Conference of Indian Association for Cancer Research |
Amity Institute of Molecular Medicine & Stem Cell Research (AIMMSCR), Amity University Uttar Pradesh, NOIDA, India |
Poster Presentation/ Corresponding author |
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July 2022 |
MEDSER conference cum workshop |
IISER Bhopal |
Invited Talk |
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2019 |
International Conference on Biomaterial-based therapeutic engineering and regenerative medicine |
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India |
Podium Presentation/ corresponding author |
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2019 |
Startup Master Class |
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India |
Podium Presentation |
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2018 |
International Conference on Biomaterials, BioEngineering & BioTheranostics (BioMET 2018) |
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India |
Corresponding Author |
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2018 |
World Congress on Cancer |
Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur, India |
Corresponding Author |
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2015 |
Orthopaedic Research Society 2015 Annual Meeting |
, Las Vegas, USA |
Poster Presentation |
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2014 |
Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society EU Chapter |
Genova, Italy |
Poster Presentation |
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2014 |
Europeans Material Research Society |
Lille, France |
Podium Presentation |
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2014 |
Makromolekulares Kolloquium Freiburg |
Freiburg, Germany |
Poster Presentation |
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2012 |
International Conference on Design of Biomaterials & XXIII Annual Meeting of Society of Biomaterials and Artificial Organs (SBAOI)& VI Annual general Meeting of Society of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (STERMI) |
IISc Bangalore, India |
Podium Presentation |
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2012 |
Science and Communication Workshop |
Wellcome Trust- DBT India Alliance, Hyderabad, India |
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2011 |
th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Controlled Release Society |
National Harbor, Maryland, USA |
Podium Presentation |
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2011 |
th Annual Meeting and Exposition of the Controlled Release Society |
National Harbor, Maryland, USA |
Poster Presentation |
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2011 |
Society for Biomaterials, Annual Meeting and Exposition |
Orlando, Florida, USA |
Podium Presentation |
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2010 |
Society for Biomaterials, Annual Meeting and Exposition |
Seattle, Washington, USA |
Poster Presentation |
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2009 |
Intellectual property rights sensitization |
Federation of Indian Chambers of commerce and Industry and Intellectual Property Office, Kanpur, India |
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2007 |
Developmental Biology and Biomedical Research |
Agra, India |
Poster Presentation |
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2007 |
Summer School, Nanotechnology in Advanced Drug Delivery |
National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Chandigarh, India |
Podium Presentation |
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2006 |
International conference on Design of Biomaterials and XVII Annual Meeting of Society of Biomaterials and Artificial Organs |
IIT Kanpur, India |
Podium Presentation |
Guide/Co-Guide/Mentor
S.No. | Guide/co-guide/mentor | Name of students, Department | PG/SR/PhD/MBBS Student | Year |
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1 | Co-Guide | Dr. Poulami Sarkar | PG Student | 2019 |
2 | Co-Guide | Pallavi Kulkarni, Biochemistry | PhD | 2019 |
3 | Guide | Jaya Thilakan, Biochemistry (Registered in Barkatullah University) | PhD | 2022 |
4 | Co-Guide | Jahnavi Sharma, Biochemistry | PhD | 2022 |
5 | Guide | Sayantika Das, Translational Medicine | PhD | 2023 |
6 | Guide | Arya J Mohan, Translational Medicine | PhD | 2023 |
7 | Guide | Muskan Talreja, Translational Medicine | PhD | 2024 |
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