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Dr. NEELAM PATHAK (Ph. D.) CURRENT POSITION

- Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad (21st June, 2018 till date)

- Professor, Department of Biosciences, Integral University, Kursi Road, Lucknow (Feb.1, 2013 till 20th June,2018)

- Professor and Head of Department of Biotechnology, Integral University, Kursi Road, Lucknow (June 2, 2014 till 15th Dec, 2017)

- Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Integral University, Kursi Road, Lucknow (August 1, 2011 till 31st Jan, 2013)

- Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Integral University, Kursi Road, Lucknow (Jul 1, 2009 till 31st July 2011)

- Senior Lecturer, Department of Biotechnology, Integral University, Kursi Road, Lucknow (August 2006 – June 2009)

- Lecturer, Department of Biotechnology, Integral University, Kursi Road, Lucknow (16 July 2005 – July 2006)

- Subjects taught: Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology; Plant Biotechnology; Biomolecules; Cell Biology; at postgraduate and graduate levels (M Sc, M Tech, B Tech)

ACADEMIC PROFILE

- Ph D (Biochemistry) - 1998 [Lucknow University, Lucknow]

Thesis title: Biochemical changes during ripening of banana fruit

-- M Sc (Biochemistry) - 1990

[NDUAT kumarganj-Faizabad; I division Gold Medallist]

- B Sc (Chemistry, Zoology, Botany) - 1987 [Lucknow University, Lucknow; I division;]

- Intermediate UP Board - 1984 [GGIC Faizabad; I division;]]

- High School UP Board - 1982 [GGIC Faizabad; I division;]] PERSONAL PROFILE

Date of birth: Feb. 25, 1967

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Husband’s name: Dr. Sanjay Pathak

Father’s name: Dr R K Pathak

Mother’s name: Smt Champa Pathak

Gender: Female

Nationality: Indian

Languages known: Hindi; English

CONTACT AT

Address for correspondence (R): 8/15 Bahar A, Sahara States, Jankipuram,

Lucknow

Address (O): Professor Department of Biotechnology Integral University, Bas-ha, Kursi Road Lucknow - 226026

Telephone: 09532038720 (M); 0522 2735075 (R)

E-mail: pathak_neelam@yahoo.com

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Young Scientist (DST-Fast Track) Title of Project: “Molecular characterization of polygalacturonase during ripening of

mango (Mangifera indica L.) fruits”Funding Agency: DST Rs.10.00 lakhs

Isolation of ACC deaminase producing microorganisms and their biochemical and molecular characterization. [PI; Grant date: July 2011; Duration: 3 years; Total grant sanctioned: Rs 6.96 lacs; Funding agency: UP-CST]

Isolation of ligninolytic microorganisms and their biochemical and molecular characterization’[Co-investigator; Grant date: June 2009; Duration: 3 years; Total grant sanctioned: Rs 6.96 lacs; Funding agency: UP-CST]

Base line survey and mapping of microbial diversity of Kukrail Forests’ Principal Investigator: Grant date: Oct 2009; Duration: 2 years; Total grant sanctioned: Rs 4.85 lacs; Funding agency: UP State Biodiversity Board].

New insights into identification of acdS gene and bioinoculant formulation n of ACC deaminase production Bacteria ameliorating salt stress foe enhancing plant growth and development. Grant date: Jan. 2018; Duration: 2 years Total grant

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sanctioned: Rs 10.44 lacs; Funding agency: UP-CST]

PUBLICATIONS

Books

(i) Rastogi S, Pathak N (2009) Genetic Engineering, Oxford University Press, India

(ii) Book Chapter

1. Chaudhary I, Pathak N, Rastogi S, (2011) Microbial degradation of lignin for bioremediation and decolorization of industrial effluent dyes. In: Environmental Microbial Ecology 76-99., LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co. KG, Dudweller Landstr, Germany .

2. Farina Mujeeb, Preeti Bajpai, Neelam Pathak, Smita Rastogi Verma (2017). Genetic Diversity Analysis of Medicinally Important Horticultural Crop Aegle marmelos by ISSR Markers, Protocol PCR Volume 1620 of the series Methods in Molecular Biology pp 195-211.

a. CL Gupta, RK Tiwari, N Pathak, P Bajpai (2018) Endosomal Toll-like

Receptors: Rheostats of Inflammation and Diseases,Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research-Anti-Allergy Agents: Volume 3 3, 194, Bentham Publication.

b. J Ali, DC Sharma, A Bano, A Gupta, S Sharma, P Bajpai, N Pathak, (2019) Exploiting Microbial Enzymes for Augmenting Crop production, Enzymes in Food Biotechnology, 503-519, Academic Press.

c. Swati Sharma, Ambreen Bano, Afreen Fatima, Neelam Pathak (2019) Pre and probiotics: Using functional foods in the fight against microbial resistance to antibiotics, In Antibacterial Drug Discovery to combat MDR, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., pages 397-425.

d. Anmol Gupta, Ambreen Bano, Smita Rai, Neelam Pathak, and Swati

Sharma (2020) New Insights into Application of Nanoparticles for Plant Growth Promotion: In Present and Future Prospects, Biogenic Nano-Particles and their Use in Agro-ecosystems- Springer. Pages 259-280.

e. Ayushi Dimri, Neelam Pathak, Swati Sharma, Nanosensors for root zone

parameters influencing plant growth, In Micro and Nano Technologies, Nanomaterials for Agriculture and Forestry Applications, Elsevier, 2020, Pages 387-406.

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f. Smita Rai1, Anmol Gupta1, AmbreenBano1, Neelam Pathak2, Swati Sharma1* (2020) Biobased Coatings: An alternative approach in managing post harvest diseases In Biological Control of Postharvest Diseases and Aflatoxins , (CRC) CRC Press ,Taylor & Francis Group (in Press).

Research Publications

1. Neelam Pathak and G. G. Sanwal, 1998. Multiple forms of polygalacturonase from banana fruits. Phytochemistry 48 (2) :249-255.

2. Neelam Pathak and G. G. Sanwal 1999. Regulation of the ripening of banana (Musa acuminata) fruits by chemicals. Indian Journal of Agricultral Sciences 69 (1): 17-20.

3. Neelam Pathak, Sanjay Misra and G. G. Sanwal, 2000 .Purification and characterization of polygalacturonase from banana fruits. Phytochemistry 54: 147-152.

4. Neelam Pathak, Mehar H Asif, Puneet Dhawan, Manoj K. Srivastava and Pravendra Nath. 2003. Expression and activities of Ethylene biosynthetic enzymes during ripening of banana fruits and effect of 1-MCP treatment. Plant Growth Regulation 40 (1): 11-19.

5. Rupinder Singh, Poorinima Singh, Neelam Pathak, V.K.Singh, U.N.Dwivedi 2007. Modulation of mango ripening by chemicals: Physiological and biochemical aspects Plant Growth Regulation. Plant Growth Regulation 2007. 53:137–145.

6. V.K. Singh and Neelam Pathak (2008). Response of 1-methylcyclopropene on activity of pectin hydrolases and associated physiological parameters in mango (Mangifera indica L.) cultivars. Indian Journal of Horticulture. 65(1)-2008.

7. Anju Gupta, Swati Sarwai, and Neelam Pathak S. Agarwal (2008). “Beta thalassemia mutations and associated haplotypes in Indian Beta thalassemia patients”. Int J Hum Genet. 8(2):237-241.

8. Mehar H. Asif, Neelam Pathak, Theophanous Solomos and Prabodh K. Trivedi (2009) Effect of low oxygen, temperature and 1-methylcyclopropene on the

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expression of genes regulating ethylene biosynthesis and perception during ripening in apple. South African Journal of Botany 75: 137-144

9. F Sabir, P Tiwari, N Pathak, R S. Sangwan, R S. Bhakuni, N S. Sangwan (2010) Bioconversion of artemisinin to its nonperoxidic derivative deoxyartemisinin through suspension cultures of Withania somnifera Dunal-Z. Naturforschung Sep-Oct;65(9-10):607-12.

10. Sabir, Farzana, Sangwan Rajender S., Singh Jyoti, Misra Laxmi N, Pathak

Neelam; Sangwan, Neelam S. (2011) Biotransformation of withanolides by cell suspension cultures of Withania somnifera (Dunal) Plant Biotechnology Reports (2011) 5: 127-134, Plant Biotechnology Reports 5, (2), 127-134.

11. Srivastava S., Pathak N., and Srivastava P. (2011). Identification of limiting factors for the optimum growth of Fusarium oxysporum in liquid media. Toxicology International 18: 45-50.

12. Srivastava S., Pathak N., Bhargava A. and Srivastava P. (2011). Nanotechnology for cancer diagnostics and therapy. Intern. Med. Tech. Univ. J. 2: 19-29.

13. Faria Fatima, Ira Chaudhary, Jasarat Ali, Smita Rastogi and Neelam Pathak. (2011) Microbial DNA Extraction from Soil by Different Methods and its PCR Amplification. Biochem. Cell Arch. 11(1):.85-90.

14. Ira Chaudhary, Faria Fatima, , Md. Zeeshan Siddiqui, Smita Rastogi and Neelam

Pathak(2011) Isolation and characterization of microbes with phosphate solublizing and lignin degrading abilities. Biochem. Cell Arch. 11(2):.299-305.

15. Mishra, R. K., Pandey, B. K., Muthukumar M., Mohd. Zeeshan and Pathak, N.

(2013). Detection of Fusarium wilt pathogens of Psidium guajava L. in soil using culture independent PCR (ciPCR). Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 20 (1): 51-56.

16. Mishra, R. K., Pandey, B. K., Singh, V., Mathew, A. J., Pathak, N. and Mohd. Zeeshan (2013). Molecular Detection and Genotyping of Fusarium oxysporum f.

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sp. psidii Isolates from Different Agro-Ecological Regions in India. The Journal of Microbiology,51, 405-412.

17. Mishra, R. K., Pandey, B. K., Muthukumar M., Misra, A. K., Singh, V., Mathew, A. J., Pathak, N. and Mohd. Zeeshan (2013). Assessment of Genetic Diversity of Fusarium solani from different agro-ecological regions of India. Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture, 8 (1): 101-107.

18. Mishra R.K., Pandey B.K., Singh, Vijay, Pathak, Neelam and Mohd. Zeeshan( 2013) Genetic characterization of Fusarium oxysporum isolated from guaya in northern India. African journal of Microbiology Research. 7(33). 4228-4234.

19. Mohd Saheed,Mukesh Srivastava, Anuradha Singh, Vipul Kumar, Antima Sharma, Sonika Pandey,Smita Rastogi and Neelam Pathak 2013. Morphological and molecular identification of Trichoderma longibrachiatin 21PP isolated from rhizospheric soil based on ITS marker. African journal of Microbiology Research. 7(4). 4902-4906.

20. Mohd Saheed, Anuradha Singh, Mukesh Srivastava, Smita Rastogi and Neelam Pathak (2013) Sequencing of 28rRNA gene for identification of Trichoderma longibrachiatin 28CP/7444sp in soil sample. International Journal of Biotechnology for wellness Industries,2:84-90.

21. Mohammad Ashfaque, Sushil Solomon and Neelam Pathak (2013) Utilization of sugarcane baggase as substrate for production of extracellular CMCase and Cellulobiase from Trichoderma sp. Online International Journal of Biosolution 3 (2), 121 - 28.

22. Mohammad Ashfaque, Sushil Solomon and Neelam Pathak (2014) Optimization of pretreatment and fermentation conditions for production of extracellular cellulase complex using sugarcane bagasse. Bioinformation 10(10): 606-610.

23. Farina Mujeeb, Preeti Bajpai and Neelam Pathak. (2014) Phytochemical Evaluation, Antimicrobial Activity and Determination of Bioactive Components from leaves of Aegle marmelos. Biomed Research International, 2014:497606. doi: 10.1155/2014/497606. Epub 2014 May 11.

24. Chhedi Lal Gupta, Jasarat Ali,, Nilesh Kumar, Neelam Pathak, Preeti Bajpai.

(2014) In silico elucidation and inhibition studies of selected phytoligands against Mitogen activated Protein Kinases of protozoan parasites. Interdisciplinary Sciences, DOI: 10.1007/s12539-014-0210

25. P Saxena, VK Singh, N Pathak. (2014) Antioxidative enzymes and biochemical

changes in paclobutrazol induced flowering in mango (M. indica) cultivars. Journal of Environmental Biology 35, 1061-1066

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26. RK Mishra, BK Pandey, N Pathak, M Zeeshan. (2014) BOX-PCR-and ERIC-PCR-

based genotyping and phylogenetic correlation among fusarium oxysporum isolates associated with wilt disease in Psidium guajava L. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 4 (1), 25-32

27. M Ashfaque, S Solomon, N Pathak. (2014) Optimization of pretreatment and

fermentation conditions for production of extracellular cellulase complex using sugarcane bagasse Bioinformation doi: 10.6026/97320630010606

28. F Fatima, N Pathak, S Rastogi Verma. (2014) An Improved Method for Soil DNA

Extraction to Study the Microbial Assortment within Rhizospheric Region. Molecular biology international, doi: 10.1155/2014/518960

29. RK Mishra, DK Verma, BK Pandey, N Pathak, M Zeeshan. (2014) Direct Colony

Nested-PCR for the Detection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp, Psidii. doi: 10.4172/horticulture.1000105.

30. P Saxena, VK Singh, N Pathak,Osmotic regulation in mango (Mangifera indica

L.) cultivars at different phenological stages of flowering and fruiting. (2014)International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research (IJASR) 4 (2), 1-7

31. S Anees, S Suhail, N Pathak, M Zeeshan. (2014) Potential Use of Rice Field

Cyanobacterium Nostoc muscorum in the Evaluation of Butachlor Induced Toxicity and their Degradation. Bioinformation, 10 (6), 365.

32. M Shahid, M Srivastava, A Singh, V Kumar, S Rastogi, N Pathak. (2014)

Comparative Study of Biological Agents, Trichoderma harzianum (Th-Azad) and Trichoderma viride (01PP) for Controlling Wilt Disease in Pigeon Pea. Journal of Microbial & Biochemical Technology, 10.4172/1948-5948.1000130.

33. Mohammad Shahid, Mukesh Srivastava, Vipul Kumar, Anuradha Singh, Antima Sharma, Sonika Pandey, Smita Rastogi, Neelam Pathak, AK Srivastava, Phylogenetic diversity analysis of Trichoderma species based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS) marker African Journal of Biotechnology 13 (3)

34. CL Gupta, S Akhtar, A Waye, NR Pandey, N Pathak, P Bajpai (2015) Cross talk

between Leishmania donovani CpG DNA and Toll-like receptor 9: An immunoinformatics approach Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 459 (3), 424-429

35. Faria Fatima1, Ira Chaudhary 1, Smita Rastogi 2, Neelam Pathak (2015) Isolation

of a Novel Laccase-producing Fungus from Litter in Upper Soil Horizon,

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International Journal of Advancement in Engineering Technology, Management and Applied Science. 2(7) 39-46.

36. Ira Chaudhary, Faria Fatima1 ,Neelam Pathak, Smita Rastogi, Rolee Sharma

(2015), Isolation of Lignin Peroxidase- producing Plant Pathogenic Fungus from the effluent sample, International Journal of Advancement in Engineering Technology, Management and Applied Science. 2(7) 53-60

37. R Srivastava, LP Kajuluri, N Pathak, CM Gupta, AA Sahasrabuddhe,(2015)

Oligomerization of coronin: Implication on actin filament length in Leishmania Cytoskeleton, 72 (12), 621-632.

38. D. C. Sharma, Ritu Shukla, Jasarat Ali, Swati Sharma, Priti Bajpai and Neelam

Pathak (2016) Phytochemical Evaluation, antioxidant assay, antibacterial activity and determination of cell viability (J774 and THP1 α cell lines) of P. sylvestris leaf crude and methanol purified fractions. EXCLI Journal, 15, 85-94

39. K Ahmad, MH Baig, Girish Kumar Gupta, MA Kamal, Neelam Pathak, I Choi

(2016) Identification of common therapeutic targets for selected neurodegenerative disorders: An in silico approach, Journal of Computational Science, 2016 (17)292-306

40. Faria Fatima, Smita Rastogi Verma, Neelam Pathak, Preeti Bajpai (2016). Extracellular mycosynthesis of silver nanoparticles and their microbicidal activity Journal of global antimicrobial resistance 7, 88-92. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jgar.2016.07.013.

41. Udai B Singh, Deepti Malviya, Shailendra Singh, Jatindra K Pradhan, Bhanu P Singh, Manish Roy, Mohd Imram, Neelam Pathak, BM Baisyal, Jai P Rai, BK Sarma, Rajiv K Singh, PK Sharma, Saman Deep Kaur, MC Manna, Sushil K Sharma, Arun K Sharma (2016) Bio-protective microbial agents from rhizosphere eco-systems trigger plant defense responses provide protection against sheath blight disease in rice (Oryza sativa L.) 192,300-312.

42. Udai B Singh, Deepti Malviya, Shailendra Singh, Mohd Imran, Neelam Pathak, Manzar Alam, Jai P Rai, Rajiv K Singh, BK Sarma, PK Sharma, Arun K Sharma (2016) Compatible salt-tolerant rhizosphere microbe-mediated induction of phenylpropanoid cascade and induced systemic responses against Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoemaker causing spot blotch disease in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Applied Soil Ecology,108, 300-306.

43. Jasarat Ali, Rupesh K Mishra, Chhedi L Gupta, Dinesh C Sharma, Preeti Bajpai,

Neelam Pathak An in silico Approach Towards Crop Improvement by ACC

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Synthase Inhibition Declining Ethylene Production, Current Enzyme Inhibition,13 (1) 11-19.

44. Udai B Singh, Deepti Malviya, Shailendra Singh, Jatindra K Pradhan, Bhanu P

Singh, Manish Roy, Mohd Imram, Neelam Pathak, BM Baisyal, Jai P Rai, BK Sarma, Rajiv K Singh, PK Sharma, Saman Deep Kaur, MC Manna, Sushil K Sharma, Arun K Sharma (2016) Bio-protective microbial agents from rhizosphere eco-systems trigger plant defense responses provide protection against sheath blight disease in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Microbiological Research,192, 300-312.

45. Mohammad Ashfaque, Sushil Solomon, Neelam Pathak (2016) Kinetic Study of

Immobilized Cellobiase Produced from Immobilized Wild-TypeTrichoderma longibrachiatum. 18, 4, 340-346.

46. Sibhghatulla Shaikh ; Syed Mohd. Danish Rizvi ; Shazi Shakil ; Neelam

Pathak; Adnan Ahmad(2017) Non-clonal dissemination of Extended-spectrum beta lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains of clinical origin, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology. 41(4)1011-1015

47. Ritu Shukla, Dinesh C Sharma, Neelam Pathak, Preeti Bajpai (2016)

Comparative evaluation of Various Flower Extracts of Grewia asiatica for Phyto-Compounds and Anti-Bacterial Efficacy International Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Research. 1 (7) 1291-1299.

48. Megha Chagtoo, Neelam Pathak, Ladilov Yury, Leena Rastogi, Madan Godbole (2016) Soluble adenylyl cyclase inhibition as a plausible target for attenuating hypoxia-induced neuronal injury, BRAIN INJURY 30, 5-6,638-639.

49. Megha Chagtoo, Nelson George , Neelam Pathak, Swasti Tiwari, Madan M Godbole, Yury Ladilov (2017) Inhibition of intracellular type 10 adenylyl cyclase protects cortical neurons against reperfusion-induced mitochondrial injury and apoptosis. Molecular Neurobiology 55 (3), 2471-2482. 50. Farina Mujeeb, Preeti Bajpai, Neelam Pathak, Smita Rastogi Verma (2017). Genetic Diversity Analysis of Medicinally Important Horticultural Crop Aegle marmelos by ISSR Markers, Protocol PCR Volume 1620 of the series Methods in Molecular Biology pp 195-211. 51. Faria Fatima, Neelam Pathak, Smita Rastogi Verma and Preeti Bajpai. (2017) In

vitro antimicrobial and cytotoxicity efficacy of gold nanoparticles synthesized from Alternaria brassicae (KF934409). SOJ Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences 3 (3) 1-6 (IF 1.4).

52. Farina Mujeeb, Faiz Ahmad, Preeti Bajpai, Neelam Pathak (2017) Phytochemical study of Aegle marmelos: Chromatograhic elucidation of polyphenolics and

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assessment of antioxidant and cytotoxic potential. Pharmacognosy magazine (In Press). (IF 1.15).

53. Faria Fatima, Neelam Pathak, Smita Rastogi Verma and Preeti Bajpai (2017)Toxicity and immunomodulatory efficacy of biosynthesized silver myconanosomes on pathogenic microbes and macrophage cells. ARTIFICIAL CELLS, NANOMEDICINE, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1080/21691401.2017.1388247. (IF 5.605).

54. Faria Fatima, Smita Rastogi Verma and Neelam Pathak (2018) Genotyping Assessment of Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria Isolated From Rhizospheric Soil from Central Regions of Lucknow. Geomicrobiology Journal 35 (10), 848-853.

55. Farina Mujeeb, Ahmad Faiz Khan, Preeti Bajpai and Neelam Pathak(2018), Profiling of Enzymatic antioxidants in leaf extracts of different Bael varieties/ accessions. Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences, 9(4) 1483-1497.

56. Chhedi Lal Gupta, Rohit Kumar Tiwari, Neelam Pathak, Preeti Bajpai Endosomal Toll-like Receptors: Rheostats of Inflammation and Diseases Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research-Anti-Allergy Agents: Volume 3 194,Publisher, Bentham Science.

57. Aisha Khatoon, Iliyas Rashid, Sibhghatulla Shaikh, Syed Mohd Danish Rizvi, Shazi Shakil, Neelam Pathak, Snober S Mir, Khurshid Ahmad, Talib Hussain, Prachi Srivastava(2018) ADNCD: a compendious database on anti-diabetic natural compounds focusing on mechanism of action, 3 Biotech 8 (8), 361

58. Ritu Shukla, Dinesh C Sharma, Neelam Pathak, Priti Bajpai (2018) Genomic DNA Isolation from High Polyphenolic Content Grewia asiatica L. Leaf Without Using Liquid Nitrogen, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions A: Science, 1-5.

59. P Pandey, U Sayyed, R Tiwari, N Pathak, MH Siddiqui, P Bajpai (2018) Anticancer and apoptosis-inducing effects of curcumin against gall bladder carcinoma, International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences 9 (1), 68-

60. Shilpi Srivastava, Atul Bhargava, Neelam Pathak, Prachi Srivastava (2018), Production, characterization and antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles produced by Fusarium oxysporum and monitoring of proteinlig and interaction through in-silico approaches. Microbial Pathogenesis 129, 136-145.

61. P Pandey, U Sayyed, RK Tiwari, MH Siddiqui, N Pathak, P Bajpai (2019) Hesperidin Induces ROS-Mediated Apoptosis along with Cell Cycle Arrest at G2/M Phase in Human Gall Bladder Carcinoma, Nutrition and cancer 71 (4), 676-687

Seminars, Conferences, Symposia Workshops etc. attended

1. Neelam Pathak and Sanwal G. G.; Artificial ripening of banana fruits. Presented in National symposium on the role of Plant biotechnology in improving

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agriculture challenges and opportunities and physiological and biochemical basis of crop yield held at Jaipur March 23-25,1995.

2. Neelam Pathak and Sanwal G. G.; Multiple forms of polygalacturonase from banana fruits. Presented in National Symposia on modern perspectives on biochemistry and biotechnology and recent developments in green vegetation held at Lucknow Oct 25-27,1996.

3. Neelam Pathak and Sanwal G. G.; Polygalacturonase in ripening of banana fruits. Presented in National Symposia on role of biochemistry and biotechnology in twenty first century. Held at Bangalore March 4-6, 1999.

4. Neelam Pathak, Puneet Dhawan, Atul Batra, V A. Sane, P.V. Sane and P. Nath; Transgenic tomato plants expressing useful traits of high commercial value. Presented at Society of Biological Chemists (India) meet held at JNU, New Delhi India from Dec.19-21, 1998.

5. Puneet Dhawan, Mehar Hasan Asif, Neelam Pathak and P. Nath; Expression of ripening related genes in banana is associated with respiratory climacteric. Presented at international symposium on Plant Signal Transduction held at ICGEB, 4 –6 Oct 1999, New Delhi.

6. Mehar Hasan Asif, Puneet Dhawan, Neelam Pathak, Manoj K. Srivastava and P. Nath; Differential expression of genes during ethylene induced ripening in banana fruits. Presented at Gordon Research Conference on Plant Senescence, Abscission and Programmed Cell Death, 16-21 July 2000, at Plymouth State College, NH, USA.

7. Neelam Pathak, Manoj K. Srivastava, Puneet Dhawan and P. Nath; Expression and cloning of ethylene biosynthetic genes during banana ripening and an antisense approach for delayng ripening. Presented at Second Symposium on Current advances in Molecular Biochemistry: Applications in health, environment and agriculture, 9 –11, November,2000.at Department of Biochemistry, University of Lucknow, Lucknow.

8. Mehar Hasan Asif , Neelam Pathak and P. Nath; Expression of cell wall degrading and involvement of multigene family of polygalacturonase during banana fruit ripening. Presented at Second Symposium on Current advances in Molecular Biochemistry: Applications in health, environment and agriculture, 9–11, November,2000 at Department of Biochemistry, University of Lucknow, Lucknow.

9. Theophanes Solomos, Neelam Pathak, Prabodh Trivedi, Autar Mattoo; Effects of MCP and low Oxygen,Applied Singly or Together on Apple Fruit Ripening , accepted for presentation in 2003 annual meeting of american society for

horticultural science will be held at 100th Annual International Conference in Providence, Rhode Island at the Rhode Island Convention Center from October 3-6, 2003.

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10. Neelam Pathak, Poorinima Singh, V. K. Singh, U. N. Dwivedi: Physiological, Biochemical And Molecular Studies In Mango Fruit During Ripening, Presented at Society of Biological Chemists (India) meet held at G.B.P. U.A.T, Pantnagar. November 21-24,2004.

11. Neelam Pathak, (Molecular Cloning and characterization of polygalacturonase gene from mango, Mangifera indica fruits Compendium of progress reports GMW on Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists in life sciences held at Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, August 2006

12. Anju Gupta*, Swati Sarwai*, Neelam Pathak** and Sarita Agarwal* Beta-globin gene mutations in India and their linkage to β-haplotypes. Presented at third Symposium on Current advances in Molecular Biochemistry: Applications in health, environment and agriculture, 9 –11, November,2008 at Department of Biochemistry, University of Lucknow, Lucknow.

13. Shipli Srivastava, Neelam Pathak and Rajiv Dutta (2009) Growth kinetics studies on silver nanoparticle production in Fusarium oxysporum" Presented at National Seminar on Plant Propagation, Conservation, Modification and Characterization coincide with 30th Annual Meeting of Plant Tissue Culture Association India 03-04 April 2009 at Institute Of Himalayan Bioresources Technology (CSIR),Palampur(HP).

14. Vivek Kr. Mourya, Neelam Pathak and M P Singh (2009) High throughput screening analysis of vaccine candidate from swine flu influenza virus. 1st annual conference of society of professional biotechnologists on New horizon of Biotechnology, 1-2 Dec. 2009 held at Kanpur.

15. Ira Chaudhary, Faria Fatima, Smita Rastogi, Neelam Pathak (2010) Isolation and characterization of microbes with phosphate solubilizing and lignin degrading abilities SAARC Workshop on biodiversity conservation on Sept 11-12 held at BHU, Varanasi.

16. Faria Fatima, Ira Chaudhary, Jasarat Ali, Smita Rastogi, Neelam Pathak (2010) Direct isolation of DNA from soil and its PCR amplification for microbial diversity analysis SAARC Workshop on biodiversity conservation on Sept 11-12 held at BHU, Varanasi.

17. Ira Chaudhary, Faria Fatima, Smita Rastogi, Neelam Pathak (2011) Biodiversity analysis of lignin degrading microorganisms by assaying enzymes, National conference on ROS, held at department of biochemistry, Lucknow university, Lucknow on Dec. 24-25.

18. Rupesh K Mishra, B. K. Pandey, Amita J. Mathew, Neelam Pathak and Mohd. Zeeshan. 2012, Nested PCR based identification of guava wilt pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. psidii using fungal mycellium as a template in International Conference on Biotechnology: A Rendezvous with Basic Sciences for Global

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Prosperity. December 26-27, Society for Plant Research at Pusa campus, Indian Institute for Agricultural Research, New Delhi. Pp-42.

19. Rupesh K Mishra, B. K. Pandey, Ashutosh Pandey, Mohd. Zeeshan and Neelam

Pathak,2012 entitled “Specific detection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. psidii (Fop) causing wilt disease of Psidium guajava L. in India”, in National symposium on Microbes in Health and Agriculture on 12-13 March 2012 at School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, pp-87.

20. Rupesh K Mishra, B. K. Pandey, Purnima Sareen, Ashutosh Pandey, Madhu Kamle, Mohd. Zeeshan and Neelam Pathak entitled “Rapid identification and characterization of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. psidii by using multiplex PCR”, in XXXIV all India Botanical Conference on 10-12 October 2011 at Lucknow University, Lucknow, U.P, pp- 111.

21. Farina Mujeeb, Rani Sanjeeda, Ajaz Ahmad, Priti Bajpai ,Neelam Pathak And A.K. Srivastava, 2013 Antioxidant activity of methanolic extract from different varieties of wood apple (aegle marmelos) leaves. Presented at National Seminar on Stress, Development and Adaptation, Biochemical basis and Biotechnological approaches, March 15 -16 .

22. Faria Fatima, Eram Sheikh, Pawan Khushwaha, Priyanka Verma, Priti Bajpai Neelam Pathak and A.K. Srivastava, 2013, Fungus Mediated Extracellular Synthesis Of Silver And Gold Nanoparticles And Their Antibacterial Activity Presented at National Seminar on Stress, Development and Adaptation, Biochemical basis and Biotechnological approaches, March 15 -16.

23. Sumaiya Anees, Mohammad Zeeshan, Neelam Pathak and AK Srivastava., 2013 Butachlor induced physiological and biochemical responses of Nostoc muscorum in relation to herbicide and possibilities of environmental monitoring Presented at National Seminar on Stress, Development and Adaptation, Biochemical basis and Biotechnological approaches, March 15 -16.

24. Jasarat Ali, Richa Dwivedi, Karunesh Yadav, Neelam Pathak And A K Srivastava, 2013, Isolation of ACC deaminase producing microorganisms and their biochemical and molecular characterization, Presented at National Seminar on Stress, Development and Adaptation, Biochemical basis and Biotechnological approaches, March 15 -16.

25. Jasarat Ali, ChhediLal Gupta, Preeti Bajpai, Neelam Pathak and AK Srivastava, 2013. Lowering of ethylene in plant by ACC deaminase producing rhizobacteria and by ACC synthase inhibitors for better plant growth promotion. Presented at Symposium on recent advance in biochemistry and Biotechnology application in health, environment and agriculture, Oct 29-31,2013 at Department of Biochemistry , Lucknow University, Lucknow.

26. Faria Fatima, Jasarat Ali, , Preeti Bajpai and Neelam Pathak and AK Srivastava, 2013. Plant growth promoting microoraginsm-A novel approach Presented at Symposium on recent advance in biochemistry and Biotechnology application in

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health, environment and agriculture, Oct 29-31,2013 at Department of Biochemistry , Lucknow University, Lucknow. (Invited Lecture)

27. Faria Fatima, Jasarat Ali, , Preeti Bajpai ,Neelam Pathak and AK Srivastava, 2013. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria as a novel agent within therapeutic means, Presented at Symposium on recent advance in biochemistry and Biotechnology application in health, environment and agriculture, Oct 29-31,2013 at Department of Biochemistry , Lucknow University, Lucknow.

28. Farina Mujeeb, Preeti Bajpai, Neelam Pathak and AK Srivastava, 2013. Screening and identification of bioactive compounds in Aegle marmelos leaves exhibiting antibacterial activity through GC-MS analysis. Presented at Symposium on recent advance in biochemistry and Biotechnology application in health, environment and agriculture, Oct 29-31,2013 at Department of Biochemistry , Lucknow University, Lucknow.

29. Sumiya Anees, Mohd. Zeeshan Neelam Pathak and AK Srivastava, 2013. Plectonema boyranum and induced oxidative stress by dimethoate, Presented at Symposium on recent advance in biochemistry and Biotechnology application in health, environment and agriculture, Oct 29-31,2013 at Department of Biochemistry , Lucknow University, Lucknow.

30. Mohd Saheed,Mukesh Srivastava, Anuradha Singh, Vipul Kumar, Antima Sharma, Sonika Pandey,Smita Rastogi and Neelam Pathak ,2013. Morphological and molecular identification of Trichoderma based on ITS marker. Presented at Symposium on recent advance in biochemistry and Biotechnology application in health, environment and agriculture, Oct 29-31,2013 at Department of Biochemistry , Lucknow University, Lucknow.

31. Faria Fatima, Jasarat Ali, Neelam Pathak and Preeti bajpai “Plant growth

promoting rhizobacteria as a novel agent within therapeutic means” (October,

26-27, 2013) in national conference microbes promoting crop health, productivity

& sustainability zonal meeting, indian phytopathological society (mez), CSIR-

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants ( CSIR-CIMAP), Lucknow.

32. Jasarat Ali, Faria Fatima, Chhedilal Gupta, Neelam Pathak and A K Srivastava

“Efficacy of ACC deaminase producing rhizobacteria and their characterization”

(October, 26-27, 2013) in national conference microbes promoting crop health,

productivity & sustainability zonal meeting, indian phytopathological society

(mez), CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants ( CSIR-CIMAP),

Lucknow.

33. Chhedi Lal Gupta, Salman Akhtar, Uzma Sayyed, Jasarat Ali, Neelam Pathak, Preeti Bajpai, “Computational studies for identification and elucidation of Leishmania donovani CpG DNA pattern interacting with Toll like receptor

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9. (October, 16 -18, 2014) Presented at 25th National Congress of Parasitology, CDRI lucknow.

34. Chhedi Lal Gupta, Gunjan Dixit, Saima Nafees, Tushina Banerjee, Alisha Mehdi Rizvi, Salman Akthar, Neelam Pathak, Preeti Bajpai, 2015, Structural modeling of PfMPK2 target protein of Plasmodium falciparum and subsequent elucidation of phytoligands against it. (14th to 15thMarch, 2015)

Presented at National conference on “Nanosciences, Nanotoxicology and Nanoinformatics”-Present and Future Perspectives, Integral University, Lucknow.

35. Farina Mujeeb, Ahamad Faiz Khan and Neelam Pathak “Screening of vitamin

C, carotenoids and polyphenols in selected varieties of Bael (Aegle marmelos)

leaves” at 16th Indian Agricultural Scientists And Farmer’s Congress on Nanobiotechnological Approaches for Sustainable Agricultural and Rural Development from 22nd-23rd February, 2014 at Integral University, Lucknow.

36. Farina Mujeeb, Ahamad Faiz Khan, Preeti Bajpai and Neelam Pathak “Molecular Diversity Analysis in Aegle marmelos (Bael) using RAPD markers”

in National Conference on Nanosciences, Nanotoxicology and Nanoinformatics -Present and Future Perspectives organized by Department of Bioengineering and Biosciences, 14th -15th March held at Integral University, Lucknow .

37. Sharma, D. C., Shukla, R., Sharma, S., Bajpai, P., Pathak, N. (2015). Evaluation of

phytochemicals, free radical scavenging and antibacterial activity of Phoenix

sylvestris. International Conference on Medicinal Plants: Resource for Affordable

New Generation Healthcare 20nd-22nd March 2015 held at CIMAP Lucknow.

38. Shukla, R., Sharma, D. C., Bajpai, P., Pathak, N. (2015). Identification and

characterization of phytochemical compounds from Grewia asiatica. International

Conference on Medicinal Plants: Resource for Affordable New Generation

Healthcare 20nd-22nd March 2015 held at CIMAP Lucknow.

39. Sharma, D. C., Shukla, R., Singh, A., Naureen, S., Sharma, S., Bajpai, P., Pathak,

N. (2015). Isolation and identification of partially purified compounds for free

radical scavenging activity from Phoenix sylvestris. National Level Conference on

Nano-sciences, Nano-toxicology and Nano-informatics present and future

prospective-14th -15th March, 2015 held at Integral University.

40. Sharma, D. C., Tiwari, R., Shukla, S., Shukla, R., Sharma, S., Bajpai, P., Pathak, N.

(2015). INCREASING SHELF LIFE OF FRUITS BY USING

NANOTECHNOLOGY. National Level Conference on Nano-sciences, Nano-

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toxicology and Nano-informatics present and future prospective-14th -15th March,

2015 held at Integral University

41. Farina Mujeeb, Ahamad Faiz Khan, Preeti Bajpai and Neelam Pathak

“Phytochemical Screening and Evaluation of Antioxidant Activity, Total

Phenolics and Total Flavonoids of Aegle marmelos Leaf Extracts” and poster

presentation in International Conference on Medicinal Plants: Resource for

Affordable New Generation Healthcare 2015 held from 20nd-22nd March, 2015.

42. Farina Mujeeb, Uzma Sayyed, Ahamad Faiz Khan, Preeti Bajpai and Neelam

Pathak “Comparative analysis of In Vitro Antioxidant Activity of Eighteen Bael

(Aegle marmelos) varieties and accessions” and delivered a poster presentation in

the “International Conference on Biotechnological Advancements in Free Radical

Biology and Medicine (ICBAFM) held from 14th -16th November, 2015.

43. Sharma, D. C., Shukla, R., Sharma, S., Bajpai, P.,Pathak, N. (2015). Evaluation of

phytochemicals, free radical scavenging and antibacterial activity of Phoenix

sylvestris. International Conference on Medicinal Plants: Resource for Affordable

New Generation Healthcare 2015. CIMAP.

44. Shukla, R., Sharma, D. C., Bajpai, P., Pathak, N. (2015). Identification and

characterization of phytochemical compounds from Grewia asiatica. International

Conference on Medicinal Plants: Resource for Affordable New Generation

Healthcare 2015. CIMAP

45. Sharma, D. C., Shukla, R., Singh, A., Naureen, S., Sharma, S., Bajpai, P., Pathak,

N. (2015). Isolation and identification of partially purified compounds for free

radical scavenging activity from Phoenix sylvestris. National Level Conference on

Nano-sciences, Nano-toxicology and Nano-informatics present and future

prospective-2015.

46. Sharma, D. C., Shukla, R., Tiwari, R., Shukla, S. Sharma, S., Bajpai, P., Pathak, N.

(2015). Increasing shelf life of fruits by using nanotechnology. National Level

Conference on Nano-sciences, Nano-toxicology and Nano-informatics present

and future prospective-2015.

47. Farina Mujeeb, Ahamad Faiz Khan, Preeti Bajpai and Neelam Pathak

“Phytochemical Evaluation, Antioxidant Activity and Cell viability

determination of Aegle marmelos (Bael) leaf extract” and also presented a poster in

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the International Conference on “Emerging Trends in Biomedical sciences”

(ETBS-2016) held from 6th-8th March 2016.

48. Farina Mujeeb1, Ahamad Faiz Khan2, Uzma Sayyed1, Preeti Bajpai1, Neelam

Pathak1 “Assessment of Genetic Diversity in Bael (Aegle marmelos)

Varieties/Accessions using RAPD and ISSR Markers” and poster presentation in

the International Congress on Post-Harvest Technologies of Agricultural Produce

for Sustainable Food and Nutritional Security (ICPASN) held from November

10th-12th, 2016.

49. Sharma, D. C., Shukla, R., Sharma, S., Bajpai, P., Pathak, N. (2016). A correlative

study of total phenolic and flavonoids content of Phoenix sylvestris fruit

responsible for free radical scavenging activity. Advances in Plant Science

Frontier: Development and Environment, At G. F. College, Shahjahanpur (UP),

26th-27th November 2016.

50. Shukla R, Sharma D.C., Pathak N. and Bajpai, P. (2016). ‘Phytochemical

evaluation of different polarity extracts of Grewia asiatica flower and their anti-

bacterial efficacy’. Advances in Plant Science Frontier: Development and

Environment, At G. F. College, Shahjahanpur (UP), 26th-27th November 2016.

51. Jasarat Ali, Imran Ansari, Farheen Ahmad, Nivedita Joshi, Gulafshan, Nayyara

Zeeshan, Maryam Sohail and Neelam Pathak, “Role of ACC deaminase

producing PGPR on growth and improvement of Zea mays (Maize) in usar soil

under salt stress” in First Indo-Russian Meet and Second International

Conference on “Biotechnological Advancements in Free Radical Biology and

Medicine (ICBAFM)” organized by integral university, Lucknow, (Jan. 25, 2017).

52. Sharma, D. C., Shukla, R., Sharma, S., Bajpai, P., Pathak, N. (2017). Phoenix

sylvestris leaf extract: An In-silico study of alpha amylase inhibition involved in

Diabetes. National Seminar on Innovations & Challenges in Basic & Applied

Sciences. March 04, 2017 at Maharaja Agrasen University, Solan, Himanchal

Pradesh.

53. Neelam Pathak and Sanjay Pathak (2019) Exploration of Plant Growth Promoting

Microorganism: A novel approach, in National Conference on Interdisciplinary

Advancements in Biochemistry (NCIAB-2019) at Department of Biochemistry Dr

Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya. March, 28th-29th 2019.

54. Ambreen Bano, Anmol Gupta, Smita Rai, Swati Sharma and Neelam Pathak

Biochemical and cell wall hydrolysing enzymes changes ripening during

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different stages of Psidium guajava L. fruit in National Conference on

Interdisciplinary Advancements in Biochemistry (NCIAB-2019) at Department of

Biochemistry Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya. March, 28th-

29th 2019.

55. Anmol Gupta, Ambreen Bano, Smita Rai, Neelam Pathak and Swati Sharma

(2019) Role of Acds Positive PGPB and its efficacy in improving the plant health

under stress conditions in National Conference on Interdisciplinary

Advancements in Biochemistry (NCIAB-2019) at Department of Biochemistry Dr

Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya. March, 28th-29th 2019.

56. Farina Mujeeb, Ahamad Faiz Khan and Neelam Pathak(2019)Biochemical

characterization of enzymatic antioxidants in different bael (Aegle Marmelos)

Varietes/Accessions in National Conference on Interdisciplinary Advancements

in Biochemistry (NCIAB-2019) at Department of Biochemistry Dr Ram Manohar

Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya. March, 28th-29th 2019.

57. Faria Fatima and Neelam Pathak Synthesis of biostabilized gold nanoparticles

using fungas Bipolaris tetramera and its antimicrobial and anticancer properties

in National Conference on Interdisciplinary Advancements in

Biochemistry (NCIAB-2019) at Department of Biochemistry Dr Ram Manohar

Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya. March, 28th-29th 2019.

58. Smita Rai, Anmol Gupta, Ambreen Bano, Neelam Pathak and Swati Sharma The

effect of edible coating for enhancing the shelf life and improving postharvest

quality of amla (Phyllanthus emblica) fruit in National Conference on

Interdisciplinary Advancements in Biochemistry (NCIAB-2019) at Department of

Biochemistry Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya. March, 28th-

29th 2019.

59. Neelam Pathak and Smita Rastogi (2009) Invasive alien species: An impact of globalization. Souvenir published at national conference on Invasive alien species -A threat to native biodiversity.40-43.

60. Faria Fatima, Ira Chaudhary, Jasarat Ali, Smita Rastogi, Neelam Pathak (2010)

Exploring microbial diversity for development . Souvenir published at national

conference on biodiversity, Development and Poverty Alleviation

biodiversity.61-64

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Research Guidance-

S.No.

Name of Scholar Title of thesis Supervisor/co supervisor

Status

1 Anju Gupta Beta-globin gene mutations in India and their linkage to β-haplotypes

Supervisor Awarded

2 Farzana Sabir Metabolic and biochemical studies on in vitro raised tissue systems of medical plant Withania sominifera L. Dunal

Supervisor Awarded

3 Shilpi Srivastava Studies on the industrial scale production nanoparticle using fungi immobilized polyurethane system: with special reference to reaction kinetics and engineering considerations

Supervisor Awarded

4 Faria Fatima Biodiversity Analysis of Phosphate Solubilizers at Biochemical and Molecular level

Co-Supervisor

Awarded

5 Ira Isolation of ligninolytic microorganisms and their biochemical and molecular characterization

Co-Supervisor

Awarded

6 Rupesh Kr Mishra

Development of molecular diagnostic kit for rapid detection of fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Psidii causes vascular wilt in guava

Co-Supervisor

Awarded

7 Mohd. Shahid Studies on Molecular Variability in Trichoderma sp. and their Antagonistic Effect against Fusarium udum Causing Wilt of

Co-Supervisor

Awarded

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Pigeonpea

8 Mohd. Kursheed Identification, Characterization and optimization of leads for targets involved in the regulation of multiple neurodegenerative disorders

Supervisor Awarded

9 Pooja Saxena Physiological and Biochemical basis for flowering in mango

Supervisor Awarded

10 Farina Mujeeb Biodiversity Analysis of Bael leaves at Biochemical and Molecular level

Supervisor Awarded

11 Mohammad Ashfaque

Microbial conversion of sugarcane bagasse to ethanol

Supervisor Awarded

12 Sumiya Anees Biomarkers of oxidative stress in cynobacterial isolates in relation to pesticides

Co Supervisor

Awarded

13. Dinesh Chandra Sharma

“Biochemical analysis and molecular Characterization of wild Indian date palm, Phoenix sylvestris (L) Roxb

Co Supervisor

Awarded

14 Jasarat Ali Isolation of ACC deaminase producing microorganism and their biochemical and molecular characterization

Supervisor Awarded

15 Rashmi Srivastava

Molecular characterization of CRN12 in Leishmania parasites

Supervisor Awarded

16 Sibhghatulla Sheikh

Study on the mechanism of multiple drug resistance in beta-lactamase producing bacterial pathogens: a clinico-bioinformatics approach

Supervisor Awarded

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17 Megha Chagtoo Role of soluble adenylyl cyclase in eschemia reperfusion induced Brain injury

Supervisor Awarded

18 Mohd. Haneef In silico characterization of cigarette smoke carcinogens- Biomolecules interactions assessment of cancer risk

Supervisor Awarded

20 Priyanka Jalote Cd induced redox change in germinating Vigna radiata seeds

Supervisor Pursuing

21 Mohd. Azmi Elucidation and Characterization of neurologically active inhibitors against selected therapeutic targets of Alzheimer disease.

Supervisor Pursuing

22 Ambreen Bano Biochemical and Molecular Changes during Guava Psidium guajava .L) fruit ripening

Supervisor Pursuing

23 Anmol Gupta Characterization of ACC Deaminase producing bacteria and Bioinoculant Formulation for Plant growth promotion.

Supervisor Pursuing

Others

- Appointed as reviewer of Oxford University Press

- Received an offer to write book for graduate or postgraduate students on topic Introduction to Biotechnology / Genetic Engineering / Plant Biotechnology / Animal Biotechnology / Food Biotechnology by PHI Learning Pvt Ltd

- Received an offer to write text book for postgraduate students on Biochemistry or Microbiology by Oxford University Press

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LECTURES PRESENTED

- Guest speaker in KEPLER, 2006 at Bundelkhand University, Jhansi - Invited as Guest speaker to deliver lecture on “Genetically modified crops” at

National conference organized by UP biodiversity Board on occasion of International Biodiversity Day

- Invited to deliver a lecture on ‘Agrobacterium-mediated transformation - a concept’ in the summer training program organized by Human Resource Institute for Development & Analysis International (HRIDAI) at Biotech Park, Lucknow

- Delivered a lecture on ‘Transgenic plants’ in summer vacation lecture series organized at Integral University, Lucknow (Jun. 19, 2007)

- Delivered a lecture on ‘Basic concept of molecular biology and Genetic Engineering ’ in summer vacation lecture series organized at Integral University, Lucknow (July 11, 2011)

- Invited as resource person in winter school to deliver a lecture on "Paradigm

Shift in Development of Genetically Modified fruit Crops" during National Training on Biosafety associated with genetically modified crops. (09-12-2013) organized by Division of Biotechnology CISH, Lucknow

- Invited as guest speaker to deliver a lecture on “Plant growth promoting

microorganism: a novel approach Symposium on “Recent Advances in Biochemistry and Biotechnology: Applications in Health,Environment &; Agriculture” is being organized from 29th to 31st October 2013 at Department of Biochemistry Lucknow University.

- Invited as guest speaker to deliver a lecture on “Ethylene play important role during transition from vegetative growth to flowering at ”National Seminar-cum-Workshop on “Physiology of Flowering in Perennial Fruit Crops” at Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, (ICAR) Rehmankhera. 24-26 May, 2014.

- Invited as Lead Speaker at National Conference on "Strategies and Challenges in Doubling Farmers' Income through Horticultural Technologies in Subtropics" during 21-22 June, 2018.Biotechnology in Horticulture for Better Tomorrow held at CISH, Lucknow

- Invited as lead speaker to deliver a lecture on Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) - Characterization and elucidation of plant growth ability of ACC deaminase producing bacteria 38th Annual Session of the Academy of Environmental Biology and national Conference on Current Issues of Environmental Health, Climate Change and It’s Management, NCECM-2018, 3-4 October 2018. Held at Dr Rammanohar Lohia University, Ayodhya

- Delivered a talk on Biotechnology as tool for horticultural crop improvent: Current and future prospective at Progressive Horticulture Conclave-2019 "Futuristic Technologies in Horticulture" is being organized by the Indian Society of Horticultural Research and Development (ISHRD) and ICAR-CISH, Lucknow.

- Invited as lead speaker to deliver lecture on “Role of acds positive PGPB (Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria) and its efficacy in improving the plant health under

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salinity stress conditions” in National Seminar on“Omics for Food, Health and Environment”(OFHE-2020)14-15th February 2020

- Delivered a talk on Quality Indicator Framework (QIF) Criterion III & IV, in

NAAC awareness workshop on Feb. 15 & 16, 2020 Rajkiya Engineering College Ambedkar Nagar

- Invited as resource person on Challenges and Needs of 21

st

Century Education in FDP on Outcome-based Education & Accreditation from 25th May to 29th May 2020. Organized by IILM, Gaziabad

- Delivered a E-Lecture on replication of coronavirus and strategies to find COVID-19 treatment at National E-Seminar on COVID 19 Pandemic Oppurtunities & Challenges on Corona virus pandemic: Victory beyond defeat on 28th May,2020, organized by Department of Microbiology Dr Rammanohar Lohia University, Ayodhya

- Delivered a E-Lecture on RNA dependent synthesis of RNA & DNA at Webinar on Corona virus pandemic: Victory beyond defeat on 28th May,2020, organized by Department of Biochemistry, Lucknow University.

- Delivered an E-lecture on Gender equality in higher education " on 18th of July 2020. ICC, MGCUB, Motihari, Bihar

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- ACHIEVEMENTS

Awards and Fellowships:

- Awarded Young Scientist (Fast Track Scheme) by DST, Govt. of India. - Awarded Best research paper of 2003 of Alumni association of Department of

Biochemistry, Lucknow University. - Awarded Pool Officership by CSIR (did not join). - Awarded post doctoral fellowship at University of Maryland, Maryland-20742,

USA - Awarded Research Associateship by the Council for Scientific and Industrial

Research, India April 1998. - Awarded Vice-Chancellor’ Gold Medal for obtaining highest OGPA in

Biochemistry at the M. Sc. Examination. - Won first prize in poster presentation, II SCAMB, Department of Biochemistry,

Lucknow University, Lucknow, Nov 9-11, 2000

Competitive examinations qualified

- UGC-CSIR - National Eligibility Test (1992)

- UGC-CSIR - Junior Research Fellowship (1992)

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- CSIR Direct - Research Associate (1998)

- GATE (1992)

Academic/Administrative/Other responsibilities

- Recognitions from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University

• Member of Academic council at Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya

• Deputy Convenor of Admission Committee Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya

• Member of BoS Department of Biochemistry Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya

• In charge of Health Center at Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya

• Hostel Warden- ABH Girls Hostel at Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya

- Recognitions from Integral University 16th July, 2005 to 20th June, 2018)

-Proctor of Integral University 15th May 2017 – 20 May 2018.

-Head Department of Biosciences, Integral University since 2nd June 2014 to 15th December 2017

-Member of Executive Council Integral University Lucknow (2017-2018)

-Member of Academic Council Integral University (2014-2015, 2015-2016,2016-2017, 2017-2018)

- Member of Proctorial Board, Integral University, Lucknow

- Member of Anti Ragging Squad, Integral University, Lucknow

- Member of Integral property Rights Management Cell, Integral University, Lucknow

- Member of Institutional animal ethical committee, Integral University, Lucknow

- Member of Institutional biosafety committee, Integral University, Lucknow

-Member of University core team during NAAC visit, Integral University, Lucknow

-Chairperson for Project Implementation Group of DST-FIST, Department of Biosciences, Integral University, Lucknow

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- Recognitions from other Universities / Institutions

• Appointed as evaluator of M.Sc thesis submitted by students of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, NDUAT-Faizabad

• Appointed as paper setter and evaluator for final examinations of various postgraduate and graduate courses of BBAU, Lucknow, Lucknow University, Lucknow Amity University, Lucknow, NDUAT, Faizabad, Dr RML Awadh University, Faizabad; Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, Punjab University, Chandigarh

• Appointed as external examiner for conduction of practical exams of various postgraduate and graduate courses at Lucknow University, Lucknow and Amity University, Lucknow

• Appointed as reviewer of Oxford University Press for two books (Cell Biology,

Fundamentals of Biotechnology

• Appointed reviewer of various journals

• Editorial board member of Phcog.Net

• External Expert at SGPGI for Designing & modification of M. Sc (Biotechnology)

syllabus of SGPGI

• External Expert at King Abdul Aziz University Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Kingdom

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- Organization of Conferences/Symposia/ Workshops

• Organized National Workshop on Nanomedicine -2014 as Programme executive

• Organized ICBAFM-2015 as Programme coordinator

• Organized International Conference on Biotechnological Advancements in Free

Radical Biology and Medicine as Programme coordinator (ICBAFM-2017)

• Co-chairperson of organizing committee of International congress on post

harvest technologies of agricultural produce for sustainable food & nutritional

security

• Organized NCIAB -2019 at Dr Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya

as Organizing secretary

• Organized Workshop on Research methodology at Dr Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya as Co- Convenor

• Organized International Webinar on. Looking at life differently: A fall out of

COVID-19 pandemic as Co- Convenor

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- Other Membership

- Life member of AADB (Alumni Association of the Department of Biochemistry), Lucknow University, Lucknow

- Member of executive body of Alumni Association of the Department of Biochemistry, Lucknow University, Lucknow

- Life Member Academy of Environmental Biology

- Life member of Society for science of climate change and environmental sustainability

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