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Dr. Aparna Chaudhary

Assistant Professor

School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (SPS)

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Educational Qualifications

Ph.D. and M.Tech (Biotechnology)

Area of Specialization / Research

Nanobiotechnology (Nanomedicine; ncRNA design and delivery; Nanocomplex) and Bioinformatics

Notable Publications

  1. 1.

    Aparna Chaudhary and Sanjeev Garg, “siRNA Delivery using Polyelectrolyte-Gold Nanoassemblies in Neuronal Cells for BACE1 Gene Silencing”, Material Science and Engineering: C (Elsevier), 80, 2017, 18-28.(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2017.05.101) (I.F. 8.457) (SCI)

    2017
  2. 2.

    Aparna Chaudhary, Sonam Srivastava and Sanjeev Garg, “Development of a Software Tool and Criteria Evaluation for Efficient Design of Small Interfering RNA”, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications (Elsevier), 404(1), 2011, 313- 320. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.11.114) (I.F. 3.322)(SCI)

    2011
  3. 3.

    Aparna Chaudhary, Sonam Srivastava and Sanjeev Garg, “Software tool for designing small interfering RNA”, ChEmference′10, 2010, 84-85. (Conference proceedings)

    2010

Awards & Achievements

  • SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF) 2017 – Science and Engineering Research Board, DST, Government of India

    2017

  • Best Poster Award, ICMG-2016 – Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore

    2016

  • CSIR Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) – for outstanding performance during PhD research

  • MHRD Fellowship during M.Sc. studies

  • JNU/DBT Fellowship during M.Sc. studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

  • GATE Qualified with 94.61 Percentile in Chemistry

  • Life Member, Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)

Paper / Poster Presentations

  1. 1.

    Oral presentation on synthesis of novel anti-inflammatory compounds

    National Conference on Medicinal Chemistry, Delhi2015
  2. 2.

    Poster: Design and synthesis of benzoxazole derivatives as antimicrobial agents

    ICMG-2016, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore2016
  3. 3.

    Oral: Synthesis and biological evaluation of indazole-based compounds

    International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry, Hyderabad2017
  4. 4.

    Poster: Novel pyrimidine derivatives as potential anticancer agents

    Indo-German Symposium on Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry, Manipal2017
  5. 5.

    Oral: Fluorescence-based probes for biological imaging

    National Symposium on Chemistry (NSC), IIT Bombay2018
  6. 6.

    Poster: Bioconjugation strategies for targeted drug delivery

    International Conference on Drug Delivery and Pharmaceutical Sciences2018
  7. 7.

    Oral: SERB N-PDF research findings on fluorescent compounds

    Annual Meeting of Society for Biological Chemistry, India2019
  8. 8.

    Poster: Synthesis and anticancer evaluation of novel scaffold derivatives

    National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium, IIT Delhi2020

Membership of Important Committees & Professional Associations

  • Indian Science Congress (ISC) - Life Membership

  • Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) - Life Membership

  • Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) - Student Membership 2015-2019

  • American Chemical Society (ACS) - Membership 2016-2017

Professional Contributions

  • Life Member, Indian Science Congress (ISC) - L35944

  • Life Member, Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) - ND/LM-130

  • Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) student membership (2015-19) - ID: 582334

  • American Chemical Society (ACS) membership (2016-17) - ID: 30997457

  • AOCS Life Membership - ID: 520764