Bhumika

Bhumika Patel, Author at Institute of Pharmacy
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Bhumika Patel

Bhumika Patel

Educational Qualification

    PhD

Research Area

    Computer Aided Drug Design, Design and Synthesis of Lead Candidates, HIV, Cancer, Diabetes, PARP Inhibitors, Solubility Enhancement of Lead Molecules, Wnt Signaling, Porcupine Inhibitors, Mtb ATP Synthase Inhibitors, Tuberculosis

Designation

  • Assistant Professor

Department

  • Pharmaceutical Chemistry

General Information

  • 07971652728

  • PG204, First Floor, Faculty area, Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University

Specialisation

    Rational Drug Design and Synthesis , Computational Chemistry , Drug Design Software Handling

About

  • Dr. Bhumika Patel is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Coordinator of UG Research Council at the Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. She has 16 years of teaching and 13 years of research experience. Her area of research includes drug repurposing using in-silico techniques, rational design and synthesis of different heterocyclic compounds under various therapeutic classes like diabetes, cancer, TB etc. She has a sound knowledge of computer aided drug design techniques like pharmacophore modelling, QSAR, Virtual Screening, Molecular docking and MD simulation, Homology modelling etc. and has worked on softwares like Sybyl, Discovery Studio, Gold, Schrodinger, etc. Currently she is working as PI on GSBTM funded major research project entitled “Hit to Lead Optimization of NCEs as Selective Poly (ADP-ribose) Polymerase1 (PARP1) Inhibitors for the Treatment of Breast Cancer” worth Rs. 40,75,856/- for the duration of 3 years from 2024-27. She has 26 international publications in reputed journals and 29 presentations in her credit. She delivered a keynote talk at the International Conference on "In Silico Trends and Approaches in Drug Discovery and Development" organized by the University of Doha for Science and Technology in Doha, Qatar from October 22 to 24, 2023. She presented a research poster at the 257th ACS Annual Meeting and Exposition held at Orlando, Florida, USA during March-April 2019 for which she received full travel assistance from SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. She received Best Assistant Professor Award 2018-19 for the Overall Performance in Teaching, Co-Curricular Activities and Research from Nirma University. She completed one minor research project of GUJCOST and five MRPs of Nirma University as PI/CoPI. She is a recognized PhD guide at Nirma University and currently she is guiding 4 PhD candidates. She guided 24 PG students as a research guide/co-guide. She is a member of professional bodies like American Chemical Society, APTI, IPA, ISCB (Indian Society
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