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
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 at the Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. She has 17 years of teaching and 14 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 32 international publications in reputed journals and 31 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 26 PG students as a research guide/co-guide. She is a member of professional bodies like ACS, APTI, IPA, ISCB (Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists), RSSDI, ISTE etc.
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