Dr. Virendra Gajbhiye
Scientist E
Agharkar Research Institute, Pune
Research Area
- Nanomedicine, Targeted drug and siRNA delivery, Biomedical application of dendrimers, Biomaterials unimolecular micelles and imaging, Multifunctional polymeric nanoparticles, Nanoparticles in tissue engineering.
- Development of multifunctional nanocarriers (dendrimers/ polymeric nanoparticles/ unimolecular micelles) for targeted drug/siRNA delivery to various types of cancer.
- Targeted drug delivery to various diseases and disorders of brain e.g. brain tumor, Alzheimer’s disease, parkinsonism etc.
- Multifunctional inorganic nanoparticles for the co-delivery of diagnostic agents and drug for diagnosis as well as targeted cancer therapy.
- Co-delivery of drug and siRNA using dendrimers/ polymeric nanoparticles/ unimolecular micelles.
- Use of biomaterials/nanoparticles in tissue engineering
Dr. Vandana Ghormade
Scientist D
Agharkar Research Institute, Pune
Research Area
- Nanoscience for protein, drug and siRNA delivery. Nanotechnologies for pathogen detection and biosensors.
- The priority research area includes nanotechnology for applications such as drug, protein, gene delivery; molecular imaging; biomarkers and bio-sensors. Target-specific drug therapy and methods for early diagnosis of pathologies are the other research areas where nanotechnology would play a vital role.
Dr. Anjali Jha
DST-INSPIRE Faculty
Agharkar Research Institute, Pune
Research Area
- Protein misfolding & aggregation, amyloid and prion biology, nanoparticles assisted drug delivery agents to target alzheimer disease.
- Primary research interest is mainly focused on designing drug-nanoparticles/peptides conjugates to target Alzheimer’s disease.
- Research interest: to test the efficacy of these therapeutic conjugates on animal model systems bearing amyloid aggregates. This research problem will utilize a multipronged approach by combining the tools of cell biology, protein chemistry and spectroscopy.