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Dr. Vijay Nema
Publications
Designation:
Scientist C
Department:
Microbiology
E-mail address:
vnema@nariindia.org
Educational Qualification:
| Degree |
Year |
Institution |
| PhD |
2007 | Jiwaji University, Gwalior (DRDE) |
| M.Sc |
2001 | Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar |
| B.Sc |
1999 | Dr. Hari Singh Gour University, Sagar |
 Awards and Honours:
Best poster award 47th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India, 2006.
Best paper award, National Symposium on Recent Trends in Molecular Biology. Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Gwalior, India. 2006.
Best Poster award, 45th Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India, 2004.
Research Fellowship of DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India, 2002.
CSIR-NET (Lectureship)
GATE-2001 |
Research Experience:
1. Post Doctoral Fellow at Institute of Life Sciences, Hyderabad June 2007-Jan 2009
New drug discovery and vaccine development against M. tuberculosis.
Anticancer drug screening using various cell lines
Rational anti-infective drug discovery and screening(MIC and IC50 determination)
Lead a team consisting of two research trainees in infectious disease department.
2. Assistant Professor: College of Life Sciences, CHRI, Gwalior Nov 2006-Apr 2007
Assistant Professor, Biotechnology at College of life Sciences, Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Taught Biotechnology to B.Sc and M.Sc students and guided a few dissertations.
3. Senior Research Fellow at Defence R & D Establishment: Nov 2004-Nov 2006
Developed an ELISA based diagnostic system for enterotoxin B.
Superantigenicity alleviation of enterotoxin B through site-directed mutagenesis.
4. Junior Research Fellow at Defence R & D Establishment: Nov.2002- Nov2004.
Characterized a large number of environmental and clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and Vibrio cholerae.
Cloning and expression of enterotoxin B gene.
Optimized methods for purification of native and recombinant enterotoxin B.
Generation of antibodies in laboratory animals.
5. Research Scholar at Dept. of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Dr. H.S. Gour University Sagar: Nov 2001 to Oct 2002.
Screening of fungi for the isolation of species producing pharmaceutically important polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Taught various topics of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology to post-graduate students.
6. Trainee at TERI, The Energy and Resources Institute (Formerly: Tata Energy Research Institute): July Aug. 2000.
Microbial degradation of chlorinated pesticide-Endosulfan. A bacterial consortium was developed for the degradation of endosulfan to its non-toxic components.
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