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Mrs. K.Naveena


Teaching Fellow, Centre for Biotechnology

Department of Biotechnology

Anna University, Chennai 600025


044 - 2235 8395

naveenakandasamy14@gmail.com







Education

Degree University
PhD (Pursuing) Anna University
M.Pharm SASTRA University, Thanjavur
B.Pharm Mother Theresa Institute of Health Sciences.


Experience

September 2017 to till date Teaching Fellow, in Pharmaceutical Technology Branch at Center for Biotechnology, Anna university, Chennai
November 2011- April-2012 Assistant Professor in Malla reddy College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad
January 2011- October 2011 Assistant Professor in RBVRR Women’s College of Pharmacy, Hyderabad
January 2010 to December 2010. One year worked in Regulatory Affairs / QA Department in SAGA Laboratories Ahmedabad







AREAS OF INTEREST


• Insilico drug designing, Molecular Modeling, Simulations.

• Understanding the behavior of Biological systems and drugs through Kinetic modeling.

• Targeting structural proteins in cancer through computer aided drug Designing






Publications


  • “Synthesis, Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Evaluation of Some Bis (Indolyl) Methane Derivatives” T. Sathish Kumar, D. Sathis Kumar, Venkata Krishna, K. Naveena, M. Raginiand A.Harani “Asian Journal of Chemistry”.
  • Molecular docking studies of withanolides against Cox-2 enzyme. Pakisthan Journal of pharmaceutical sciences. Yogeswaran P, K.Naveena
  • Won Best Poster presentation at saveetha Dental College for Mutational analysis of Brugia malayi AsnRs
  • Curated 2 kinetic reaction model Molecular habituation’ as a potential mechanism of gradual homeostatic loss with age MODEL 2 & MODEL 4 in Biomodel database using COPASI.
  • Selected and delivered Oral Presentation on Identification of Novel Lysyl Hydroxylase Inhibitors & their Molecular Insights – a computational Approach at 5th IIT Madras –Tokyo Tech Joint Symposium on “Current trends in Bioinformatics: Big data analysis, Machine Learning and drug design”


DRUG DESIGN SOFTWARE’S & TOOLS


  • Simulation software: GROMACS, Schrodinger- Desmond
  • Kinetic Simulator: COPASI, CELL DESIGNER
  • Docking and QSAR software’s:, Schrodinger- Glide, TRIPOS Sybyl , Hex, AUTODOCK
  • Protein- Protein Docking – CLUSPRO
  • Homology modeling Tool: Modeler, Schrodinger –prime, I-Tasser, Quark
  • Abinitio Modeling Tool- Robetta
  • Biochemical Network Interaction Software: Cytoscape, String Database
  • Pharmacophore modelling: Ligand scout
  • Molecular Visualization Software: Rasmol, Chimera, PYMOL, SwissPdb viewer
  • Database & Tools: EMBL - Biomodel, BLAST, Clustal package, Phylogenetic analysis, SNP analysis, CASTP server, QSITE binder.
  • Cheminformatics Tools & Databases: Schrodinger Phase, ZINC, Chem office 10.0, Chem Draw, Molinspiration, Molsoft, Argus lab.
  • BIOLOGICAL DATABASES: NCBI, GENBANK, Swissprot, PDB


TRAINING PROJECTS & SYMPOSIUM ATTENDED


  • Attended 1 week training in Kinetic Modeling & Biomodel Database at IIT Madras.
  • Attended 1week training program in NEXT GEN SEQUENCING at Bio Discovery Group Life sciences (BDG).
  • Attended 4 Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) programme at Anna University.
  • Attended 2 Biotechnology Information Technology Systems (BTIS) at Anna University.
  • 1year M.Pharm project in computer aided drug designing at NIPER Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
  • Undergone Industrial Training in PHARM PRODUCTS THANJAVUR.
  • One month Industrial Training in MEIR’S PHARMA, KARAIKAL
  • Undergone short term HANDS ON Training in Isolation of DNA, PCR Technique,
  • GEL Electrophoresis, DNA Fingerprinting at SIMPRA Biotechnology institute, Thanjavur.






Contact


Teaching Fellow, Centre for Biotechnology

Department of Biotechnology

Anna University, Chennai 600025

naveenakandasamy14@gmail.com

044 - 2235 8395