Dr. Abhijeet S. Kate, Ph.D.
Professor , Department of Natural Products
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abhijeetk[at]niperahm[dot]ac[dot]in, abhijeetk[at]niperahm[dot]res[dot]in -
+79 65181200 -
NIPER Ahmedabad, Opposite Air force Station, Palaj -
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India - 382355
Research Interest
- Bio-prospecting of endolichenic fungi and marine fungi to discover novel bioactive scaffolds.
- Implementation of various LC-MS based dereplication strategies and NMR based structure elucidation to discover novel scaffolds from biological sources such as marine and terrestrial bacteria, fungi, and plants.
- Downstream process optimization for large scale isolation of Natural Products.
- Fingerprinting of extracts by LC-UV-MS in Natural Products based drug discovery program.
- Development of novel approaches for the separation and characterization of marine and terrestrial natural products to accelerate the discovery of drug leads.
Experience
- December 2024-continue
Professor
NIPER-Ahmedabad, Palaj, Gandhinagar
- December 2019 - Nov 2024
Associate Professor
NIPER-Ahmedabad, Palaj, Gandhinagar
- July 2017 - December 2019
Assistant Professor
NIPER-Ahmedabad, Palaj, Gandhinagar
- December 2014 – July 2017
Senior Scientist
SABIC Research and Technology Center, Bangalore
- January 2010 –November 2014
Group Leader
Piramal Life Science Limited, Mumbai
- July 2008 – December 2009
Application Engineer
Agilent Technologies, Bangalore
- September 2006 – April 2008
Research Associate
University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada
- February 2003 – June 2004
Group Leader
Enem Nostrum Remedies Pvt. Ltd. ,Mumbai
- July 2000 – January 2003
Analytical chemist
Medlar laboratories Pvt. Ltd. ,Mumbai
Research Grants
- Centre for Medical Devices (Department of Pharmaceuticals), NIPER-Ahmedabad (CMD/R&D/01-25/01)
- Research Supports Scheme – Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM) (GSBTM/0040/06/2026)
- Department of Biotechnology (DBT) Bio-AI Multi-Institute Project (BT/PR 65482/BIOAH/164/175/2026)
Patents (Granted/ Published)
- Patent Title: Linusorb enriched fraction and a process for preparation thereof.
Application Status: Granted (Patent Number: 559441) - Patent Title: Use of a thiopeptide compound in the treatment of Clostridium difficile associated infections.
Application Status: Published (PCT Application No.: PCT/IB2014/065702) - Patent Title: Macrocyclic lactone derivatives and uses thereof.
Application Status: Published (PCT Application No.: PCT/IB2014/058693) - Patent Title: Nucleoside analogue as an anticancer compound.
Application Status: Published (PCT Application No.: PCT/IB2013/052481)