Dr. Bichismita Sahu, Ph.D.
Professor , Department of Medicinal Chemistry
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bichismita[at]niperahm[dot]ac[dot]in, bichismita[at]niperahm[dot]res[dot]in -
079-65181200, +91 8424022096 -
NIPER-Ahmedabad -
Gandhinagar
Research Interest
- Solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS)
- Drug discovery in Cancer, Neurological disorder, Microbial infections and allied areas
- Molecular Self-assembly and its biomedical applications
- Amino-acids, peptide modifications and catalysis
- Peptides, peptidomimetics for targeted drug delivery, diagnostics and scaffold developments
Experience
- Dec 2024 -continue
Professor
NIPER- Ahmedabad, Palaj, Gandhinagar
- Dec 2019-Dec 2024
Associate Professor
NIPER- Ahmedabad, Palaj, Gandhinagar
- Jan 2019-Dec 2019
Assistant Professor
NIPER- Ahmedabad, Palaj, Gandhinagar
- Oct 2018–Jan 2019
Consultant (Drug Discovery)
KrishBioTech-Kolkata
- Mar 2016- Aug 2018
Manager (R&D-API )
ASolution Pharma, Ambernath, Mumbai
- Jan 2015- Feb 2016
Scientist
Laboratory for advanced research; KET, Mumbai
- Aug 2012-Oct 2014
Senior research scientist
Piramal Enterprises, Mumbai
- Oct 2009-Aug 2011
Research scientist
Piramal Life Science Limited, Mumbai
- Sept 2006-Aug 2009
Post Doctoral Fellow
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
Research Grants
- SRG Grant; DST-SERB – Completed (As PI)
- ASPIRE Grant, CSIR (As PI)
- CRG Grant, ANRF (As PI)
- ICMR Intermediate Grant (As PI)
- Extramural Grant, GSBTM (As PI)
- Extramural Grant, ICMR (As Co-PI)
- Extramural Grant, ANRF (As Co-PI)
Patents
- Patent Title: PLGA-Dipeptide complex as biocompatible pharmaceutical excipient composition for control drug release
Application Status: Granted (Indian patent filing No. E-2/178/2023/MUM) - Patent Title: Polyfluorinated Squaramide Anticancer Compounds and Use Thereof.
Application Status: Granted (Indian patent filing No. Application No 202321027020) - Patent Title: Hexafluoro-carbinol functionalized ROS-responsive chitosans and use thereafter
Application Status: Granted (Indian patent filing No. 202221076307) - Patent Title: Tripeptide Encapsulated Niosomes Encapsulated Gel For Dermatological Disorders And The Method of Preparation Thereof
Application Status: Granted (Indian patent filing No. 202321005708) 597549