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Dr. Khushali Upadhyay has completed her Ph.D. in biochemistry in research area breast cancer phytotheraputics. She is recently working as a Teaching associate at Division of Biomedical and Life-sciences, School of Science. Her research work is focused on plant based therapeutic approach in breast and other cancers. She has 7 years of teaching and research experience.
Academic background/Qualification
- Ph.D. (Biochemistry) from School of Science, Navrachna University, Vadodara on ” Studies on plant-based anticancer agents in synergy with Melatonin: An In-vitro, In-silico and molecular analysis for possible breast cancer therapy”.
- M.Sc. (Biochemistry) from Institute of Science, Nirma University with score of 8.63 CPI (81.3%) in 2015. (Gold Medalist)
- B.Sc. (Chemistry) from The M.S.University of Baroda,Vadodara in 2013 with 65.3%.
Professional or Industrial Experience
- Teaching Associate at Division of Biomedical and Life-sciences, School of Science.July-2018 till present.
- Visiting Faculty at School of Science, Navrachana University from July-May,2017
Teaching
- Dr. Khushali is teaching stem cell and tissue culture, overview of human diseases, clinical research, essential laboratory practices, GLP and Biomedical Ethics in ART theory courses. She is also conducting laboratory sessions in life sciences related to cell and molecular biology, developmental biology, reproductive physiology, and proteomics-metabolomics, toxicology –pharmacology and recombinant DNA technology in bio-medical science. In MSc. Clinical embryology course, she teaches experiments of male and female reproductive system and cell culture techniques.
- She has focused on research based teaching (review articles and research paper discussions and presentations) for master students in theory courses. In laboratory session, she is applying innovative teaching and evaluation methods to develop research aptitude in students while doing experiments in laboratories.
Area of Expertise and Research
- Primary Area: Cancer and Phytotherapy
- Secondary Area: Breast and other cancers, Biomarkers and therapeutics
Publications
Journal Articles
- Upadhyay, K., Patel, F., Robin, E., Periyasamy, V., Sabapathy, I., Christopher, I., Manikkam, R., Ramachandran, A. V., & Baxi, D.(2024) Investigation of Anticancer potential of Solanum virginianum L. fruit and leaf extracts by In-vitro and In-silico studies. Journal of Natural remedies2; 4(6), 1249–1272. https://doi.org/10.18311/jnr/2024/34709
- Patel, F., Upadhyay, K., Mammen, D., Robin, E., Ramachandran, A. V., & Baxi, D. (2024). Phytochemical composition and antiproliferative activity of Opuntia elatior Mill.: In vitro and in silico studies on breast cancer cell line MCF-7. Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology Vol, 12(1), 117-127.
- Upadhyay, K., Patel, F.,Patel.Y., Ramachandran, A. V., & Baxi, D. (2023). Emphasizing the Role of Multi-omics Approach to Increase Survival Rate of Breast and Prostate Cancer Patients. Journal of Endocrinology and Reproduction, 147-155.
- Upadhyay, K., Patel, F., Ramachandran, A. V., Robin, E., & Baxi, D. (2021). Breaching the Barriers of Chemotherapeutics for Breast Cancer with Alternative Medicine. Journal of Endocrinology and Reproduction, 23-35.
- Upadhyay, K., Patel, F., Mammen D., Robin, E., & Baxi, D. (2020). Recent Scenario of Medicinal Plants of India in Cancer Therapeutics Recent Scenario of Medicinal Plants of India in Cancer Therapeutics. Interwoven: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Navrachana University, Vol. 3, Issue 2,25-42.
Conferences/Seminars
International
- Participated in International Conference on Molecular Medicine, Reproduction and Endocrinology 2023 and 40th Annual meeting of the Society for Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology (SRBCE 2023) hosted by School of Science, Navrachana University, Vadodara.
- Participated and Presented Poster on “Preliminary Phytochemical analysis and Microscopic studies of Butea monosperma (Lam.) Kuntze Leaf and Bark” Presented at 29th APSI scientist meet 2019 and International Conference on “Drug Discovery and Development in Agrobiotechnology and Pharmaceutical Sciences held at Smt. N. M. Padalia, Pharmacy College, Ahmedabad on 23rd – 25th November, 2019.
- Participated and Presented Poster on “Unraveling the effect of Tamoxifen on TGF- β mediated signaling in Breast Cancer” at International conference on Reproduction, Endocrinology and Development (ICRED) at Navrachana University , Vadodara on 20th January ,2019.
- Attended International Conference on “Reproductive Physiology and Comparative Endocrinology”(ICRBCE) and “Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology”(SRBCE-XXXVI) held during 20-22 January,2018 at BITS Pilani, Goa.
National
- Participated in Oral presentation on paper entitled “Phytochemical analysis and comprehensive evaluation of anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant potential of some selected medicinal plants” in the Doctoral Colloquium-NUV SHodhan organized by Navrachana University ,Vadodara on Friday,6th August,2021.
- Attended National Seminar on Human Health: Need of the hour” jointly organized by the Indian Science Congress Association(ISCA-BC) and Faculty of Science, The Maharaj Sayajirao Universiry of Baroda held on 24th December,2019.
- Attended National Seminar on “Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility” organized by Baroda Obstetric and Gynecological Society(BOGS),7th-8th October ,2017 at Vadodara.
Training/Workshops
- Participated in One Week Online Faculty Development Programme to Develop Skill Panorama on Research Methodology Based Data Analysis Using R during Aug 21 – 27, 2023 organized by Bhau Rao-Devras Shodh Peeth, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, UP and Science-Tech Institute, Lucknow
- Participated in One Week Online Workshop on Biomedical Research during July 22 – 28, 2023 organized by Science-Tech Institute(Run by MKSES), Lucknow, UP.
- Participated in Online Workshop on “Molecular Docking and Biological Software Packages for Data Analysis” – 15th to 17th June 2023 organized by Centre for Molecular and Nanomedical Sciences, International University, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (Deemed to be University).
- Participated in 3 days workshop on “Workshop on advance techniques in Lifesciences”at School of science, Navrachana University,Vadodara, 9th March to 11th March,2022.
- Certificate course on “Comprehensive Online Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)” conducted by Gujarat Student Startup and Innovation Hub (i-Hub) from 6th July to 14th September 2020.
- Participation on Innovative Pedagogy of Laboratory Animals In Animal Biology, Organised by Joseph College, TN (2020).
- Attended Intellectual property right (IPR) workshop organized by iHUB, Gujarat (2020).
- Participation in Workshop on Bioinformatics organised by Holy Cross College, TN (2020).
- Completed a certificate course on ‘Indian Kitchen Herbs for Respiratory Disorders: Ayurvedic & Modern Perspective’ by K. University (2020).
- Summer training on “Molecular Biological Techniques “ Under the Supervision of Dr. Neeta Shrivastav, Assistant Director at B.V. Patel Pharmaceutical Education & Research Development (PERD) Centre ,Ahmedabad. The aim of the training was to learn RT-PCR, Real Time PCR, AFLP, RAPD and Transfection techniques for Bacterial cells and Mammalian cells.
- Summer internship entitled “Introduction to Cancer Cell Culturing and Flow Cytometer” Under the Supervision of Dr. Rahul Purwar, at Bioscience and Bioengineering department, IIT Bombay.
Awards/Honors
- Cleared Gujarat State Eligibility Test for Lectureship (GSET) in 2020
- Qualified GATE-XL (2016), AIR: 585 Score: 483, Percentile : 94.31%
- Received Gold Medal in Master of Sciences(Biochemistry) at Institute of Science, Nirma University, Ahmedabad,2015.
