J. RENUKA DEVI

Education

Degree	Year	University	Major Subject Studied
Ph D	2007-2013	S.R.M University	Biotechnology
M.PHARM	2001-2003	J.S.S .College Of Pharmacy, Ooty	Biotechnology
B.PHARM	1997- 2001	K.K. College of Pharmacy, Chennai	Foods and Nutrition
PGDBI(Post graduate Diploma in Bioinformatics)	2004	SISI, Govt of India	Bioinformatics

Experience

June 2014 to Till date	Teaching Fellow, Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai
Dec 2005 to Dec 2008	Lecturer (Biotechnology), Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Chennai
Oct 2003 to Apr 2005	Lecturer (Biotechnology), St. Peter’s Engineering College, Chennai

Professional Summary

I am a doctorate in Biotechnology awarded in the year 2014 with a postgraduate in Pharmacy with Biotechnology specialization. I also hold a postgraduate diploma in Bioinformatics. I have 10.7 years of teaching experience in different teaching institutions. Currently working as a Teaching Fellow in Centre for Biotechnology, Anna University, Chennai. I have handled different theory papers for B Tech(Pharmaceutical technology ) and M tech (Biopharmaceutical technology) in Anna Unversity.I have guided Undergraduate students for their project in Drug discovery projects. My research area involves natural product-based drug discovery and Insilico SAR (Structure-activity relationship) studies.

Areas of Research Interest

Natural product based drug discovery

Drug design – Plant characterization with Insilico modeling using Ligand based drug design of species such as Brassicacae and Hemidesmus indicus

Ligand based design –QSAR(COMFA), Pharmacophore modeling, Simulation studies.

Publications

J Renukadevi, G Nandhinidevi, M Bavanilatha, H Tharani, R Sathiyabhama, S Vasumathi, “Pharmacophore modelling of Brassicaceae members as a potent HIF (hypoxia inducible factor) inhibitors involved in cancer angiogenesis, Pharmacognosy journal,10(4),pp.798-802,2018.
J Renuka devi, G Nandhinidevi, M Bavanilatha, T Kavitha Bharathy, M Jameela Banu, S Kanimozhi, “Three-dimensional quantitative structure activity relationships modeling studies of phytochemicals from Brassicaceae as potent inhibitors against tumor inflammation,” Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research,pp 10(1),321-323,2017.
Bavanilatha M, Inbakandan A, Renuka Devi J, “Invivo toxicity studies of biosynthesised silver nano particles using Brassica oleraceae in Zebra fish model” International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences,7(2), pp. 425-430, 2015.
J. Renuka devi and E. Berla Thangam, “Prediction of various apoptotic proteins with Sulforaphane isolated from Brassica oleraceae using docking studies,” International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4(1), pp. 65-69, 2013.
J.Renuka devi and E. Berla Thangam, “Mechanism of anticancer activity of Sulforaphane from Brassica oleraceae in the HEp-2 Human Epithelial carcinoma cell line,” Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 13(5), pp.2095 -2100, 2012 [PMID: 22901176].
Naveen Prasad R, Renuka devi J, Karpagam Murali, Johanna Rajkumar and Parthasarathy N, “A Novel Method of Designing RNA Vaccines with RNAi Targets to Tackle Dengue Virus,” International Journal of Biotechnology and Biochemistry,4 (2), pp.191–200, 2008.

Courses Taught

M Tech (Biopharmaceutical technology) and B Tech (Pharmaceutical Technology)
Bioinformatics, Conventional and Rational drug discovery strategies, Molecular Pharmacology, Drug Discovery, Regulatory issues In Pharmaceutical Industry, Human physiology, Pharmaceutical chemistry

Workshops

Participated in One day workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights 2018”(IPR 2018) held on February 1st 2018 at College of Engineering(CEG),Anna university,Chennai-25.
Attended workshop and training on Sequence Analysis and Molecular Simulation held between 20 th to 23rd December 2016, conducted by Department of Biotechnology,Anna University,Chennai-25.

Achievements

Tamilnadu Pharmaceutical Sciences Welfare Trust – M.Pharm student scholarship for the project work entitled “Enzymatic modification and Product evaluation of Various Pulses to improve the nutritional quality”
College first rank in B. Pharm degree exam conducted by The Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.R Medical University, Chennai.
Qualified Gate 2003 with percentile score 85.61 conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

Contact

Teaching Fellow,Centre for Biotechnology

Anna University, Chennai 600025

neelarenu@gmail.com

044 - 2235 8358

Dr. J. Renuka Devi