Department of Chemical & Biological Sciences

Head of Department

Dr. Amit Kumar Paul
Ph.D, IACS, University of Calcutta

E-mail:
hod.cy@nitm.ac.in

Ph.D

Sana Quraishi Research Scholar

B. Sc.: B.Sc. Biochemistry from Lady Keane College (2019)

M. Sc.: M. Sc. Biochemistry from Jamia Hamdard University (2021)

p22cy003@nitm.ac.in
9366538051
Full Time/Part Time Scholar: Full-Time

Highest Degree with specialization (Name of Institute):

M. Sc. Biochemistry (Jamia Hamdard University)

Research Area

  •  Binding of bio-active molecules with the nucleic acids.
  •  Glycation-induced structural and functional changes in DNA.
  •  Inhibition and mechanism associated with the inhibition of glycation of DNA.

Seminar/Conference Attended:

  1.   National Conference on “Recent Advances in Chemistry: Theoretical and Computational Aspects” (RAC-TCA 2022), November 18 -20, NIT Meghalaya-NEHU, 2022.
  2. . Research Conclave, NIT Meghalaya, 2023.

Publications

  1. Quraishi, S.; Saha, D.; Kumari, K.; Jha, A.N.; Singha Roy, A.; Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 2024, 257,128568 Non-covalent binding interaction of bioactive coumarin esculetin with calf thymus DNA and yeast transfer RNA: A detailed investigation to decipher the binding affinities, binding location, interacting forces and structural alterations at a molecular level. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.128568
  2. Pathan, J.; Quraishi, S.; Das, S.; Monika; Chalana, A.; Sutradhar. D.; Adhikari, S.; J. Mol. Struct. 2024, 1295, 136690 Exploring benzene Ru(II) complexes of 2-substituted Quinoline/Napthyridine ligands: Synthesis, Biomacromolecular Binding and DFT Investigations. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2023.136690
  3. Nudrat, S.; Giri, P.; Lyngdoh Nongbri, D.; Kumari, K.; Quraishi, S.; Jana, M.; Aguan, K.; Singha Roy, A ; ACS Food Sci. Technology 2023, 3 (5), 866–880 Analysis of the Binding Mechanism of Bioactive Coumarins with Ovalbumin: Further Investigation into the Inhibitory Effects toward Protein Fibrillation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsfoodscitech.3c00055
  4. Sarmah, S.; Hazarika U.; Das, S.M.; Quraishi S.; Bhatta A.; Belwal, V.K.; Jha, A.N.; Singha Roy, A.; J. Lumin. 2022. Deciphering the interactions of phytochemicals with ovalbumin, the major food allergen from egg white: spectroscopic and computational studies. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/bio.4401

Teaching Experience

Autumn 23: B. Tech Chemistry laboratory as TA duty.