Advisory board member
Dr. Rajesh M.Patel, M.Pharm (Biotech.), Ph.D., is a faculty of Department of Biotechnology, S.K.Patel College of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, Ganpat University, INDIA. He has completed his Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology from Ganpat University in 2011. He has guided over 15 students in their research projects in various areas of Biotechnology like anti cancer drug screening of drugs of plant and synthetic origin, Isolation and purification of industrially important enzymes, Screening of microtubule targeting drugs of plant and synthetic origin etc. He is actively a editorial board member of several reputed national journals. He has published 3 articles in international journals, 30 articles in national journals and also published 2 books in international publication house. He has received Silver medal in the national level essay competition with the theme titled “Steps to Revitalize Pharmacy Profession in India” organized by PERD centre, Ahmedabad on 11 th December, 2009. He is also a active life member of several prestigious national societies like Association of Pharmacy Teachers of India (APTI), Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA), In Pharm Association, Association of Pharmacy Professionals and Indian Society of cell Biology. His area of research interest is: 1. Elucidating the role of microtubule dynamics in cellular processes and screening of anti cancer drugs of synthetic and plant origin targeting microtubules, 2. Isolation and characterization of therapeutic proteins and peptides from microbial origin, 3. Design and development of cell based vaccines and their characterization by analytical methods. 4. Analysis and purification of therapeutic proteins produced by r-DNA technology.