Dr. Urmi Bajpai
Associate Professor
Biomedical Sciences
Acharya Narendra Dev College
India
Biography
Her education includes:M.Sc., Bioscience, Jamia Milia Islamia University and Ph.D. Microbiology South Campus, University of Delhi.Her Academic Projects includes: Development of alternative anti-bacterials through Bacteriophage-derived proteins, isolated from India, TCOF-21 - Computational identification, purification and functional analysis of proteins from Mycobacteriophages and to explore their anti-mycobacterial potential, Mtb Mur pathway enzymes: Potential targets for Multi-targeted therapy†(Screening of chemical libraries using one-pot assay developed for Mur enzymes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis), Mtb Mur pathway enzymes: Potential targets for Multi-targeted therapy etc.
Research Interest
Facilitation of research at undergraduate level, Studying the potential of Mur Pathway enzymes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis as potential candidates for multi-target therapy, Exploring Mycobacteriophages for their anti-mycobacterial properties: Genomic diversity and identification & characterization of endolysins.
Publications
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Avni Sinha, Kandasamy Eniyan, Swati Sinha, Andrew M Lynn, Urmi Bajpai, Functional analysis of TPM domain containing Rv2345 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis identifies its phosphatase activity.Protein expression and purification issue. 111 pages 23-27, 2015.
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Shahzaib Ahamad, Faez Iqbal Khan, Urmi Bajpai, Shahnawaz Ali, Neerja Dwivedi and Md. Imtaiyaz Hassan, A comparative molecular dynamics study of MurA enzymes from E. coli and M. tuberculosis.Innovation in Pharamaceuticals and Pharmacotherapy. Vol 03, Issue 03, Pages:673-682, 2015.
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Kandasamy Eniyan, Anuradha Kumar, Geetha Vani Rayasam, Andrej Perdih and Urmi Bajpai, Development of a one-pot assay for screening and identification of Mur pathway inhibitors in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Scientific Reports. 6: 35134, 2016.
