Vibha Tandon
Professor
Special Centre for Molecular Medicine
Jawaharlal Nehru University
India
Biography
21 st January 2014 to till date : J oined as Full Professor in Special Centre for M o- lecular Medicine, JNU ,New Delhi. · 28 th March 2013 – 20 th January 2014 ; Professor at University of Delhi . · January 2010 – 2 8 th March 2013 : Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Univ ersity of Delhi. · January 2009 – 2010 : Reader in Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi. · January 1998 – 2009: Research Scientist (Lecturer ), University of Delhi, Delhi. · January – December 1997: Production In charge of a 100% EOU producing Surg i- cal Gloves i.e. M/S KCK Latex Limited, Delhi. · April 1996 – December 1996: Senior Chemist of an 100% EOU producing Surgical Gloves i.e. M/S KCK Latex Limited, Kanpur & Delhi. · January 1993 – March 1996: Post Doctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Javed Iqbal, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
Research Interest
Chemical Biology ,Radiation Biology & Cell Signalling, Drug Development and Study of their mechanism of Action based on Genomics & Proteomics, Development of Antibiotics for Gyrase Resistant Strains targeting Topoisomerase IA Gene in bacteria.
Publications
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A Copper-Catalyzed Tandem Synthesis of Indolo- and Pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines; Akhilesh Kumar Verma,* Tanay Kesharwani, Jaspal Singh, Vibha Tandon and Richard C. Larock* Angew. Chem Int. Ed. 2008, 48, 1138-1143.
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Enterohepatic re-circulation of bioactive ginger phytochemicals is associated with enhanced tumor growth-inhibitory activity of ginger extract. Gundala SR, Mukkavilli R, Yang C, Yadav P, Tandon V, Vangala S, Prakash S, Aneja R. Carcinogenesis. 2014 Jan 15. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgu011.
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Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Bisbenzimidazoles as Escherichia coli Topoisomerase IA Inhibitors and Potential Antibacterial Agents. Hemlata Nimesh, Souvik Sur, Devapriya Sinha, Pooja Yadav, Prachi Anand, Priyanka Bajaj, Jugsharan S. Virdi, Vibha Tandon. J. Med. Chem. 2014, 57, 5238-5257.
