Akshay Srivastava

Biography

"The following research contributions have been made in the field of biomaterials, tissue engineering and medical devices. Developed collagen based three-dimensional in vitro intervertebral disc (IVD) model (lab-on-a-chip). Fabricated aligned collagen scaffolds and collagen or hyaluronic acid micorgels for annulus fibrosus (AF) repair. Isolated progenitor annulus fibrosus cells from human IVD for tissue regeneration. Developed affinity cell chromatography device for CD34+ cell separation from umbilical cord blood using protein-conjugated polyacrylamide matrix. Developed hyaluronan particles based drug and gene delivery platform. Fabricated novel poly(vinyl caprolactam) based temperature-responsive tissue engineering scaffolds. Fabricated polyacrylate based polymeric leukocyte filter device for safer blood transfusion. Fabricated acrylate-based smoke filter. Experience December 2016 – till date Assistant professor, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India August 2016 – November 2016 Research Scientist, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India May 2013 – April 2016-08-16 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Research in Medical Devices, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland August 2011 – April 2013 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Microbiology & Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterial, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland January 2009 – January 2011 Senior Research Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India March 2010 – June 2010 Guest Lecturer, C.S.J.M. University Kanpur, India June 2003 – December 2003 Lecturer (Ad hoc), C.S.J.M. University Kanpur, India Awards and Honors CSIR-UGC National Eligibility test (NET) fellowship. India (2003) Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) India (2003) Best poster presentation at international conference (BIND’06), India (2006) Travel grant from Department of Science and Technology (DST), India (2008) Travel grant from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India (2008) Travel grant from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India (2010) Selected for Young India Investigator (YIM-India) meeting held at Pune, India (2012) Reviewer for PLoS One (2013) SYIS-EU chair in TERMIS-EU conference (2014) Science foundation Ireland award for research work in Japan (ISCA) (2015) Certificate of appreciation for my published articles (2007, 2009 and 2010) Academic Incentive Award for publishing high-impact journal papers during PhD (2008)"

Research Interest

Technological innovation through strong basic knowledge in biological sciences thrive my interest in translational research with the aim of improving public health. I am interested in pursuing translational biomedical research involving fabrication of biomaterial based medical devices, finding novel therapeutic strategies for tissue regeneration and developing in vitro platforms to understand disease pathology. Our group is also focused on developing new methods for the identification and isolation of therapeutic cell types for tissue repair, fabrication of cell and drug delivery platform and designing artificial cellular niches for stem cell homing.