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Dr Rituraj Konwar

Dr Rituraj Konwar

Designation : Scientist F

Education : Ph.D

ID. No.: 1292

Contact Details: +91 0376-2370121extn 2344 Fax : +91 0376 2370011

Email id : rituraj.konwar.neist@csir.res.in

Areas of Interest

Interdisciplinary Cancer Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Drug Discovery, Preclinical Biomedical Research, Experimental Animal Models, Animal Biotechnology, Veterinary Sciences, S&T Intervention in NE India

Projects(Ongoing & Completed)

  • Cytokine gene polymorphism in breast cancer patients and its association with known prognostic markers and early recurrence
  • Immunohisto-chemical quantification of T-cell subtypes (CD3, CD4, CD8), NK cell marker (CD56), Dendritic cell marker (CD209) and Th1, Th2 cytokinesis(TNF, IFNY, IL4) in breast cancer tissue and peripheral blood as independent prognostic markers.
  • Impact of Adipokine and Chemokine gene polymorphism and its protein expression in metabolic syndrome

List of Publications

  • Islam N, Roy K, Barman P, Rabha S, Bora HK, Khare P, Konwar R, Saikia BK. Chemical and toxicological studies on black crust formed over historical monuments as a probable health hazard. J Hazard Mater. 2024 Feb 15;464:132939. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132939 (Citation: 01)
  • Islam N, Bora M, Saikia M, Boruah A, Roy K, Konwar R, and Saikia BK (2023). Environmental evaluation of carbon dot and fullerene formation in atmospheric particulate matter (PM10): observations from their free radical scavenging and electrochemical studies. Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2023, 10, 311–324. (Citation: 01)
  • Jana AK, Singh J, Ganesher A, Kumar A, Banerjee A, Kumar D, Verma SK, Sharma AK, Bhatta RS, Konwar R, Panda G. Tyrosine-Derived Novel Benzoxazine Active in a Rat Syngenic Mammary Tumor Model of Breast Cancer. J Med Chem. 2021 Nov 2. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01624. (Citation: 07)
  • Pooja S, Francis A, Bid HK, Kumar S, Rajender S, Ramalingam K, Thangaraj K, Konwar R (2011). Role of ethnic variations in TNF-α and TNF-β polymorphisms and risk of breast cancer in India. Breast Cancer Res Treat.126:739-47. (Citation: 55)
  • Chakravarti B, Maurya R, Siddiqui JA, Bid HK, Rajendran SM, Yadav PP, Konwar R (2012) In vitro anti-breast cancer activity of ethanolic extract of Wrightiatomentosa: Role of pro apoptotic effects of oleanolic acid and urosolic acid. J Ethnopharmacol 142(1):72-79. (Citation: 149)

List of Key Patents with brief description and status (Filed/Granted/Commercialized)

Patent Number 533818, Granted on 11th day of April 2023 (Application No.202331026889 & Date of filing 11/04/2023); Patent Title: A system and a method for synthesis of iron based nanoparticles; Inventors: Madhulekha Gogoi, Manabendra Borah, Sanmilan Jyoti Kalita, Lakshi Saikia, Himangsu Kousik Bora, Rituraj Konwar, Aditya Man Borborah

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North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam, a constituent establishment of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, has been engaged in multidisciplinary R&D work relevant to the country in general and North Eastern Region in particular.

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