Vijay Kumar

About

Highly motivated and experienced researcher with hands on experience in the field of protein biochemistry and X-ray crystallography supported by strong academic background and combined with the ability to work productively in a multidisciplinary environment. Presently working as Postdoctoral Research Scientist at University of Oxford to design a chemical probes to study the function of human solute transporters using state of art of Biochemical and Cryo-EM based approaches.

Employment

• University of Oxford Post Doctoral Research Scientist
  2023 - Present
• SRM University Assistant Professor
  2022 - 2022
• Regional Centre for Biotechnology SERB-National Post Doctoral Fellow
  2019 - 2021

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
  2013 - 2018
• Himachal Pradesh University M.Sc.
  2010 - 2012
• Panjab University B.Sc. (Hons)
  2007 - 2010

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (18)

• EAAT3 modulation: A potential novel avenue towards remyelination in multiple sclerosis
  Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2025.117960
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• Still in Search for an EAAT Activator: GT949 Does Not Activate EAAT2, nor EAAT3 in Impedance and Radioligand Uptake Assays
  ACS Chemical Neuroscience 2024 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.3c00731
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• Biophysical and In-Silico Investigation of Polyphenols Targeting Bifunctional DAH7PS from Bacillus subtilis
  DiscoverBMB, ASBMB Annual Meeting Abstracts 2023
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• Deciphering the substrate specificity of housekeeping sortase A and pilus-specific sortase C of probiotic bacterium Lactococcus lactis
  Biochimie 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2022.05.017
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• Black pepper prevents anemia of inflammation by inhibiting hepcidin over-expression through BMP6-SMAD1/ IL6-STAT3 signaling pathway
  Free Radical Biology and Medicine 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.03.019
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• Black pepper and piperine induce anticancer effects on leukemia cell line
  Toxicology Research 2021 DOI: 10.1093/toxres/tfab001
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• Wheatgrass inhibits the lipopolysaccharide-stimulated inflammatory effect in RAW 264.7 macrophages
  Current Research in Toxicology 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.crtox.2021.02.005
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• Recent updates for isolation of aptamers for various biothreat agents using different strategies and their role in detection applications
  Aptamers: Biotechnological Applications of a Next Generation Tool 2019 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8836-1_2
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• Recent Updates for Isolation of Aptamers for Various Biothreat Agents Using Different Strategies and Their Role in Detection Applications
  Aptamers 2019 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-8836-1_2
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• Characterization of phthalate reductase from Ralstonia eutropha CH34 and in silico study of phthalate dioxygenase and phthalate reductase interaction
  Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling 2019 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2019.05.002
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