Dr. VIRENDRA NATH (Ph.D. Pharmacy)
Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine CSIR, Bhupal Noble's College of Pharmacy
0000-0003-1367-7144
About
Dr. Virendra Nath is a medicinal chemist specializing in computer‑aided drug design (CADD), synthetic medicinal chemistry, and pharmacoinformatics. His expertise includes molecular docking, pharmacophore modeling, QSAR (2D/3D), molecular dynamics simulations, fragment‑based drug design, and network pharmacology using various software. He is also skilled in the synthesis, purification, and characterization of heterocyclic and natural product derivatives (NMR, HR‑MS). With over 19 publications in reputed journals, his research spans anticancer, antidiabetic, and antiviral therapeutics. Currently Associate Professor at Hygia Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Lucknow, he integrates computational and experimental approaches for multitarget drug discovery.
Scientific Expertise:
Dry Lab
QSAR/QSPR; Pharmacophore Modeling; Molecular Docking; Network Pharmacology; Fragment based approach; De novo; MD Simulation
Wet Lab
Multi step synthesis of Small heterocyclic compounds and their purification and characterization for medicinal relevance.
Extraction and isolation of natural compounds from plants from prep-TLC and column chromatography.
Employment
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Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine CSIR Research Trainee2013 - Present
Education
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Bhupal Noble's College of Pharmacy M.Pharmacy
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (17)
- Phytochemical Identification and Assessment of Amberboa ramosa Mediated Inhibition of Microtubule and EGFR Associated Growth and Metastasis of Breast Cancer Cells: In Vitro and In Silico Perspective Save
- Discovery of novel PARP-1 inhibitors using tandem in silico studies: integrated docking, e-pharmacophore, deep learning based de novo and molecular dynamics simulation approach Save
- Design, synthesis, biological assessment and molecular modeling studies of novel imidazothiazole-thiazolidinone hybrids as potential anticancer and anti-inflammatory agents Save
- Exosomes: current knowledge and future perspectives Save
- Controlled degradation and kinetics response in calcium silicate doped with sodium alginate/functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotube composite 3D scaffolds for cartilage regeneration Save
- Correction: Cassia siamea Role in Diabetes Management: Insights from In vitro and In silico Investigations on α-Glucosidase and α-Amylase Inhibition Save
- Identification of behenic acid as medicinal food for the diabetes mellitus: structure-based computational approach and molecular dynamics simulation studies Save
- Hydroxychloroquine: Similarity Search and StructureBased Virtual Screening for Identification of Potential Hits for Chemoprophylaxis Against SARS-CoV-2 Save
- Structure based virtual screening of natural compounds and molecular dynamics simulation: Butirosin as Dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP-IV) inhibitor Save
- Computational identification of potential dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-IV inhibitors: Structure based virtual screening, molecular dynamics simulation and knowledge based SAR studies Save