Dr. Maheshkumar R. Borkar
Assistant Professor
M. Pharm Ph. D.
Specialization: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Experience:
Academic: 9 Years
Thrust Research Areas:
-Synthesis of NCEs, Molecular Modeling, Computer Aided Drug Design, QSAR.
-Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel chemical entities (NCEs) against various infectious diseases like TB, Leishmania, Fungal etc.
Awards
- Received Junior Research Fellowship of Dept. of Biotechnology (DBT) INDIA Project No.BT/PR11810/BRB/10/690/2009 for the period of three years 2010-2012.
- Received Senior Research Fellowship of Dept. of Biotechnology (DBT) INDIA Project No.BT/PR11810/BRB/10/690/2009 for the period of three years 2012-2013.
- Received International Travel Grant from DST-SERB SB/ITS/0029/2014-15 to attain and present research work at 5th Collaborative Drug Discovery Meeting at San Francisco (USA)
- Received International Travel Grant from ICMR No.3/2/TG-49/HRD-2014 (42) to attain and present research work at 5th Collaborative Drug Discovery Meeting at San Francisco (USA)
- Awarded as Best Participant in the 5 Days Workshop on “Drug Discovery, Design and Development” by Makeintern and ECell IIT Kharagpur at R. C. Patel Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research. 17th -21 Aug 2019.
Best Poster Research Awards:
- Mahesh R. Borkar, R.R. S. Pissurlenkar, E.C. Coutinho “Utility of HomoSAR Methodology for Mapping Activity Elements of Protegrin Antimicrobial Peptides” The 2nd International Conference on Bridging Innovations in Pharmaceutical, Medical and Bio Sciences (INNOPHARM 2) 11th-12th Feb 2017 at Bhopal, India. (1st Prize)
- Mahesh R. Borkar, R.R. S. Pissurlenkar, E.C. Coutinho “Utility of HomoSAR Methodology for Mapping Activity Elements of Protegrin Antimicrobial Peptides” The 2nd International Conference on Bridging Innovations in Pharmaceutical, Medical and Bio Sciences (INNOPHARM 2) 11th-12th Feb 2017 at Bhopal, India. (3rd outstanding poster in overall conference)
- Mahesh R. Borkar, R.R. S. Pissurlenkar, E.C. Coutinho “HomoSAR: Amalgamation of Comparative Protein Modeling with Quantitative Structural Activity Relationship to Predict and Design New Peptides” received the best poster award in Indo - USA Joint International Conference on Molecular Modeling and Informatics in Drug Design, 3rd-6th Nov 2014, at NIPER, Chandigarh, India. (1st Prize)
Mahesh R. Borkar, R.R. S. Pissurlenkar, E.C. Coutinho “Comparative residue interaction analysis (CoRIA): A 3D-QSAR study to inspect the thermodynamic events involved in the binding of Trypanosoma brucei Trypanothione reductase inhibitors” in a Conference on Recent Advances in Computational Drug Design, 16-17th Sep 2013, at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. (2nd Prize)
Publication
Publications: 07
Books/Book chapters: 01
Google Scholar link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0qo8D_4AAAAJ&hl=en
ORCiD link: https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-2223-4778
Recent Publications-
- Borkar Maheshkumar R*, Coutinho E. Amalgamation of comparative protein modeling with quantitative structure-retention relationship for prediction of the chromatographic behavior of peptides, Journal of Chromatography A. 2022, Volume 1669, 462967. (IF: 4.759)
- Wijayasinghe YS, Bhansali MP, Borkar Maheshkumar R, Chaturbhuj GU, Muntean BS, Viola RE, Bhansali PR. A Comprehensive Biological and Synthetic Perspective on 2-Deoxy-d-Glucose (2-DG), A Sweet Molecule with Therapeutic and Diagnostic Potentials, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (ACS), 2022, Volume 65, 5, 3706–3728. (IF: 7.446)
- Borase H, Borkar Maheshkumar R, Chaturvedi K, Mahapatra D, Chalikwar S, Dangre P. Design and evaluation of natural deep eutectic solvents system for chrysin to elicit its solubility, stability, and bioactivity, Journal of Molecular Liquid, 2022, Volume 345, 118205. (IF: 6.165)
- Borkar Maheshkumar R*, Martis EAF, Nandan S, Patil RH, Shelar A, Iyer KR, Raikuvar K, Desle D, Coutinho EC. Identification of potential antileishmanial 1,3-disubstituted-4-hydroxy-6-methylpyridin-2(1H)-ones, in vitro metabolic stability, cytotoxicity and molecular modeling studies, Chemico-Biological Interactions, 2022, Volume 351, 109758. (IF: 5.192)
Research Student guided: M. Pharm- 02
Conferences attended: 07
Workshops attended: 02
Seminars attended: >25
Paper Presentations: 06
Professional Memberships:
- Life member of APTI Reg No. MA/LM-1051
- Registered Pharmacist of State Pharmacy Council, Maharashtra. India. (Reg No. 59698; PPP No. O/0028341)
- Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai Alumni Association
- BVDU’s Poona College of Pharmacy, Pune Alumni Association
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