Vinod Labhasetwar, Ph.D.

 

    

 

JASPREET KAUR VASIR

M.S. (Pharmaceutics) NIPER, India

Graduate student, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences,

UNMC, Omaha, NE

Phone: (402) 559-2407

Fax:   (402) 559-9543

Email: jvasir@unmc.edu

 

 

Research Interests |Academic Qualifications |Professional Experience |Honors |Affiliation |Publications |Presentations |

 

Research Interests

  • Development of sustained nanoparticle-mediated vascular gene therapy to inhibit restenosis

  • To investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms of nanoparticle-mediated gene delivery
     

Educational Background

2004-Present

 

 

2001-2002

 

 

1997-2001

Ph.D. (Pharmaceutical Sciences), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

 

M.S. (Pharmaceutics), National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research, India

 

B.Pharm., University of Delhi, India

Professional Experience

May-July 2005

 

 

 

Jan-Jun, 2004

 

 

Jul-Dec, 2003

 

 

Summer Internship
Pharmaceutical Product Development and Research
Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, USA

 

Teaching Assistant
Dept Of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

 

Research Associate
Vaccine Development and Cancer Proteomics,
Dabur Research foundation, India

Honors and Awards

2006
 

 

 

2006

 

2005-2007

2005-2007

2004-2005


2002


 

2001-2002
2001
 

The David J. W. Grant Best Overall Presentation Award,
at Pharmaceutics Graduate Student Research Meeeting (PGSRM), Minnesota.
 

Norman & Bernice Harris Graduate Student Cancer Research Award, UNMC

 

Pre-doctoral Fellowship, American Heart Association (Heartland Affiliate)
Graduate Student Fellowship, UNMC


 Graduate Teaching Assistantship,
Dept of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNMC

 Received Gold medal for obtaining 1st rank and highest GPA (9.74 / 10.0) in the MS program

 

Junior Research Fellowship, NIPER, INDIA


 Secured 99.84 Percentile in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
(All India Rank 4th)

 

Professional  Affiliation

  • American Association Of Pharmaceutical Scientists

  • Delhi Pharmacy Council, India
     

Bibliography

  1. Vasir JK and Labhasetwar V. Polymeric nanoparticles for gene delivery. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, (2006) May;3(3):325-344

  2. Vasir JK and Labhasetwar V. Nanoparticles for Gene Delivery: Formulation Characteristics, in “Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery Systems: Recent Trends and Emerging Technologies”, (Eds. Thassu, Deleers, Pathak), CRS Press, 2006

  3. Vasir, J, Labhasetwar, V: Biodegradable nanoparticles, in "DNA Delivery/Gene Transfer Vector Lab Manual", (Eds. Friedmann and Rossi), Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Woodbury Genome Center, Woodbury, NY, 2005.

  4. Vasir, JK, Labhasetwar, V. (2005) Targeted drug delivery in cancer therapy. Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment. 4, 363-374.

  5. Vasir, J.K., Reddy, M.K., and Labhasetwar, V. (2005) Nanosystems in drug targeting: opportunities and challenges. Current Nanoscience, 1, 47-64.

  6. Vasir, J.K., Tambwekar, K. and Garg, S. (2003) Bioadhesive microspheres as controlled drug delivery system. Int. J. Pharm., 255(1-2), 13-32. (Listed as the top-most downloaded article by Int. J. Pharm during April 2003 to March 2004)
     

Abstracts/presentations

  1. Vasir JK and Labhasetwar V. Modulation of surface charge of DNA-nanoparticles to influence gene expression, Poster Presentation, Era of Hope, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Meeting, Pennsylvania, June 2005

  2. Liu J, Vasir JK, Labhasetwar V. and Vishwanatha JK. Regulation of breast cancer cell growth and migration by annexin II nanoparticles, Poster Presentation, Era of Hope, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program Meeting, Pennsylvania, June 2005

  3. Kashyap, A.K., Vasir, J.K., Liu, J., Labhasetwar, V. and Vishwanatha, J.K., Annexin II-nanoparticles for sustained regulation of Annexin-II in cells, Poster Presentation, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA, August 2004.

  4. Vasir, J.K., Panda, A.K. and Garg, S., Entrapment of biologically active and structurally unperturbed lysozyme in PLGA microparticles, Oral Presentation (PD13) at Pharmaceutics Graduate Student Research Meeting, Iowa City, IO, USA, June 2004.
     

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