Dr. Vijay Mohan is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Biological and Life Sciences at Galgotias University, Gr. Noida, UP. He has received a Ph.D. degree from the School of Life Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. He did his Postdoc research from UIUC and Ohio State University, USA. He has presented his research work at several international and national conferences in India and abroad. He exhibits an honest work ethic with the ability to excel in fast-paced, time-sensitive environment. he always put his efforts towards the overall developments of his students. He has delivered several invited talks in workshops, conferences, and FDPs at the National & International levels.

Experience

• 4 Years Research Experience
• 2.5 years of teaching experience

Qualification

• M.Sc. in Microbiology
• Ph.D.
• Post-doc in UIUC, USA
• Post-doc in Ohio State University, USA

Award & Recognition

• Best Talk presentation in FDP "Recent Advances in Health Sciences-2022”
• Best oral presentation in ICSCC-2016: Proliferation, Differentiation and apoptosis.
• “Prof. U. M. Rawal Memorial award” for best poster presented in XXVII Gujarat Science Congress.
• Central University UGC fellowship during Ph.D. 2010- 2015 

Research

• Md Kamran¹⁺., Kurniawan F¹⁺., Redon C²., Sun Q¹., Chuen L Y¹., Mohan V¹., Shaqildi O¹., Khan A¹., I. Aladjem M²., Prasanth K V¹ and Prasanth S G^1* (2022). BEND3 promotes pluripotency by repressing differentiation-inducing genes. PANS.

• Echeverri Ruiz NP., Mohan V., Wu J., Scott S., Kreamer M., Benej M., Papandreou I and Denko N. Dynamic regulation of mitochondrial pyruvate metabolism is necessary for orthotopic pancreatic tumor growth. (2021) Cancer & Metabolism, DOI: 1186/s40170-021-00275-4.

• K Raina., AK Jain., D Kumar.,Mohan V.,P Maroni., R Agrwal. (2018). Effect of inositol hexaphosphate on cancer stem cell pool of prostate tumors. Cancer Research.

• Mohan, V., Agarwal, R., & Singh, R. P. (2016). A novel alkaloid, evodiamine causes nuclear localization of cytochrome-c and induces apoptosis independent of p53 in human lung cancer cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 477(4), 1065-1071. 

• Mohan, V., Nambiar, D., Kale, R. K., & Singh, R. P. (2013). Cell-Death-Inducing Mechanisms of Cancer Chemopreventive Agents. In Mitochondria as Targets for Phytochemicals in Cancer Prevention and Therapy (pp. 61-84). Springer New York.

Certifications

• Effect of inositol hexaphosphate on cancer stem cell pool of prostate tumors. On 14-18 April 2018, at AACR Annual Meeting 2018, Chicago, Illinois.

• A novel anticancer agent, evodiamine, induces growth inhibition and apoptosis in human lung carcinoma cells. On 21-23 Oct 2016, at 7^th International conference on stem cells and Cancer: Proliferation, Differentiation and Apoptosis, Ravindra Bhavan, Margao, Goa, India.

• Anti-cancer potential of evodiamine on human carcinoma cells. On 19-21 Feb 2015, at Current Advances in Radiobiology, Stem Cells and Cancer Research, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

• A navel anticancer agent, evodiamine, induces G2M arrest in human A549 cells. On 19-20 Nov 2013, at Recent Advances in Cancer Prevention & therapeutics, School of Life Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gujarat, India.

• Modulation of growth and proliferation of human lung carcinoma A549 cells by Evodiamine. On 24 Feb 2013, at XXVII Gujarat science congress in Charotar University of Science and Technology, Changa, Gujarat, India.

• Molecular Evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cluster and Modern Molecular Epidemiology and perspectives. 24 March 2008, at World TB Day, in National JALMA Institute for Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases (ICMR-India).

• Basic Molecular Biology Techniques Relevant to Cancer Research. 08-12 August 2011 at Institute of Cytology & Preventive Oncology (ICMR-India).

• Modern Biological Techniques at Post Graduate Department of Biosciences: Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India.

Area of Interest

• Cancer metabolism
• Wound Healing and cancer metastasis
• Phytochemicals mechanism against cancer
• Cell biology
• Drug Discovery