M.Sc., Ph.D, MBA (Tech. Mgmt.)
o Gene targeting using Radio pharmaceuticals (imaging and therapy), nano particles (AuNP), aptamers (EpCAM, Nucleolin)
o Solid phase peptide chemistry; peptide nucleic acid (PNA)
o Dendrimers (AB2 hypermonomer, Fréchet, and phosphino type), metallo-dendrimers
o Homogeneous (Pt, Pd, Rh) and heterogeneous (zeolite) catalysis
o Transesterification; diazo reactions; carbene reactions; oxidative addition reactions
16 years (13 years academic, 3 years Industrial)
Sample video for Bio-organic Chemistry course (BT121)
Junior Research Fellowship, CSIR, New Delhi, India
Senior Research Fellowship, CSIR, New Delhi, India
Research Associate, CSIR, New Delhi, India
COE Postdoctoral Fellowship, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
COE Foreign Visiting Researcher, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Research Fellowship NIH-ICMIC P50 Grant, USA
1. Nithya Subramanian, Jagadeesh Babu Sreemanthula, Baghavathi Balaji, Jagat Kanwar, Jyotirmay Biswas and Subramanian Krishnakumar. Strain-Promoted Alkyne- Azide Cycloaddition (SPAAC) reaction of novel EpCAM aptamer- fluorescent conjugate for cancer cells imaging. (IF 6.718) Chem. Commun, 2014, 11810 – 13.
2. Baghavathy S. Balaji and Michael R. Lewis. Double exponential growth of aliphatic polyamide dendrimers via AB2 hypermonomer strategy. (IF 6.718). Chem. Commun, 2009, 4593 – 4595.
3. Fang Jia, Said Daibes Figueroa, Fabio Gallazzi, Baghavathy S. Balaji, Mark Hannink, Susan Z. Lever, Timothy J. Hoffman, and Michael R. Lewis. Molecular Imaging of bcl-2 Expression in Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Using 111In-Labeled PNA–Peptide Conjugates. (IF 6.527). J. Nucl. Med. 2008, (49) 430 – 438.
4. Baghavathy S. Balaji, Fabio Gallazzi, Fang Jia, and Michael R. Lewis. An Efficient, Convenient Solid-Phase Synthesis of Amino Acid Modified PNA Monomers. (IF 5.224). BioConjugate Chem. 2006, (17), 551 – 558.
5. Balaji, B.S., Sasidharan, M., Kumar, R., Chanda, B. A facile and selective synthesis of beta -keto esters via zeolite catalyzed transesterification. (IF 6.718). Chem.Commun., 1996, 707 – 708.
1. Nithya Subramanian, Jagadeesh Babu Sreemanthula, Baghavathi Balaji, Jagat Kanwar, Jyotirmay Biswas and Subramanian Krishnakumar. Strain-Promoted Alkyne- Azide Cycloaddition (SPAAC) reaction of novel EpCAM aptamer- fluorescent conjugate for cancer cells imaging. (IF 6.718) Chem. Commun, 11810-13, 2014. 2. Moutushy Mitra, Mallikarjuna Kandalam, Judith Rangasamy, Balaji Shankar, Uma K. Maheswari, Swaminathan S, Krishnakumar S. Novel epithelial cell adhesion molecule antibody conjugated polyethyleneimine-capped gold nanoparticles for enhanced and targeted small interfering RNA delivery to retinoblastoma cells. (IF 2.205). Mol. Vis, 19, 1029-38, 2013. 3. Baghavathy S. Balaji and Michael R. Lewis. Double exponential growth of aliphatic polyamide dendrimers via AB2 hypermonomer strategy. (IF 6.718). Chem. Commun, 4593, 2009. |
1. Balaji, B. S.; Chanda, B. M. A process for the preparation of an improved Rhodium catalyst. Indian Patent IN196998, 2008.
2. Balaji, B. S.; Chanda, B. M. A process for the preparation of an improved Rhodium catalyst. Indian Patent IN218335, 2008.