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Dr. Ashwini Somayaji
Assistant Professor
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School/College
Faculty of Pharmacy
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Department
Department of Pharmacology
Dr. Ashwini Somayaji is an academician and researcher currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences (RUAS), Bengaluru. She holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from NITTE University and is certified in Clinical Research and Management. With over five years of teaching and research experience, she specializes in subjects such as Pharmacology, Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Pathophysiology. Her research interests include pharmacological screening, cancer biology, probiotic therapeutics, and drug delivery systems. She has published several research articles in reputed peer-reviewed journals and contributed to book chapters in pharmacology and allied sciences. She has actively participated in interdisciplinary and university-funded research projects and is committed to advancing evidence-based therapeutic strategies through translational research.
Qualifications
- Ph.D.
NITTE(Deemed To be University), 2024
- M.Pharm (Pharmacology)
Srinivas College of Pharmacy, 2017
- B.Pharm
Srinivas College of Pharmacy, 2015
Experience
Total Years of Experience5 years
Academic Experience
- Srinivas College of Pharmacy - 1 Year
- Yenepoya Medical college - 6 Months
- Acharya & BM Reddy College of Pharmacy - 8 Months
Training Experience
- Certificate course : advance program in Clinical Research and Management trained at CLINI India
- PG Project trained at Amala Institute of cancer research centre-Trissure
- One week hands on training program on Molecular biology and Animal cell culture at Athmic Biotech Solutions Pvt Ltd.
- Participated in 11th Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Computer Aided Drug Design (CADD-2023) organized by Centre for Advanced Computational Chemistry Studies, Delhi
- Successfully completed the eight week certificate course in ‘stem cell therapy and its application’ conducted by CliMed Research solutions
- Pharmacology & Toxicology, Drug Development, cancer biology, Phytochemistry and molecular biology
- Title: Fundamental principles to address green chemistry & green engineering for sustainable future.
- Book Title: Green Chemistry - New Perspectives
- Publisher: IntechOpen (ISBN 978-1-80355-778-6)
- Role : Co-Author
- Title: Seed biology and phytochemistry for sustainable future
- Book Title: Seed biology updates
- Publisher: IntechOpen (ISBN 978-1-80355-814-1)
- Role : Co-Author
- GPAT Qualified
- M.Pharm(Pharmacology)-4th rank to RGUHS, Bengaluru
- Received NITTE University Research fund for PhD project
- Best poster presenter - in the International conference on advances in Pharmaceutical and Health sciences held on 20-22 February, 2020 at Nitte (Deemed to be university), Mangaluru
- Best oral presenter award entitled “EVALUATION OF EPIGALLOCATECHIN -3-GALLATE TO OVERCOME THE OSIMERTINIB RESISTANCE IN NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER CELLS BY TARGETING YES-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN” at Virtual Global Congress on Sustainable Growth & Development 2023- Health and Life Sciences held on December 15, 2023 organized by INTI International University, Universiti Geomatika, Malaysia and VELS University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Silver Award by International Intervarsity Innovation Challenge 2024 for the innovation project titled “Design, Development and Validation of a fabricated organ bath using hexad tissue column model for in-vitro pharmacological experiments”
National Conference Papers
- Poster presentation entitled “Evaluation of Anticancer activity of the extract of Alstonia venenata (poison devil tree) leaves” in the 21st Annual National Convention of APTI at Manipal University.
- Poster presentation on “Amelioration of radiation induced toxicity by ethanolic extract of Butea monosperma stem bark in albino rats” In the deliberation of the national conference held on February 2017
- Poster presentation entitled “Evaluation of anti-tumor activity of Mercaptopurine in combination with Trikatu and Gomutra on chemical induced solid fibrosarcoma.” In the deliberation of the national conference held on March 2016.
International Conference Papers
- Poster presentation on “Evaluations of Phytochemistry, in vitro antioxidant and antitumor activity of ethanol extract of Butea monosperma stem bark.” In the 36th annual international conference of Indian Association for Cancer Research.
- Poster presentation on “Reducing effect of different flavonoids on tetrazolium salt 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)- 2,5-diphenyltetrazolium in the absence of cells” in the International conference on advances in Pharmaceutical and Health sciences held on 20-22 February, 2020 at Nitte (Deemed to be university), Mangaluru
- oral presentation entitled “EVALUATION OF EPIGALLOCATECHIN -3-GALLATE TO OVERCOME THE OSIMERTINIB RESISTANCE IN NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER CELLS BY TARGETING YES-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN” at Virtual Global Congress on Sustainable Growth & Development 2023- Health and Life Sciences held on December 15, 2023 organized by INTI International University, Universiti Geomatika, Malaysia and VELS University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
National Journal Papers
- Somayaji Ashwini, Shastry C S (2021). Interference of Antioxidant Flavonoids with MTT Tetrazolium Assay in a Cell Free System, Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International, 33(49).
International Journal Papers
- Somayaji Ashwini, Hegde Karunakar (2016). “A review on pharmacological profile of butea monosperma” International Journal of Phytopharmacology, 7(4):237-49.
- Somayaji Ashwini, Shastry C S (2022). Combined effect of Epigallocatechin 3-gallate and Doxorubicin in Chemotherapy of Nsclc. Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology, 15(1).
- Ashwini Somayaji, C S Shastry (2024). Synergestic cytotoxicity of Doxorubicin in combination with Epigallocatechin 3-gallate in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by inhibiting protein vimentin. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation, 14(2):1-7
- A Somayaji, C S Shastry (2025). Synergistic enhancement of osimertinib efficacy in non-small cell Lung cancer cells through Epigallocatechin-3-gallate: mechanistic insights into YAP/TEAD/CTGF axis inhibition. Advanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin.
- Karnataka state Pharmacy council
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