Sanjay Kumar Email & Phone Number

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Kolkata Area, India

• Leading in-vivo pharmacokinetic studies.• Principal investigator for efficacy studies in inflammatory bowel diseases.• Co- Investigator for efficacy studies in the area of pain and liver disorders. • Animal house in-charge - Responsible for overall functioning of animal house.• Instrumental in conducting IAEC meetings.• Adept in giving training to colleagues and support staffs.• Sound knowledge of pre-formulation.PHARMACOKINETIC STUDIES• Pharmacokinetic studies in Mice, Rats and Rabbits. • Single agents and cassette dosing studies.• Single dose and repeat dose studies.• Toxicokinetic studies.• PK-PD biomarker studies.• Well versed in drug administration through various routes. • Blood sampling techniques through retro-orbital, jugular vein, tail vein, saphenous vein and cardiac puncture. • Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and tissue collection.• Adept in jugular, carotid, bile duct and intra duodenal catheterization.• Long term infusion studies using tethered infusion assembly and osmotic pumps.INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE• DSS induced colitis in mice.• TNBS induced colitis in mice.PAINChemical induced pain models• Acetic acid induced writhing in mice• Formalin induced tonic pain in ratsNeuropathic pain models• Chronic constriction injury (CCI). • Spinal nerve ligation (SNL, Chung’s model).• Spared nerve injury (SNI).LIVER DISORDERS• Bile duct ligation induced liver cirrhosis.ADVERSE EFFECT PROFILING• Spontaneous locomotor activity monitoring.• Rotarod.Publications• Sanjay et al. Differential citral content of 15 lemongrass genotypes and their anti microbial property. Internet Journal of Microbiology. 2009; 6 (1), p4• Banerjee M, Chattopadhyay S, Choudhuri T, Bera R, Kumar S, Chakraborty B, Mukherjee SK. Cytotoxicity and cell cycle arrest induced by andrographolide lead to programmed cell death of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line. J Biomed Sci. 2016 Apr 16; 23:40.

Pune Area, India

• Responsible for health monitoring, husbandry, breeding, care and management of rodents.• Co-PI in the projects (Toxicological and pharmacological studies).• Associated in waste management. • Supply and procurement of small laboratory animals.• Associated in conducting CPCSEA meeting.• Organizer for various In house and external training sessions in the facility. • Instrumental in giving training to subordinates.