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 Prof. Vinod Kumar Tiwari Department of Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India |
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| Title: ‘Click Chemistry’- A Nobel Prize Reaction: The Growing Impact in Glycoscience | |
| Abstract: Just after the discovery of ‘CuAAC - Click Chemistry’ by K B Sharpless and M Meldal in 2002, this regioselective and modular reaction is widely explored in various emerging fields.1 It just says click - and the molecules can coupled together through triazole as biologically imperative linker. The protocol is reached to a highest recognition i.e. ‘Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the Year-2022’ awarded to Carolyn Bertozzi, K B Sharpless, and Morten Meldal for ‘the development of click chemistry and biorthogonal chemistry’. Bertozzi has engaged this tool to a new dimension through using it in living organisms,2 a perception widely explored in chemical biology and drug development. A clear understanding of the role of carbohydrate in a number of important biological events has led to their increased demand for the complete chemical, biological, and pharmacological investigations. Through utilizing this regioselective CuAAC tool, tremendous efforts have been made during the last 21 years to furnish diverse range of the desired triazole-appended molecular architectures. In this context, synthesis of a broad range of simple-to-complex glycoconjugates achieved in my laboratory3-8 will be presented in great detail.
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Educational qualifications and Career Profile: Ph.D. 1999-2004 CSIR-CDRI (awarded from JNU, Mentor: Dr R P Tripathi) MSc (Chemistry) 1996-1998 Department of Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University Lecturer 2004-2005 Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (Post was offered) Assist. Professor 2005-11/2017 Department of Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University Postdoc Fellow 2005 University of Florida, USA (Mentor: Prof. Alan R Katritzky) Visiting Fellow 2007-2008 University of California-Davis, USA (Mentor: Prof. Xi Chen) Guest Scientist 2009-2010 Universitat Konstanz, Germany (Mentor: Prof. R R Schmidt) Professor 11/2020- Banaras Hindu University, INDIA Publications details: No. of Publications: 165 (h-index: 41, i10 index: 106, Citation: 6850, IF: 626) Patents : 8 Book/ Chapters : 4/21 Invited Lectures : 221 PhD Supervised : 13 (+8) Research projects : 8 completed (ongoing 2, IoE and SERB) Honors / Award received (Selected list): 1. Listed in Top 2 % Scientist Ranking for the Year 2021 & 2022 2. Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Bronze Medal for the year 2021 3. Most Productive Researcher Award-2019, Banaras Hindu University 4. Excellence in Carbohydrate Research Award-2019, ACCT(I) 5. Dr. S. S. Deshpande National Award-2016 for High Impact Contribution in Chemistry. 6. 1st Prof N Roy Award for the Excellence in Carbohydrate Chemistry-2015 7. Prof. A. S. R. Anjaneyulu 60th Birthday Commemoration Award-2014 8. Dr. Ghanashyam Srivastava Medal-2012, Indian Chemical Society 9. 1st Dr. H C Srivastava Award-2012, ACCT(I) 10. Prof. R C Shah Memorial Lecture Award-2011 (ISCA) 11. Dr. Arvind Kumar Memorial Award-2010, Indian Council of Chemist 12. Young Scientist Award (UP-CST-2010, ICS-2004, ICRABTS-2004, and CRSI-2012) | |
