Abul Vafa

- Postdoctoral Research Associate at Jamia Hamdard
- Investigating herbal compounds and nanoformulations against prostate cancer
- Mentoring master's students and managing laboratory activities
- Ph.D. specialized in Diosmin and Diosgenin on the Akt/mTOR pathway for prostate cancer prevention
- Secured multiple fellowships and certifications

• Cancer Therapeutics, Cell Signaling, Immuno-Oncology, Inflammation

• Handling different cell lines and maintaining them.
• Animal (Rats/Mice) handling includes dosing via different routes, and dissection.
• Basic techniques involved Biochemical parameters, ELISA, IHC, Histopath, Microscopy, qRT-PCR, FACS analysis, Western blotting, and Spectrophotometry.
• Hands-on experience with MS office, ImageJ, GraphPad Prism, Adobe Photoshop, EndNote, Zotero.

Guest Faculty:

Since September 2023.

Research Associate: 

Since June 2022

• Hands on Training on Materials Characterizations, Lipidomics & Proteomics Techniques, Amity University Haryana, August 2022
• Basics to Advanced Bioinformatics, Genomics, and Data Sciences, 2021

• Life Sciences (Elsevier)
• International Immunopharmacology (Elsevier)
• Human & Experimental Toxicology (SAGE)

• ICMR-Research Associateship, June 2022.
• UGC-BSR Fellowship, 2014-2019, Ph.D. project
• CSIR-UGC-NET, 2012, 2013, 2014
• DBT-JRF, 2013
• ICAR-ASRB/NET, 2013
• GATE, 2013

• Taxifolin ameliorates Benzo[a]pyrene-induced lung injury possibly via stimulating the Nrf2 signalling pathway, International Immunopharmacology, 2021, 96, 107566
• Amelioration of N,N'dimethylhydrazine induced colon toxicity by Epigallocatechin gallate in Wistar rats, Human & Experimental Toxicology, 2021, 40, 9, 1558-1571
• Protective effect of hesperidin against N,N'-dimethylhydrazine induced oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptotic response in the colon of Wistar rats, Environmental Toxicology, 2021, 36, 4, 642-653
• Protective role of diosmin against testosterone propionate-induced prostatic hyperplasia in Wistar rats: Plausible role of oxidative stress and inflammation, Hum Exp Toxicol, 2020, 39, 9, 1133-1146
• Protective effect of Diosmin against benzo(a)pyrene induced lung injury in Swiss Albino Mice, Environ Toxicol, 2020, 35, 7, 747-757
• Gallic acid prevents 1, 2-Dimethylhydrazine induced colon inflammation, toxicity, mucin depletion, and goblet cell disintegration, Environ Toxicol, 2020, 35, 6, 652-664
• Colonoprotective Potentiality of Methanolic Bark Extract of Acacia catechu: A Medicinal Plant against 1, 2- Dimethylhydrazine-Induced Toxicity in Wistar Rats, Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology, 2018, 37, 4, 273-289
• Benzo (a) pyrene induces lung toxicity and inflammation in mice: prevention by carvacrol, Human & Experimental Toxicology, 2018, 37, 7, 752-761
• Partial protection by 18β Glycrrhetinic acid against Cisplatin induced oxidative intestinal damage in wistar rats: Possible role of NF-κB and caspases, Pharmacological Reports, 2017, 69, 5, 1007-1013
• Methanolic bark extract of Acacia catechu ameliorates benzo (a) pyrene induced lung toxicity by abrogation of oxidative stress, inflammation, and apoptosis in mice, Environmental Toxicology, 2017, 32, 5, 1566-1577
• Inhibition of precancerous lesions development in kidneys by chrysin via regulating hyperproliferation, inflammation and apoptosis at preclinical stage, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2016, 606, 1-9
• Modulatory effects of catechin hydrate against genotoxicity, oxidative stress, inflammation and apoptosis induced by benzo (a) pyrene in mice, Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2016, 92, 64-74

• Dr. Saima Wajid, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, SCLS, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, Delhi, swajid@jamiahamdarda.ac.in, +919899823898
• Prof. (Dr.) Sarwat Sultana, Former Professor, DMET, SCLS, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, Delhi, sarwatsultana82@gmail.com, +919560561090

• VII World Congress on Gerontology & Geriatrics 2022, in an online symposium.
• International Conference on Future Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Theranostics Modalities, Aligarh, U.P., India.
• International Symposium on Cancer Prevention and Treatment, New Delhi, India
• International Conference on Challenges for Global Competitiveness of AYUSH and Natural Products and IASTAM Oration and Award Function
• International Conference on Recent Research in Biomedical Engineering, Cancer Biology, Stem Cells, Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, New Delhi, Delhi
• National Seminar on Current Regulations on Herbal Drugs & Food Supplements, May 16, 2017, New Delhi, Delhi
• National Symposium on Impact of Emerging Toxic Chemicals on Humans, Plants, Disease, and Sustainable Development, Nov 25-27, 2016, New Delhi, Delhi
• Mini Symposium on Applications of Flow Cytometer in Plant and Crop Research, Dec 10, 2014, New Delhi, Delhi
• 30th Annual Conference on Society of Toxicology (India) and Symposium on Strategies for Safety Study Requirements for Herbal Formulations, Dec 9-11, 2010, New Delhi, Delhi