Research Tracks

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND PHARMACEUTICS

Drug delivery systems
Self-assembled cyclodextrins
Solid lipid nanoparticles
Nanostructured lipid carriers
Vesicular nanocarriers for oral, ocular, pulmonary, buccal, dermal, and transdermal routes of administrations
Drug stability
Biomaterials and bionanoparticlesfor bioactives/vaccines delivery and tissue engineering/ animal vaccines
Drug/Health product formulation and process development

PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial secondary metabolites and relating biological activity
Protein engineering and design for therapeutics and novel delivery system
Systems immunology and bio-based drug delivery system
Design and development antibody fragments for targeted drug delivery system and diagnosis
Synthetic lethality for manipulating cancer biology
Molecular mechanism of natural compound
Bioinformatics, proteomics, and artificial intelligence for pharmaceutical research
Targeting epigenetics in cancer

FOOD CHEMISTRY AND MEDICINAL NUTRITION

Food chemistry and analysis
Food nanotechnology: food colloids, nanoemulsion
Metabolomics in food and nutrition
Nutrition and immunology

MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACEUTICAL ANALYSIS

Medicinal chemistry of natural products for aging and chronic diseases
DNA-based medicinal chemistry: DNA-drug interactions
Analytical methods for drugs and herbal drugs quality control
Analytical methods for protein therapeutics

HERBAL MEDICINES AND NATURAL PRODUCTS

Discovery of biologically active natural compounds
Biological assay and screening
Chemical modification of natural product
Plant-produced biopharmaceuticals
DNA fingerprint of herbal materials
Innovative production of natural products using plant biotechnology

PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY

Novel therapeutics cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, aging-related diseases, pain and cancer
Precision medicine and pharmacogenomics
Identify drug targets in cancer therapy
Pharmacokinetics and ADME
Toxicology and safety pharmacology
Cellular immunotherapy and synthetic biology