Ph.D Biochemistry, University of Kerala, 2001.

M.Phil Biochemistry, University of Kerala, 1996.

M.Sc Biochemistry, University of Kerala, 1994.

B.Sc Chemistry, University of Kerala, 1992.

Scientist F (2017 - till date)

Scientist E (2014 - 2017)

Scientist- D (2011- 2014)

Scientist -C (2007-2011, SCTIMST).

Research Associate (2002-2007, SCTIMST).

Research Associate (1996-2001, CTCRI).

Received WBC 2016 - Developing Country Scholarship Award at 10th World Biomaterials Congress held at Montreal, Canada during May 17-22, 2016

Nanomedicine, Nanotechnology based drug and gene delivery systems, oral peptide delivery systems.

Non-viral gene delivery systems, nano polymeric gene and drug delivery systems, drug delivery systems and pH probes for wound dressings

pH sensitive nanoparticle formulation for oral delivery of proteins/peptides, patent granted (EP 1924248 B1 dated 22/10/2014, CA 2621641 dated 21/10/2014) Inventors: Chandra P Sharma and Rekha M.R.

Method for In-Vivo Binding of Chromatin Fragments. PCT filed. US Patent publication no. 20150218262 (06/08/2015). Inventors: Indraneel Mittra, Rekha M.R, C.P. Sharma, G.S. Bhuvaneshwar, Kavita Pal

GATE 1995 - 98.51 percentile

UGC Junior Research Fellowship -1995-1996

MRSI

SBAOI

STERMI

SPSI

ISRC

Oral Insulin Delivery System ( 2017 to 2020)

Chitosan based antioxidant wound dressing for controlled antibiotic delivery (2017 to 2019)

Indo-Spanish (under DST) project - "Development of nanodevices for DNA delivery and cell transfection using Elastin Like Polymers (ELPs) coupled to cell interaction motifs" (Co-PI) (October 2010 to Septmber 2013)

DBT project - Nonviral gene delivery vectors for therapeutic gene and siRNA delivery for glioma targeting: In vitro evaluation of cationized pullulan based materials. (April 2012 to August 2015)

6 Book Chapters

66 publications in International Peer Reviewed Journals

Synthesis and evaluation of multifunctional nanothiomatrices for an efficient antitumour therapy, done by Ms. Priya S.S

Non-viral gene delivery in cancer cells using polysaccharides modified with polyethyleneimine and vinyl monomers, done by Ms. Caroline Diana Sherly

POLYETHYLENEIMINE BASED NON-VIRAL VECTORS FOR p53 GENE DELIVERY IN CANCER CELLS, done by Linsha Mali A.

FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF MUCOADHESIVE CHITOSAN MICROPARTICLES FOR ORAL INSULIN DELIVERY: AN IN-VITRO STUDY, done by Hanna Karneena Poulose

PHYSICO CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF CHITOSAN BASED SCAFFOLD AS WOUND HEALING BIOMATERIAL, done by Divya M.R.

Caroline D.S. and Rekha M.R. Exploring the efficacy of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate crosslinked cationised pullulan for gene delivery in cancer cell. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 68, 2022, 2022, 103067, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2021.103067 (IF: 5.062)

G P Rajalekshmy, M R Rekha, Wound healing effects of glucose oxidase ? peroxidase incorporated alginate diamine PEG-g-poly (PEGMA) xerogels under high glucose conditions: An in vitro evaluation. Materialia, 23, 2022, 101464, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2022.101464. (Cite score 4.7)

Priya S.S. and Rekha M.R. Intracellular delivery of p53 gene and drug using cationised pullulan thiomer lowers the effective therapeutic doses of chemotherapeutic drug in cancer cells. Materials Today Communications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.103129 (IF: 3.662)

Linsha Mali, A., Priya, S. S., Rekha, M. R., Hydrophobic and hydrophilic modifications of polyethylenimine towards gene delivery applications. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2021, 138( 45), e51323. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.51323 (IF: 3.057)

GP Rajalekshmy, MR Rekha. Synthesis and evaluation of an alginate-methacrylate xerogel for insulin delivery towards wound healing applications. Therapeutic Delivery, 12, 2021, 215-234. https://doi.org/10.4155/tde-2020-0128 (IF: 2.448)

Rajalekshmy GP, Rekha MR, Strontium ion cross-linked alginate-g-poly (PEGMA) xerogels for wound healing applications: in vitro studies, Carbohydrate Polymers, 251, 2021, 117119 (IF: 10.723)

Caroline Diana Sherly, Rekha M.R and Harikrishnan V.S. Cationised dextran and pullulan modified with diethyl aminoethyl methacrylate for gene delivery in cancer cell Carbohydrate Polymers, 242, 2020, 116426 (IF: 9.381)

Dhanya G.R., Caroline Diana Sherly and Rekha M.R. Histidine and arginine conjugated starch-PEI and its corresponding gold nanoparticles for gene delivery. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 120, 2018, 999-1008. (IF: 4.787)

Priya S.S and Rekha M.R. Redox sensitive cationic pullulan for efficient gene transfection and drug retention in C6 glioma cells. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 530, 2017, 401-414. (IF:3.862)

Caroline DS and Rekha M.R. Efficacy of vinyl imidazole grafted cationized pullulan and dextran as gene delivery vectors: A comparative study. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 105, 2017, 947-955. (IF:3.909)

Reviewer for International Journals in the field of Biomaterial Science and Drug/gene delivery, Wound healing