Dr. Remya N. S.
Scientist 'D'
Phone : 9497690532

Academic Qualifications

PhD, SCTIMST, 2014

MSc Microbiology, CMC Vellore, 2006

BSc Medical Laboratory Technology, Govt Medical College Trivandrum, 2003

Professional Record

Scientist D ( Toxicology) SCTIMST Jan 2022-Present

Scientist C (Toxicology) SCTIMST Nov 2015- Dec 2021

Technical Assistant SCTIMST, July 2011-Nov 2015

Project fellow, SCTIMST, June 2006-Dec 2007

Honors

ICMR JRF (2007) and SRF (2010)

Dr.Koshi memorial Gold medal- Best Student in Microbiology (2006)

BSc -First rank Kerala university (2002)

Area of Interest

Toxicological Evaluation of Biomaterials and Medical devices; Nanotoxicology; Cellular and molecular level Toxicological Evaluation; Invitro models for toxicity evaluation using tissue engineering concepts; stem cells and predictive toxicology

Current Activities

Toxicological Evaluation of Biomaterials and Medical devices.

Fellowships

ICMR- Junior research fellowship 2007 and Senior research fellowship 2010

Membership

Life member- Society of Toxicology

Life member- Kerala Academy of Sciences

Training

Laboratory Accreditation & Internal quality Audit as per ISO/IEC 17025:2017

Awareness training on ISO 13485

Training on Regulations in medical devices EU and Indian

Module-II of the Modular Courses in Regulatory Toxicologic pathology on Toxicologic pathology of Hepatobiliary ,gastrointestinal and respiratory systems

Module III of the Modular Courses in Regulatory Toxicologic Pathology on Immunotoxicologic Pathology, Toxicologic pathology of Male and Female Genital system ( including Foetal pathology) and endocrine system

Organisational Activities

Convenor,Competency Development Cell, BMT Wing 2022-2025

Assistant officer- Biological Safety group, BMT wing Sep 2019-2022

Presentations

Poster presentation entitled ' Osseo integration enhanced by surface modification of titanium implants: an invivo study in rabbits' at the International Conference on Breakthrough in Toxicology and Human health and 39th Annual conference of Society of Toxicology .India Held at Jiwaji University , Gwalior on 27-29th December 2019

Invited talks

?Deciphering bio ?nano interactions at cellular and molecular level: techniques impact and insights? at the online short term training programme on the Journey of analytical techniques in chemical and Biological sciences organized by Dept. of chemistry, SVNIT, Surat on 18-20th April 2022

contributory lecture on the title ?Impact of Leachants and Extractables in Biocompatibility assessment of Polymeric biomaterials ?a risk based approach? at the International Conference on Polymeric materials in medicine 2022 organized Society of Polymer Science, India on 26th ,27th February 2022

invited lecture on the title ?when size matters: An insight into nanotechnology and human health ?at the International Online Conference on Nano Materials (ICN 2021) 9-11 April 2021 at Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

Biodegradation of cross-linked natural polymers: comprehending the in vivo responses? at the International online conference on Macromolecules: Synthesis Processes and Applications organised by the School of Energy, MG University on 10-12th September 2021

'Safety and risk assessment of nano biomedical devices 'at the International conference on natural polymers held at MG university Kottayam on 7-9 th December 2018

No. of Publications

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=87AYhrQAAAAJ&hl=en

Publications

Article

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Lakshmi M. Mukundan, Remya S. Nirmal,and Prabha D. Nair, Growth and Regeneration of Osteochondral Cells in Bioactive Niche: A Promising Approach for Osteochondral Tissue Repair, ACS Applied Biomaterials, 2022, , https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.2c00125
2
U Vandana, D Nancy, A Sabareeswaran, NS Remya, N Rajendran, PV Mohanan, Biocompatibility of strontium incorporated ceramic coated titanium oxide implant indented for orthopaedic applications, Materials Science and Engineering: B, 2021, 264, 114954
3
NS Remya, Prabha D Nair, Matrix remodeling and mechanotransduction in in vitro chondrogenesis: Implications towards functional stem cell-based cartilage tissue engineering, Engineering reports, 2020, 12145
4
NS Remya, S Syama, A Sabareeswaran, PV Mohanan, Investigation of chronic toxicity of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles administered orally for one year in wistar rats, Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2017, 76, 518-527
5
N S Remya, Nair Prabha D, Mechanoresponsiveness of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in invitro chondrogenesis- a comparative study with growth factor induction, J. Biomed. Mater. Res., 2016, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.35792
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NS Remya, PD Nair, Modulation of Chondrocyte Phenotype by Bioreactor Assisted Static Compression in a 3D Polymeric Scaffold with Potential Implications to Functional Cartilage Tissue Engineering, Journal of Tissue Science & Engineering, 2015, 6 (2), 1
7
NS Remya, S Syama, A Sabareeswaran, PV Mohanan, Toxicity, toxicokinetics and biodistribution of dextran stabilized Iron oxide Nanoparticles for biomedical applications, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2016, 511 (1), 586-598
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NS Remya, S Syama, V Gayathri, HK Varma, PV Mohanan, An in vitro study on the interaction of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells for assessing the toxicological behaviour, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2014, 117, 389-397
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TR Reshmitha, NS Remya, PV Mohanan, Toxicological evaluation of Imidazole following direct exposure to bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells., Trends in Biomaterials & Artificial Organs, 2014, 28 (3)
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CS Geetha, NS Remya, KB Leji, S Syama, SC Reshma, PJ Sreekanth, Cells,nano interactions and molecular toxicity after delayed hypersensitivity, in Guinea pigs on exposure to hydroxyapatite nanoparticles, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2013, 112, 204-212