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Meenal Kowshik

goa Biological Sciences

Professor

Biochemistry, Ecology, Immunology, Microbiology, Protein and Enzyme Engineering
C 217, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, Zuarinagar, Goa 403726
meenal@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
meenalkowshik@gmail.com
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Meenal Kowshik

List of publications

  1. Zantye, Pranjita, Asha Dahiya, Meenal Kowshik, Sutapa Roy Ramanan, and Indrani Talukdar. "Biocompatible hydroxyapatite‐based nano vehicle bypasses viral transduction and enables sustained silencing of a pluripotency marker gene, demonstrating desired differentiation in mouse embryonic stem cells." The Journal of Gene Medicine 26, no. 7 (2024): e3716.
  2. Z Reshma, K Meenal, Zinc biofortification and implications on growth, nutrient efficiency, and stress response in Amaranthus cruentus through soil application of biosynthesized nanoparticles,  Applied Food Research, 2023, 100285
  3. Kadu, Kavita, Meenal Kowshik, and Sutapa Roy Ramanan. "Tailoring of hydroxyapatite nanoparticle surfaces of varying morphologies to facilitate counterion diffusion and subsequent protein denaturation." Biophysical Chemistry 296 (2023): 106979.
  4. Kadu, K., Hemmadi, V., Biswas, M., Kowshik, M., & Ramanan, S. R "Novel hydroxyapatite nanoparticle-based antibiotic alternative to combat methicillin-resistant S. aureus: A mechanism by targeting the structural and functional stability of MRSA membrane protein." Journal of Materials Research 38.6 (2023): 1609-1619.
  5. Zantye P, Talukdar I, Ramanan SR, Kowshik M*. Self-fluorescence property of octa-arginine functionalized hydroxyapatite nanoparticles aids in studying their intracellular fate in R1 ESCs. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2022 627, 21-29
  6. Zantye, Pranjita, Soniya Shende, Sutapa Roy Ramanan, Indrani Talukdar, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Design of a Biocompatible Hydroxyapatite-Based Nanovehicle for Efficient Delivery of Small Interference Ribonucleic Acid into Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells." Molecular Pharmaceutics (2021). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00684
  7. Reshma, Zakane, and Kowshik Meenal*. "Foliar application of biosynthesised zinc nanoparticles as a strategy for ferti-fortification by improving yield, zinc content and zinc use efficiency in amaranth." Heliyon 8.10 (2022).
  8. Kadu K, Tripathi R, Kowshik M, Ramanan SR. Morphological Evolution of Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles, Synthesized via Modified Sol‐Gel and Microemulsion Technique, in Response to Their Synthesis Microenvironment. Crystal Research and Technology. 2022 May 12:2200012.
  9. Kadu, Kavita, Meenal Kowshik, and Sutapa Roy Ramanan. "Does the nanoparticle morphology influence interaction with protein: a case study with hydroxyapatite nanoparticles." Materials Today Communications (2021): 102172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2021.102172
  10. Zalmi GA, Nadimetla DN, Kotharkar P, Puyad AL, Kowshik M, Bhosale SV. Aggregation-induced emission-based material for selective and sensitive recognition of cyanide anions in solution and biological assays. ACS omega. 2021 Jun 24;6(26):16704-13.
  11. Fernandes F, Kotharkar P, Chakravorty A, Kowshik M, Talukdar I. Nanocarrier mediated siRNA delivery targeting stem cell differentiation. Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 2020 Feb 1;15(2):155-72. https://doi.org/10.2174/1574888x14666191202095041
  12. Deshmukh, Ketaki, Sutapa Roy Ramanan, and Meenal Kowshik*. "A novel method for genetic transformation of C. albicans using modified-hydroxyapatite nanoparticles as plasmid DNA vehicle." Nanoscale Advances (2019) DOI: 10.1039/c8na00365c
  13. Ketaki Deshmukh, Sutapa Roy Ramanan, Meenal Kowshik*, Novel one step transformation method for Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus using arginine-glucose functionalized hydroxyapatite nanoparticles, Materials Science and Engineering: C,  96, 2019, 58-65, DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2018.10.088
  14. Shaik, M. Monsoor, Dapkekar, A., Rajwade, J. M., Jadhav, S. H., & Kowshik, M* et al. "Antioxidant-antibacterial containing bi-layer scaffolds as potential candidates for management of oxidative stress and infections in wound healing." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine 30.1 (2019): 13. DOI: 10.1007/s10856-018-6212-8
  15. Kadu, Kavita, Goutam Ghosh, Lata Panicker, Meenal Kowshik, and Sutapa Roy Ramanan. "Role of Surface Charges on Interaction of Rod-Shaped Magnetic Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles with Protein." Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (2019), 177, 362-369
  16. Kadu, Kavita, Meenal Kowshik, and Sutapa Roy Ramanan. "Effect of doping and surface functionalization on the conformational changes of protein upon interaction with hydroxyapatite nanoparticles." Biotechnology and Biological Sciences. CRC Press, 2019. 3-8.
  17. Zantye P, Fernandes F, Ramanan SR, Kowshik M*. Rare earth doped hydroxyapatite nanoparticles for in vitro bioimaging applications. Current Physical Chemistry. 2019 Aug 1;9(2):94-109.
  18. Naik V, Zantye P, Gunjal D, Gore A, Anbhule P, Kowshik M, Bhosale SV, Kolekar G. Nitrogen-doped carbon dots via hydrothermal synthesis: naked eye fluorescent sensor for dopamine and used for multicolor cell imaging. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 2019 Mar 28;2(5):2069-77.
  19. Achari, Gauri A., and Meenal Kowshik*. "Recent Developments on Nanotechnology in Agriculture: Plant Mineral Nutrition, Health, and Interactions with Soil Microflora." Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 66.33 (2018): 8647-8661.
  20. M. Monsoor Shaik & Meenal Kowshik* (2018) Ellagic acid containing collagen-chitosan scaffolds as potential antioxidative bio-materials for tissue engineering applications, International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials, DOI: 10.1080/00914037.2018.1443927
  21. Das, Kirti Ranjan, Meenal Kowshik, MK Praveen Kumar, Savita Kerkar, S. K. Shyama, and Samir Mishra. "Native hypersaline sulphate reducing bacteria contributes to iron nanoparticle formation in saltpan sediment: A concern for aquaculture." Journal of environmental management 206 (2018): 556-564
  22. Srivastava, Pallavee, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Fluorescent Lead (IV) Sulfide Nanoparticles Synthesized by Idiomarina sp. Strain PR58-8 for Bioimaging Applications." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 83.7 (2017): e03091-16.
  23. Naik, K. and Kowshik, M*. (2017), The silver lining: Towards the responsible and limited usage of silver. J Appl Microbiol. doi:10.1111/jam.13525
  24. Srivastava, Pallavee, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Anti-neoplastic selenium nanoparticles from Idiomarina sp. PR58-8." Enzyme and Microbial Technology 95 (2016): 192-200.
  25. Ketaki Deshmukh,  M. Monsoor Shaik , Sutapa Roy Ramanan, Meenal Kowshik*, “Self-Activated Fluorescent Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles: A Promising Agent for Bioimaging and Biolabeling." ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2.8 (2016): 1257-1264 https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00169
  26. Ketaki R. Deshmukh, Sutapa Roy Ramanan, Meenal Kowshik* , "Low-temperature-processed biocompatible Ag-HAp nanoparticles with anti-biofilm efficacy for tissue engineering applications." Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 80.3 (2016): 738-747.
  27. Shaik, M. Monsoor, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Novel melt-down neutralization method for synthesis of chitosan–silver scaffolds for tissue engineering applications." Polymer Bulletin 73.3 (2016): 841-858.
  28. Kshipra Naik, V Girish Chandran, Raghavan Rajashekaran, Sachin Waigaonkar and Meenal Kowshik*, “Mechanical properties, biological behaviour and drug release capability of nano TiO2-HAp-Alginate composite scaffolds for potential application as bone implant material” Journal of Biomaterials applications, (2016) DOI: 10.1177/0885328216661219
  29. Samudram A, Mangalassery BM, Kowshik M, Patincharath N, Varier GK,  "Passive permeability and effective pore size of HeLa cell nuclear membranes." Cell Biology International 40.9 (2016): 991-998.
  30. Prabhu, Nimali N., and Meenal Kowshik. "Techniques for the Isolation of Magnetotactic Bacteria." Journal of Microbial & Biochemical Technology 2016 (2016).
  31. Pallavee Srivastava, Edarapalli VR Nikhil, Judith M Bragança, Meenal Kowshik* “Anti-bacterial TeNPs biosynthesized by haloarcheaon Halococcus salifodinae BK3” Extremophiles, (2015) DOI: 10.1007/s00792-015-0767-9
  32. P Dwivedi, V Nayak, M Kowshik*, “ Role of gold nanoparticles as drug delivery vehicles for chondroitin sulfate in the treatment of osteoarthritis” Biotechnology progress, (2015) 31, 1416-1422
  33. Kshipra Naik, Pallavee Srivastava, Ketaki Deshmukh, M Monsoor S, and Meenal Kowshik*, “Nanomaterial-Based Approaches for Prevention of Biofilm-Associated Infections on Medical Devices and Implants, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, (2015) 15, 10108–10119.
  34. Naik, Kshipra, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Anti-biofilm efficacy of low temperature processed AgCl–TiO2 nanocomposite coating." Materials Science and Engineering: C 34 (2014): 62-68
  35. Srivastava, Pallavee, Judith M. Braganca, and Meenal Kowshik*. "In vivo synthesis of selenium nanoparticles by Halococcus salifodinae BK18 and their anti‐proliferative properties against HeLa cell line." Biotechnology progress (2014) DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1992
  36. Naik, Kshipra, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Anti‐quorum sensing activity of AgCl‐TiO2 nanoparticles with potential use as active food packaging material." Journal of applied microbiology 117, no. 4 (2014): 972-983
  37. Jadalannagari, Sushma, Ketaki Deshmukh, Sutapa Roy Ramanan, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Antimicrobial activity of hemocompatible silver doped hydroxyapatite nanoparticles synthesized by modified sol–gel technique." Applied Nanoscience4, no. 2 (2014): 133-141
  38. Arunkarthick, S., M. M. Bijeesh, Geetha K. Varier, Meenal Kowshik*, and P. Nandakumar. "Laser scanning photothermal microscopy: fast detection and imaging of gold nanoparticles." Journal of microscopy (2014) DOI: 10.1111/jmi.12164
  39. Srivastava, Pallavee, Judith Braganca, Sutapa Roy Ramanan, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles by Haloarchaeon Halococcus salifodinae BK6." In Advanced Materials Research, vol. 938, pp. 236-241. 2014
  40. Jadalannagari, Sushma, Ketaki Deshmukh, Anita Kamra Verma, Richa Vohra Meenal Kowshik*, and Sutapa Roy Ramanan. "Lanthanum-Doped Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles as Biocompatible Fluorescent Probes for Cellular Internalization and Biolabeling." Science of Advanced Materials 6, no. 2 (2014): 312-319.
  41. Naik, Kshipra, Amrita Chatterjee, Halan Prakash, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Mesoporous TiO2 Nanoparticles Containing Ag Ion with Excellent Antimicrobial Activity at Remarkable Low Silver Concentrations." Journal of biomedical nanotechnology 9, no. 4 (2013): 664-673.
  42. Srivastava, Pallavee, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Mechanisms of metal resistance and homeostasis in haloarchaea." Archaea 2013 (2013).
  43. Srivastava, Pallavee, Judith Bragança, Sutapa Roy Ramanan, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using haloarchaeal isolate Halococcus salifodinae BK3." Extremophiles 17, no. 5 (2013): 821-831.
  44. Santimano, Maria Celisa, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Altered growth and enzyme expression profile of ZnO nanoparticles exposed non-target environmentally beneficial bacteria." Environmental monitoring and assessment 185, no. 9 (2013): 7205-7214..
  45. Celisa Santimano, Maria, Ansie Martin, Meenal Kowshik, and Angshuman Sarkar. "Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Cause Morphological Changes in Human A549 Cell Line Through Alteration in the Expression Pattern of Small GTPases at mRNA Level." Journal of Bionanoscience 7, no. 3 (2013): 300-306
  46. Desai, Vilas, Bhanudas Naik, Narendra Nath Ghosh, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Functionalization of AgCl/Titania Nanocomposite with Folic Acid: A Promising Strategy for Enhancement of Antimicrobial Activity." Science of Advanced Materials 5, no. 5 (2013): 431-439.
  47. Desai, Vilas, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Synthesis and Characterization of Fumaric Acid Functionalized AgCl/Titania Nanocomposite with Enhanced Antibacterial Activity." Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology 13, no. 4 (2013): 2826-2834
  48. Seshadri, Sachin, Anupama Prakash, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles by marine bacterium, Idiomarina sp. PR58-8." Bulletin of Materials Science 35, no. 7 (2012): 1201-1205
  49. Seshadri, Sachin, K. Saranya, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Green synthesis of lead sulfide nanoparticles by the lead resistant marine yeast, Rhodosporidium diobovatum." Biotechnology progress 27, no. 5 (2011): 1464-1469.
  50. Jadalannagari, Sushma, Sandeep More, Meenal Kowshik, and Sutapa Roy Ramanan. "Low temperature synthesis of hydroxyapatite nano-rods by a modified sol–gel technique." Materials Science and Engineering: C 31, no. 7 (2011): 1534-1538
  51. Seshadri, Sachin, and Meenal Kowshik*. "Deoxyribonucleic Acid Functionalized with Gold Nanoparticles: A Golden Route to Molecular Biology." Journal of Bionanoscience 5, no. 1 (2011): 18-25.
  52. Saranya, K., Meenal Kowshik, and Sutapa Roy Ramanan. "Synthesis of hydroxyapatite nanopowders by sol-gel emulsion technique." Bulletin of Materials Science 34, no. 7 (2011): 1749-1753.
  53. Naik, Bhanudas, Vilas Desai, Meenal Kowshik, Vadakkethonippurathu Sivankutty Prasad, Gerard Franklyn Fernando, and Narendra Nath Ghosh. "Synthesis of Ag/AgCl–mesoporous silica nanocomposites using a simple aqueous solution-based chemical method and a study of their antibacterial activity on< i> E. coli</i>." Particuology 9, no. 3 (2011): 243-247.
  54. Bijeesh, M. M., S. Arunkarthick, Arvind Krishnan, Nishith Rastogi, Geetha K. Varier, Meenal Kowshik, and P. Nandakumar. "Construction of a Simple Confocal Microscope." In Special Issue on Best Theses and Posters presented during th 19 National Laser Symposium (NLS-19), p. 26
  55. Desai, Vilas S., and Meenal Kowshik*. "Antimicrobial Activity of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Synthesized by Sol-Gel Technique." Research Journal of Microbiology 4, no. 3 (2009).
  56. Kakarlapudi R, Mulage P, Sharma S and Kowshik M, Biological synthesis of silver nanoparticles using marine bacterial culture isolated from the west coast of India, Proceedings of International Conference on Applied Bioengineering,  Sathyabhama University, Chennai, 12-15, 2007.
  57. Kowshik, Meenal, Shriwas Ashtaputre, Sharmin Kharrazi, W. Vogel, J. Urban, S. K. Kulkarni, and K. M. Paknikar. "Extracellular synthesis of silver nanoparticles by a silver-tolerant yeast strain MKY3." Nanotechnology 14, no. 1 (2003): 95.
  58. Kowshik, Meenal, Neelima Deshmukh, W. Vogel, J. Urban, S. K. Kulkarni, and K. M. Paknikar. "Microbial synthesis of semiconductor CdS nanoparticles, their characterization, and their use in the fabrication of an ideal diode." Biotechnology and Bioengineering 78, no. 5 (2002): 583-588.
  59. Kowshik, Meenal, Walter Vogel, Joachim Urban, Sulabha K. Kulkarni, and Kishore M. Paknikar. "Microbial synthesis of semiconductor PbS nanocrystallites." Advanced Materials 14, no. 11 (2002): 815.
  60. Kowshik M and Paknikar K M, “Biological strategies for the production of metal-based nanocrystallites”, Physics Education 19, (2002): 31-40.
  61. Kowshik, M., and S. Nazareth. "Biosedimentation of Mine Tailings by Fusarium Solani." , Journal Industrial Pollution Control 17, no. 2 (2001): 341-346.
  62. Kowshik M and Nazareth S, “Metal tolerance of Fusarium solani”, Ecology, Environment and Conservation, 6, (2000): 391-395,
  63. Kowshik M and Nazareth S, Biosorption of metals by Fusarium solani, Asian J. Microbiol. Biotech. & Env. Sc. 1 (1999): 57-61.

Book Chapters

  1. Bionano-magnetic materials: synthesis and Applications in “Nanotechnology for Biomedical applications, Edited by Thomas Varghese, Atlantic Publishers.
  2. Pallavee Srivastava and Meenal Kowshik (2015) Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles from Halophiles. In: Dinesh k Maheshwari and Meenu Saraf (Eds), Halophiles: Biodiversity and Sustainable Exploitation. Vol. 6, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. (Book Chapter)
  3.  Pallavee Srivastava and Meenal Kowshik (2018) Mechanisms of bacterial heavy metal resistance and homeostasis: an overview, In  Heavy Metals in the Environment: Microorganisms and Bioremediation, Ed: Edgardo Donati, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group.
  4. Achari, G.A., Zakane, R.N. and Kowshik, M., 2020. Eco-friendly Nanomaterials in Agriculture: Biofortification, Plant Growth Promotion, and Phytopathogen Control. Handbook of Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites for Energy and Environmental Applications, pp.1-22. Ed: Oxana Vasilievna Kharissova, Leticia Myriam Torres Martínez, Boris Ildusovich Kharisov.
  5. Rajwade, J. M., Kawle, K., Kulkarni, S., Kowshik, M., Rajwade, J. M., & Kowshik, M. (2023). Wound Treatment Using Nanomaterials. Nanobiomaterials: Perspectives for Medical Applications in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases, 145, 207-235.
  6. Kowshik M, Structural DNA nanotechnology and its biomedical applications, Advances in Nano and Biochemistry, 2023.

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