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Sonal Ayakar

goa Biological Sciences

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

Bioengineering, Bioprocess, Synthetic Biology
sonala@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
sonal.ayakar@gmail.com
+918322580496
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Sonal Ayakar

Conference Proceedings

  • P. Mehta, P. Sahoo, S. Ayakar, R. S. Singhal, “Studies on Probiotics, Paraprobiotics and Postbiotics”, 92nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Chemists, Goa, India (Dec 2023) (Poster)
  • Gad and S. Ayakar, “Towards efficient biomass valorization: formulation and characterization of a cellulolytic bacterial consortium”, 92nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Chemists, Goa, India (Dec 2023) (Poster)
  • Gad and S. Ayakar, “Development of an efficient microbial consortium for cellulosic waste management”, National conference on ‘Retrospect of Biological Sciences (NCRBS-2023), SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai (Apr 2023) (Oral)
  • Gad and S. Ayakar, ‘Synthetic Microbial Consortium for Bioprospecting of Lignocellulosic Waste’, Action for Restoring Environment (ARE) conference held on 24th November to 25th November, 2022 organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Delhi sponsored by Energy Swaraj Foundation (Nov 2022) (Poster)
  • Ayakar and V. G. Yadav, "Metagenomics yields new insights about metabolic flux through the non-mevalonate pathway", DECHEMA Bioflavours, Frankfurt, Germany (Sept 2018) (Oral)
  • C. Patankar, S. Ayakar, V.G. Yadav, Scott Renneckar, Greener and selective synthesis of vanillin from lignin, Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Portland, USA (June 2018) (Poster)
  • Ayakar, S. V. Pawar. S. J. Hallam and V. G. Yadav, "Multiplying productivity using metagenomics: beyond canonical metabolic engineering", Synthetic biology for natural products conference, Cancun, Mexico (Mar 2017) (Poster)
  • Ayakar, "Life of a drug", invited seminar at St. John's College, UBC, Vancouver, Canada (2015) (Oral)
  • Ayakar and G. D. Yadav, "Production of 6- aminopenicillanic acid by supported penicillin acylase", Bioprocessing India, Delhi (2013) (Poster)

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  • Gad, S. Ayakar, R. Adivarekar, “Formulation and characterization of bacterial consortium for efficient lignocellulosic waste degradation”, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12(3), 112619 (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2024.112619 (IF: 7.7)
  • S. Kamble, R. Chatterjee, S. Gad, S. Kansara, S. Ayakar, A. K. Pandey, R. Dandela, “Solar-Assisted Green Synthesis, Molecular Docking, Antibacterial, and Cytotoxicity Studies of Symmetrical N, N’-Alkylidene Bisamides Bearing Lower E-Factors”, American Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 10(1), 1-12 (2024). DOI: 10.11648/j.ajhc.20241001.11 (IF: 2.4)
  • P. Mehta, S. Ayakar, R. S. Singhal, “The potential of paraprobiotics and postbiotics to modulate the immune system: A Review”, Microbiological Research, 275, 127449 (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2023.127449 (IF: 6.7)
  • Ayakar and V. Yadav, “Continuous ex situ recovery of volatile monoterpenoids produced by genetically engineered Escherichia coli”, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 100 (9), 2204-2216 (2022). DOI: 10.1002/cjce.24486 (IF: 2.5)
  • Gad, S. Ayakar, "Protein scaffolds: a tool for multi-enzyme assembly", Biotechnology Reports, 32, E000670 (2021). DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2021.e00670 (IF: 6.4)
  • S. Ayakar and G. D. Yadav, "Development of novel support for penicillin acylase and its application in 6-aminopenicillanic acid production", Molecular Catalysis, 476, 110484 (2019). DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2019.110484 (IF: 5.0)
  • C. Patankar, S. R. Ayakar, V. G. Yadav, and S. Renneckar, "The V-factor: A new metric for gauging the efficiency & profitability of manufacturing processes in the bio-economy", Bioproducts Business, 4, 63-76 (2019). DOI: 10.22382/bpb-2019-006
  • C. Patankar, L. Liu, L. Ji, S. Ayakar, V.G. Yadav, and S. Renneckar, "Isolation of phenolic monomers from kraft lignin using a magnetically recyclable TEMPO nanocatalyst". Green Chemistry, 21, 785–791 (2019). DOI: 10.1039/c8gc03304h (IF: 11)
  • K. Srivastava, P. Piwek, S. Ayakar, A. Bonakdarpour, D. Wilkinson, V. G. Yadav, "A biogenic photovoltaic material", Small, 14, 1800729 (2018). DOI: 10.1002/smll.201870121 (IF: 13.3)

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