Seaweed Polysaccharides

Dr. Jayachandran Venkatesan, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. is presently working as a postdoctoral researcher in Division of Bioengineering, Incheon National University, and Incheon, South Korea. Previously, he worked as a Research Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Marine Bioprocess Research Center (MBPRC) at Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea. He received his Master of Science in chemistry from Thiruvalluvar University in 2005. Further, He received his Ph.D. from Pukyong National University in 2011. His major research interests are investigation and development of materials from marine sources. Furthermore, he is currently doing a research on biomaterials, tissue engineering and drug delivery application. To date, he has published 62 research papers and holds 4 patents. Prof. Sukumaran Anil, BDS, MDS, PhD, FDS RCPS (Glas), FICD, FPFA, is currently serving as professor and consultant in Division of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Riyadh and Saudi Arabia. He received his Doctoral Degree in Dentistry (PhD), from University of Hong Kong in 2002. Further, he underwent one year advanced training at the UK center for Oral HIV research, Guys’ and St. Thomas’s hospital, London. Based on the contribution to the field Prof. Sukumaran received honorary fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow (FDS, RCPS), International College of Dentist (FICD) and Pierre Fauchard Academy (FPFA). He was a recipient of several awards for excellence in the field, Gold-medal winner (BDS-India), Ratan H. Doctor National Award (INDIA), Wang Gungwu Scholarship for Research Students (Hong Kong), Golden Quill award for research excellence from King Saud University, Riyadh. He has more than 30 years of undergraduate, postgraduate teaching experience and PhD supervision in various countries such as India, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, South Korea and USA. Previously, he served as full Professor at King Saud University, Riyadh for the past 10 years and worked as chairman and member of the National Accreditation (NCAAA), European and US accreditation for the courses at King Saud University. He is having a major role in developing a medical research facility (Biomaterials and Dental) for the medical division of the ministry of defense in Riyadh. He has published more than 350 research papers in high-impact journals-chapters and books in the field. Professor Se-Kwon Kim, PhD, currently serves as a senior professor in the Department of Chemistry and the director of the Marine Bioprocess Research Center (MBPRC) at Pukyong National University in the Republic of Korea. He received his BSc, MSc, and PhD from the Pukyong National University and joined as a faculty member. He has previously served as a scientist in the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (1988-1989), and was a visiting scientist at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada (1999-2000).Professor Se-Kwon Kim was the first president of the Korean Society of Chitin and Chitosan (1986-1990) and the Korean Society of Marine Biotechnology (2006-2007). He was also the chairman for the 7th Asia-Pacific Chitin and Chitosan Symposium, which was held in South Korea in 2006. He is one of the board members of the International Society of Marine Biotechnology and the International Society for Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods. Moreover, he was the editor in chief of the Korean Journal of Life Sciences (1995-1997), the Korean Journal of Fisheries Science and Technology (2006-2007), and the Korean Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology (2006-present). His research has been credited with the best paper award from the American Oil Chemist’s Society (AOCS) and the Korean Society of Fisheries Science and Technology in 2002.Professor Se-Kwon Kim’s major research interests are investigation and development of bioactive substances derived from marine organisms and their application in oriental medicine, nutraceuticals, and cosmeceuticals via marine bioprocessing and mass- production technologies. He has also conducted research on the development of bioactive materials from marine organisms for applications in oriental medicine, cosmeceuticals, and nutraceuticals. To date, he has authored over 600 research papers and holds 152 patents. In addition, he has written or edited more than 60 books.

1. Introduction to algae based biopolymers 2. Extraction of alginates from laminaria digitate by reactive extrusion method 3. Alginate extraction by conventional methods 4. Efficient extraction of agarose from red algae using ionic liquid 5. Microwave-assisted extraction of sulfated polysaccharides (fucoidan) from brown seaweed 6. Ultrasonic-assisted extraction of carrageenan 7. Extraction and characterization of ulvan from algae 8. Isolation and characterization of Laminarin from algae 9. Chemical modification of alginate 10. Methods in Alginate Hydrogels production 11. Modification of Carrageenan 12. Chemical modification of fucoidan 13. Biological activity of fucoidan 14. Anticancer effect of fucoidan 15. Biological activity of carrageenan 16. Anticancer and Cancer Preventive Properties of Carrageenan 17. Toxicity study of ulvan 18. Inhibition of heparanase activity and tumor metastasis by laminarin sulfate 19. Alginate in cancer drug delivery 20. Alginate in protein Delivery 21. Alginate in wound Dressing 22. Alginate in tissue engineering 23. Alginate in biosensor and MRI 24. Role of alginate in Dentistry 25. Biomedical application of fucoidan 27. Usage of Carrageenan in drug release 28. Ulvan membranes as new biomaterials for drug delivery 29. Ulvan scaffolds in tissue engineering