Nucleic Acids

Dr. Irshad Ul Haq Bhat (Assistant Professor), Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Bahrain, Bahrain. Dr. Bhat completed his Ph.D. in 2008 from Aligarh Muslim University, India, and was awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship (2009–2012) from the University of Science Malaysia. Dr. Bhat has 15 years of research and teaching experience. He has completed various research grants, both as the main as well as co=researcher, and has received the Service Excellence Award from the University of Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia. He has supervised students at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has presented his research work in more than 20 national and international conferences. He has published more than 50 high-impact-factor research articles including highly cited review articles along with eight book chapters and served as an editorial member and reviewer of 10 journals. His research interest includes bioinorganic chemistry (metal-based drugs), metal chelate–DNA interaction, nanocatalysis, biocomposites, and nanoparticle synthesis. Dr. Zakia Khanam received her Ph.D. in 2009 from Aligarh Muslim University, India. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship (2011) from the School of Chemical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia. She has served as a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Agro Based Industry, University of Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia. She has 8 years of research and teaching experience and served as a committee member in various faculty committees. She has received awards for publications at the University of Malaysia Kelantan and University of Science Malaysia. Dr. Khanam has published more than 25 research articles, six book chapters, monographs, and several proceedings. She is actively involved in reviewing articles from various publications and has served as a section editor, guest editor, and editorial board member of several journals. She has presented and contributed her research work in 38 conferences and trained students for thesis writing in various workshops as an invited speaker including the Health, Herbs and Beauty Bio-Kelantan international carnival: Conference and Exhibition. Her research interests are phytochemical investigations, pharmacological investigation of active compounds, DNA cleavage studies, and polymer sciences.

1. Zinc complexes and their interaction with nucleic acids and other biomolecule targets 2. Ruthenium complexes: An insight into their interactions with nucleic acids and biomolecules 3. Nucleic acid interactions of copper chemotherapeutics 4. Recent advances in iron complexes and their interaction with nucleic acids 5. Manganese complexes: their interaction studies with nucleic acids and biomolecules