Dr. P.K. SHUKLA
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Senior Principal Scientist

 In-Charge Microbiology Division
Central Drug Research Institute,
LUCKNOW 226 031, INDIA

 
 
Educational qualifications M.Sc., Ph.D.
E-Mail

[email protected], [email protected]

Date of birth

May 20, 1959

 
POSITIONS HELD
 
Lecturer in Medical Mycology T.U.Teaching Hospital nstitute of Medicine Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Present Position : Senior Principal Scientist, Microbiology Division, CDRI, Lucknow
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE/TRAINNING
 
Senior Research Fellow and Research Associate (ICMR, New Delhi, India)
Department of Ophthalmology, King George's Medical College, and Medical Mycology Division,
C.D.R.I., Lucknow, India.
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
 
Medical Mycology, Immunodiagnosis
Chemo/Immuno therapy of fungal infection
MEMBERSHIPS OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
 
International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (USA)
Society for Indian Human and Animal Mycologists (SIHAM), India, Life member
International Society of Applied Biology, India, Life member
The U.P.Association for the Science and Technology Advancement. Life member
 
Honours and Awards : Received best paper presentation award at the 32nd Annual Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India, Madurai (Jan10-12, 1992)
 
Publications and Patents: More than 110 papers and 14 patents.
 
Selected Publications
Kiran Kumar STVS, Kumar Lalit, Sharma,Vishnu L. Jain Ashish, Jain, Rajeev K, Maikhuri Jagdamba P, Kumar Manish, Shukla Praveen K and Gupta Gopal. Carbodithioic acid esters of fluoxetine, a novel class of dual-function spermicides. (2008) Eur. J. Med. Chem. 43, 2247-2256
Saxena N, Singh N, Mishra M, Keshava GB, Shukla PK and Tripathi RP. Synthesis of azatricyclodiones & octahydro-benzo[f]isoindoles and their antimicrobial evaluation. (2008) Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry 23, 476-482
Shukla PK, Kumar M and Keshava GBS. Mycotic keratitis: an overview of diagnosis and therapy. (2008) Mycoses 51, 183-199
Singh DN, Verma N, Raghuwanshi S, Shukla PK and Kulshreshtha DK. Antifungal activity of Agapanthus africanus extractives. (2008) Fitoterapia 79, 298-300
Candidacidal activity of a monoclonal antibody that binds with glycosyl moieties of proteins of Candida albicans Wall Proteins. Amol Kavishwar and P.K Shukla. Medical Mycology (2006), 44, 159-167.
Use of PCR targeting of internal transcribed spacer regions and single-stranded conformation polymorphism analysis of sequence variation in different regions of rRNA genes in fungi for rapid diagnosis of mycotic keratitis. Manish Kumar and P.K.Shukla (2005). J. Clin. Microbiol.vol. 43 (2), 662-668.
Synthesis of 4-hydroxy-1-methylindole and benzo[b]thiophen-4-ol based unnatural flavonoids as new class of antimicrobial agents. Prem P. Yadav, Prasoon Gupta, A.K.Chaturvedi, P.K.Shukla and Rakesh Maurya. (2005). Bioorg. Med. Chem. 13, 1497-1505.
Identification of a novel antifungal nonapeptide generated by combinatorial approach. Manish kumar, Ashok k. Chaturvedi, Amol Kavishwar, P.K.Shukla, A.P. Kesarwani and B. Kundu. (2005) International J. Antimicrob. Agents. 25, 313-320.
Synthesis of (1,4)-naphthoquinono-(3,2-c)-1 H-pyrazoles and their (1,4)-naphthohydroquinone derivatives as antifungal antibacterial and anticancer agents. V.K.Tandon, D.B.Yadav, A.K.Chaturvedi and P.K.Shukla. (2005). Bioor. Med. Chem. Lett. 15, 3288-3291.
Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives as antibacterial and antiviral agents. V.K. Tandon, D.B. Yadav, R.V. Singh, Meenu Vaish, A.K. Chaturvedi and P.K. Shukla. Bioor. Med. Chem. Lett. 2005. 15, 3463-3466.
Discovery of substituted isoxazolecarbeldehydes as potent spermicides, acrosin inhibitors and mild antifungal agents.G. Gupta, R.K.Jain, J.P.Maikhuri, P.K.Shukla, M. Kumar, K.Roy, A. Patra, V. Singh and S. Batra. Human Reproduction 2005. 20, 2301-2308.
Identification of Aspergillus fumigatus secretory proteins and their immunohistochemical demonstration in mouse model. S.K Raghuwanshi, Manish Kumar, A. Kavishwar, Ashok K. Chaturvedi, P.S.R Murthy and P.K. Shukla. Mycoses (2005). 48, 313-320.
Monoclonal Immunoglobulin G1 directed against Aspergillus fumigatus cell wall glycoprotein protects against experimental murine aspergillosis. A.K.Chaturvedi, A. Kavishwar, G.B.Shiva Keshava and P.K.Shukla. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology (2005) 12, 1063-1068.
Sensitive and rapid PCR based diagnosis of mycotic keratitis through single stranded conformation polymorphism Manish Kumar, N.K.Mishra, and P.K.Shukla. American J. Ophthalmology (2005) 140 (5), 858-865.
Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel (L)-a-amino acid methyl ester, heteroalkyl, and aryl substituted 1,4-naphthoquinone derivatives as antifungal and antibacterial agents. Vishnu K. Tandon, Dharmendra Yadav, Ravindra V. Singh, Ashok K. Chaturvedi and P.K. Shukla. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 15 (2005) 5324-5328.