If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be called Research, would it?" Sir A. Einstein
Education:
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PDF: University of California, Davis, USA on Chemoenzymatic synthesis of Sialosides (2007, Advisor: Prof. Xi Chen)
- PhD: Jawaharlal Nehru University (2004); Worked at CDRI, Lucknow (2000-2004; Advisor: Dr. R P Tripathi)
- MSc: Banaras Hindu University, India (1998)
- BSc: Udai Pratap Autonomous Institution, Varanasi (1996)
Research Interest:
Our current research interest mainly focuses on Organic synthesis, in brief Carbohydrate Chemistry, Novel Synthetic methodology, Total synthesis of natural products, and Search of new chemical entities against frontline diseases.
Representative publications (out of 43 including 08 Patents, Impact factor of published Papers ~65):
- Synthesis of Glycosylated b-amino acids as new class of antitubercular agents, Tripathi RP,* Tripathi R, Tiwari VK; Bala L, Sinha S, Srivastava A, Srivastava R, Srivastava BS, Eur J Med Chem, 2002, 37, 9, 773-781 [Times Cited: >40].
- Synthesis and Bioevaluation of glycosyl ureas as alpha-glucosidase inhibitors and their effect on Mycobacteriam, N Tewari, V K Tiwari, R C Mishra, RP Tripathi,* AK Srivastava, R Ahmad, R Srivastava, BS Srivastava, Bio-Org & Med Chem, 2003, 11, 2911-2922 [Received Most Cited Paper Award].
- Fighting Tuberculosis: An old disease with new challenges, Tripathi R P,* Tewari N, Dwivedi N, Tiwari VK, Med Res Rev, 2005, 25: 93-131 [Citation> 38].
- One-pot convenient & high yielding synthesis of dithiocarbamates, V K Tiwari,* A Singh, HA Hussain, B B Mishra, V Tripathi, Monatsh Chem, 2007, 138: 534-538.
- One pot amberlite IR-120 catalyzed synthesis of glycosyl pyridinone, V K Tiwari,* N Tewari, D Katiyar, R P Tripathi,* Monatsh Chem, 2007, 138: 1297-1302.
- One-pot, simple new, and convenient synthesis of 2-thioxo-2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-ones, V K Tiwari,* D D Singh, H A Hussain, BB Mishra, A Singh, Monatsh Chem, 2008, 139: 43-48.
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Multifunctionality of Campylobacter jejuni sialyltransferase-ase CstII: Characterization of GD3/GT3 oligosaccharide synthase, GD3 oligosaccharide sialidase and trans-sialidase activities, J Cheng, H Yu, K Lau, S Huang, HA Chokhawala, Y Li, VK Tiwari, Xi Chen,* Glycobiology, 2008, 18, 686-697.
