Dr. Unnikrishnan P.S.
Current Position: Post- doctoral fellow, RGCB, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Project Completed: 3D-Sacffold for bone tissue engineering, animal model development, osteoporosis (Chancellors Award Project)
Email: unni.ukps87@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-unnikrishnan-ps/
Dr. Unnikrishnan is a University Post-Doctoral Fellow (UPDF) in Prof. G.S. Sailaja’s team at the Department of Polymer Science and Rubber Technology since August 2021. Before joining in this group he completed his post doctoral project in large animal model for the clinical translation of bone grafts for tissue regeneration at Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology from Vellore Institute of Technology, 2017 under the supervision of Dr. M. A. Jayasri, where his research focused on bio-prospecting of seaweeds with special reference to diabetic complications. He presently works on the project “Biocompatible 3D Scaffolding through Femtosecond Laser Photo- polymerization for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine”.
Research Interests
3D-Sacffold for bone tissue engineering, animal model development, osteoporosis
Awards
Best poster award-November, 2017: International conference on advances in degenerative diseases and molecular interventions
Research award-April, 2015: School of bio sciences and technology, VIT University Vellore
Research award-April, 2014: School of bio sciences and technology, VIT University Vellore
Publications
Unnikrishnan, P. S., Subramania Iyer, Manju, V, Reshmi C. R, Deepthy Menon, Shantikumar V. Nair, and Manitha B. Nair. (2021). Nanocomposite fibrous scaffold mediated mandible reconstruction and dental rehabilitation: An experimental study in pig model, Materials Science and Engineering: C: 112631.
Lalitha, S., Unnikrishnan, P. S., Sabu, C. K., Krishnan, A. G., & Nair, M. B. (2021). Effect of wheat gluten on improved thermal cross-linking and osteogenesis of hydroxyapatite-gelatin composite scaffolds, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 183, 1200-1209.
Aswathy S.H, Chandini C Mohan, Unnikrishnan P.S, Amit G Krishnan and Manitha Nair (2021). Decellularization and oxidation process of bamboo stem enhance biodegradation and osteogenic differentiation, Materials Science & Engineering C, 119, 111500.
Unnikrishnan, P.S. and M.A. Jayasri (2018). Marine algae as a prospective source for antidiabetic compounds-A brief review. Current diabetes reviews, 14(3) 237-245.
Unnikrishnan, P.S. and M.A. Jayasri (2017). Antidiabetic studies of Chaetomorpha antennina extract using experimental models, Journal of applied phycology, 29 (2), 1047-1056.
Unnikrishnan, P.S, K. Suthindhiran and M.A. Jayasri (2015). Alpha- amylase inhibition and antioxidant activity of marine green algae and its possible role in diabetes management, Pharmacognosy Magazine, 11 (4), S511-S515.
Unnikrishnan, P.S, K. Suthindhiran and M.A. Jayasri (2015). Antidiabetic potential of marine algae by inhibiting key metabolic enzymes, Frontiers in Life Science, 8(2), 148-159.
Unnikrishnan, P.S, K. Suthindhiran and M.A. Jayasri (2014). Inhibitory potential of turbinaria ornata against key metabolic enzymes linked to diabetes, BioMed research international, 1-10.
Conference Presentations
Unnikrishnan P.S., S. Sini, M.V. Reshma, S.R. Suja, E. Muthulakshmi, S.N. Rajasekharan and P. Jayamurthy (2017). Scientific validation of ayurvedic medicinal plants used in traditional/tribal/folk medicines for the management of diabetes [International Conference on Advances in Degenerative Diseases and Molecular Interventions (ADDMI- Best Poster Award) 2017, India]
Unnikrishnan, P.S., K. Suthindhiran, S. Sajitha Lulu, A. Thabitha and M.A. Jayasri (2016). Anti hyperglycaemic potential of seaweeds (Sargassum polycystum and Turbinaria ornata) in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats and its bioactivity guided compound isolation [CUSAT-NUS Joint International Conference on Biotechnology and Neuroscience 2016, India]
Unnikrishnan, P.S. and M.A. Jayasri (2016). Investigation of four edible seaweed extracts against starch digestion rate and insulin secretion in vitro [International Conference on Current Trends in Biotechnology (ICCB) 2016, India]
Unnikrishnan, P.S., K. Suthindhiran and M.A. Jayasri (2012). Marine algae as a potential source for antidiabetic compounds [CAMTech-India Medical Hackathon 2012, India]
Unnikrishnan, P.S. and R. Prathap Chandran (2010). Optimization for the production of keratinase enzyme from Bacillus cereus [National seminar on Frontiers in Biotechnology 2010, India]