Bio Nano Electronics Research Center
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary New Science
Toyo University, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan

Educational Qualifications

• B.S. Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, 2004
• M.S. Plant Biotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, 2006
• Ph.D. (April, 2008 - )

Awards, Fellowships and Honors

1. Received Monbukagakusho fellowship, MEXT, Japan - 2008.
2. Received Project Saraswati Scholarship for Post Graduation - Hindustan Lever Ltd.
3. First Rank holder for M.S. Biotechnology.
4. Received KAU Merit Scholarship for Graduation.
5. Received Manorama Merit Scholarship Award.

Nanodrug delivery in plants

The significant applications of nanotechnology in health care and drug delivery have resulted in a tremendous upsurge of interest in agrinanotechnology with more effective and efficient methods of site- specific delivery. This would permit their application in plant pathology treatments and their use in studies of plant-pathogen interaction. Nanomaterials are being developed that offer the opportunity to administer pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers in a more efficient and safe manner by controlling precisely when and where they are released. The possible effects and overall fate of different nanomaterials in plants and their exposure pathways in the environment has produced great attention. Nano delivery has also shown its ability in modifying the genetic constitution of the crop plants thereby helping in further improvement of plants. I would like to explore the possibility of the usage of silicon based nanoparticles for nanodrug delivery in plants.

Publications

1. Nanodrug delivery to plants - A Review (to be submitted)
   
   Remya Nair, Saino Varghese, Baiju G. Nair, T. Hanajiri,T. Maekawa, Y. Yoshida, D. Sakthi Kumar
2. Nanodrug delivery an answer to cancer menace - A review (to be submitted)
   
   Baiju G. Nair, Saino Varghese, Remya Nair, T. Hanajiri,T. Maekawa, Y. Yoshida, D. Sakthi Kumar
3. Carbon nanotube based sensors - A Review
   
   Current Nanoscience (to be submitted)
   
   Saino Varghese, Remya Nair, Baiju G. Nair, T. Hanajiri,T. Maekawa, Y. Yoshida, D. Sakthi Kumar
4. Carbon nanotube based bio sensors - A Review
   
   Nanoscale Research Letters (Submitted)
   
   Saino Varghese, Remya Nair, Baiju G. Nair, T. Hanajiri,T. Maekawa, Y. Yoshida, D. Sakthi Kumar
5. Biocompatibility of surface modified PET substrate by plasma polymerized acetobromoglucose
   
   J. Biomaterials applications (Submitted)
   
   D. Sakthi Kumar, Baiju G. Nair, Saino Varghese, Remya Nair, T. Hanajiri, T. Maekawa, Y. Yoshida

Seminars and Presentations

1. Nanodrug delivery - in plants (Poster)
   
   Remya Nair, Saino Varghese, Baiju G. Nair, T. Hanajiri,T. Maekawa, Y. Yoshida, D. Sakthi Kumar
   
   International Seminar on Bionano Science, Tokyo, Japan, 7 November 2008
2. Nanodrug delivery in plants - A review
   
   Remya Nair
   
   Departmental presentation (25 July 2008)
3. Novartis International Biotechnology Leadership Camp, Tokyo, Japan - Aug 29-30,2008