Dr. S. Weslen Vedakumari

Research – Major Research Areas

• Nanofabrication, Pro-angiogenesis, Wound treatment

Research – Clinical Trials / Funded Projects

• CARE funding, 2016

Research – List of Publications

1. Vedakumari, S. W., Jayalakshmi, R., Sanjayan, C. G., Jayavardhini, B., Arya, K., & Murugesan, R. (2019). Fabrication of microcomposites based on silk sericin and monetite for bone tissue engineering. Polymer Bulletin, 1-7.
2. Vedakumari, S. W., Senthil, R., Sekar, S., Babu, C. S., & Sastry, T. P. (2019). Enhancing anti-cancer activity of erlotinib by antibody conjugated nanofibrin-In vitro studies on lung adenocarcinoma cell lines. Materials Chemistry and Physics, 224, 328-333.
3. S. Weslen Vedakumari and Keerthivasan Isywariya (2019). Advances in Therapeutics and Diagnostics of Human Diseases. (ISBN: 978-1-53615-383-5) Nova Science Publishers.
4. S. Weslen Vedakumari, Gowtham Kumar, and R. Senthil. The Role of Nano-Nutraceuticals in Treatment of Cancer (Chapter), Book: Cancer versus Nutraceuticals; Cancer Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatments Series, 2017-4th Quarter, Nova Science Publishers.
5. WS Vedakumari, N Ayaz, AS Karthick, R Senthil, TP Sastry. Quercetin impregnated chitosan–fibrin composite scaffolds as potential wound dressing materials—Fabrication, characterization and in vivo analysis. Eur. J. Pharm. Sci. 2017, 97, 106-112.
6. Rethinam S, Nivedita P, Hemalatha T, Weslen Vedakumari S, Sastry TP. A possible wound dressing material from marine food waste. Int. J. Artif. Organs. 2016, 39, 509-517.
7. R Senthil, SW Vedakumari, T Hemalatha, V Sumathi, N Gobi, TP Sastry. New Approaches for the Effective Utilization of Fish Skin Wastes of Aluterus Monoceros. Journal of Earth, Environment and Health Sciences 2016, 2, 50-55.
8. Weslen S. Vedakumari, Periyathambi Prabu, Thotapalli P. Sastry. Fibrin-chitosan nanocomposites as drug delivering and wound healing materials. J. Biomed. Nanotechnol. 2015; 11, 657-667.
9. Prabu P, Vedakumari WS, Sastry TP. Time-dependent biodistribution, clearance and biocompatibility of magnetic fibrin nanoparticles: an in vivo study. Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 9676-9685.
10. Rethinam S, Vedakumari WS, Thiagarajan H, Das BN, Sastry TP. Leather fibres as reinforcement for epoxy composites: a novel perspective. Fiber Polym. 2015, 16, 181-187.
11. Prabu P, Vedakumari WS, Kumar S, Bojja S, Sastry TP. Osteogenic potency of magnetic fibrin nanoparticles – a novel perspective in bone tissue engineering. Mater Lett. 2014;139; 108-111 (IF 2.572; Highlighted in Nature India-Nov 2014 doi:10.1038/nindia.2014.151).
12. Prabu P, Vedakumari WS, Bojja S, Kumar S, Sastry TP. Green biosynthesis and characterization of fibrin functionalized iron-oxide nanoparticles with increased cellular internalization and MRI sensitivity. Mater Chem Phys. 2014;148;1212-1220.
13. Vedakumari WS, Sastry TP. Physiologically clotted fibrin – Preparation and characterization for tissue engineering and drug delivery applications. Biologicals. 2014; 42(5):277–284.
14. Vedakumari WS, Priya VM, Sastry TP. Deposition of superparamagnetic nanohydroxyapatite on iron-fibrin substrates: Preparation, characterization, cytocompatibility and bioactivity studies. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2014;120:208–214.
15. Vedakumari WS, Prabu P, Babu SC, Sastry TP. Fibrin nanoparticles as Possible vehicles for drug delivery. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2013;1830(8):4244–4253.