Education

1. B. Sc. Microbiology (1998-2001) Yeshwant Mahavidyalaya, Nanded, MS
2. M. Sc in Microbiology (2001-2003) Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, MS
3. Ph. D. in Microbiology (2007-2010 JRF/SRF), Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, MS

Employment

1. UGC- Dr. D S Kothari Post-doc Research Fellow (2011-2014) Department of Microbiology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, MS
2. Research Associate (State Govt. 2014- 2016), Department of Biotechnology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, MS
3. Assistant Professor (2016 – 2024) Department of Microbiology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, MS
4. Associate Professor II (2024 - till today), Life Sciences Division, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati, Assam

Life Member of Society:

1. Life member, Indian Biophysical Society, Hyderabad, India
2. Life member, National Academy of Biological Sciences, Tamilnadu, India.
3. Life Member, The Biotech Research Society (BRSI), India
4. Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
5. Life Member, Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists, India
6. Life Member, G-Can scientific community, Seattle, Washington, United States

Awards and Honours:

1. UGC- Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (JRF/SRF) 2006 –2010
2. UGC- Dr. D.S. Kothari Post-doc Research Fellowship 2011 – 2014
3. Summer Faculty Research Fellow (SFRF-2024), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Editorial Roles:

1. Guest Associate Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology (Microbial Physiology and Metabolism)
2. Review Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology (Fungal Biotechnology), Frontiers for Young Minds (Human Health), Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, Phytochemistry, European Journal of Pharmacology.

Invited Talk/Delegate Visits

1. 4^th International Conference on Natural Products and Human Health (ICNPHH-2024), September 18 – 20, 2024 at University of Aveiro, Portugal (Women in Science).

Research Guideship

1. M.Sc. (Microbiology/Biotechnology) Dissertation guided: >45
2. CSIR-SRTP 2020 Program: 16 no.
3. Ph.D. Guideship/co-guide: 03 No.

Workshop/Training/Refresher Courses/Orientation programmes attended: >15 No.(2018 Onwards……)

1. Aug 1-31, 2018 120^th Orientation Programmes Organized by UGC-HRDC Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad.
2. Feb 11-16, 2019 Short Term Training Program on “Nanoscience and Nanotechnology” Organized by Center of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and UGC- HRDC, Mumbai University, Mumbai, MS, India.
3. Nov 20-29, 2019 National Level Workshop on “Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Ex-Situ conservation and Application of Fungi” Organized by Agharkar Research Institute, Pune
4. Feb 16, 2022 to March 1, 2022 Refresher course in Biomedical Research. Organized by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (Formerly UGC-Academic Staff College) North Eastern Hill University, Shillong – 793022
5. June 1, 2023 to 16 June, 2023 Two-week refresher course on “Diversity and Utilization of plants “organized by Telangana Mahila Viswavidyalayam (Women’s University), Koti Hyderabad, Telangana, supported by IAS, INSA, NAS
6. Jan 29 to 2 Feb 2024 Training program on “Study on Microbial dynamics during fermentation of ethnic food and beverages” Organized by IASST, Guwahati, Assam

Seminar/Conferences attended at National and International Level: 20 No. (2017 onwards….)

1. Dec 8 -10, 2017 The National Academy of Sciences Conference (NASI), (Poster and Oral presentation) organized by Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune.
2. July 4-5,2020 International Virtual Conference on “Natural Products and Synthetic Biology (ICNSB - 2020)” (Poster presentation) Organized by Jointly organized by School of Bio Sciences and Technology (SBST), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore & Society of Chemical and Synthetic Biology (SCSB).
3. July 13- 16, 2020 (Poster presentation) Webinar Series On “Fermentation Technology” Organized by the Biospectra Association of the Department of Biotechnology, Guru Nanak College (Autonomous), Guru Nanak Salai, Velachery, Chennai – 600042
4. February 16^th -18^th, 2024 (Poster presentation) International Conference on Traditional Medicine & Phytopharmaceuticals (ICTMP) & International Congress of Society for Ethnopharmacology (SFEC 2024) Organized by CSIR-IIIM, Jammu, India.
5. 4^th International Conference on Natural Products and Human Health (ICNPHH-2024), September 18 – 20, 2024 at University of Aveiro, Portugal (Poster presentation).

Extra Curriculum Activities

1. Jury member for Regional level National Children Science Congress, 2018
2. Jury member for Regional level National Children Science Congress, 2019
3. Jury member for Regional level children science conclave, Vilakshan open science exhibition 2023
4. Jury member for Cluster Level Seminar Millets for sustainable future and Health, 2024

Book Chapter/ Review Article

1. Miss Ragini G. Bodade and Dr. C. N. Khobragade. 2007. “Gout: A Disease of King” Biotechnology Emerging Trends (ISBN No.978-81-7233-587-8), edited by R Z Sayyed and A S Patil, Scientific publisher, Jodhpur, India, pp 217-236.
2. Bodade, R.G. and Bodade, A.G., 2020. Microencapsulation of bioactive compounds and enzymes for therapeutic applications. In Biopolymer-based formulations(pp. 381-404). Elsevier. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816897-4.00017-5
3. Bodade, A. and Bodade, R., 2020. Basics of human leukocyte antigens (hla) system and its application in clinical specialties. Int J Med Lab Res, 5(2), pp.51-68.DOI 35503/IJMLR.2020.5207
4. Bodade, A.G. and Bodade, R.G., 2021. National accreditation board for hospitals and healthcare accreditation system for healthcare sector in India: an overview. MGM Journal of Medical Sciences, 8(1), pp.66-72. DOI: 4103/mgmj.mgmj_66_20
5. Lonkar, K. and Bodade, R., 2021. Potential role of endophytes in weeds and herbicide tolerance in plants. Plant growth-promoting microbes for sustainable biotic and abiotic stress management, pp.227-250. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66587-6_9
6. Bodade, R. and Lonkar, K., 2022. Extremophilic fungal amylases: screening, purification, assay, and applications. In Extremophilic Fungi: Ecology, Physiology and Applications(pp. 465-487). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4907-3_20
7. Bodade, R.G., Kumar, R. and Kutty, R., 2023. Crop plant-mediated nanoparticle synthesis and applications. In Nanoparticles in Green Organic Synthesis(pp. 351-399). Elsevier. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95921-6.00015-9
8. Bodade, R.G., 2023. Bioactive compounds from endophytic microorganisms. In Microbial Biomolecules (pp. 135-158). Academic Press. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99476-7.00006-5
9. Bodade, R. and Lonkar, K., 2024. Antifungal activity of microbial secondary metabolites. In Nanohybrid Fungicides(pp. 171-207). Elsevier. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-23950-2.00005-9
10. Bodade, R.G., 2024. Secondary metabolites from Serratia and their applications. In Bacterial Secondary Metabolites (pp. 259-275). Elsevier. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95251-4.00015-6

Research Articles in Journals

1. Ragini G. Bodade, R. Shrinivas Rao, Prita S. Borker and C. N. Khobragade (2006) “Orange waste as a raw material for Citric acid production by Aspergillus niger MTCC 282”. J of Basic and Applied Sciences.
2. Bodade, R.G., Borkar, P.S., Saiful, A.M. and Khobragade, C.N., 2008. In vitro screening of bryophytes for antimicrobial activity. Journal of Medicinal plants. 7(4)23-28.  
3. Khobragade, C.N., Bodade, R.G., Shinde, M.S., Jaju, D.R., Bhosle, R.B. and Dawane, B.S., 2008. Microbial and xanthine dehydrogenase inhibitory activity of some flavones. Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry, 23(3), pp.341-346. IP [5.63] https://doi.org/10.1080/14756360701608585
4. Dawane, B.S., Konda, S.G., Bodade, R.G. and Bhosale, R.B., 2010. An efficient one‐pot synthesis of some new 2, 4‐diaryl pyrido [3, 2‐c] coumarins as potent antimicrobial agents. Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry, 47(1), pp.237-241. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhet.234 IP [5.24]
5. Bandgar, B.P., Gawande, S.S., Bodade, R.G., Gawande, N.M. and Khobragade, C.N., 2009. Synthesis and biological evaluation of a novel series of pyrazole chalcones as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antimicrobial agents. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 17(24), pp.8168-8173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2009.10.035 IP [3.3]
6. Borkar, P.S., Bodade, R.G., Rao, S.R. and Khobragade, C.N., 2009. Purification and characterization of extracellular lipase from a new strain: Pseudomonas aeruginosa SRT 9. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 40, pp.358-366.  https://doi.org/10.1590/S1517-83822009000200028 IP [2.4]
7. Bodade, R.G., Khobragade, C.N., Borkar, P.S. and Manwatkar, R.N., 2009. Haemolytic activity of some pathogenic bacteria in mammals. Journal of Cell and Tissue Research, 9(2), p.1865.
8. Bodade, R.G., Khobragade, C.N. and Ahemad, N., 2009. Comparative study of haemolytic activity of Bordetella species. Iranian J of Microbiology 1(2): 26-31. IP [1.3]
9. Bandgar, B.P., Gawande, S.S., Bodade, R.G., Totre, J.V. and Khobragade, C.N., 2010. Synthesis and biological evaluation of simple methoxylated chalcones as anticancer, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant agents. Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry, 18(3), pp.1364-1370. IP [3.3] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2009.11.066
10. Khobragade, C.N., Bodade, R.G., Konda, S.G., Dawane, B.S. and Manwar, A.V., 2010. Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of novel pyrazolo [3, 4-d] pyrimidin derivatives. European journal of medicinal chemistry, 45(4), pp.1635-1638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2009.12.040 IP [4.666]
11. Khobragade, C.N., Bodade, R.G. and Manwar, A.V., 2010. Synthesis and antioxidant activity of some flavone derivatives. Asian Journal of Research in Chemistry, 3(1), pp.139-141.
12. Dawane, B.S., Konda, S.G., Khandare, N.T., Chobe, S.S., Shaikh, B.M., Bodade, R.G. and Joshi, V.D., 2010. Synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of 2-(2-butyl-4-chloro-1H-imidazol-5-yl-methylene)-substituted-benzofuran-3-ones. Organic communications, 3(2), p.22. IP[0.29]
13. Khobragade, C.N., Bodade, R.G., Dawane, B.S., Konda, S.G. and Khandare, N.T., 2010. Synthesis and biological activity of pyrazolo [3, 4-d] thiazolo [3, 2-a] pyrimidin-4-one derivatives: in silico approach. Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 25(5), pp.615-621. https://doi.org/10.3109/14756360903389849 IP [5.63]
14. Bodade, R.G., Khobragade, C.N. and Arfeen, S., 2010. Optimization of culture conditions for glucose oxidase production by a Penicillium chrysogenum SRT 19 strain. Engineering in Life Sciences, 10(1), pp.35-39. https://doi.org/10.1002/elsc.200900030 IP [2.53]
15. Bodade, R.G., Beedkar, S.D., Manwar, A.V. and Khobragade, C.N., 2010. Homology modeling and docking study of xanthine oxidase of Arthrobacter sp. XL26. International journal of biological macromolecules, 47(2), pp.298-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2010.04.002 IP [7.7]
16. Khobragade, C.N., Beedkar, S.D., Bodade, R.G. and Vinchurkar, A.S., 2011. Comparative structural modeling and docking studies of oxalate oxidase: possible implication in enzyme supplementation therapy for urolithiasis. International journal of biological macromolecules, 48(3), pp.466-473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2011.01.007 IP [7.7]
17. Beedkar, S.D., Khobragade, C.N., Bodade, R.G. and Vinchurkar, A.S., 2012. Comparative structural modeling and docking studies of uricase: possible implication in enzyme supplementation therapy for hyperuricemic disorders. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 42(6), pp.657-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2012.03.001 [IP 7.0]
18. Kamble, P.N., Bodade, R.G., Sagar, A.K., Pondhe, G.M., Gaikwad, V.B. and Mane, A.V., 2018. Removal of Copper (II) Using Bio-adsorbents from Prepared Aqueous Solution. Nature Environment & Pollution Technology, 17(1). IP [0.198]
19. Samson, R., Bodade, R., Zinjarde, S. and Kutty, R., 2019. A novel Sphingobacterium sp. RB, a rhizosphere isolate degrading para-nitrophenol with substrate specificity towards nitrotoluenes and nitroanilines. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 366(14), p.fnz168. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnz168  [IF 3.5]
20. Nazirkar, A., Wagh, M., Qureshi, A., Bodade, R. and Kutty, R., 2020. Development of tracking tool for p-nitrophenol monooxygenase genes from soil augmented with p-Nitrophenol degrading isolates: Bacillus, Pseudomonas and Arthrobacter. Bioremediation Journal, 24(1), pp.71-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/10889868.2019.1672620 [IF 1.9]
21. Sachdeva, S., Bodade, R. and Bodade, A., 2022. A systemic review of association between UDP glucuronosyltransferase family 1 member A1 (UGT1A1) polymorphisms in Gilbert's syndrome in Sickle Cell Disease. Journal of Clinical and Scientific Research, 11(2), pp.99-108. 10.4103/jcsr.jcsr_56_21
22. Biswal, S.S., Bodade, R.G. and Bodade, A.G., 2022. An In Silico Analysis to Elucidate the Role of miRNAs in Hydroxyurea-Induced Fetal Hemoglobin in Sickle Cell Disease Patients. Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, 43(S 01), p.A050.
23. Bodade, R., Kumar, A., Sharma, V.K. and Angelini, P., 2024. Recent advances in biotechnological applications of microbial secondary metabolites. Frontiers in Microbiology, 15, p.1525146. [IF 4.0]
24. Chimplee, S., Sama-ae, I., Sangkanu, S., Mitsuwan, W., Chuprom, J., Boonhok, R., Khan, D.A., Biswas, P., Hasan, M.N., Tabo, H.A., Salibay, C.C., Wilairatana, P., Pereira, M.L., Nawaz, M., Bodade, R.G., Sundar, S.S., Paul, A.K., and Veeranoot Nissapatorn, 2024. Anti-adherent effects of Rhizophora apiculata bark and leaf extracts and computational prediction of the effects of its compound on β-tubulin interaction in Acanthamoeba triangularis genotype 4. Veterinary World, 17(12), p.2829.  [IF 1.7]

• Study on PEGylation of Uricase of Management of Hyperuricemic Diseases (completed) UGC Dr D S Kothari postdoc research fellowship) (2011-2014)
• Investigation on Metabolites of Selected Endophytic Microorganisms in Management of Hyperuricemic diseases (completed: EEQ/2019/000469) DST-SERB, Govt. of India (2020-2023)
• Biodiversity assessment of northern western Ghats of Maharashtra: Study of Biodiversity and Biotechnological applications of Timber Yielding Plants Associated Microorganisms for value-added compounds. RUSA, MHRD, GOI (2021-2023)

Coming soon……

Interested Students having a basic Master's Degree (M.Sc., M. Pharm., M. Tech.) in any branches of Life Sciences (Botany, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Zoology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Bioinformatics etc.) can send their resume for summer training, dissertation, doctoral, and post-doc Positions on my email- ragini(dot)bodade(at)iasst(dot)gov(dot)in.; raginimicro(at) rediffmail(dot) com.

Candidates awarded with fellowships from UGC/CSIR/DBT/ICMR/IARI will be preferred.