Conference Presentations

International:

1. Sreekanth CN, Smotha.V. Bava and Ruby John Anto, Chemosensitizing efficacy of curcumin in paclitaxel chemotherapy as evidenced by chemical-induced and xenograft models of cervical cancer, , 3rd International Conference on Drug Discovery & Therapy-Feb 7 - 10, 2011, Dubai. Session Talk
2. Vino Cheriyan, Vineshkumar TP and Ruby John Anto, p53 is the key regulator of nicotine-induced survival signaling in lung cancer cells, and does not influence the chemopreventive efficacy of curcumin, , The International Cancer Research Symposium-2010: Defining And Translating Science Behind The Disease’, December 20 -22, 2010, Thiruvananthapuram. Oral presentation
3. Balachandran S Vinod and Ruby John Anto, Resveratrol sensitizes breast cancer cells to apoptosis induced by Docetaxel, The International Cancer Research Symposium-2010: Defining And Translating Science Behind The Disease’, December 20 -22, 2010, Thiruvananthapuram. Poster presentation
4. Sophia Margaret Joseph, Nikhil P Anto, Harsha Chandran, Bhagylakshmi Balakrishnan, Jayesh Antony, Lekshmi R Nath and Ruby John Anto, Isolation and identification of anticancer principle from Mistletoes growing on various host trees, , The International Cancer Research Symposium-2010: Defining And Translating Science Behind The Disease’, December 20 -22, 2010, Thiruvananthapuram. Poster presentation
5. Jayesh Antony, Sophia Margaret Joseph, Lekshmi R Nath, Harsha Chandran and Ruby John Anto, Isolation and identification of a novel anticancer principle from the indigenous medicinal plant, Wrightia tinctoria, The International Cancer Research Symposium-2010: Defining And Translating Science Behind The Disease’, December 20 -22, 2010, Thiruvananthapuram.. Poster presentation
6. Lekshmi.R.Nath, Sophia Margaret Joseph, Jayesh Antony and Ruby John Anto, Screening of selected medicinal plants for anticancer activity, The International Cancer Research Symposium-2010: Defining And Translating Science Behind The Disease’, December 20 -22, 2010, Thiruvananthapuram. Poster presentation
7. Arun Kumar T Thulasidasan, Lekha Nair K, Deepa G, G.S.Vinod Kumar and Ruby John Anto, Evaluation of the anti cancer efficacy of curcumin-entrapped PLGA nanoparticles and curcumin-entrapped poly acrylic acid based gel nanoparticles, in vitro, , The International Cancer Research Symposium-2010: Defining And Translating Science Behind The Disease’, December 20 -22, 2010, Thiruvananthapuram. Poster presentation.
8. M.S.R. Murty, B. Ramalingeswara Rao, Mohana Rao Katiki, JayeshAntony and Ruby John Anto, Synthesis and antiproliferative activities of Pyridazinone-Piperazine derivatives, , The International Cancer Research Symposium-2010: Defining And Translating Science Behind The Disease’, December 20 -22, 2010, Thiruvananthapuram. Poster presentation.
9. Nishanth Kumar. S, C. Mohandas, Bala Nambisan , Vino. T. Cheriyan and Ruby John Anto, Anticancer activity of a diketopiperazine derivative isolated associated with a novel Entomopathogenic nematode, , The International Cancer Research Symposium-2010: Defining And Translating Science Behind The Disease’, December 20 -22, 2010, Thiruvananthapuram. Poster presentation.
10. Vinesh kumar T.P, Vino T Cheriyan and Ruby John Anto.International Symposium Translational Cancer Research: Cell Signaling and Cancer Therapy, Dec 18-21st, 2009,Bhubaneswar (Hotel Mayfair Lagoon), Orissa, India. Activation of survival signals induced by nicotine in lung cancer cells depends on the p53 status of the cells, Invited talk.
11. International symposium on novel strategies for targeted prevention and treatment of cancer, JNU, New Delhi, Dec 19-20, 2008. In vitro and iv vivo evaluation of the possibility of using curcumin as a chemosensitizer in cervical cancer treatment., Sreekanth CN, Smitha V. Bava and Ruby John Anto. Invited talk.
12. Sreekanth C.N and Ruby John Anto, Synergistic effect of paclitaxel and curcumin against 3-methylcholanthrene-induced cervical carcinogenesis 1st International Society Biotechnology Conference, Sponsored by Dept. of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, Gangtok, Sikkim, India. Dec 28th-30th, 2008.,. Best Poster Award
13. Sanalkumar RS, Jagatha B, Indulekha CL, Shammey S, Vidyanand S, Divya MS, Ruby John Anto & Jackson James. FGF2 maintains ES cell derived neural progenitors through differential regulation of bHLH transcription factor Hes-1.5th international stem cell school in Regenerative medicine. Oct 20-26, 2008, Berlin- Rostock, Germany. Poster presentation
14. Vinesh kumar T.P, Sreekanth CN and Ruby John Anto, Role of curcumin as a chemosensitizor and chemopreventive - Evidences from in vivo studies International Symposium on Translational Research: Natural Products and Cancer, Lonawala, Dec 9-12, 2007, Invited talk.
15. Smitha V. Bava, Vinesh kumar T.P and Ruby John Anto, International Symposium on Translational Research: Apoptosis and Cancer, Thiruvananthapuram, December 18-21, 2005. Potentiation of Taxol–induced apoptosis by curcumin, Invited talk.
16. Lakshmi Priyadarshini, Vineshkumar T.P., R.V. Thampan and Ruby John Anto, The combined treatment of estrogen and progesterone induces proliferation in breast cancer cells independent of MAPK pathway, .International symposium on Steroid super family and signaling, Thiruvananthapuram 2004, Poster presentation.
17. Ruby John Anto, Asok Mukhopadyay, and Bharat Aggarwal. Cigarette smoke condensate activates NF-?B International conference on cell death and apoptosis, NCBS, Bangalore, 2002, Poster presentation.

National:

1. Jayesh Antony, Sophia Margaret Joseph, Lekshmi R Nath, Harsha Chandran and Ruby John Anto, A study on the anticancer properties of the active principle/s from the indigenous medicinal plant, Wrightia tinctoria (Roxb.) R. Br.,Poster presentation, IACR Satellite Meeting, , 11-12 February, 2011, Thrissur. Poster presentation.
2. Balachandran S Vinod and Ruby John Anto, Curcumin down-regulates thymidylate synthase and sensitizes breast cancer cells to apoptosis induced by 5-fluorouracil, IACR Satellite Meeting, , 11-12 February, 2011, Thrissur. Poster presentation.
3. Arun Kumar T Thulasidasan, Lekha Nair K, G.S.Vinod Kumar and Ruby John Anto, PLGA nanoparticle-encapsulation of curcumin improves the efficacy of drug administration in vitro, IACR Satellite Meeting, 11-12 February, 2011, Thrissur. Poster presentation