Professor Dr. Meena Sakharkar

Biography

Meena Sakharkar is a Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, specializing in drug discovery and development. She has been a faculty member since 2014 and is a member of the Drug Discovery Development Research Group. Sakharkar's educational background includes a PhD from the National University of Singapore and postdoctoral training at Stanford University. She teaches various courses related to pharmaceutical biotechnology, pharmacogenomics, personalized medicine, and drug design. Her research focuses on drug target identification and validation through various cross-disciplinary approaches. Currently, her lab is investigating the role of PPAR gamma in breast cancer and Parkinson's disease, and is conducting an active research program that designs novel antibiotic-phytochemical drug conjugates for treating bacterial infections in dairy cattle. Her research has received funding from the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, NSERC, the Government of Saskatchewan, SaskMilk, and Mitacs.

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