Seema Nara



Seema Nara

Associate Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: seemanara[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 0532-227-1238(O)

Research Publications



Patents:

Method of Simultaneous Detection of E.coli and Salmonella Species by Gold nanoparticle Based Lateral flow Immunoassay. Ms. Jyoti Singh, Dr. Seema Nara and Dr. Shivesh Sharma. (Granted-24.06.2021)
Smartphone assisted gel imaging device Pranav Tripathi, Seema Nara 294796, Accepted and Granted
Gel imaging system, Pranav Tripathi, Seema Nara, [Granted, 4/01/2024]
An automatic sanitizer device Pranav Tripathi, Seema Nara [Filed-202011030722, 2020]
A pre-doffing personal protective Equipment sanitization system, Pranav Tripathi, Seema Nara, [Filed-202011030723, July 18 2020]
Assay for detecting a target analyte from biological sample and a method of detection thereof Seema Nara, Pranav Tripathi, Manisha Sachan [Filed-Application No.: 202111005761, Feb 11, 2021]

Books:

Seema Nara, Harpal Singh and T. G. Shrivastav, Investigating the role of spacers on cortisol ELISA., Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012, ISBN: 978-3-659-23578-8
Seema Nara, Smriti Singh, (Eds), Emerging Environmental Applications of Nanozymes, Nova Science publishers, 2023

Book Chapter:

Sinha P, Nara S and Sachan M, Epigenetic regulation of cancer In: Horizons in Cancer Research, vol 53, Nova publishers, 2014, 978-1-63485-463-4
Satish Malik, Manisha Sachan and Seema Nara, Nano-Strategies for Neuro-Imaging and Diagnostics, In: Advances in Neurotherapeutic Delivery Technologies, OMICS ebooks Group, March 2015, ISBN: 978-1-63278-036-2.
Pranav Tripathi, Satish Malik, Seema Nara, Immunoassay Methods in Food Analysis, In: Food Safety: Innovative Analytical Tools for Safety Assessment, Nov 2016, Scrivener Publishing, Wiley, pp.435-450, ISBN 978-1-119-16055-7.
Nitin kumar, Pranav Tripathi, Seema Nara, Gold nanomaterials to plants:Impact of bioavailability, particle size and surface coating, In: Nanomaterials in plants, Algae and microorganisms, March 2018, Elsevier , 978-0-12-811487-2
Abhishek Sharan, Seema Nara Phytotoxic properties of Zinc and cobalt oxide Nanoparticles in algaes In: Nanomaterials in plants, Algae and microorganisms, Elsevier, 2019, 978-0-12-811488-9
S Singh, P Tripathi, S Nara, Emerging Point-of-Care Diagnostic Methods for Disease Detection, In: Biomedical Engineering and its Applications in Healthcare, 2019, Springer, Singapore, 978-981-13-3704-8
Pooja Singh, Smriti Singh, Seema Nara,Nanotechnology as a Tool for Contaminants Detection in Milk or Milk Products, In: Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Biomedical, Environmental, and Industrial Applications, Springer Singapore, 2021, 978-981-336-055-6
Smriti Singh, Seema Nara, Gold Nanozymes in Therapeutics, In: Nanozymes Advances and Applications, 2021, CRC Press , ISBN: 9781003109228
Smriti Singh, Bankuru Navyatha, Seema Nara, Nanotechnology based diagnostic methods of ovarian cancer detection using noninvasive biomarkers, In: Horizons in Cancer Research, 2021, Vol 82, Nova publishers, ISBN: 978-1-68507-448-7
Deepa Bisht, Shilpa Maddheshiya, Seema Nara, Manisha Sachan, "Nano-Formulations of Chemotherapeutic Drugs" in Natural Products and Nano-Formulations in Cancer Chemoprevention; CRC Press, 2023, ebook ISBN 9781003368960
Shilpa Maddheshiya and Seema Nara, Nano-based antimicrobial coating strategies over the medical device and implants, In, Next-Generation Antimicrobial Nanocoatings for Medical Devices and Implants, Feb 2024, Elsevier, 978-0-323-95756-4 (print)

Journals:

Basu A, Nara S, Chaube SK, Rangari K, Srivastav TG, The influence of spacer containing enzyme conjugate on the sensitivity and specificity of enzyme immunoassays for hapten, Clinica Chimica Acta, 2006,366, 287-292 [Impact Factor 6.314].
Seema nara, Harpal singh, T.G. Shrivastav Antigen Heterologous Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent assay for the Measurement of Estrone-3-Glucuronide, J. Immunoassay Immunochem, 2008, 29, 80-90
Vinay Tripathi, Seema Nara, Shail K. Chaube, Kiran Rangari, Kiran. P. Kariya, Harpal Singh, Tulsidas G. Shrivastav, Development of Rapid and Sensitive One Step Direct Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay for 17-α -OH-Progesterone in serum, J. Immunoassay Immunochem, 2008, 29, 117-127
Seema Nara, Vinay Tripathi, Shail K. Chaube, Kiran Rangari, Kiran. P. Kariya, Harpal Singh, Tulsidas G. Shrivastav A novel enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for cortisol using a long-chain biotinylated cortisol-3-CMO derivative, J. Immunoassay Immunochem, 2008, 29, 390-405
Seema Nara, Vinay Tripathi, Shail K. Chaube, Kiran Rangari, Kiran. P. Kariya, Harpal Singh, Tulsidas G. Shrivastav, Use of biotin-streptavidin system for developing a viable, sensitive and specific antigen heterologous assay for hapten , Talanta, 2008, 77, 210-216 [Impact Factor 6.556].
Seema Nara, Vinay Tripathi, Shail K. Chaube, Kiran Rangari, Harpal Singh, Kiran. P. Kariya, Tulsidas G. Shrivastav , The influence of hydrophobic and hydrophilic spacer-containing enzyme conjugate on functional parameters of immunoassay for cortisol, Analytical Biochemistry , 2008, 373, 18-25 [Impact Factor 3.191].
Sabana Khatun, Seema Nara, Vinay Tripathi, Kiran Rangari, Shail K. Chaube, Kiran. P. Kariya, Tulsidas G. Shrivastav Development of ELISA for the measurement of progesterone employing 17-α-OH-P-HRP as label , J. Immunoassay Immunochem, 2009, 30, 186-196.
Seema Nara, Vinay Tripathi, Harpal Singh, Tulsidas G. Shrivastav Colloidal gold probe based rapid immunochromatographic strip assay for cortisol, Analytica Chimica Acta, 2010, 682/66-71 [Impact Factor 6.911].
Vinay Tripathi, Seema Nara, Kamya Singh, Harpal Singh, Tulsidas G. Shrivastav, A Competitive immunochromatographic strip assay for 17-α-hydroxy progesterone using colloidal gold nanoparticles., Clinica Chimica Acta, 2012, 413, 262-268 [Impact Factor 6.314].
Jyoti Singh, Shivesh Sharma, Seema Nara, Shikha Devi Harnessing Bacterial Indicators along with Physicochemical Parameters to Assess Pollution in the Ganges River, Journal of pure and applied microbiology2013, 7, 1409-1415.
Mamta Pamnani, Puja Sinha, Seema Nara, Manisha Sachan Study of promoter DNA methylation of Sox11 and its correlation with tissue-specific expression in the laboratory mouse, Gene, 2014552, 133-139 [Impact Factor 3.913].
Jyoti Singh, Shivesh Sharma, Seema Nara,Evaluation of gold nanoparticle based lateral flow assays for diagnosis of enterobacteriaceae members in food and water, Food Chemistry, 2015, 170, 470-483 [Impact Factor 9.231].
Richa Ballabh, Seema Nara, Template based synthesis of gold nanotubes assisted by biologically synthesized gold nanoparticles, Indian J Exp Bio, 2015, 53(12):828-33 [Impact Factor 0.944].
Jyoti Singh, Shivesh Sharma and Seema Nara Nanogold based lateral flow assay for Salmonella typhi detection in environmental water samples, Analytical Methods, 2015, 7, 9281 [Impact Factor 3.532].
Bankuru Navyatha, Randhir Kumar, Seema Nara A facile method for synthesis of gold nanotubes and their toxicity assessment, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 20164,1, 924–931 [Impact Factor 7.968].
Mamta Pamnani, Puja Sinha, Seema Nara, Manisha Sachan Study of Sox9 and Oct4 promoter methylation and its correlation with expression during testis development in laboratory mouse, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2016, 39 (3), 452-458.
Sharmila Biswas , Pranav Tripathi , Nitin Kumar , Seema Nara Gold, nanorods as peroxidase mimetics and its application for colorimetric biosensing of malathion, Sensors and Actuators B, 2016, 231, 584–592 [Impact Factor 9.221].
Shefali Singh, Pranav Tripathi, Nitin Kumar, Seema Nara, Colorimetric sensing of malathion using palladium-gold bimetallic nanozymes, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2017, 92, 280-286 [Impact Factor 12.545].
Pranav Tripathi, Neha Upadhyay, Seema Nara Recent advancements in lateral flow immunoassays: a journey for toxin detection in food, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 2018, 10, 1-20 [Impact Factor 11.208].
Neha Upadhyay, Seema Nara, Lateral flow assay for rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin A in milk, Microchemical Journal, 2018, 137, 435–442 [Impact Factor 5.304].
Nitin Kumar, Shivesh Sharma, Seema Nara, Dual gold nanostructure-based electrochemical immunosensor for CA125 detection, Applied Nanoscience, 2018, 8:1843–1853 [Impact Factor 3.869].
Bankuru Navyatha, Seema Nara, Theranostic Nanostructures for Ovarian Cancer , Critical Reviews™ in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems, 2019, 36(4):305-371 [Impact Factor 4.889].
Bankuru Navyatha, Seema Nara Gold nanostructures as cancer theranostic probe: promises and hurdles, Nanomedicine, 2019 14(6):766-796 [Impact Factor 6.096].
Abhishek Sharan, Seema Nara, Exposure of synthesized Co3O4 nanoparticles to Chlorella minutissima: An ecotoxic evaluation in freshwater microalgae , Aquatic toxicology, 2020, 224, 105498 [Impact Factor 5.202].
Pranav Tripathi, Manisha Sachan, Seema Nara, Novel ssDNA Ligand Against Ovarian Cancer Biomarker CA125 With Promising Diagnostic Potential, Frontiers in Chemistry, 20208: 400 [Impact Factor 5.545].
Bankuru Navyatha, Seema Nara Comparative in vitro toxicity assessment of spiked anisotropic gold nanostructures, J Nanopart Res, 2020, 22:116 [Impact Factor 2.533].
Pranav Tripathi, Anand Kumar, Manisha Sachan, Sameer Gupta and Seema Nara, Aptamer-gold nanozyme based competitive lateral flow assay for rapid detection of CA125 in human serum, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2020, 165, 112368 [Impact Factor 12.545].
Bankuru Navyatha, Smriti Singh, Seema Nara, AuPeroxidase nanozymes: Promises and applications in biosensing, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2020175, 112882 [Impact Factor 12.545].
Abhishek Sharan, Seema Nara, Exposure-based ecotoxicity assessment of Co3O4 nanoparticles in marine microalgae, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021, 28(39):54802-54810 [Impact Factor 5.190].
Mithilesh Singh, Pranav Tripathi, Smriti Singh, Manisha Sacha, Vishal Chander, Gaurav Kumar Sharma, Ujjwal Kumar De, Sathish Kota, Kalyani Putty, Raj Kumar Singh, Seema Nara, Identifcation and characterization of DNA aptamers specifc to VP2 protein of canine parvovirus, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021, 105(23):8895-8906 [Impact Factor 5.560].
Bankuru Navyatha, Seema Nara , Gold nanotheranostics: future emblem of cancer nanomedicine, Nanobiomedicine, 2021, 8: 18495435211053945.
Shilpa Maddheshiya and Seema Nara , Recent Trends in Composite Nanozymes and Their Pro-Oxidative Role in Therapeutics, Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol., 2022 [Impact Factor 6.064].
Abhishek Sharan, Seema Nara, Humic acid–mediated reduction in toxicity of Co3O4 NPs towards freshwater and marine microalgae in surfactant mixed medium, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022, [Impact Factor 5.190].
Smriti Singh, Papia Chowdhury, Arabinda Ghosh & Seema Nara, Virtual screening of truncated single stranded DNA aptamers for Staphylococcal enterotoxin type A, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2023 [Impact Factor 5.235]
Bankuru Navyatha · Seema Nara, Aptamer‑ and antibody‑conjugated gold nanobipyramids—a study on cytotoxicity towards breast cancer cell lines, J Nanopart Res (2023) 25:165. [Impact Factor 2.5]

Conference Proceedings:

Shrivastav TG, Nara S, Tripathi V, Sayeed Z, Rangari K, Chaube SK, Singh H, Preparation of horseradish peroxidase-carbamide and its use in hapten immunoassays, J Endocrinol Reprod, 2007, 11, 69-75.
Noopur Singh, Seema Nara Biological synthesis and characterization of lead sulphide nanoparticles using bacterial isolates from heavy metal rich site, International Journal of Agriculture and Food Science Technology (IJAFST) 2013, 4, 16-23
Nitin Kumar, Shivesh Sharma, Seema Nara Tweaking homogeneity and stability of gold nanorods by synergistic action ofpH and temperature, Advanced Materials Proceedings, 2021, 3(8), 501-507
Divyansh Yadav and Seema Nara, Nanozymes for Neurodegenerative Diseases, BIOSANGAM 2022, ABSR 24, pp. 77–95, 2023.