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Yogesh S. Sanghvi Founder and President, Rasayan Inc. (www.rasayan.us) In 1981, Dr. Sanghvi received his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from National Chemical Laboratory (Pune, India), where he worked on the synthesis of natural products. From 1982 – 1985, his post-doctoral research on the synthesis of modified nucleosides was carried out at University of London with Professor C.B. Reese. In 1986, he joined the Nucleic Acids Research Institute at ICN Pharmaceuticals, California. At ICN, he was involved in the design, synthesis and screening of novel nucleosides and nucleotides as antiviral and antitumor agents. From 1989 – 2003, he worked at Isis Pharmaceuticals, California. In 2003, he founded Rasayan Inc., a company focused on the consulting, outsourcing services and supply of products related to nucleic acid field. Rasayan is engaged in the strategic planning, securing raw materials for manufacture of oligonucleotide-based drugs on large-scale, experimental design, optimization of synthesis and purification protocols on lab scale to kilo scale, including process chemistry. His specific interests include design, synthesis, chemistry and biochemistry of novel carbohydrates, nucleosides, nucleotides, and oligonucleotides for their application in therapeutics, combinatorial chemistry and medical diagnostic research. Dr. Sanghvi has over 150 scientific publications in leading journals, including several book chapters and has more than 30 patents.
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Yogesh Sanghvi updated a proposal Utilizing Molecularly Imprinted Technology to Selectively Filter Pollutants | Sep 22, 2014 |
Yogesh Sanghvi joined the Climate CoLab community | Sep 22, 2014 |