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Assistant Professor Dr Marwan Abdelmahmoud Abdelkarim Maki

Assistant Professor | Department of Pharmaceutical Technology

Academic Qualifications

PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Master of Sciences in Pharmaceutical Technology
Bachelor of Clinical Pharmacy

Areas of Interest
Drug delivery systems using natural and synthetic polymers
Biomolecules for tissue regeneration and healing
Peptide chemistry and its applications in antiviral therapy
Nanotechnology and its role in enhancing drug bioavailability and targeting
Professional Bodies Membership:

Life Member - Sudan Medical Council

Research

Current research project (PI/Co-PI)

Grants

Collaboration

Status

Fabrication and Evaluation of Ferulic Acid-Enriched Chitosan-Based In situ Hydrogels Reinforced with Chondroitin Sulphate for Cellular Regeneration (PI)

UCSI University Research Excellence & Innovation Grant (REIG)

 

REIG-FPS-2023/041

Üsküdar University, Turkey

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On-going

Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDs) From Curuma Aromatica: Green Synthesis And In Vitro Characterization (Co-PI)

UCSI University Research Excellence & Innovation Grant (REIG)

 

REIG-FPS-2023/042

Presidency University, India

On-going

 

Supervision:

PhD students (Current)

Farah Abdulhessein Shakir

 

Master students (Current)

Marwan Salem Bahaj

 

Undergraduate students (Current)

Audrey Phan Sing Yu

Publications

  1. Maki M.A.A, Teng MS, Tan KF, Kumar PV. (2023). Polyamidoamine-Stabilized and Hyaluronic Acid-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy. OpenNano. Published online August 2023:100182.
  2. Chia, L. Y., Kumar, P. V., Maki, M. A. A., Ravichandran, G., & Thilagar, S. (2023). A review: The antiviral activity of cyclic peptides. International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics29(1), 7.
  3. Tee, Y. N., Kumar, P. V., Maki, M. A., Elumalai, M., Rahman, S. A., & Cheah, S. C. (2021). Mucoadhesive low molecular chitosan complexes to protect rHuKGF from proteolysis: in-vitro characterization and FHs 74 int cell proliferation studies. Current pharmaceutical biotechnology22(7), 969-982.
  4. Maki, M. A., Kumar, P. V., Elumalai, M., & Bayazeid, O. (2021). In silico-based approach to investigate the ability of PEGylated rapamycin to inhibit galectin-3. Current drug discovery technologies18(3), 451-456.
  5. Maki, M. A. A., Cheah, S. C., Bayazeid, O., & Kumar, P. V. (2020). Cyclodextrin inclusion complex inhibits circulating galectin-3 and FGF-7 and affects the reproductive integrity and mobility of Caco-2 cells. Scientific reports10(1), 17468.
  6. Maki, M. A. A., Elumalai, M., Ahamed, H. N., & Kumar, P. V. (2020). Design a lymphatic specific delivery system of rHuKGF in rat and assessment of intestinal lymphatic uptake. Biomed. Eng. Int2, 0066-0074.
  7. Kumar, P. V., Maki, M. A. A., Wei, Y. S., Tatt, L. M., Elumalai, M., Cheah, S. C., ... & Majeed, A. B. B. A. (2019). Rabbit as an animal model for pharmacokinetics studies of enteric capsule contains recombinant human keratinocyte growth factor loaded chitosan nanoparticles. Current clinical pharmacology14(2), 132-140.
  8. Maki, M. A. A., Kumar, P. V., Cheah, S. C., Siew Wei, Y., Al-Nema, M., Bayazeid, O., & Majeed, A. B. B. A. (2019). Molecular modeling-based delivery system enhances everolimus-induced apoptosis in Caco-2 cells. ACS omega4(5), 8767-8777.
  9. Kumar, P. V., Maki, M. A. A., Takahje, M. L., Wei, Y. S., Tatt, L. M., & Bin Abdul Majeed, A. B. (2018). Detection of formation of recombinant human keratinocyte growth factor loaded chitosan nanoparticles based on its optical properties. Current Nanoscience14(2), 127-135.
  10. Maki, M. A. A., Kumar, P. V., & Wei, Y. S. (2017). Optimization and In-vitro Evaluation of Coating Process for Film-Coated Tablets. International Journal of Food Engineering13(11), 20170016.

Editorial Board Member

Theoretical and Natural Science

Awards and Recognitions

  • Silver Medal, 31st International Invention, Innovation, and Technology Exhibition Malaysia, 2020.
  • Best oral presentation at the International Research Conference on Pharmaceutical and Allied Sciences (IRCPAS), Malaysia, 2020.
  • UCSI University Trust Graduate Assistantship, 2017.

 

Other achievements

External examiner (dissertation)

Master of Science. Development of multi-epitopes vaccine against 1 Human Papilloma Virus-16using the l1 and l22 proteinsas immunogens. National university, Sudan.

Master of Science. An In-Silico Technique: Prediction of Unknown Protein Structure from Sequences by Homology. National university, Sudan.

 

Master of Science. In Silico Analysis of Multidrug Efflux Pump RND family MexA MexB Proteins Encoded by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa NUBRI-P Strain Genome. National university, Sudan.

 

Master of Science. An In-Silico Technique: Prediction of Unknown Protein Structure from Sequences by Homology. National university, Sudan.

 

Master of Science. A novel multi-epitope vaccine candidates against Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus from the envelope and gag proteins: An in-silico approach. National university, Sudan.