R.N. Bhadane

R.N. Bhadane is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, with affiliations to the Pharmaceutical Science Laboratory (PSL) and Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory (SBL). Bhadane holds a PhD in Pharmacy and has 8 years of undergraduate teaching experience. Research focuses span drug design, molecular dynamics simulations, protein science, and nanotechnology.

• Expertise: Virtual screening, chemoinformatics, protein-ligand dynamics, nanoparticle fabrication, and sustainable development goals.
• Collaborations: Extensive work with the Finnish National Protein Crystallography Consortium and European Synchrotron Radiation Facility.

Research Themes: Bhadane’s work integrates computational and experimental approaches, including in silico drug discovery, glycomimetics, and sustainable healthcare solutions. Key areas involve SARS-CoV-2 spike protein mutations, siRNA delivery systems, and HDAC-2 modulation in diabetes-related renal injury.

Recent Publications: 2024 studies on aptamer-DNAzyme frameworks for gastric cancer, SGLT2 inhibitors, and HDAC-2 in diabetic nephropathy; 2022 work on Omicron variant binding energy calculations and virus-mimetic nanoparticles for siRNA delivery.