EDITORIAL-DETAILS (JFN)
Sivakumar Gowder
Associate Professor
Qassim University
Saudi Arabia
Biography
Dr Sivakumar Gowder got his academic training and carried out his research in institutions of high academic ranking in India and US. He earned his PhD from the University of Madras, India and continued his research at AIIMS, India. He then moved to US to continue his research at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, LSU Medical Center, and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Currently, he is working as an Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Pharmacology at the College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, KSA. Sivakumar received several prizes / awards during his academic career. He has developed his own methods / techniques relevant to his research projects. As a primary author, he has published research and review articles in many international journals and has also edited basic / health sciences books (Cholera, Cell Interaction, Toxicity & Drug Testing and Pharmacology & Therapeutics / European publications). Currently, he serves as an author / editor for books; editor in chief for an international journal; an editorial member and reviewer for many journals; and as a fellow and advisory board member of various international organizations. He has been nominated as an external examiner of doctoral (PhD) thesis work for many international universities. Sivakumar has served as an invited speaker and chairperson for international conferences.
Research Interest
Gene expression and signal transduction; Alcohol / drug metabolism; Phosphate metabolism / transport; Phytochemical metabolism; Vitamin transport; Molecular evaluation of toxicity and diseases; Xenobiotic biotransformation; Nutritional biochemistry; Food toxicology; Free radical biology -oxidative stress and cellular injury; Cellular transport and pharmacological binding; Cell culture studies and cellular assays; Surgery – uninephrectomy; cellular growth and hypertrophy; Pathological / clinical diagnosis; General toxicological / carcinogenic evaluation; Anti-cancer drugs – activity/ toxicity; Development of methods and techniques