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Kumar Nikhil
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Dr Kumar Nikhil

Male Doctor of Philosophy
Assistant Professor (Grade-II) | School of Biotechnology
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar
Odisha
Expertise: Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology
ORCID 0000-0002-9438-6578 Scopus 57192281884 ResearcherID KFR-3131-2024 Google Scholar Q09PDh4AAAAJ
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58 Publications
3 Projects
1410 Scopus Citations
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14 Years 3 Months Total Experience
Publications
58 Total
Articles
57
Chapters
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Professional Recognition

DBT RAMALINGASWAMI FELLOWSHIP
2020
Department of Biotechnology Government of India
Qualified in CSIR JRF National Eligibility Test (NET
2009
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India.
DBT-Junior Research Fellowship
2009
Department of Biotechnology Government of India
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE
2008
Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India.

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Personal Details

Doctor of Philosophy
2015
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Assistant Professor (Grade-II)
Mar 2023 – Present
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar | School of Biotechnology
Assistant Professor
Jun 2012 – Feb 2023
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar | School of Biotechnology
Medical and Health Sciences
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology

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Scholarly Work

Deciphering the role of CDK5 on pancreatic cancer growth by tweaking the communication between the tumor and the stroma around it
Other
Role: Principal Investigator Grant: ANRF/ECRG/2024/001201/LS
Amount: ₹67.46 Lac
Duration: 2025 – Ongoing
Identification of LIMK as a novel prognostic marker and a potential therapeutic target for oral cancer
Other
Agency: Department of Science and Technology Role: Other
Amount: ₹34 Lac
Duration: 2025 – Ongoing
Understanding the role of PIM1 kinase in modulating tumor stroma interactions in pancreatic cancer
Completed
Role: Principal Investigator Grant: BT/RLF/Re-entry/29/2009
Amount: ₹1.14 Crore
Duration: 2020 – 2025
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Scholarly Publications

The significant others of aurora kinase a in cancer: combination is the key

Open Access
Review
Biomarker Research. Year: 2024. Volume: 12 , Issue: 1 .
Authors: Kumar Nikhil; Kavita Shah
DOI 10.1186/s40364-024-00651-4 Crossref Crossref: 25 Scopus Scopus: 25

Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Cancer Treatment

Book Chapter
Year: 2025. Pages: 138-155 .
Authors: Rituparna Choudhury; Chandan Kumar Bahadi; Kumar Nikhil
DOI 10.1201/9781003542162-8

Corrigendum to “Identification of LIMK2 as a therapeutic target in castration resistant prostate cancer” [Cancer Lett 448 (2019)182–196, (S0304383519300552), (10.1016/j.canlet.2019.01.035)]

Erratum
Cancer Letters. Year: 2025. Volume: 630 .
Authors: Kumar Nikhil; Lei Chang; Keith Viccaro; Max Jacobsen; Callista McGuire; Shakti R. Satapathy; Michael Tandiary; Meaghan M. Broman; Gregory Cresswell; Yizhou J. He; George E. Sandusky; Timothy L. Ratliff; Dipanjan Chowdhury; Kavita Shah
DOI 10.1016/j.canlet.2025.217999

Corrigendum to “Negative cross talk between LIMK2 and PTEN promotes castration resistant prostate cancer pathogenesis in cells and in vivo”(Cancer Letters, (2021), 498, C, (1-18), (S0304383520304729), 10.1016/j.canlet.2020.09.010)

Erratum
Cancer Letters. Year: 2025. Volume: 633 .
Authors: Kumar Nikhil; Mohini Kamra; Asif Raza; Kavita Shah
DOI 10.1016/j.canlet.2025.218044

Correction: Phosphorylation-dependent regulation of SPOP by LIMK2 promotes castration-resistant prostate cancer (British Journal of Cancer, (2021), 124, 5, (995-1008), 10.1038/s41416-020-01197-6)

Open Access
Erratum
British Journal of Cancer. Year: 2025. Volume: 133 , Issue: 10 , Pages: 1583-1587 .
Authors: Kumar Nikhil; Hanan S. Haymour; Mohini Kamra; Kavita Shah
DOI 10.1038/s41416-025-03212-0

Correction: LIMK2-NKX3.1 Engagement Promotes Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (Cancers, (2021), 13, 10, (2324), 10.3390/cancers13102324)

Open Access
Erratum
Cancers. Year: 2026. Volume: 18 , Issue: 8 .
Authors: Moloud A. Sooreshjani; Kumar Nikhil; Mohini Kamra; Dung N. Nguyen; Dinesh Kumar; Kavita Shah
DOI 10.3390/cancers18081274

Sedentariness disrupts, while exercise restores, thermogenic and metabolic plasticity in inguinal adipose tissue of mice

Journal Article
Biochimie. Year: 2026. Volume: 249 , Pages: 107-117 .
Authors: Bijayashree Sahu; Unmod Senapati; Punyadhara Pani; Sunil Pani; Gourabamani Swalsingh; Benudhara Pati; Ojas Tikoo; Shiwangi Giri; Barsha Priyadarshini Kar; Rimjhim Trivedi; Chandan Kumar Bahadi; Kumar Nikhil; Dinesh Kumar; Naresh Chandra Bal
DOI 10.1016/j.biochi.2026.06.019

Deciphering the metabolic landscape of colorectal cancer through the lens of AhR-mediated intestinal inflammation

Open Access
Review
Discover Oncology. Year: 2025. Volume: 16 , Issue: 1 .
Authors: Jasmine Swain; Preeti; Chandana Mohanty; Atul Anand Bajoria; Srinivas Patnaik; Aoife Ward Gahlawat; Kumar Nikhil; Soumya R. Mohapatra
DOI 10.1007/s12672-025-01949-x Crossref Crossref: 7 Scopus Scopus: 8
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