Surbhi Prashant Chitnis

Motivated student currently working towards a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry. Hands-on experience performing biochemical and cellular assays. Extensive background in protein purification and crystallography techniques. Comfortable meeting strict deadlines and adjusting to rapidly changing conditions.

• Linking ATP and allosteric sites to achieve superadditive binding with bivalent EGFR kinase inhibitors

Nature Communications Chemistry · Feb 20, 2024

• Inhibition of a lower potency target drives the anticancer activity of a clinical p38 inhibitor

Cell Chemical Biology · Oct 11, 2023

• Secured first place for a poster presentation on ‘Studies of structure-activity relationships of mutant-selective EGFR ATP-allosteric bivalent inhibitors (AABIs)’ at the Graduate Student Symposium organised by University at Buffalo.
• Presented a poster on ‘Orodispersible Tablets: A novel approach in drug delivery system’ at an event organised by the Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA).
• Presented a class presentation on the Structure activity relationship (SAR) of antihyperlipoproteinemics.

• Computer Aided Drug Design/Discovery - SVKM'S Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy, Mumbai - 2021 February
• Drug Discovery and Development - University of California, San Diego (Coursera) - 2020 June
• Technical Writing - Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (Coursera) - 2020 August

• Editor-in-chief of the Editorial Board of college for the year 2020-2021.
• Associate Editor of the Editorial Board of college for the year 2019-2020. Member of the Editorial Board for two consecutive years from 2017 to 2018.
• Participated in various Social Awareness Camps organized by the college.
• Volunteered in Blood Donation Camp organised by the Public Health Office of the college.