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Prof. Urmila Saxena

PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati)

Associate Professor

Department of Biotechnology

Room No: 424   +91-870-2462879
urmila@nitw.ac.in Edit Profile Bio Sketch

Research Areas

 Biosensors for Medical Diagnostics  

 Computational Genomic Data Analysis  

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  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Genetic Engineering and Immunology Laboratory(BT306)
  • Biostatistics(BT1209)
  • Bioengineering(BT231)
  • Biology for Engineers(BT1161)
  • Biostatistics(BT353)
  • Nanotechnology for Medicine and Healthcare(BT16028)
  • Seminar - II(BT5198)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0002-4830-6485
  • SCOPUS ID: 35119455700
  • Google Scholar ID: pYqH6bwAAAAJ


  • Stage-specific coexpression network analysis of Myc in cohorts of renal cancer, By Jyotsna Priyam, Urmila Saxena*, Nature Publishing Group UK, Scientific Reports, vol.13, pp.11848, 2023
  • Therapeutic applications of carbon nanomaterials in renal cancer, By Jyotsna Priyam, Urmila Saxena*, Springer , Biotechnology Letters, vol.45, pp.1395-1416, 2023
  • Computational gene expression and network analysis of Myc reveal insights into its diagnostic and prognostic role in subtypes of renal cancer, By Jyotsna Priyam, Urmila Saxena*, Springer, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, vol.195, pp.4251-4276, 2023
  • Integrative Analysis of Potential Biomarkers Involved in the Progression of Papillary Thyroid Cancer, By Ritu Bansal, Urmila Saxena*, Springer, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, vol.195, pp.2917-2932, 2023
  • Antibody-based biosensor to detect oncogenic splicing factor Sam68 for the diagnosis of lung cancer, By B Sumithra, VSPK Sankara Aditya Jayanthi, Hari Chandana Manne, Rashmika Gunda, Urmila Saxena*, Asim Bikas Das*, Springer, Biotechnology Letters, vol.42, pp.2501-2509, 2020
  • Grade-specific diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in breast cancer, By VSPK Sankara Aditya Jayanthi, Asim Bikas Das*, Urmila Saxena*, Elsevier, Genomics, vol.112, pp.388-396, 2020
  • A comprehensive study on genome-wide coexpression network of KHDRBS1/Sam68 reveals its cancer and patient-specific association, By B Sumithra, Urmila Saxena, Asim Bikas Das*, Nature Publishing Group UK, Scientific Reports, vol.9, pp.11083, 2019
  • Fabrication of an immunosensor for quantitative detection of breast cancer biomarker UBE2C, By VSPK Sankara Aditya Jayanthi, Asim Bikas Das, Urmila Saxena*, Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Advances, vol.9, pp.16738-16745, 2019
  • Recent advances in biosensor development for the detection of cancer biomarkers, By VSPK Sankara Aditya Jayanthi, Asim Bikas Das, Urmila Saxena*, Elsevier, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol.91, pp.15-23, 2017
  • Nanomaterials towards fabrication of cholesterol biosensors: Key roles and design approaches, By Urmila Saxena*, Asim Bikas Das, Elsevier, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol.75, pp.196-205, 2016

Development of Immunosensor for Detection of Cancer Biomarkers for Early Diagnosis

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SERB
  • Duration 42 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2500000
  • Status Completed


Dipti Rekha

  • Area of Research: Biosensors, Genomic Data Analysis

Jyotsna Priyam

  • Area of Research: Genomic Data Analysis in Cancer