Dr. Francis Boniface Fernandez

Academic Qualifications

• PhD. in Biomedical Technology, 2015. Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology
• MSc. in Biotechnology, M.S. University, Tamilnadu, India (2007)
• BSc. in Zoology, Kerala University, India (2005)

Professional Record

• Scientist - C, Department of Biomaterial Science and Technology, Bioceramics Laboratory (July 2017 till present)
• Research Associate, Bioceramics Laboratory, BMT Wing, SCTIMST (April 2016 - July 2017)
• Research Associate, Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratory, BMT Wing, SCTIMST(April 2015 - April 2016)
• Junior Research Fellow, Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratory, BMT Wing, SCTIMST (April - December 2008)

Awards

• "Cell - Ceramic Mediated Tissue Engineered Approaches for Osteochondral Reconstruction in Orthopaedics", Francis Fernandez, H. K. Varma, Annie John, at the XXV Kerala Science Congress at Technopark, 29th January - 1st February 2013. [BEST PAPER AWARD - FIRST in HEALTH SCIENCES]
• "Cytocompatibility - Short Term Implantation studies on a Biphasic Ceramic Scaffold for use in osteochondral defect amelioration" Francis B.F. et al.,Sachin J Shenoy, H. K. Varma, Annie John - International Conference on Biomaterials and Implants: Prospects and Possibilities in the New Millennium (BIO 2011) at CGCRI, Kolkata 21-23 July, 2011. [BEST POSTER AWARD]

Area of Interest

• Biomaterials, Bioceramics, Tissue Engineering, Stem Cells, Cell Therapy, Delivery Systems, Injectables & Implants, Electron Microscopy, Translational Therapeutics, Clinical Applications.

Current Activities

• Development of variable ceramic matrices for specialized applications integrated with biological signals.

Fellowships

• CSIR Fellowship for Ph.D Programme

On-going Projects

• TDF: Bioceramicextrusions and top down approaches for custom sized cranioplasty application (2018)

प्रकाशन

Article

1. Mohan, Nimmy; Palangadan, Rajesh; Fernandez, Francis Bonafice; Varma, Harikrishna; , Preparation of hydroxyapatite porous scaffold from a "coral-like" synthetic inorganic precursor for use as a bone substitute and a drug delivery vehicle, Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2018, 92;329-337, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0928493117339152
2. Ereath Beeran, Ansar; Fernandez, Francis Boniface; Varma, PR Harikrishna; , Self Controlled Hyperthermia & MRI Contrast Enhancement via Iron Oxide Embedded Hydroxyapatite Superparamagnetic particles for Theranostic Application, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2018, *, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b00244
3. Venugopal, Balu; Fernandez, Francis B; Harikrishnan, VS; John, Annie; , Post implantation fate of adipogenic induced mesenchymal stem cells on Type I collagen scaffold in a rat model, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 2017, 28, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28108956
4. Vibin, M; Vinayakan, R; Fernandez, FB; John, Annie; Abraham, Annie; , A Novel Fluorescent Quantum Dot Probe for the Rapid Diagnostic High Contrast Imaging of Tumor in Mice, Journal of fluorescence, 2017, 27;669-677, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10895-016-1996-8
5. Beeran, Ansar Ereath; Fernandez, Francis Boniface; John, Annie; , Self-assembled superparamagnetic nanocomposite-labelled cells for noninvasive, controlled, targeted delivery and therapy, RSC Advances, 2015, 5;36742-36752, http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/ra/c4ra16185h#!divAbstract
6. Beeran, Ansar Ereath; Fernandez, Francis Boniface; Nazeer, Shaiju S; Jayasree, Ramapurath S; John, Annie; Anil, Sukumaran; Vellappally, Sajith; Al Kheraif, Abdul Aziz A; Varma, PR Harikrishna; , Multifunctional nano manganese ferrite ferrofluid for efficient theranostic application, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces , 2015, 136;1089-1097, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26595389
7. Beeran, Ansar Ereath; Nazeer, Shaiju S; Fernandez, Francis Boniface; Muvvala, Krishna Surendra; Wunderlich, Wilfried; Anil, Sukumaran; Vellappally, Sajith; Rao, MS Ramachandra; John, Annie; Jayasree, , An aqueous method for the controlled manganese (Mn 2+) substitution in superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles for contrast enhancement in MRI, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2015, 17; 4609-4619, https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/cp/c4cp05122j#!divAbstract
8. Palangadan, Rajesh; Sukumaran, Anil; Fernandez, Francis B; John, Annie; Varma, Harikrishna; , Pulsed laser deposition and in vitro characteristics of triphasic HASi composition on titanium, Journal of biomaterials applications, 2014, 28;849-858, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23599234
9. Vibin, Muthunayagam; Vinayakan, Ramachandran; John, Annie; Fernandez, Francis Boniface; Abraham, Annie; , Effective cellular internalization of silica-coated CdSe quantum dots for high contrast cancer imaging and labelling applications, Cancer nanotechnology, 2014, 5;, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4631722/
10. Das, Bodhisatwa; Fernandez, Francis; John, Annie; Sharma, Chandra P; , Cyclic RGD peptide conjugated trypsin etched gold quantum clusters: novel biolabeling agents for stem cell imaging, Journal of stem cells, 2012, 7;139, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23619384
11. Bodhisatwa, Das; Fernandez, Francis; John, Annie; Sharma, Chandra P; , Synthesis, characterization and bio-labeling studies of trypsin stabilized silver quantum clusters, Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, 2012, 2;299-306, https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/asp/jbte/2012/00000002/00000004/art00005?crawler=true&mimetype=application/pdf
12. Venugopal, Balu; Fernandez, Francis B; Babu, Suresh S; Harikrishnan, VS; Varma, Harikrishna; John, Annie; , Adipogenesis on biphasic calcium phosphate using rat adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells: In vitro and in vivo, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 2012, 100;1427-1437, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22374846
13. Fernandez, FB; Shenoy, Sachin; Babu, S Suresh; Varma, HK; John, Annie; , Short-term studies using ceramic scaffolds in lapine model for osteochondral defect amelioration, Biomedical Materials, 2012, 7;35005, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22406527
14. Ajeesh, M; Francis, BF; Annie, John; Varma, PR Harikrishna; , Nano iron oxide-hydroxyapatite composite ceramics with enhanced radiopacity, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, 2010, 21;1427-1434, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20195889