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Senior Life Sciences Editor | JoVE Editor | 25+ Yrs Academic & Publishing Experience

Profile Summary

I am a Senior Scientific Editor and Journal Insider with over 25 years of cross-disciplinary expertise spanning international scientific publishing, academic teaching, and drug discovery research. Currently, I serve as a Senior Review Editor at the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), where I manage editorial evaluation, structural quality control, and pre-submission screening for complex STEM manuscripts and multimedia concepts. My foundational authority rests on a rigorous academic and research career. I hold a Ph.D. in Medicinal Chemistry from the University of Minnesota, completed Postdoctoral fellowships at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Michigan State University, and served as an Associate Professor at VIT University for nearly eight years. During my time in academia and corporate pharmaceutical research (including roles at TCG Life Sciences and Wockhardt Research Centre), I established molecular pharmacology laboratories, managed preclinical-clinical interfaces for IND filings, and directed research on anti-cancer therapeutics, cell signaling pathways, and novel chemical entities (NCEs).As an independent editorial consultant, I have been retained by premier international networks—including American Journal Experts (AJE), Cactus Communications, and Wordvice—to provide high-tier substantive, developmental, and structural editing for ESL researchers targeting high-impact factor journals. My technical and subject-matter expertise bridges fundamental biomedical sciences and applied engineering fields. I specialize in evaluating data, structural logic, and protocol compliance across: Primary Biomedical Domains: Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Oncology/Cancer Research, Pharmacology, Immunology, and Virology. Applied & Interdisciplinary Fields: Tissue Engineering, Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Bioprocess Technology, and Biomimetics. I focus strictly on substantive manuscript improvement, conceptual validation, and analyzing reviewer feedback to guide complex papers through the final publication pipeline.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Immunoassay
• ☆ Biochemical Assays
• ☆ Structural Biology
• ☆ Apoptosis
• ☆ Oxidative Stress & Mitochondrial Function
• ☆ Antioxidants
• ☆ Enzyme Activity Assays
• ☆ Binding Assays
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Biomarkers
• ☆ Genetics
• ☆ Microarrays
• ☆ Molecular Evolution
• ☆ Chromatin
• ☆ Epigenetics
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Molecular Cloning
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ Mutagenesis
• ☆ Recombinant DNA
• ☆ RNA Synthesis
• ☆ DNA/Gene Synthesis
• ☆ Kinases
• ☆ Monoclonal Antibody Production
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cell-Based Assays
• ☆ Cytochemistry
• ☆ Cytogenetics
• ☆ Cell Signaling Pathways
• ☆ Membrane Biology
• ☆ Gene Regulation
• ☆ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Histology
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Recombinant Protein Expression
• ☆ Nanobiotechnology
• ☆ Biomimetics
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Cryosectioning
• ☆ Light Microscopy
• ☆ Electron Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Food Chemistry
• ☆ Biomarker Discovery
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Primary Cells
• ☆ Cell Line Engineering
• ☆ Large Scale Cell Culture
• ☆ Cell Surface Receptors
• ☆ 3D Cell Culture
• ☆ Chemical Biology
• ☆ Biomolecular Engineering
• ☆ Gene Synthesis
• ☆ Genetic Engineering
• ☆ Gene Editing/CRISPR
• ☆ Protein/Enzyme Engineering
• ☆ Antibody Engineering
• ☆ Gene Delivery
• ☆ Blotting
• ☆ Immunohistochemistry
• ☆ Circadian Rhythm Research
• ☆ Tissue Engineering
• ☆ Artificial Organs
• ☆ Cytometry
• ☆ Cell Aging
• ☆ Drug Discovery
• ☆ Drug Target Identification
• ☆ Hit-to-Lead & Lead Optimization
• ☆ Phenotypic Assays
• ☆ Medicinal Chemistry
• ☆ Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR) Studies
• ☆ Vaccine Development
• ☆ In vitro Diagnostics
• ☆ In vitro Diagnostic Validation
• ☆ In vitro Diagnostic Design
• ☆ Biomarker Analysis
• ☆ Allergy & Clinical Immunology
• ☆ Clinical Immunology
• ☆ Dermatology
• ☆ Skin Cancer
• ☆ Human Biology
• ☆ Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
• ☆ Foot & Ankle Orthopedics
• ☆ Women's Health
• ☆ Breast Cancer
• ☆ Ovarian Cancer
• ☆ Obstetrics & Gynecology
• ☆ Men's Health
• ☆ Prostate Cancer
• ☆ Erectile Dysfunction
• ☆ Precision Medicine
• ☆ General Surgery
• ☆ Abortion
• ☆ Urology & Nephrology
• ☆ Dialysis
• ☆ Gastroenterology & Hepatology
• ☆ Colorectal Cancer
• ☆ Pancreatic Cancer
• ☆ Stomach & Esophageal Cancer
• ☆ Crohn's Disease
• ☆ Hepatitis
• ☆ Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• ☆ Liver Cancer
• ☆ Endocrinology
• ☆ Hormone Replacement Therapy
• ☆ Reproductive Medicine
• ☆ Endocrine Surgery
• ☆ Diabetes
• ☆ Neurosurgery
• ☆ Spine Surgery
• ☆ Dentistry
• ☆ Oral Pathology
• ☆ Dental Research
• ☆ Prosthodontics
• ☆ Periodontics
• ☆ Dental Surgery
• ☆ Orthodontics
• ☆ Implantology
• ☆ Orthopedic Surgery
• ☆ Plastic Surgery
• ☆ Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
• ☆ Hematology
• ☆ Hematology-Oncology
• ☆ Leukemia & Lymphoma
• ☆ Infectious Disease
• ☆ Viral Diseases
• ☆ Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
• ☆ Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)
• ☆ Ebola
• ☆ West Nile Virus
• ☆ COVID-19
• ☆ Chikungunya
• ☆ Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus
• ☆ Syphilis
• ☆ Antibiotic Resistance Research
• ☆ Antibiotic Stewardship
• ☆ Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI)
• ☆ HIV/AIDS Treatment
• ☆ Tropical Medicine
• ☆ Malaria
• ☆ Dengue
• ☆ Cardiovascular Disease
• ☆ Vascular Medicine
• ☆ Pacemakers
• ☆ Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
• ☆ Interventional Cardiology
• ☆ Cardiovascular Disease Management
• ☆ Pediatric Cardiology
• ☆ Clinical Laboratory Science
• ☆ Anatomic Pathology
• ☆ Clinical Pathology
• ☆ Molecular Pathology
• ☆ Neuropathology
• ☆ Cytopathology & Histopathology
• ☆ Clinical Biochemistry
• ☆ Blood Banking & Transfusion Medicine
• ☆ Clinical Physiology
• ☆ Biopsy
• ☆ Imaging-Guided Biopsy
• ☆ Cardiac Surgery
• ☆ Pulmonology/Respiratory Disease
• ☆ Lung Cancer
• ☆ Tuberculosis
• ☆ Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
• ☆ Respiratory Therapy
• ☆ Influenza
• ☆ Organ Transplant
• ☆ Liver Transplant
• ☆ Medical Toxicology
• ☆ Pregnancy & Childbirth
• ☆ Forensic Pathology
• ☆ Histopathology
• ☆ Tissue Microarray
• ☆ Cytopathology
• ☆ Pediatric Endocrinology
• ☆ Hemophilia
• ☆ Photomedicine/Phototherapy
• ☆ Cancer Research
• ☆ Cancer Biology
• ☆ Carcinogenesis
• ☆ Heart Transplant
• ☆ Asthma
• ☆ Metabolism & Metabolic Disease

Services

• Writing
• Research

Writing General Proofreading & Editing

Research Scientific and Technical Research

Work Experience

Senior Review Editor

MyJoVE Corporation

September 2020 - Present

Editor, Pharmaceutical Sciences Co

Cactus Communications, Mumbai

October 2019 - September 2020

Research Officer Grade B

The Foundation for Medical Research, Mumbai

February 2019 - August 2019

Senior Project Scientist

Teaching Learning Centre for Information and Communication Technologies, IIT Bombay

July 2017 - January 2019

Associate Professor

School of Bio Sciences and Technology (SBST), VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India

September 2009 - June 2017

Team Lead

Chembiotek Research International

2007 - 2009

Senior Research Scientist

Wockhardt Research Centre

2006 - 2007

Senior Research Scientist

Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Limited

2005 - 2005

Education

Postdoctoral research fellow (Cell and Developmental Biology)

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2002 - 2004

Visiting Research Associate (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics)

Michigan State University

2000 - 2002

Ph.D. (Medicinal Chemistry)

University of Minnesota System

1994 - 1999

Master's integrated

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

September 1994 - September 1996

B.Pharm. (Pharmacy)

Bombay College of Pharmacy

1990 - 1994

Certifications

• General course on Intellectual Property

  World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva

  January 2026 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Iyer, V.V.(2015). Small molecules for immunomodulation in cancer: A review . Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry. 15. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 433-452.

Murugan, K., Iyer, V.V.(2014). Antioxidant activity and gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric analysis of extracts of the marine algae, caulerpa peltata and padina gymnospora . Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 76. (6). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 548-552.

Murugan, K., Iyer, V.V.(2014). Antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of extracts of selected red and brown seaweeds from the Mandapam Coast of Tamil Nadu . Journal of Food Biochemistry. 38. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 92-101.

Masaldan, S., Iyer, V.V.(2014). Exploration of effects of emodin in selected cancer cell lines: Enhanced growth inhibition by ascorbic acid and regulation of LRP1 and AR under hypoxia-like conditions . Journal of Applied Toxicology. 34. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 95-104.

Murugan, K., Iyer, V.V.(2013). Differential growth inhibition of cancer cell lines and antioxidant activity of extracts of red, brown, and green marine algae . In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal. 49. (5). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 324-334.

Murugan, K., Iyer, V.V.(2012). Antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of marine algae, Gracilaria edulis and Enteromorpha lingulata, from Chennai Coast . International Journal of Cancer Research. 8. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 15-26.

Iyer, V.V., Ballestrem, C., Kirchner, J., Geiger, B., Schaller, M.D.(2005). Measurement of protein tyrosine phosphorylation in cell adhesion . Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 294. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 289-302.

Prutzman, K.C., Gao, G., King, M.L., Iyer, V.V., Mueller, G.A., Schaller, M.D., Campbell, S.L.(2004). The focal adhesion targeting domain of focal adhesion kinase contains a hinge region that modulates tyrosine 926 phosphorylation . Structure. 12. (5). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 881-891.

Iyer, V.V., Kadakia, T.B., McCabe, L.R., Schwartz, R.C.(2004). CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-β has a role in osteoblast proliferation and differentiation . Experimental Cell Research. 295. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 128-137.

Ling, K., Doughman, R.L., Iyer, V.V., Firestone, A.J., Bairstow, S.F., Mosher, D.F., Schaller, M.D., Anderson, R.A.(2003). Tyrosine phosphorylation of type Iγ phosphatidylinositol phosphate kinase by Src regulates an integrin-talin switch . Journal of Cell Biology. 163. (6). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1339-1349.

Chiaramonte, M., Koviach, J.L., Moore, C., Iyer, V.V., Wagner, C.R., Halcomb, R.L., Miller, W., Melançon, P., Kuchta, R.D.(2001). Inhibition of CMP-sialic acid transport into golgi vesicles by nucleoside monophosphates . Biochemistry. 40. (47). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 14260-14267.

Wagner, C.R., Iyer, V.V., McIntee, E.J.(2000). Pronucleotides: Toward the in vivo delivery of antiviral and anticancer nucleotides . Medicinal Research Reviews. 20. (6). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 417-451.

Iyer, V.V., Griesgraber, G.W., Radmer, M.R., McIntee, E.J., Wagner, C.R.(2000). Synthesis, in vitro anti-breast cancer activity, and intracellular decomposition of amino acid methyl ester and alkyl amide phosphoramidate monoesters of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) . Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 43. (11). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 2266-2274.

Abraham, T.W., McIntee, E.J., Iyer, V.V., Schinazi, R.F., Wagner, C.R.(1997). Synthesis, biological activity and decomposition studies of amino acid phosphomonoester amidates of acyclovir . Nucleosides and Nucleotides. 16. (10-11). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 2079-2092.