Assistant Professor 

Department of Biological Science and Geology

Office Medical Arts Building - 425
Phone 718-631-6078
Email: NGadura@qcc.cuny.edu
 
Education:
B.S.(Honors) at York College, CUNY
M.S. at Queens College, CUNY
Ph.D. Graduate Center of CUNY. 

Courses taught:

• Biotechnology BI-453 PNET (Writing Intensive & Honors)
• Genetics BI-356 PNET (Writing Intensive & Honors Optional)
• BI-201 General Biology Lec/Lab
• BI-110 PNET Starting Fall 2012 !!!

 
Attention PA students!!
* BI-453 is accepted by SUNY Downstate & Touro College as upper division Biology Course for PA program
* BI-356 is accepted by SUNY Downstate & Touro College as upper division Biology Course for PA program
 

Current Research topics in the lab include:

• Copper surface-mediated toxicity correlates with membrane lipid peroxidation in E.coli and S. cerevisiae.
• Understanding the differences between copper surface mediated toxicity in gram +ve and gram –ve bacteria.

I enjoy training Queensborough students  all modern molecular and cell biology techniques.  Research experience plays a pivotal role in developing students who plan to pursue higher education degrees. If you are interested in research please contact me at NGadura@qcc.cuny.edu
 

GRANTS RECEIVED

• Copper Development Association 8/1/12—7/31/13 ($7,000) PI– Nidhi Gadura
  Testing the impact of various CuSO4 concentrations on Legionella pnemophilia.
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• PSC-CUNY 7/01/11—6/31/12 ($3,500) PI– Nidhi Gadura
  Study the role of plasma membrane unsaturated fatty acids in copper surface mediated toxicity in E.coli
   
• Copper Development Association 8/1/11—7/31/13 ($21,000) PI– Nidhi Gadura
  Membrane lipid peroxidation mediated copper surface induced cell death in gram positive and gram negative bacteria.
   
• US Department of Energy 9/29/10—9/28/12 ($20,874) PIs : Holden, Cheung, Gadura.           
• N.Y. State Dept. of Education—Perkins Grant 7/1/10—6/31/11($67,000) PI—Nidhi Gadura
  Creating a “State of the Art” molecular biology lab at Queensborough.
   
   
• PSC—CUNY 7/01/10 – 6/31/11  ($3,000) PI—Nidhi Gadura       
  Lipid peroxidation as a mechanism of copper- surface induced toxicity in E.coli.
   
• Copper Development Association  7/01/10 – 6/31/11  ($10,000) PI—Nidhi Gadura       
  Lipid peroxidation as a mechanism of copper- surface induced toxicity in E.coli.
• N.Y. State Dept. of Education—Perkins Grant 7/1/09—6/31/10($100,800) PI—Nidhi Gadura
  Biotechnology – Educating by Investigation
   
• CUNY Community College Collaborative Research 2008-2009 ($30,000) PI—Todd Holden and Nidhi Gadura
  Use optical circular dichroism and bioinformatics analysis as a tool to study antibiotic induced evolutionary changes in E.coli gyrase.
   
• Copper Development Association  8/25/08 – 8/24/09  ($8,800) PI—Nidhi Gadura       
  The major goal of this project is to investigate the mechanism of copper- surface induced toxicity in E.coli.