Shakti BioResearch LLC

Shakti BioResearch provides consultant and laboratory services to biotech and pharmaceutical industries as well as academic research laboratories. We bring with us over 10 years of experience in drug discovery and applied research to provide timely, focused, and meaningful results.

Shakti means energy. At Shakti BioResearch we strive to blend Shakti with Science and Sincerity.

We provide services under GLP and FDA guidelines.

Lab Team:

Ajay Bhargava, PhD
Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
- Dr. Bhargava received PhD from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. After post-doctoral studies with Professor Sherman Weissman at Yale University, Dr. Bhargava joined Bayer Corporation. At Bayer, he worked on target identification, target validation and assay development projects in osteoarthritis, osteoporosis and oncology therapeutic areas. Within oncology, he worked on various drug discovery projects including kinases, cytotoxics and hypoxia pathway inhibitors. Dr. Bhargava led cross functional, preclinical drug discovery project teams towards Phase I clinical trials. Dr. Bhargava has authored several peer-reviewed international scientific publications.

Stanley Menacherry, PhD, MBA
Quality Assurance Officer
- Dr. Menacherry has 25 years of experience in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. During his career he has worked in diverse industry segments ranging from food /beverages, paper /plastics, and the pharmaceutical industry. He obtained his PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Emory University (1991) while holding a research assistantship at the Centers for Disease Control. Recently employment experience includes Abbott Laboratories and Bayer Pharmaceuticals. His main areas of expertise are the development and validation of LC/MS/MS assays, GLP compliance, Design and conduct of Preclinical Pharmacokinetic studies, planning and conduct of preclinical studies for the ADME section of IND and NDA submissions. He is has an appointment as Professional in Residence at the University of New Haven, CT.

Shakti BioResearch, a Consultancy and Laboratory Service Provider, was established in 2007. It
is located at 1 Bradley Road, Suite 401, Woodbridge CT 06525.

Laboratory is well equipped to support pharmaceutical research and development. We offer a
full array of services in support of research, preclinical, and clinical trials.

Our laboratory is equipped with biological hood and incubators for cell culture work. To support
molecular biology and assay development work, our laboratory is equipped with PCR machines,
MicroLumatPlus Luminometer, Spectramax plate reader with SoftMax PRO software, BioTek
ELx405 plate washer, and other support equipment such as multichannel pipettors, table top
centrifuges, water baths, balances, pH meter, refrigerators and freezers, etc. All laboratory
equipments are calibrated regularly to maintain the integrity of our work.