tezpur-university

DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

MOLECULAR MODELLING AND SIMULATION LABORATORY

 

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Education

Ph. D (Computational Biotechnology) in 2010 from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam.

M. Tech. (Polymer Sc. & Engg.) in 1999 from College of Engineering, Main Campus, Anna University, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

 

Positions Held

Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam (June 2013 - Till date).

Senior Assistant Professor, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, Sastra University, Thanjavur, Tamilnadu (June 2012 - May 2013).

Research Associate, Centre for Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (April 2010 - May 2012).

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Vignan University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh (May 1999 - July 2006).

Quality Control Officer, Cheminor Drugs Ltd. (unit of Dr. Reddys Lab), Hyderabad (June 1996 - May 1997).

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

We are trying to understand the functioning of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), Protein aggregation mechanism in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer, Parkinson, etc., cancer biology (breast cancer), thermostable and antifreeze proteins and the DNA repairing mechanism using computational techniques.

 

COURSES CURRENTLY TEACHING/TAUGHT

S. No.

Course Number and Title

Level

Number of Times Taught

1

BT405 Biostatistics and Computer Applications

M.Sc./M.Tech./Ph.D.

8

2

BI 308 Biological Database Management Systems

Int. M.Sc.

7

3

BT 710 Research Methodology

Ph.D.

7

4

BI 312 Laboratory VI

Int. M.Sc.

3

5

BI 410 Bioinformatics Software and Algorithms

Int. M.Sc.

6

6

BI 304 Biophysics

Int. M.Sc.

1

7

BT 751 Introduction to Biostatistics and Bioinformatics

Ph.D.

6