Projects Undertaken

Sponsoring Agency : Department of Scince and Technology
Title: Structural studies of calmodulin and it's complex with cellular targets.
Duration: 2004 - 2007

Sponsoring Agency : Department of BioTechnology
Title: Structural and functional characterization of Helico bacter pylori helicase and its associated proteins.
Duration: 2005 - 2008

Sponsoring Agency : Department of Bio Technology- IYBA award
Title: Structural studies of EF hand containing proteins: specificity and affinity regulation of calcium binding and their functional implications.
Duration: 2007-2010

Sponsoring Agency : CSIR
Title: Structural and functional studies of key cysteine biosynthetic pathway enzymes in E. histolytica.
Duration: 2007-2010

Sponsoring Agency : Department of Scince and Technology
Title: Three dimensional structure determination of calcium binding protein-2 from E. histolytica and its complexes with cellular targets.
Duration: 2008-2011

Sponsoring Agency : Department of BioTechnology
Title: Structural and functional characterization of calcium sensor proteins from E. histolytica.
Duration: 2009-2012 Co-investigators: Prof. Alok Bhattacharya and Prof. K. V. R. Chary

Sponsoring Agency : Department of BioTechnology (Indo-German grant)
Title: Structural and functional Characterization of Helicobactor pylori pre-initiation Complex Proteins
Duration: 2010-2013

Sponsoring Agency : CSIR
Title: Structural and functional studies of crucial cysteine biosynthetic pathway enzyme: Serine acetyl transferase.
Duration: 2011-2014

Sponsoring Agency : Department of BioTechnology (Programe support on molecular parasitology)
Title: Structural and functional Characterization of crucial cysteine biosynthetic pathway proteins from E. histolytica and L. donavani.
Duration: 2011-2016

Sponsoring Agency : SERB-DST
Title: Structural studies of cysteine synthase complex.
Duration: 2013-2016

Title: Investigations into sulfate assimilation pathway in E. histolytica.
Duration: 2013-2017

Sponsoring Agency : ICMR
Title: Structure-based development of anti-protozoan inhibitors against enzymes involved in cysteine biosynthesis: In- silico drug design against Entamoeba histolytica cysteine biosynthetic enzymes.
Duration: 2014-2017

Sponsoring Agency : UPE-II
Title: Structural studies of replication initiation proteins from H. pylori.
Duration: 2015-2018

Sponsoring Agency : CSIR
Title: Structural and functional studies of Serine biosynthetic pathway enzymes from E. histolytica.
Duration: 2015-2018

Sponsoring Agency : DBT
Title: Design and validation of canonical EF hand loop with estimated Ca2+ binding affinity.
Duration: 2016-2019

Sponsoring Agency : SERB-DST
Title: Structural and functional studies of unconventional myosin IB in E. histolytica, understanding its role in Phagocytic cup formation.
Duration: 2017-2020

Sponsoring Agency : DBT
Title: Structural, Functional Studies and Inhibitor Screening of PLP Kinase from Entamoeba histolytica: A Crucial Kinase for its Survival.
Duration: 2018-2021

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