M.Sc. (Biotechnology) – Kumaun University, Nainital, 2007
Ph.D. (Structural Biology) – JNU, New Delhi, 2012
Structural Biology, Bioinformatics: Structural and functional investigation of pathways in infectious microbes and parasites.
Dec 2003 – Present Associate Professor, Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi - 110067, India
Aug 2013 – Dec 2023 Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, H.N.B. Garhwal University (A Central University), Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand-246174, India
Nov 2012 - Aug 2013 Research Associate, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
July 2009 – July 2012 Senior Research Fellow (SRF), School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
July 2007 – July 2009 Junior Research Fellow (JRF), School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
First prize Poster Award by The Protein Society, USA at International Conference on Biomolecular Forms and Function organized by IISc Bangalore, Jan 8-11, 2013.
Visited Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany (Nov-Dec 2010)
Awarded Joint CSIR-UGC Junior Research Fellowship in Life Sciences (2006).
Meritorious Scholarship by DBT for M.Sc. Biotechnology (2005-2007).
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Rauthan, K., Joshi, S., Kumar, L. and Kumar S. 2025. Functional annotation and identification of novel drug targets from the uncharacterized proteome of Trichuris trichiura. Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 19(6):948-961.
Goel, D., & Kumar, S. Advancements in unravelling the fundamental function of the ATAD3 protein in multicellular organisms. Advances in Biological Regulation. 2024, 93:101041. Published online June 18, 2024. ISSN 2212-4926.
Rauthan, K., Joshi, S., Kumar, L., Goel, S. & Kumar, S. 2023. Functional annotation of uncharacterized proteins from Fusobacterium nucleatum: identification of virulence factors. Genomics & Informatics, 21(2):e21.
Dharavath, S., Kumari, K., Kumar, S.* & Gourinath. S*. 2022. Structural and functional studies of serine acetyltransferase isoform from Entamoeba histolytica reveals novel role of the C-terminal tail in loss of regulation from feedback inhibition. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Volume 217: 689-700 (*corresponding authors).
Goel, D., Kumar, S., Joshi, G.K., Rai, P. & Bhatnagar, R. 2022. Crp/fnr family protein binds to promoters of atxA and sodmn genes that regulate the expression of exotoxins in Bacillus anthracis. Protein Expression and Purification, 193:106059.
Kumar, S., Kumar, N., Alam, N. & Gourinath, S. 2014. Crystal structure of serine acetyltransferase from Brucella abortus and its complex with Coenzyme A. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Proteins and Proteomics, 1844: 1741-1748.
Kumar, S., Mazumder, M., Dharavath, S., & Gourinath, S. 2013. Single residue mutation in EhSAT3 active site helps in partial regaining of feedback inhibition by cysteine. PLoS ONE, 8 (2) e55932.
Kumar, S., Raj, I., Nagpal, I., Subbarao, N. & Gourinath, S. 2011. Structural and biochemical studies of Serine Acetyltransferase reveal why the parasite Entamoeba histolytica cannot form Cysteine Synthase complex. J. Biol. Chem, 286 (14):12533–12541.
Goel, D., Kumar, R & Kumar S. 2024. AI-Assisted Methods for Protein Structure Prediction and Analysis. Microbial Data Intelligence and Computational Techniques for Sustainable Computing edited by Aditya Khamparia et al. Springer Nature.
Kumar, S., Goel, D., Neeraj & Maurya, V.K. 2021. Proteins Involved in Colorectal Cancer: Identification Strategies and Possible Roles. Colon Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy edited by G. P. Nagaraju et al. (eds.). Springer: 179-194.
Raj, I., Kumar, S., Mazumder, M. & Gourinath, S. 2015. Structural biology of de novo cysteine biosynthetic pathway enzymes. In Nozaki, T. and Bhattacharya, A. (eds.) Amebiasis Biology and Pathogenesis of Entamoeba. 1st Edition Springer Japan: 373-391.
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