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
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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.
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Visited Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany (Nov-Dec 2010)
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Awarded Joint CSIR-UGC Junior Research Fellowship in Life Sciences (2006).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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