Ramakrishnan Nagaraj
Ramakrishnan Nagaraj | |
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| Born | 10 February 1953 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 1995 SBCI P. B. Rama Rao Award |
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| Doctoral advisor | Padmanabhan Balaram |
Ramakrishnan Nagaraj (born 1953) is an Indian biochemist, molecular biologist and the leader of a team of scientists working in the field of
bacterial toxins.[2] He is a J. C. Bose National fellow of the Department of Science and Technology at CCMB and an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, India and the Indian National Science Academy.[3] The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded Nagaraj the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1994, for his contributions to biological sciences.[4]
Biography
Born on 10 February 1953, Ramakrishnan Nagaraj graduated in science from the
bacterial toxins could be separated, an invention which is reported to be of assistance in designing antibiotic peptides. His researches have been documented in several articles; PubMed, an online repository of medical articles, has listed 273 of them.[7]
Awards and honors
The
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1994.[4] A Homi Bhabha Fellow of 1991,[10] Nagaraj is also a recipient of the 1995 P. B. Rama Rao Award of the Society for Biological Chemists, India[3] and an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (1998), Indian Academy of Sciences (1992)[11] and the National Academy of Sciences, India.[12]
Selected bibliography
- Sitaram, N.; Nagaraj, R. (1999). "Interaction of antimicrobial peptides with biological and model membranes: structural and charge requirements for activity". Biochim Biophys Acta. 1462 (2): 29–54. PMID 10590301.
- Mandal, M.; Jagannadham, M.V.; Nagaraj, R. (March 2002). "Antibacterial activities and conformations of bovine β-defensin BNBD-12 and analogs:structural and disulfide bridge requirements for activity". Peptides. 23 (3): 413–418. S2CID 1410192.
- Pallavi, B.; Nagaraj, R. (2003). "Palmitoylated peptides from the cysteine- rich domain of SNAP-23 cause membrane fusion depending on peptide length, position of cysteines, and extent of palmitoylation". Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278 (15): 12737–44. S2CID 400106.
- Sowmya, Bekshe L.; Jagannadham, M. V.; Nagaraj, Ramakrishnan (2006). "Interaction of synthetic peptides corresponding to the scaffolding domain of Caveolin-3 with model membranes". Biopolymers. 84 (6): 615–624. PMID 16948121.
- Chaudhary, Nitin; Singh, Shashi; Nagaraj, Ramakrishnan (2008). "Organic solvent mediated self-association of an amyloid forming peptide from β2-microglobulin: An atomic force microscopy study". Biopolymers. 90 (6): 783–791. S2CID 34813740.
See also
References
- ^ "Our People". Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "Indian fellow - Nagaraj". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ a b "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Scientist Details". Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners" (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1999. p. 30. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Nagaraj on PubMed". PubMed. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Young Scientist Medal". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Associate Profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Homi Bhabha Fellow". Homi Bhabha Fellowships Council. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Fellow profile - Nagaraj". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "NASI fellows". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.