Brief Biography:
I have done my Ph.D in Plant Breeding and Genetics. B.Sc from Agriculture, TNAU, Coimbatore. Post-doc research in University of Leeds (UK) on 'Structure and function of myosin V' using single particle electron microscopy and image processing. How the cargo-binding tail domain regulates the structure and function of myosin V?- this work has been published in the journal Nature in 2006. Molecular motors are protein machines that walk on F-actin or microtubule using ATP as fuel.
After becoming a faculty in Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), as an Associate Professor, I am teaching 'Advanced Biochemistry' to M.Sc stduents and 'Biophysics and Structural Biology' to B.Tech students of Biotechnology. In my lab in VIT, I guide two Ph.D students and one MS (Res) student on diabetes. Several projects are on-going that involves M.Sc students.
Recently (June 2011), our work on Cinnamon extract inhibits α-glucosidase activity and dampens postprandial glucose excursion in diabetic rats has been published in Nutrition & Metabolism (London). This is an open access publication of Biomed Central (BMC).
My future research: molecular mechanism of insulin resistance, glucose transporters, natural product isolation to regualate diabetes, obesity.
Academic positions:
Associate Professor (2008-present)
Post-doctoral research fellow - University of Leeds, UK (2001-2008)
Assistant Professor (1999-2000)
Research interests:
Diabetes, Obesity- active compound isolation from medicinal plants, identify the mechanism in vitro, in vivo using rats as animal models, clinical trial.
Molecular motors - myosin, actin
Single particle electron microscopy and image processing
Any other information:
Member of Biophysical Society (USA)
British Society for Cell Biology
RSSDI- India (Diabetes Society)
What I think of the idea behind WebmedCentral:
Open access
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