Structural Biology 

 

 

Dr Atul Kumar

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Sciences

IISER Bhopal

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Atul is a crystallographer by training who loves to visualize biological pathways in their molecular depth. He has extensive experience of solving structures and decoding molecular mechanisms of various proteins across species, ranging from bacteria to humans. He is driven by how the knowledge of the structural and functional complexity of enzymes could be utilized to understand some of the devastating diseases and to engineer novel therapeutics.

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Professional Experience

 

Assistant Professor (2019-): Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Bhopal, India

 

Post-doc (2014-2019): MRC Protein Phosphorylation & Ubiquitylation Unit, University of Dundee, United Kingdom

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Education

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PhD (2014): Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (IGIB), AcSIR, Delhi

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Awards & Fellowships

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Ramalingaswami Fellowship (2020)

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Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award, DBT (2019)

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DST-INSPIRE Faculty, 2018 (Not availed)

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Funding