Structural Biology 

 
 
Dr Atul Kumar
Associate 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
 
Associate Professor (2025-): Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Bhopal, India

Assistant Professor (2019-2025): 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