Dr. Madhumita Dandopath Patra

M.Sc., Ph.D.

Contact Details:

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Department of Chemistry
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Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, New Barrackpore, Kolkata-700131 West Bengal, India

Research Areas :

Theoretical Chemistry, Structural Biology & Bioinformatics, Drug Design, Crystallography.

Title of Ph.D. Thesis :

Structural studies on Protein-Sugar interactions and Inhibitor Design using Molecular Modeling Techniques.

List of Publications :

• Role of sulfur compounds in the detection of amino acid by ninhydrin on TLC plate, J. Chromatogr. Sci. (2005), 43, 104-105
• Search for glucose/galactose binding proteins in newly discovered protein sequences using molecular modeling techniques and structural analysis, Glycobiology (2006), 16(10), 959-968.
• Structural studies on mannose-selective glycoprotein receptors using molecular modeling techniques, Glycoconj.J (2006), 23, 241-249.
• Search for fucose binding domains in recently sequenced hypothecal proteins using molecular modeling techniques and structural analysis, Glycoconj.J (2006), 23, 251-257.

Participation in Seminars/Workshops /Conferences etc.:

• Poster presented and selected as one of the best in the 7th International Symposium on Biochemical Roles of Eukaryotic Cell Surface Macromolecules (ISCSM05), Puri, January 10-14. 2005.
  Title: Structural studies on mannose-selective glycoprotein receptors using molecular modeling techniques.
• Poster presented in the National Symposium on Molecules, Interactions and Design: A Biophysical Perspective, Kolkata (IBS 2006), January 7-10, 2006.
  Title: Structure-based design of cysteine protease inhibitors using molecular modeling techniques.
• Invited for paper presentation in the International Symposium on glycans on proteins and lipids: implications in cellular functions and evolution & workshop on molecular characterization of glycoproteins and glycolipids and their interaction with lectins and receptors (glycans 2006), HSc (Bangalore), February 20-28, 2006.
  Title: Search for glucose/galactose binding proteins in newly discovered protein sequences using molecular modeling techniques and structural analysis.
• Invited for poster presentation in the National Conference on Resent Development in Carbohydrate Chemistry (CARBO_XXI), Delhi, November 26-29, 2006.
  Title: Comparative study of different ligand binding ability of Siglec-7 using molecular modeling techniques and structural analysis.
• Invited for poster presentation in the International Symposium on Computational Biology & Bioinformatics (ISBB06), Bhubaneswar, December 15-17, 2006.
  Title: Search for binding site using different computational tools.