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Department of Bioinformatics - Biochemistry

About the Department

Genesis

The Department of Bioinformatics was established in the year 2008 to facilitate teaching, learning and research in the multidisciplinary areas of Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, and to create an intellectual environment for interdisciplinary education and training. This Department has been nationally recognised by the DST, UGC, FIST-Level I, DBT – BIC, DBT-NNP, DST-PURSE and RUSA.

Alagappa University offers two-year M.Sc Biochemistry Programme, which was launched in the year 2025 under the Department of Bioinformatics, School of Biological Sciences. This interdisciplinary Programme integrates key aspects of Biology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry, providing a strong foundation for exploring the chemical processes and substances that occur within living organisms. It forms the foundation for understanding diseases like cancer, diabetes, and genetic disorders are best explained through biochemical processes occurring at the cellular level. Studying biochemistry is important because it builds strong analytical and laboratory skills, connects biology with chemistry, and prepares students to contribute to research, healthcare, and innovation.

The scope of an M.Sc. Biochemistry degree is wide, offering career opportunities in research institutions, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, clinical and diagnostic laboratories, hospitals, government research bodies, and academia, as well as pathways into higher studies like Ph.D. and specialized fields such as genomics and bioinformatics.

Being housed within the Department of Bioinformatics, this program benefits from strong research infrastructure and exposure to cutting-edge tools in structural bioinformatics and computational genomics. This gives students a unique advantage: a solid grounding in classical biochemistry combined with computational and structural biology approaches, better preparing them for interdisciplinary research careers in the genomics and precision medicine era.

Higher Studies and Career Opportunities

M.Sc. Biochemistry Programme opens up higher studies and a wide range of career opportunities in various industries and fields. Students with a strong interest in research and innovation can also pursue careers in academia or advanced research, both in India and abroad. With opportunities for further studies (Ph.D., and PDF-Post-Doctoral Fellow) and international collaborations, biochemistry graduates can contribute to major scientific breakthroughs with global impact. This Programme combined knowledge with hands-on practical training, ensuring students are well prepared for professional and research-oriented careers. It equipped for roles in research and development within prestigious Institutions such as CSIR, ICMR, IIT, IISC, IISER and ICMR and international recognized organizations, leveraging expertise in genomics, proteomics, structural biology and bioinformatics.

In pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industries, they can contribute to drug development, quality assurance, and clinical trials, with leading companies like Biocon, Sun Pharma and all the medical hospitals and drug laboratories actively seeking skilled professionals. In the health sector, biochemists are highly sought after in diagnosis, hospital laboratories, and clinical research organizations, playing vital roles in disease management, Public Health initiatives and therapeutic innovation. M.Sc Biochemistry graduates inclined towards academia will find opportunities to pursue a career as a Professor through SLET or NET. It will foster future scientist, while entrepreneurial students will gain the foundation to establish start-ups in biotechnology, diagnostics, or sustainable solution.

Our Department is equipped with the modern Laboratories, Advanced Infrastructure, and a thriving research culture to ensure the programs success. By introducing this Programme, it aims to elevate the academic and professional prospects of students while computing to the university’s mission of excellence in higher education.

Dr. J. Jeyakanthan
Senior Professor and Head
Department of Bioinformatics
Room No.: 402, 4th floor, Science Block, Alagappa University, Karaikudi – 630003, Tamil Nadu, India.
http://www.alagappauniversity.ac.in/

jjkanthan@gmail.com

binfo@alagappauniversity.ac.in
(+91) 4565 230725, 223340
(+91) 4565 225202
http://www.bioinfoau.org/

Faculty

Dr. J. Jeyakanthan

Senior Professor Assumption of charge as Vice-Chancellor Officiating Professor
& Head, Chairperson

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Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh

Professor

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Dr. M. Karthikeyan

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Dr. RM. Vidhyavathi

Assistant Professor

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Dr. J. Joseph Sahayarayana

Assistant Professor

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Dr. P. Boomi

Assistant Professor

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Faculty Credentials / Achievements

Programmes on Offer

Sl. No.	Programme Level	Name of the Programmes	Action
1	PG	M.Sc. Biochemistry

Value Added Courses

25MBCVAC1 to 25MBCVAC10

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Fee Structure

S. No.	Name of the Programme	Fees in INR (for Indian Nationals) for one Year		Mode of Study	Duration (Years)
1	M.Sc. Biochemistry	I Year	₹. 11400	Full-time	2 years
1	M.Sc. Biochemistry	II Year	₹. 9200	Full-time	2 years

Eligibility

A bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or related disciplines such as Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Food Science and Nutrition Dietetics, Bioinformatics, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, B.Tech. (Biotechnology / Biochemistry)
Minimum Marks Required, 55% for General category candidates and 50% for SC/ST candidates.

Facilities

Infrastructural Facilities: Resources

Computer & Communication Facility:

High Performance Computing cluster system
High End Servers and workstations
Computers with higher configurations
20, 10 and 5 KVA UPSs (24/7 backup)
Smart Class Room Facilities
In-house protein database
E-book database

Scientific Software Packages

Bioinformatics and Computer Aided Drug Design
Installation Packages Miniconda Anaconda	Structure Validation SAVES server Procheck
Sequence Alignment tools and server BLASTp ClustalW Clustal Omega	Molecular Dynamics Packages Gromacs2023 Desmond AMBER2018
Secondary structure Prediction servers Psipred Jpred	Small Molecule Compound Databases Enamine ZINC DrugBank ChemDiv
Molecular modelling Modeller Robetta Phyre ITASSER	Docking software AutoDock Vina Schrodinger Package AutoDock
Visualization software Pymol UCSF Chimera VMD	Network Analysis Software R package Cytoscape
Structural Biology and Biocomputing
Small Molecule Structure Solving Package Program WingX Olex2	Macromolecule Structure Solving Package Program CCP4 PHENIX CNS – Currently Not available
Small Molecule program ShelxS ShelxL ShelxT	Macromolecule Program Molrep Phaser Refmac Coot
Small Molecule Structure Validation CheckCIF	Macromolecule Structure Validation PDB Validation Server Procheck
Small Molecule Structure Deposition CCDC	Macromolecule Structure Deposition PDB
Whole Genome Sequencing for Analysis Software's/tools
Sequencing data Quality checking FastQC Software	Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence gene prediction ABRicate software
Adapter Removal TrimGalore Fastp	Plasmid Prediction and Visualization PLSDB Proksee
Assembled Genome 1Unicycler Software	DNA-DNA Hybridization TYGS ( type strain genome server)
Evaluate Genome Assembly QUAST (Quality Assessment Tool for Genome Assemblies)	Average Nucleotide Identity FastANI
Genome Annotation RAST (Rapid Annotation System Technology) PROKKA Software (Prokaryotic Genome Annotation)	Prophage Identification PHASTER ( PHAge Search Tool Enhanced Release)
Secondary metabolites Prediction antiSMASH

Scientific Databases, Software and Tools (Developed by DBI)

S.No	Scientific Tools, Softwares / Database	View
1	NCSp: A novel search engine for the proteins involved in the Notch crosstalk signaling pathways: A Database
2	HTNpedia: A Knowledgebase for Hypertension research
3	Comprehensive Dataset for CKD (CD-CKD)
4	IMRPS: Inserted and Modified Residues in Protein Structures: A Database
5	MRPC: Missing Regions in Polypeptide Chains - A Knowledgebase
6	ACMS: A database of alternate conformations found in the atoms of main and side chains of protein structures
7	Diffraction precision index of macromolecular structures: A web based database
8	PlaneFinder: A methodology to find the best plane for a set of atoms involved in the metal coordination in the protein structures
9	NIMS: A database on Nucleobase compounds and their Interactions in Macromolecular Structures.
10	Diabetes Associated Protein Database (DAPD)
11	Database on Anti-Diabetic Medicinal Plants (DADMP)
12	pIC50 calculator - Tool development for Prediction of pIC50 values from the IC50 values
13	MIPS: Metal Interactions in Protein Structures
14	PDB Goodies - a web-based GUI to manipulate the Protein Data Bank file

Experimental Lab Facilities

• AKTATM protein purification system	• Bio Safety Cabinets
• ELISA plate reader and washer	• Co2 incubator
• Vibration free incubator	• Polaroid Stereo Zoom Microscope
• BioSpectrometer	• Fluorescence Microscope
• Nano Spectrophotometer	• Western Blot Unit
• Multi Plate Reader	• Gel Documentation system
• Gradient PCRs	• High Speed Cooling Centrifuges
• Biophotometer Plus	• Ultra Sonicators
• UV - VIS - Spectrophotometer	• Stackable Orbital Shaker
• Ice Flakers	• Gel Rocker
• Circulatory Water Bath	• Deep Freezers (-80 ˚C and -20 ˚C)

Research

Major Research Areas

• Small and Macro molecule X-ray Crystallography	• 3D Quantitative structure - activity relationship
• Human Molecular Genetics	• Pharmacogenomics
• Cheminformatics	• Quantum Pharmacology
• Computer Aided Drug Designing	• Aquaculture Biotechnology
• Data mining & warehousing	• Plant Bioinformatics
• Nano Drug Delivery	• Molecular Oncology & Environment Toxicology

Research funds from various agencies

Ongoing - Total Fund Received: 304.14 Lakhs
S. No.	Principle Investigator	Title	Funding Agencies	Amount (Rs. in lakhs)	Duration
1	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Dr. M. Karthikeyan	Identification of Potent Drug for Life Threatening Diseases	DBT-NNP	144.56	2023-2027
2	Dr. P. Boomi	Mechanistic Investigation Involved in the Development of Hybrid Self-Assembly Prodrug Targeting Breast Cancer.	DST	27.9	2023-2026
3	Dr. M. Karthikeyan	Nutrigenomics and Computational Prospective studies on Parkinson Disease	EIR Hub of RUSA-2.0	8	2023-2024
4	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Structural and functional characterization of phospeotransacetylase (PTA) and Acetate Kinase (ACKA) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H3R7Rv using in silico and in vitro studies.	TANSCHE	29.8	2021-2024
5	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Identification of the vital targets of dengue and Chikungunya, an expanding threat to public health in Tamil Nadu: A potential drug discovery approach.	TANSCHE	20.16	2021-2024
6	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Structural and functional insights of potential anti-malarial drug targets of G6PD and 6PGD from Plasmodium falciparum(3D7).	DST INDO-TAIWAN	73.72	2020-2024

Completed - Total Fund Received: 892.66 Lakhs
S. No.	Principle Investigator	Title	Funding Agencies	Amount (Rs. in lakhs)	Duration
1	Dr. M. Karthikeyan	Molecular Insight and In Vitro Validation of novel lead molecules against SH3BP2 and KIT Protein	ICMR	24.5	2023
2	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Experimental and Computational Drug Discovery Studies for Life-Threatening Diseases under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems	RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -II)	15.63	2022-2023
3	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Mechanistic Insights to understand the Virus - Host Interactions and the identification of Next Generation Drugs to combat viral infections under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems.	RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -II)	15.1	2022-2023
4	Dr. M. Karthikeyan	Experimental and Computation Drug Discovery for Life-Threatening Diseases under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems	RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -II)	11.61	2022-2023
5	Dr. RM. Vidhyavathi	MEDDB:Development of Specialized Antidengue Database Using Association Rule Mining Algorithm under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems	RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -II)	5.22	2022-2023
6	Dr. J. Joseph Sahayarayan	Computational defensin profiling, chemical synthesis and assessment of bioactivity in Cucumis anguria L. against antibiotic resistant New Delhi β lactamase producers under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems	RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -II)	5.22	2022-2023
7	Dr. P. Boomi	Greener synthesis of glutathione-metal oxide nanocomposite and its in vitro antibacterial and anticancer activities under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems	RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -II)	5.22	2022-2023
8	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Biophysics of Zika virus envelope protein, membrane fusion and inhibitor discovery	MHRD, SPARC	97.23	2019-2022
9	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Experimental and Computational Drug Discovery Studies for Life-Threatening Diseases under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems	RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -I)	18	2019-2021
10	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Mechanistic Insights to understand the Virus - Host Interactions and the identification of Next Generation Drugs to combat viral infections under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems	RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -I)	14	2019-2021
11	Dr. M. Karthikeyan	Experimental and Computation Drug Discovery for Life-Threatening Diseases under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems	RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -I)	4.8	2019-2021
12	Dr. RM. Vidhyavathi	MEDDB: Development of Specialized Antidengue Database Using Association Rule Mining Algorithm under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems	RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -I)	4.8	2019-2021
13	Dr. J. Joseph Sahayarayan	Computational defensin profiling, chemical synthesis and assessment of bioactivity in Cucumis anguria L. against antibiotic resistant New Delhi β lactamase producers under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems	RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -I)	4.8	2019-2021
14	Dr. P. Boomi	Greener synthesis of glutathione-metal oxide nanocomposite and its in vitro antibacterial and anticancer activities under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems	RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -I)	4.8	2019-2021
15	Dr. RM. Vidhyavathi	MEDDB:Development of Specialized Antidengue Database Using Association Rule Mining Algorithm	RUSA	4.8	2019-2020
16	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Design, Synthesis and in vitro anticancer activity of novel and potent signaling influences therapeutic outcome in pancreatic cancer vated kinase 1 (Pak1) inhibitors	DAE-BRNS	30.33	2018-2021
17	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Structural insights of SIRT4 protein from Homo sapiens to identify inhibitors for the treatment of Type-II diabetes	ICMR	33.34	2017-2020
18	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	In silico screening, theoretical calculation and in vitro studies for development of potential HIV1-PR inhibitors	DBT	19.51	2016-2019
19	Dr. M. Karthikeyan	Computational identification and in vitro validation of small molecule inhibitors for tankyrase protein to inhibit the over expression of Wnt/ß-catenin signalling mechanism using HCA-7, HCT116 and MDST8/ HCA-46 colon cancer cell lines: A new drug target for Colorectal Cancer	DBT	30.48	2016-2019
20	Dr.J. Jeyakanthan	Identification of Potential Anti-Filiarial drug targeted enzymes Wbm0441, Wbm0042 from Wolbachia endosymbiont Brugia malayi	DST	69.38	2016-2019
21	Dr. RM. Vidhyavathi	Classification of hierarchical clustering with FP-Growth algorithm to analyzing and creating the solution for Chromosomal disorder	AURF	0.8	2016-2018
22	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Structural and Functional Insights of potential therapeutic dengue fever target STAT2 protein from HOMO SAPIENS	UGC-RA	37.8	2016-2018
23	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Development of Web Based Search Engines for the Analyses of Protein interactions with Nucleotides, Fatty Acids and Buffers	DBT	13.81	2015-2018
24	Dr.Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Identification of novel drug targets of Leishmania donovani: Studies on CAAX prenyl protease I and II of the pathogen	DBT-Twin	73.69	2014-2017
25	Dr.M. Karthikeyan	Pharmacogenomics Study of Anti Hypertensive Treatment in South Indian Population	ICMR	21.15	2014-2017
26	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Structural and Functional Studies of Translation Initiation factors from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3	DBT-Twin	77	2013-2016
27	Dr.J. Jeyakanthan	Structural and Functional Studies of Purine Biosynthesis complex from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3	DST	48.98	2013-2016
28	Dr.Sanjeev Kumar Singh	QM/MM partial charges, binding pocket contours analysis and FEP calculation for designing potent inhibitors of HTLV- Protease: A de novo drug design approach	CSIR	16.02	2012-2015
29	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Structural and Functional analysis of Orotate Phosphoribosyl transferase (TTHA1742) and Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase (TTHA0779) from Thermus thermophilus HB8	DBT	50.25	2012-2015
30	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Structure and functional studies on PH0140 protein from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3	UGC	12.9	2012-2015
31	Dr.P. Srinivasan	Development of Microarray for the detection of Bacteria / Bacteriophages and controlling measures against pathogenic bacteria from shrimp aquaculture environment	DST Fast Track	23.44	2012-2015
32	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Structure determination of CPS and ATCase of Thermus thermophilus HB8 and identification of potential inhibitors	DBT	32.16	2012-2015
33	Dr.Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Computational Screening of CDK2 Inhibitors by Combined approach of Pharmacophoric study, QPLD and Molecular Dynamics Simulation analysis	DST Fast Track	18.95	2011-2014
34	Dr. M. Karthikeyan	Investigation of binding of HA Protein with sialic acid ligand base lead identification of neuraminidase inhibitor of H1N1 2009 influenza virus	CSIR	15.98	2011-2014
35	Dr. P. Srinivasan	Molecular characterization, molecular docking and biocontrol effect of Vibrio bacteriophages from shrimp aquaculture environment	UGC	7.64	2011-14
36	Dr.Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Shape and chemical feature based 3D- Pharmacophore Model generation, Virtual Screening and MESP studies to identify Potential Leads for Antifungal Azoles.	UGC	7.48	2011-2014
37	Dr. M. Karthikeyan	Genetic polymorphisms of the essential hypertension associated genes in random subjects of the South Indian general population	UGC	13.31	2010-2013
38	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Pharmacophoric analysis and designing of ATP competitive CDK 4 inhibitors	AURF	4 .00	2010-2013
39	Dr.P. Srinivasan	Genome characterization and molecular docking of Bacillus phages and their inhibitory effects against shrimp pathogenic bacteria	TNSCST	1.892	2009-2012
40	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Molecular and bioinformatics analysis of Breast cancer gene polymorphisms (BRCA1 and BRAC2) in Tamilnadu population	AURF	0.64	2009

Schemes Received for the Department (Total Fund Received: 299.8 lakhs)

S. No.	Name of the Scheme	Period	Amount (Rs. in lakhs)
1	UGC Innovative	2013-2018	54.00
2	DST-FIST (Level-I) - View Brief Report	2018-2022	62.00
3	DST-PURSE (All Science Departments - Coordinator)	2016-Till Date*	700.00
4	DBT – Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Center (BIC) - View Brief Report	2022-2026	183.80

MoU with Overseas Institutes & Universities

Ongoing
S. No.	International / National	Period
1	School of Biological Science, Anyang Institute of Technology, China	2019-2024
2	Institute of Genomics and Integrated Biology	2020-2025
3	Vision Reserch Foundation	2021-2024
4	Orbito Asia Diagnostics, Coimbatore	2022-2027
5	National Synchroton Radiation Research Centre – Taiwan	2022-2027
6	ICAR- National Research Centre for Bannana	2023-2028
7	Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai	2023-2028
8	Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore	2023-2028
9	ICAR- National Research Centre for Bannana	2023-2028

Completed
S. No.	International / National	Period
1	Biometal Science Dept, RIKEN, Harima Institute, Japan & SPring-8, Japan	2010-2015
2	Institute of Protein Research, Osaka University, Japan	2010-2015
3	RIKEN, Kanagawa, Japan	2010-2015
4	School of Science, Osaka University, Japan	2010-2015
5	National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), Taiwan	2014-2017
6	Nanyang Technological University, School of Biological Sciences, Singapore (Dst Indo-Singapore Joint Project Loi Established)	2014-2017
7	CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow	2014-2017
8	Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai	2016-2021
9	IIT Madras, Chennai	2016-2021
10	Institute of Experimental Medicine, Czech Republic	2016-2021
11	National Institute of Health, United States of America	2016-2021
12	University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom	2016-2021
13	GE Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Karnataka	2017-2019
14	Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea	2017-2022
15	Bishop Heber	2018-2023
16	Institute of Genomics and Integrated Biology	2019-2020
17	N. Ramavarier Ayurveda Foundation	2019-2020
18	Vision Research Foundation	2020-2021
19	Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai	2020-2021

Research Collaborations

National Collaboration
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore	Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
Chhatrapati ShahuJi Maharaj University, Kanpur	CSIR - Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow
CSIR - Central Electrochemical Chemical Research Institute, Karaikudi	CSIR - Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune	Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai
Indian Institute of Technology-Mandi, Himachal Pradesh	Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati, Assam
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal
Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research, Pune	Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi	Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
King George Medical University, Lucknow	Maduarai Kamaraj University, Madurai
Pondicherry University, Puducherry	SASTRA University, Thanjavur
Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai	University of Madras, Chennai
University of Mysore, Mysuru	VIT University, Vellore
Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore	ICAR- National Research Centre for Bannana
Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai	Orbito Asia Diagnostics
Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital (Biher) Medical College	Vision Research Foundation
CSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, Delhi	Bishop Heber College (Autonomous, Tiruchirappalli)
N. Ramavarier Ayurveda Foundation & Institute of Genomics and Integrated Biology	IIT Guwahati, Assam
ICGEB, New Delhi	Anna University, Tiruchirappalli
IIT Delhi	IIT Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
National Institute of Immunology, NewDelhi	North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
Noorul Islam University, Nagercoil	Integral University, Lucknow
Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Kerala
International Collaboration
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan
Osaka University, Japan	RIKEN, Harima Institute of Japan, Japan
School of Biological Science, Anyang Institute of Technology, Chinna	Konkuk University, South Korea
National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Osaka, Japan	Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia	Pusan University, South Korea

Research Scholars

Ph.D Pursuing
S.No.	Name	Year
1	R. Raghu	2015
2	M. Veera Pandiyan	2016
3	Mohd. Aqueel Khan	2018
4	S. Madhumathi	2018
5	S. Muthumanickam	2019
6	J. Sangavi	2019
7	N. Hemavathy	2019
8	R. Abhirami	2020
9	R. Raji	2020
10	K. Soundar Rajan	2021
11	S. Balasubramanian	2021
12	M. Arun Pravin	2021
13	O. Rudhra	2021
14	Sushil Kumar	2021
15	S. Sneha	2021
16	A. Karthika	2021
17	J. Muralidharan	2021
18	R. Srinithi	2022
19	Anushka Bhrdwaj	2022
20	S. Priyanka	2022
21	G. Rubha Shri	2022
22	M. Sugumaran	2022
23	Khushboo Sharma	2022
24	N. Shaslinah	2022
25	N. Bhuvaneswari	2022
26	Arshiya Khan	2022
27	S. Vinitha	2022
28	S. Sakthi Sasikala	2022
29	S. Jeyanthi	2022
30	S.Swetha	2022
31	K. Heyram	2022

Ph. D. Awarded
S.No.	Name	Awarded
1	Dr. Sunil Kumar Tripathi	2014
2	Dr. C. Selvaraj	2014
3	Dr. Kh.Dhanachandra Singh	2014
4	Dr. Karnati Konda Reddy	2014
5	Dr. P. Kirubakaran	2014
6	Dr. R. Vanajothi	2015
7	Dr. A. Sudha	2016
8	Dr. K. Gopinath	2016
9	Dr. T. Sindhu	2016
10	Dr. S. Nagamani	2017
11	Dr. C. Sathish Kumar	2017
12	Dr. K. Surekha	2018
13	Dr. S. Rajamanikandan	2018
14	Dr. N. Stalin	2018
15	Dr. V. Suryanarayanan	2019
16	Dr. M. Nachiappan	2019
17	Dr. Sanjay Kumar Chowbey	2019
18	Dr. D. Sasikala	2019
19	Dr. D. Prabhu	2020
20	Dr. S. Vijaya Prabhu	2021
21	Dr. R. Santhosh	2021
22	Dr. Umesh Panwar	2022
23	Dr. Guru Raj Rao	2022
24	Dr. M. Richard	2022
25	Dr. M. Aarthy	2022
26	Dr. Jayashree Biswal	2022
27	Dr. N. S. Anuraj	2022
28	Dr. L. Lakshmanan	2022
29	Dr. J. Prajisha	2023
30	Dr. J. John Marshal	2023
31	Dr. Ishwar Chandra	2023
32	Dr. M. Amala	2023
33	Dr. P. Saritha	2023

Post Doctoral Fellows

Post Doctoral Fellow/Project Scientist
Name	Position	Year
Dr. Sana Khan	Project Scientist - DBT-BIC	2023 - *
Dr. M. Ahila	ICMR - RA	2022 - *
Dr. Vishwanathan Vijayan	ICMR - RA	2022 - *
Dr. J. Manikandan	Project Scientist - DBT-BIC	2022 - *
Dr. C.N. Rahul	Post Doctoral Fellow - D.S. Kothari	2021 - *
Past - Post Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Balajee Ramachandran	Post Doctoral Fellow - RUSA 2.0	2019 - 2021
Dr. M. Nachiappan	Research Associate - RUSA 2.0	2019 - 2021
Dr. V. M. Manikandamathavan	Post Doctoral Fellow - RUSA 2.0	2019 - 2021
Dr. S. Rajamanikandan	Research Associate - RUSA 2.0	2019 - 2021
Dr. Krishna Kant Gupta	Post Doctoral Fellow - RUSA 2.0	2019 - 2020
Dr. Chandrabose Selvaraj	Senior Post Doctoral Fellow - RUSA 2.0	2019 - 2020
Dr. Venkatesh Arulalaperumal	Post Doctoral Fellow - RUSA 2.0	2019 - 2020
Dr. S. Usha	Post Doctoral Fellow - D.S. Kothari	2015 - 2016

Research Member

Name	Position	Year
Mr. M.S.Maharaja	Project Assistant - DBT-National Network Project	2023 - *

Top Selected Publications (Total 700 research publications )

Name	Publications	Impact factor
1	Rangaswamy, R., Hemavathy, N., Subramaniyan, S., Vetrivel, U., Jeyakanthan, J. Harnessing allosteric inhibition: prioritizing LIMK2 inhibitors for targeted cancer therapy through pharmacophore-based virtual screening and essential molecular dynamics. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 1-18. (2023)	4.4
2	Ahmad, M., Jha, B., Bose, S., Tiwari, S., Dwivedy, A., Kar, D., Pal, R.,Mariadasse, R., Parish, T., Jeyakanthan, J., Vinothkumar, K. R., & Biswal, B. K.Structural snapshots of Mycobacterium tuberculosis enolase reveal dual mode of2PG binding and its implication in enzyme catalysis. IUCrJ. (2023)	5.588
3	Karthika, A., Hemavathy, N., Amala, M., Rajamanikandan, S., Veerapandian, M., Prabhu, D., Umashankar V., Chen CJ., Chitra JP., Jeyakanthan, J. Structural and functional characterization of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase in Plasmodium falciparum (3D7) and identification of its potent inhibitors. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 1-17. (2023)	5.235
4	Ramachandran, B., Muthupandian, S., Jeyaraman, J.,& Lopes, B. S. Computational exploration of molecular flexibility and interaction of meropenem analogs with the active site of oxacillinase-23 in Acinetobacter baumannii. Front. Che. 11 (2023)	5.545
5	Balu, R., Ramachandran, S. S., Mathimaran, A., Jeyaraman, J.,& Paramasivam, S. G. Functional significance of mouse seminal vesicle sulfhydryl oxidase on sperm capacitation invitro. Mol. Hum. Reprod.(2022)	4.518
6	Kanumuri, R., Chelluboyina, A. K., Biswal, J., Vignesh, R., Pandian, J., Venu, A., Vaishnavi, B., Leena, D. J., Jeyaraman, J., Ganesan, K., Aradhyam, G. K.,Venkatraman, G., & Rayala, S. K. Small peptide inhibitor from the sequence ofRUNX3 disrupts PAK1-RUNX3 interaction and abrogates its phosphorylationdependent oncogenic function. Oncogene. 40(34):5327-5341 (2021)	9.867
7	Mariadasse, R., Rajmichael, R., Dwivedy, A., Amala, M., Ahmad, M.,Mutharasappan, N., Biswal, B. K., Jeyakanthan, J. Characterization of putativetranscriptional regulator (PH0140) and its distal homologue. Cell Signal. 84,110031 (2021)	4.315
8	Ahmad, M., Dwivedy, A., Mariadasse, R., Tiwari, S., Kar, D., Jeyakanthan, J., & Biswal, B. K. Prediction of small molecule inhibitors targeting the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. ACS omega, 5(29), (2020). 18356-18366	4.132
9	Murugan, N. A., Kumar, S., Jeyakanthan, J.,& Srivastava, V. Searching fortarget-specific and multi-targeting organics for Covid-19 in the Drugbank databasewith a double scoring approach. Sci Rep.10(1),19125.(2020)	5.133
10	Murugan, N. A., Muvva, C., Jeyarajpandian, C., Jeyakanthan, J.,& Subramanian, V. Performance of Force-Field- and Machine Learning-Based Scoring Functions in Ranking MAO-B Protein-Inhibitor Complexes in Relevance to DevelopingParkinson's Therapeutics. Int J Mol Sci. . 21(20), 7648. (2020)	5.923
11	Chaudhary, S. K., Elayappan, M., Jeyakanthan, J., & Kanagaraj, S. Structural and functional characterization of oligomeric states of proteins in RecFOR pathway. IntJ Biol. Macromol.163, 943-953. (2020)	6.953
12	Mariadasse, R., Choubey, S. K., Jeyakanthan, J. Insights into Exogenous Tryptophan-Mediated Allosteric Communication and Helical Transition of TRP Protein for Transcription Regulation. J Chem Inf Model. 60(1), 175–191. (2020)	4.956
13	Chaudhary, S. K., Iyyappan, Y., Elayappan, M., Jeyakanthan, J.,& Sekar, K.Insights into product release dynamics through structural analyses of thymidylatekinase. Int J Biol Macromol. 123, 637–647. (2019)	6.953
14	Nachiappan, M., Jain, V., Sharma, A., Yogavel, M., Jeyakanthan, J. Structuraland functional analysis of Glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase (TtGlnRS) from Thermusthermophilus HB8 and its complexes. J Biol Macromol.120(Pt B), 1379–1386.(2018)	6.953
15	Jagadeeshan, S., Subramanian, A., Tentu, S., Beesetti, S., Singhal, M., Raghavan, S., Surabhi, R. P., Mavuluri, J., Bhoopalan, H., Biswal, J., Pitani, R. S.,Chidambaram, S., Sundaram, S., Malathi, R., Jeyaraman, J., Nair, A. S.,Venkatraman, G., & Rayala, S. K. P21-activated kinase 1 (Pak1) signalinginfluences therapeutic outcome in pancreatic cancer. Ann Oncol.27(8), 1546–1556.(2016)	32.976
16	Vijayakumar, S., Manogar, P., Prabhu, S., Singh, S. K., Singh, R. A. S. (2018). Novel ligand-based docking; molecular dynamic simulations; and absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion approach to analyzing potential acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease. Journal of pharmaceutical analysis, 8(6), 413-420	14.02
17	Dwivedi, A., Kumari, A., Aarthy, M., Singh, S. K., Ojha, M., Jha, S., Jha, N. S. (2021). Spectroscopic and molecular docking studies for the binding and interaction aspects of curcumin-cysteine conjugate and rosmarinic acid with human telomeric G-quadruplex DNA. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 182, 1463-1472	8.02
18	Chinnasamy, S., Selvaraj, G., Selvaraj, C., Kaushik, A. C., Kaliamurthi, S., Khan, A., Singh, S. K., Wei, D. Q. (2020). Combining in silico and in vitro approaches to identification of potent inhibitor against phospholipase A2 (PLA2). International journal of biological macromolecules, 144, 53-66	8.02
19	Suryanarayanan, V., Rajavel, T., Devi, K. P., Singh, S. K*. (2018). Structure based identification and biological evaluation of novel and potent inhibitors of PCAF catalytic domain. International journal of biological macromolecules, 120, 823-834	8.02
20	Shanmuganathan, B., Suryanarayanan, V., Sathya, S., Narenkumar, M., Singh, S. K., Ruckmani, K., Devi, K. P. (2018). Anti-amyloidogenic and anti-apoptotic effect of α-bisabolol against Aβ induced neurotoxicity in PC12 cells. European journal of medicinal chemistry, 143, 1196-1207	7.08
21	Jeyakumar, M., Sathya, S., Gandhi, S., Tharra, P., Suryanarayanan, V., Singh, S. K., Devi, K. P. (2019). α-bisabolol β-D-fucopyranoside as a potential modulator of β-amyloid peptide induced neurotoxicity: An in vitro in silico study. Bioorganic chemistry, 88, 102935	5.30
22	Khan, M. A., Singh, S. K.* (2023). Atom-based 3D-QSAR and DFT analysis of 5-substituted 2-acylaminothiazole derivatives as HIV-1 latency-reversing agents. Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics, 41(14), 6759–6774	5.23
23	Choudhary, P., Bowmen, A., Chakdar, H., Khan, M. A., Selvaraj, C., Singh, S. K., Murugan, K., Kumar, S., & Saxena, A. K. (2022). Understanding the biological role of PqqB in Pseudomonas stutzeri using molecular dynamics simulation approach. Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics, 40(9), 4237–4249	5.23
24	Pandey, B., Aarthy, M., Sharma, M., Singh, S. K., Kumar, V. (2021). Computational analysis identifies druggable mutations in human rBAT mediated Cystinuria. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 39(14), 5058–5067	5.23
25	Kumar, D., Aarthy, M., Kumar, P., Singh, S. K., Uversky, V. N., Giri, R. (2020). Targeting the NTPase site of Zika virus NS3 helicase for inhibitor discovery. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 38(16), 4827-4837	5.23
26	Jayaraj, J. M., Muthusamy, K. (2023). Role of deleterious nsSNPs of klotho protein and their drug response: a computational mechanical insights. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-11	5.235
27	Loganathan, L., Sankar, J., Rajendran, K., Muthusamy, K. (2023). Theoretical investigation on known renin inhibitors and generation of ligand-based pharmacophore models for hypertension treatment. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-10	5.235
28	Vinitha, S., Karthikeyan, M. (2023). Hub Gene signals associated with cognition among children: A computational insight. Journal of Biomolecular structure and Dynamics	5.235
29	Kanitha, S., Malarvili, T., Lakshmanan, L., Karthikeyan, M. (2020). In silico docking analysis of a novel antimicrobial peptide against human breast cancer targeting β-catenin. The International journal of analytical and experimental modal analysis, 12(9)	6.3
30	Loganathan, L., Kuriakose, B. B., Mushfiq, S., Muthusamy, K. (2021). Mechanistic insights on nsSNPs on binding site of renin and cytochrome P450 proteins: A computational perceptual study for pharmacogenomics evaluation. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 122(10), 1460-1474	4.429
31	Pattarayan, D., Sivanantham, A., Krishnaswami, V., Loganathan, L., Palanichamy, R., Natesan, S., Muthusamy, K., and Rajasekaran, S. (2018). Tannic acid attenuates TGF‐β1‐induced epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition by effectively intervening TGF‐β signaling in lung epithelial cells. Journal of cellular physiology, 233(3), 2513-2525	4.08
32	Devi, T. S., Vijay, K., Vidhyavathi, R. M., Kumar, P., Govarthanan, M., & Kavitha, T. (2021). Antifungal activity and molecular docking of phenol, 2, 4-bis (1, 1-dimethylethyl) produced by plant growth-promoting actinobacterium Kutzneria sp. strain TSII from mangrove sediments. Archives of Microbiology, 203, 4051-4064	4.219
33	Sahayarayan, J. J., Rajan, K. S., Vidhyavathi, R. M., Nachiappan, M., Prabhu, D., Alfarraj, S., & Daniel, A. N. (2021). In-silico protein-ligand docking studies against the estrogen protein of breast cancer using pharmacophore based virtual screening approaches. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 28(1), 400-407	4.4
34	Johnson, J., Lakshmanan, G., Vidhyavathi, R. M., Kalimuthu, K., & Sekar, D. (2020). Computational identification of MiRNA-7110 from pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) ESTs: a new microRNA that links diabetes and PAH. Hypertension Research, 43(4), 360-362	5.525
35	Panagal, M., Biruntha, M., Vidhyavathi, R. M., Sivagurunathan, P., Senthilkumar, S. R., & Sekar, D. (2019). Dissecting the role of miR-21 in different types of stroke. Gene, 681, 69-72	3.913
36	Chandrasekaran, M., Paramasivan, M., Sahayarayan, J. J.(2022). Microbial volatile organic compounds: An alternative for chemical fertilizers in sustainable agriculture development. Microorganisms, 11(1), 42	4.5
37	Panikar, S., Shoba, G., Arun, M., Sahayarayan, J. J., Nanthini, A. U. R., Chinnathambi, A., & Kim, H. J. (2021). Essential oils as an effective alternative for the treatment of COVID-19: Molecular interaction analysis of protease (Mpro) with pharmacokinetics and toxicological properties. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 14(5), 601-610	6.7
38	Sahayarayan, J. J., Rajan, K. S., Vidhyavathi, R., Nachiappan, M., Prabhu, D., Alfarraj, S., & Daniel, A. N. (2021). In-silico protein-ligand docking studies against the estrogen protein of breast cancer using pharmacophore based virtual screening approaches. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 28(1), 400-407	4.4
39	Sahayarayan, J. J., Rajan, K. S., Nachiappan, M., Prabhu, D., Rao, R. G. R., Jeyakanthan, J., & Morgan, A. M. (2020). Identification of potential drug target in malarial disease using molecular docking analysis. Saudi journal of biological sciences, 27(12), 3327-3333	4.4
40	Sahayarayan, J. J., Udayakumar, R., Arun, M., Ganapathi, A., Alwahibi, M. S., Aldosari, N. S., & Morgan, A. M. (2020). Effect of different Agrobacterium rhizogenes strains for in-vitro hairy root induction, total phenolic, flavonoids contents, antibacterial and antioxidant activity of (Cucumis anguria L.). Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 27(11), 2972-2979	4.4
41	Boomi, P., Raj, J. A., Palaniappan, S. P., Poorani, G., Selvam, S., Prabu, H. G... & Langeswaran, V. K. (2018). Improved conductivity and antibacterial activity of poly (2-aminothiophenol)-silver nanocomposite against human pathogens. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology,178, 323-329	6.252
42	Murugesan, B., Sonamuthu, J., Pandiyan, N., Boomi, P., Samayanan, S., & Mahalingam, S. (2018). Photoluminescent reduced graphene oxide quantum dots from latex of Calotropis gigantea for metal sensing, radical scavenging, cytotoxicity, and bioimaging in Artemia salina: a greener route. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 178, 371-379	6.252
43	Ravichandran, A., Subramanian, P., Manoharan, V., Muthu, T., Boomi, P., Periyannan, R., Thangapandi, M., & Marimuthu, P. N. (2018). Phyto-mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles using fucoidan isolated from Spatoglossum asperum and assessment of antibacterial activities. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 185, 117-125	6.252
44	Boomi, P., Ganesan, R. M., Poorani, G., Prabu, H. G., Ravikumar, S., & Jeyakanthan, J. (2019). Biological synergy of greener gold nanoparticles by using Coleus aromaticus leaf extract. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 99, 202-210	7.328
45	Sonamuthu, J., Cai, Y., Liu, H., Kasim, M. S. M., Vasanthakumar, V. R., Boomi, P.,& Yao, J. (2020). MMP-9 responsive dipeptide-tempted natural protein hydrogel-based wound dressings for accelerated healing action of infected diabetic wound. International journal of biological macromolecules, 153, 1058-1069	6.957
46	Boomi, P., Poorani, G. P., Selvam, S., Palanisamy, S., Jegatheeswaran, S., Anand, K., & Prabu, H. G. (2020). Green biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles using Croton sparsiflorus leaves extract and evaluation of UV protection, antibacterial and anticancer applications. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 34(5), e5574	4.105
47	Boomi, P., Ganesan, R., Prabu Poorani, G., Jegatheeswaran, S., Balakumar, C., Gurumallesh Prabu, H., & Saravanan, M. (2020). Phyto-engineered gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with potential antibacterial, antioxidant, and wound healing activities under in vitro and in vivo conditions. International journal of nanomedicine, 7553-7568	6.400
48	Kasinathan, K., Marimuthu, K., Murugesan, B., Pandiyan, N., Boomi, P, Mahalingam, S., & Selvaraj, B. (2021). Cyclodextrin functionalized multi-layered MoS2 nanosheets and its biocidal activity against pathogenic bacteria and MCF-7 breast cancer cells: Synthesis, characterization and in-vitro biomedical evaluation. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 323, 114631	6.165
49	Gowrishankar, S., Muthumanickam, S., Kamaladevi, A., Karthika, C., Jothi, R., Boomi, P., & Pandian, S. K. (2021). Promising phytochemicals of traditional Indian herbal steam inhalation therapy to combat COVID-19–An in silico study. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 148, 111966	6.023
50	Sankar, M., K, L., Jeyachandran, S., Boomi, P. (2021). Screening of inhibitors as potential remedial against Ebolavirus infection: pharmacophore-based approach. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 39(2), 395-408	5.235
51	Vivekanandhan, K., Shanmugam, P., Barabadi, H., Arumugam, V., Daniel Raj Daniel Paul Raj, D., Boomi, P., Sivasubramanian, M., & Saravanan, M. (2021). Emerging therapeutic approaches to combat COVID-19: present status and future perspectives. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 8, 604447	5.246
52	Sankar, M., Ramachandran, B., Boomi, P, Mutharasappan, N., Ramasamy, V., Prabu, P. G., & Ebenezer, S. K. (2021). In silico screening of natural phytocompounds towards identification of potential lead compounds to treat COVID-19. Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 8, 637122	4.105
53	Muthumanickam, S., Kamaladevi, A., Boomi, P., Gowrishankar, S., & Pandian, S. K. (2021). Indian ethnomedicinal phytochemicals as promising inhibitors of RNA-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid phosphoprotein: an in silico study. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 8, 637329	5.246
54	Muthumanickam, S., Indhumathi, T., Boomi, P., Balajee, R., Jeyakanthan, J., Anand, K., & Jiang, Z. (2022). In silico approach of naringin as potent phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) protein agonist against prostate cancer. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 40(4), 1629-1638	5.235
55	Muthumanickam, S., Ramachandran, B.,Boomi, P., Jeyakanthan, J., Prabu, H. G., Jegatheswaran, S., & Premkumar, K. (2023). Combination of bendamustine-azacitidine against Syk target of breast cancer: an in silico study. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-13	5.235

Books / Book Chapters

Total No of Books/Book Chapters: 59

S. No.	Name of the Faculty	Title of the Book	Title of the Chapter / Monographs	Publisher	ISBN No.
1	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Molecular Interactions		Today & Tomorrows Printers and Publishers, 2015	978-81701951 16
2	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Frontiers in Protein Structure, Function, and Dynamics.	Experimental and Computational Methods to Determine Protein Structure and Stability	Springer, USA	978-981-15-5529-9
3	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Frontiers in Protein Structure, Function, and Dynamics.	Synergistic Effects of Hydration Sites in Protein Stability: A Theoretical Water Thermodynamics Approach.	Springer, USA	978-981-15-5529-9
4	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Computation in BioInformatics: Multidisciplinary Applications	Prospects of Covalent approaches in Drug Discovery: An Overview.	Scrivener, USA	978-111-96-5480-3
5	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	In Molecular Docking for Computer-Aided Drug Design 3D Structural Determination of Macromolecules using X-ray Crystallography Methods.	Molecular Docking for Computer-Aided Drug Design.	Elsevier, Netherlands	978-012-8 2-2312-3
6	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Marine Niche: Applications in Pharmaceutical Sciences	Marine Microbial Pharmacognosy: Prospects and Perspectives.	Springer Nature, USA	978-981-15-5016-4
7	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Handbook of Microbial Nanotechnology	Microbial Bio-Based Polymer Nanocomposite for Food Industry Applications.	Elsevier, Netherlands	978-012 -8 2-2312-3
8	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Bio prospecting of Microbial Diversity.	Microbes and their products as novel therapeutics in medical applications	Elsevier, Netherlands	978-0-12-8 23426-6
9	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Bioplastics from Microbial and Agricultural Biomass.	Applications of Biodegradable Materials and Bioplastics.	John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,	USA 2021 978-1-119-52674-2
10	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	In Alzheimer's Disease: Recent Findings in Pathophysiology, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Modalities	Computational Development of Alzheimer’s Therapeutics and Diagnostics.	Royal society of Chemistry, UK	9781782628330
11	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Advances in Protein Molecular and Structural Biology Methods.	Methods and applications of machine learning in structure-based drug discovery	Academic Press, USA	9780323902649
12	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Current drug metabolism	Structural Modelling of Drosophila melanogaster Gut Cytochrome P450s and Docking Comparison of fruit fly gut and human cytochrome p450s	Bentham Science, UAE 2022	978-981-5050-24-0
13	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	In Handbook of Oxidative Stress in Cancer: Therapeutic Aspects	Efficacy of synthetic organic molecular inhibitors of TRAF2 and NCK interacting kinase (TNIK) against colorectal cancer	Springer Nature, Singapore	98116929 04
14	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	An integrative approach to explore potent therapeutic protein targets in multidrug resistant nosocomaial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii.	Therapeutic protein targets for drug dicovery and clinical evalution: Bio-crystallography and drug design.	World scientific	978-981-12-5478-9
15	Dr. J. Jeyakanthan	Implications of Immuno-oncology in Immunodiagnostics and Immunotherapy		MJP Publication	978-93-5528-175-3.
16	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	In QSAR in Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment	Advances in QSAR through artificial intelligence and machine learning methods	Elsevier, 2023	978-0-443-15339-6
17	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	In Computational Drug Discovery and Design	Exploring the Role of Cheminformatics in Accelerating Drug Discovery: A Computational Approach	Springer US	978-93-81450-62-8
18	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	In Computational Drug Discovery and Design	Virtual Screening Process: A Guide in Modern Drug Designing	Springer US	978-93-81450-62-8
19	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	IIn Resistance to Anti-CD20 Antibodies and Approaches for Their Reversal	Therapeutic antibodies against cancer a step toward the treatment	Elsevier	978-0-443
20	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	In Big Data Analytics in Chemoinformatics and Bioinformatics	Artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning approaches in genome-wide SNP-based prediction for precision medicine and drug discovery	Elsevier	978- 0-323-85713-0
21	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	In Therapeutic Protein Targets for Drug Discovery and Clinical Evaluation Bio-Crystallography and Drug Design	Exploring the Shock and Kill Strategy to Eradicate Latent HIV-1 Infection.	World Scientific Publishing	978-981-125-480-2
22	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology	Exploring the macromolecules for secretory pathway in cancer disease	Springer US	978-1-53610-504-9
23	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology	Transcriptional regulatory mechanisms and signaling networks in cancer	Elsevier	978-0-443- 15820-9
24	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology	Intrinsically disordered proteins in viral pathogenesis and infections	Elsevier	978- 0-323-99780-5
25	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology	Structure and Chemistry of Enzymatic Active Sites that play a role in the Switch and Conformation Mechanism	Elsevier	978-0-323-99229-9
26	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology	Immunological insights of selectins in human disease mechanism.	Elsevier	978-0-323-99227-5
27	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology	Viral hijacking mechanism in humans through protein–protein interactions	Elsevier	978-0-323-9923
28	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	In Herbs, Shrubs, and Trees of Potential with Medicinal Benefits	Embelia ribes (False Black Pepper) and Gymnema sylvestre (Sugar Destroyer)	Springer	9781032070360
29	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology	Envisaging the conformational space of proteins by coupling machine learning and molecular dynamic	Elsevier	978-0-323-90264-9
30	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology	Structural insights of macromolecules involved in bacteria-induced apoptosis in the pathogenesis of human diseases	Elsevier	978-0-323- 90264-9
31	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Traditional Herbal Therapy for the Human Immune System (pp. 301-362).	Molecular features of potential medicinal plants compounds in enhancing human immune systems	Elsevier	9781032122243
32	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	In Advances in Bioinformatics	Chemoinformatics and QSAR	Springer	978-0-12-821748-1
33	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Evolution and Advancement towards Therapeutic Drug Delivery	Computational and Experimental Binding Interactions of Drug and β-Cyclodextrin as a Drug-Delivery Vehicle. Nanomaterials	Springer	978-1-68108-824-2
34	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	In Microbial Polymers	Eco-friendly Microbial Biopolymers: Recent Development, Biodegradation, and Applications	Springer	978-981-16-0044-9
35	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	In Innovations andImplementations of Computer Aided Drug Discovery Strategies in Rational Drug Design	Magnitude and Advancements of CADD in Identifying Therapeutic Intervention against Flaviviruses.	Springer	978-981-15- 8935-5
36	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	In Innovations and Implementations of Computer Aided Drug Discovery Strategies in Rational Drug Design	Predicting Protein Folding and Protein Stability by Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Computational Drug Discovery	Springer	978-981-15-8935-5
37	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	In Bio-communication of Phages	Phage Protein Interactions in the Inhibition Mechanism of Bacterial Cell.	Springer	978-3-030-45884-3
38	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	In Biocommunication of Phages	Bacteriophage as a Therapeutic Agent to Combat Bacterial Infection: A Journey from History to Application.	Springer	978-3-030-45884-3
39	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	In Synthetic Biology	Medicinal Application of Synthetic Biology	Springer	978-981-10- 8692-2
40	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	In Synthetic Biology	Omics-based nanomedicine	Springer	978-981-10-8693-9
41	Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh	Methods in molecular biology	De Novo Design of Ligands Using Computational Methods	Springer	978-1-4939-7755-0
42	Dr. M. Karthikeyan	A short practical manual for Genetics		Arun Publications
43	Dr. M. Karthikeyan	Concepts and Applications in Medical Genetics		Arun Publications
44	Dr. M. Karthikeyan	Genetic Engineering		Arun Publications
45	Dr. M. Karthikeyan	Essential Bioinformatics		Raja Publications	978-93-80243-52-8
46	Dr. M. Karthikeyan	Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology Methods		Raja Publications	978-93-80243-53-5
47	Dr. M. Karthikeyan	Concepts in Medical Biotechnology		Raja Publications	978-93-80243-46-7
48	Dr. M. Karthikeyan		Biophysics, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics – (Course material for DDE) (Dept. of Zoology, Directorate of distance education, Alagappa University, Karaikudi)
49	Dr. M. Karthikeyan	Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants	Metabolic Disorders: Importance of in silico approaches in the plant based drug discovery	Studium Press	978-1930813120
50	Dr. M. Karthikeyan	Alzheimer’s Disease & Treatment	Drug Targets and Therapeutic Approaches of Alzheimer’s Disease	Alzheimer’s ebook
51	Dr. M. Karthikeyan	Advances in Medicine and Biology	Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics: A Combinatorial Genetic and Computational Approach for the Drug Development	Nova Science Publishers	978-1-68507-402-9
52	Dr.RM. Vidhyavathi	Application of IoT Science and Technology	Enhancing Innovations and Leading Future World in IoT.	IoT Academy Publisher	978-93-93622
53	Dr.RM. Vidhyavathi	Perspectives on Social Welfare Applications’ Optimization and Enhanced Computer Applications	Advanced Method of MOB-I App Used for Medical and Agriculture.	Perspectives on Social Welfare Applications’ Optimization and Enhanced Computer Applications	978-1668483077
54	Dr.RM. Vidhyavathi	Neural Networks for Dengue Prediction	An Optimal Feature Selection with Neural Network-Based Classification Model for Dengue Fever Prediction	Conference: 2023 6th International Conference on Information Systems and Computer Networks (ISCON)	23115390
55	Dr. J. Joseph Sahayarayan	Perspectives on Social Welfare Applications Optimization and Enhanced Computer Applications.	Advanced Method of MOB-I App Used for Medical and Agriculture	IGI Global	978166848306
56	Dr. J. Joseph Sahayarayan	Computation in Bioinformatics: Multidisciplinary Applications	Basic Concepts in Proteomics and Applications	Wiley Online Library	9781119654711
57	Dr. P. Boomi	Handbook on Nano-biomaterials for Therapeutics and Diagnostic Applications	Emerging Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Mediated Controlled and Targeted Drug Delivery System: Present Status and Future Prospects	Elsevier	9780128210130
58	Dr. P. Boomi	Handbook on Nano-biomaterials for Therapeutics and Diagnostic Applications	Theranostics and radiopharmaceuticals in cancer treatment	Elsevier	9780128210130
59	Dr. P. Boomi	Computation in Bioinformatics: Multidisciplinary Applications	An Insight of Protein-Structure Predictions Using Homology Modeling	Wiley	978111965471, 9781119654711

Patent Details

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The Student Council of the M.Sc. Biochemistry Programme is the official representative body of the students, dedicated to promoting student welfare, academic excellence, and active participation in departmental activities. It serves as an important link between students, faculty members, and the department by facilitating effective communication and addressing student concerns in a constructive manner. The council plays a vital role in creating a supportive and inclusive academic environment by encouraging students to participate in seminars, workshops, conferences, scientific events, and outreach programmes. It promotes teamwork, leadership, and professional development among students while fostering a culture of collaboration and mutual respect.

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