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Name of the teacher: Dr. Manjula M

Qualification: M. Sc., Ph.D.

Designation: Assistant Professor

Teaching experience: 1 Year

Research experience: 5 Years

Research areas of interests : X-ray crystallography, Purification and crystallization of bio-molecules and drug molecules, Understanding the structure-function relationship of enzymes and biological macromolecules.

Seminars/conference attended:

  1. Participated in two day Faculty Development Program on “Teaching and Learning” during 2-3 July, 2019 at SDMIMD, Mysuru
  2. Participated in three day lecture workshop on “Quantum Statistics – Theory and Experiment” from 15-17 February, 2019 at St. Philomena’s College (Autonomous), Mysuru
  3. Participated in “Lecture Workshop on Quantum Information and Computation” organized by the Department of Physics , St.Philomena’s College (Autonomous), Mysuru, 18-20th August, 2018.
  4. Participated and presented a poster entitled “Structural studies of the ATP-binding subunit of an ABC transporter from Geobacillus kaustophilus” in International Conference on Biomolecular forms and Functions (ICABF-2013) held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
  5. Participated and presented a poster entitled “Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of the ATP-         binding subunit of an ABC transporter from Geobacillus kaustophilus” in International Conference on Advances in Biological Sciences  (ICABSP)-2012 organized by the department of bio-technology and microbiology , Kannur university, Kannur , Kerala.
  6. Participated and presented a poster entitled “Crystal structure of Archaeal UDP-N-Acetyl-D- Mannosamine Dehydrogenase” in 40th  national seminar on crystallography held in department of Physics Osmania university Hyderabad 2012.
  7. Participated and presented a paper at the International Symposium on Challanges in Drug Discovery Programme -2011 (ISCDDP-2011) held at Karnataka State Open University, Manasagangotri, Mysore, India during 16-17, 2011.
  8. Attended the ”Workshop on proteins : Structure, Function and Folding” organised by IISc Mathematics Initiative (IMI), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, during December 20-24, 2010.
  9. Participated in one day workshop on ”Extraction, Isolation and Characterization of Bio-active Molecules” under the IOE scheme, Manasagangotri, Mysore, on July 13th , 2011.

Articles publications: 10

International Journals:    10        

  1. Crystal structure of ATP-binding subunit of an ABC transporter from Geoba-

cillus kaustophilus:

Manjula, M., Pampa, K. J., Kumar, S. M., Mukherjee, N. S., Kunishima, N.,

Rangappa, K. S., Lokanath, N. K. accepted in Bio-chemical and Biophysical

Research Communications., 2015, doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.02.079.

  1. Crystal structures of type IIIH NAD dependent D-3-phosphoglycerate dehyd-

rogenase from two thermophiles.

Madan Kumar, S., Pampa, K. J., Manjula, M., Hemanth Kumar, G., Kunishima,

N., Lokanath, N. K. Bio-chemical and Biophysicsl Research Communications,

2014, 451, 126-130.

  1. Crystal structure studies of NADP+ dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase from

Thermus thermophilus exhibiting a novel terminal domain.

Madan Kumar, S., Pampa, K. J., Manjula, M., Abdoh, M. M. M., Kunishima,

N., Lokanath, N. K. Biochemical and Biophysicsl Research Communications,

2014, 449, 107-113.

  1. 2-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)-4-(thiophen-2-yl)-2,3-dihydro-1,5- benzothiazepine.

Manjunath, B. C., Manjula, M., Raghavendra, K. R., Shashikanth, S., Ajay

Kumar, K., Lokanath, N. K., Acta Crystallogr., 2014, E70, o121.

  1. 4-(Thiophen-2-yl)-2-[4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-2,3-dihydro- 1,5-benzothia-zepine.

Manjunath, B. C., Manjula, M., Raghavendra, K. R., Ajay Kumar, K., Lokanath, N. K., Acta Crystallogr., 2014, E70, o261.

  1. 2-(4-Fluorophenyl)-4-(thiophen-2-yl)- 2,3-dihydro-1,5-benzothiazepine.

Manjula, M., Manjunath, B. C., Renuka, N., Ajay Kumar, K., Lokanath, N.K., Acta Crystallogr., 2013, E69, o1608.

  1. 3-Methyl-1,5-diphenyl-4,5-dihydro-1H- pyrazole.

Manjula, M., Jayaroopa, P., Manjunath, B. C., Ajay Kumar, K., Lokanath,N. K., Acta Crystallogr., 2013, E69, o602.

  1. 7-bromo-3,3-dibutyl-2,3-dihydro-8-methoxybenzo[b][1,4]thiazepin-4(5H)-one.

Deepu, C. V., Manjula, M., Pampa, K. J., Bhadregowda, D.J., Lokanath,N.K., Acta Crystallogr., 2013, E69, o1129.

  1. Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of the

ATP-binding subunit of an ABC transporter from Geobacillus kaustophilus:

Manjula, M., Pampa, K. J., Madan Kumar, S., Kunishima N., Lokanath, N.K.

Acta. Cryst., (2012) F68, 1406-1408.

  1. Synthesis, Characterization and Crystal Structure of 8-methoxy-2-methylquinoline-4-ol: A window into the World of Quinoline Modifications.

Prabhuswamy, M., Laxmeshwar S. S., Madan Kumar, S., Manjula, M., Sathish Kumar R., Nagaraja G. K., Lokanath, N. K. Struct. Chem. Commu., 2011, 2, 114-117.

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