International Workshop on Education and Capacity Building in Biophysics

NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON BIOPHYSICS 21-23 February 2003 and INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON EDUCATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING IN BIOPHYSICS: NEEDS OF THE ASIAN AFRICAN REGION 24-25 February 2003

LIST OF SPEAKERS OF NSB2003

G. N. Ramachandran Memorial Lecture

S. Names of Speaker with affiliation Title of Invited Talk Abstract No. received 1. Wim G. J. Hol Medicinal Protein Crystallography and Structural Yes University of Washington, Seattle, Genomics for Tropical Diseases USA(presently Sir C.V. Raman Prof. in Wim G. J. Hol Madras Univ.)

Invited talks, Oral and Poster Presentation of Research Papers

S. Names of delegates with affiliation Title of Invited Talk/Research papers and authors’ names Abstract No. (Oral and Poster) received 1. A.A.Jeyaprkash Structural Studies on Jacalin-carbohydrate Interactions Yes Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian A.A.Jeyaprkash, P.G.Rani, S.Katiyar, K.Sekar, A.Surolia Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, and M.Vijayan India 2. Achintya Das Brownian dynamics simulations of lecitin- carbohydrate Yes Department of Chemistry, University of interactions Diffusion of of Trimannoside to concanvalin Delhi110007 A. Achintya Das, Rita Kakkar & B.Jayaram 3. A.K.Bhattacharya Transport of cyclic AMP across membrane of Escherichia Yes Department of Biophysics, Institute of Coli irradiated with ultraviolet light Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu A.K.Bhattacharya University, Varanasi – 221005 4. Amarnath Chatterjee Probing the Auto-processing Aided Folding of HIV-1 Yes Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, protease Colaba, Mumbai Amarnath Chatterjee, Ram Kumar Misra, Rohit Mittal , Ramkrishna V. Hosur 5. Amit Kumar Jana Interactions of Liposomal Membranes with ionizing and Yes Indian Research Institute for Integrated Non-ionising Radiations Medicine, Howrah Amit Kumar Jana 6. Amit Das Trifluoroethanol and Urea-Induced Structural Changes in Yes Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha the Microtubulr Protein, Tubulin Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Amit Das, s. R. Madhavi, D. Dasgupta, M. Ramanadham, Mumbai 400085 S.R. Kasturi 7. Anil K. Lala A New Method for Mapping Hydrophobic Surface in Yes Department of Chemistry and School of Proteins – Detection of Molten globule and other folding Biosciences and Bioeng, Indian Institute intermediates in folding of -Lactalbumin of Technology Bombay, Powai, Bombay Anil K. Lala 400 076 8. Anil Saran Conformational Study of Fragments of Envelope Proteins Yes University Institute of Chemical (gp 120:254-274 and gp 41: 519-541) of HIV-1 by NMR Technology, Mumbai-400 019 and MD Simulations Meena Kanyalkar, Sudha Srivastava, Anil Saran, Evans Coutinho 9. Anoop Saxena Protein Dynamics Controls the Fast Kinetics of Proton Yes Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, transfer from Bulk solvent to interior of proteins: A case Colaba, Mumbai study with GTP Anoop Saxena, Roop Mallick, Jayant Udgaonkar and G. Krishnamoorthy 10. A.Srinivasan Structure-Function Relationship of Snake Venom Yes Department of Biophysics, All India Phospholipase A2 Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari A.Srinivasan, T. Jabeen, N. Singh, R. Singh, J. Jasti, G. Nagar, New Delhi– 110029 Singh, M.Paramasivam, S. Sharma, V. Chandra, P. Kaur, T. P. Singh 11. Ashutosh Kumar Residual Structure and Initial folding Events in SUMO-1 Yes Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Ashutosh Kumar, Ram Kumar Misra, Rohit Mittal , Colaba, Mumbai Ramkrishna V. Hosur 12. Ashwini A. Diwakar Physico-chemical Characterization of Aromatic Amino Yes Department of Biophysics, Govt Institute Acids after Ultrasound & Gamma Irradiation. of Science,Nipatniranjan Nagar, Satish G. Kulkarni, Ashwini A. Diwakar, Sujata B. Aurangabad - 431 004 Maharashtra, Tupsamindar India 13. Ashwani K. Sharma Structure-Based Design of Class I MHC/Peptide Cancer Yes Department of Biotechnology, Indian Immunotherapeutics Institute of Technology Roorkee, Ashwani K. Sharma, Jennifer J. Kuhns, Shuqin Yan and Roorkee 247667, India Edward J. Collins 14. Baldeep Khare Effect of Terminal L/D Leu residue’s on the Yes Department of Biophysics, Panjab Conformational behaviour of achiral Poly-(Aib-zPhe) : University, Chandigarh – 160014, India Designing of Unique Handed Structure Fateh S.Nandel and Baldeep Khare 15. B.Syed Abrahim Role of hydration in the weak forces in the thermal stability Yes Department of Crystallography & of proteins. Biophysics, University of Madras, B.Syed Abrahim and Vasantha Pattabhi Guindy Campus, Chennai-600 025, A novel structural and functional aspects of protein- protein India interactions through Trypsin- inhibitor complex. B.Syed Abrahim and Vasantha Pattabhi 16. C.L.Khetrapal From Liquid Crystal NMR to Biomedical and Socially No Distinguished Professor, SG Post Relevant Magnetic Resonance Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, C.L.Khetrapal Rae Bareilly Road, Lucknow 17. Chaitanya G. Chinawale, Gamma irradiation response of certain aliphatic Amino Yes Dept. of Physiology, C.U. Shah Medical acids College, Surendranagar-363001 Satish G. Kulkarni, Chaitanya G. Chinawale, Satish D. Gujarat Vidyasagar 18. D.Bharanidharan Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of DNA Yes Department of Crystallography & Oligonucleotides Structural Data Biophysics, University of Madras, D. Bharanidharan and N. Gautham Guindy Campus ,Chennai-600 025, India 19. Deepak V. Shilvant, Quality assurance of treatment planning system using gel Yes Department of Radiotherapy, Seth phantom & TL dosimetry technique Nandlal Dhoot Hospital, Aurangabad DeepakV. Shilvant, Virendra Bhandari, Satish G. Kulkarni (M.S.), INDIA. 20. Deepti Gupta Role of amino- and carboxy terminal domains of human Yes Department of Biophysics, All India endothelin receptors in ligand binding Institute of Medical Sciences, New Deepti Gupta, K. Saravanan, Hari Prasad G, S. Dey, T.P. Delhi –110029 Singh and A. Srinivasan 21. Devendra Srivastava Structure of a Buffalo Mammary Gland Protein involved in Yes Department of Biophysics, All India Involution and Breast Cancer Institute of Medical Sciences, New Devendra Srivastava, Samita Bilgrami, Janesh Kumar, Delhi -110029 Ashok K. Mohanty, Sujata Sharma, Punit Kaur, A. Srinivasan and T. P. Singh 22. Dhruv Sethi In-silico design of a viral B cell epitope peptidomimetic Yes National Institute of Immunology, Delhi Dhruv Sethi, Deepak Nair,Uma Katre, Kanury VS Rao and Dinakar M. Salunke 23. Dinkar Salunke Conformational Convergence in an Antiboday Response; No National Institute of Immunology, New X-ray Studies Involving Flexible Antigen and Diverse Delhi Antibodies Dinkar Salunke 24. Durg V Rai, Study of Pressure Points in Stance Phase of Gait: A Yes Dept. of Biophysics, Panjab University, Preliminary Report Chandigarh Durg V Rai, Lalit M Aggarwal and Kirpal S Kohli Transition Temperature of Bone D. V. Rai, Anshul Awasthi

25. D. V. Behere Heme prosthetic group is responsible for the enhanced Yes Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, unfolding kinetic stability of Soyabean peroxidase Colaba, Mumbai compared to Horseradish peroxidase Amisha Kamal J. K. and Digamber V. Behere 26. Faizan Ahmed Conformational and Thermodynamic Characterization of Yes Department of Biosciences, Jamia the Molten Globule State Occurring on the Folding  Millia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi Unfolding Pathway of Cytochromes-c by Weak Salt - 110 025, India Denaturants Shabir H. Qureshi, Beenu Moza, Sushma Yadav, and Faizan Ahmad 27. F.S.Nandel Electronic Spectra of Some Potentiometric Membrane Dyes No Department of Biophysics, Panjab F.S.Nande University, Chandigarh-160014 28. Gaurav Sahni Conformational change in Gonadotropin Releasing Yes National Institute of Immunology, Delhi Hormone Receptor may facilitate hormone binding Gaurav Sahni and Dinakar M. Salunke 29. G.Suresh Kumar Influence of pH on the structure of poly (dG-dC) and poly Yes Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, (dG). Poly (C) and their Interaction with Berberine: Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Spectroscopic Studies Kolkata 700032 G.Suresh Kumar,S. Das and M.Maiti 30. Gopal B. Navle. In-vitro Studies of certain Physico-chemical characteristics Yes Department of Biophysics, Government of BSA & PPA after Ultrasound and Gamma irradiation Institute of Science, Satish G. Kulkarni, Shilpa M. Patil, Gopal B. Navle Nipatniranjan Nagar, Aurangabad - 431 004 Maharashtra, India. 31. Hari Prasad A Non-radiolabeled Method for Ligand Binding Assay and Yes Department of Biophysics, All India Western Analysis of Soluble Endothelin Receptor Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi Hari Prasad G, K. Saravanan, D. Gupta, S. Dey, T.P. -110029, India Singh and A. Srinivasan 32. Harpreet Kaur Designing of neuropeptide Achatin-I Yes Department of Biophysics, Panjab Harpreet Kaur and Fateh Singh Nandel University Chandigarh-160014, INDIA

33. H.B. Bohidar Transient Bio-molecular Self-assembly of Gelatin Yes School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal B. Mohanty and H. B. Bohidar Nehru University, New Delhi-110067

34. J. Arunachalam Ab initio Protein Structure Prediction Using MOLS and Yes Department of Crystallography & Genetic Algorithm Biophysics, University of Madras, J. Arunachalam and N. Gautham Guindy Campus,Chennai-600 025, India 35. J. Raul Grigera Heme proteins: Some New Results on Allosteric Nature Yes IFLYSIB, La Plata, J. Raul Grigera, Aldres G. Salvay and Marcio Colombo Argentina 36. Jayasundar J James The effect of hydrophobic environment on the activation of Yes Centre for Biotechnology, Anna lipase: A Molecular dynamics study University, Chennai 600 004. India Jayasundar J James, N. Athi Narayanan, Pennathur Gautam 37. Jun-Xian Shen Azimuth-Tuning Characteristics of Auditory Neurons in the Yes Lab of Visual Information Processing, Bat and Mouse Center for Brain and Cognitive Science, Jun-Xian SHEN Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing-100101, CHINA 38. Jyotirmoy Banerjee Role of Voltage Dependent Anion Channel (VDAC) in Yes Department of Biophysics, University of Brain Cell Death: An Electrophysiological Study. Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Jyotirmoy Banerjee and Subhendu Ghosh. Road, New Delhi-110021 39. Kazuyuki Akasaka Protein Structure Determination by NMR at High Pressures Yes Department of Biotechnological Kazuyuki Akasaka Science, Faculty of Biology-oriented science and technology, Kinki University, 930 Nishimitani, Uchito-cho, Wakayama 649-6493, Japan 40. K.G. Joshi Interaction of Biofertilizers with plants Yes Department of Botany, Government K.G. Joshi Institute of Science, Nipatniranjan Nagar, Aurangabad 431004Maharashtra, India 41. K.L.Khanduja Prooxidant/Antioxidant Status of Alveolar Macrophages in Yes Departments of Biophysics, Lung Carcinogenesis Postgraduate Institute of Medical K.L. Khanduja Education & Research, Chandigarh- 160012, India 42. K. L. Yadav Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite at Physiological Temperature Yes Department of Physics, Indian Institute K. L. Yadav and P.W.Brown of Technology Roorkee Roorkee 43. K.Saikrishnan Structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis single-stranded Yes Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian DNA binding protein. Variability in quaternary structure Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, and its implications India. K.Saikrishnan, J.Jeyakanthan, J.Venkatesh, N.Acharaya, K.Sekar, U.Varshney and M.Vijayan 44. K.Saraboji Thermal stability analysis of proteins: Yes Department of Crystallography and Free energy approach Biophysics, University Of Madras, K.Saraboji Guindy Campus, Chenna 600 025, India. 45. Kunal B. Roy GGATCC Repeats in Supercoiled Plasmid form a fold- Yes Center for Biotechnology, Jawaharlal back Quadruplex Structure that promotes Homologous Nehru University, New Delhi Recombination Kunal B. Roy, Tapas Saha and Arun K. Shukla 46. K.Vengadesan Conformational Studies of Enkephalins using MOLS Yes Department of Crystallography & Technique. Biophysics, University of Madras, K.Vengadesan and N. Gautham Guindy Campus, Chennai-600 025, India 47. K.V.R.Chary Folding: NMR Study on a Protozoan Calcium-Binding Yes Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Protein Institute of Fundamental Research, Sulakshana Mukherjee and K.V.R. Chary Mumbai-400 005 48. Lavanya Krishnan Molecular analysis of carbohydrate-peptide mimicry in Yes National Institute of Immunology, Delhi antibody response Manisha Goel, Lavanya Krishnan, Surinder Kaur, Kanwal J. Kaur, Dinakar M. Salunke 49. L.D.Williams The Role of Magnesium in RNA Folding Yes School of Chemistry and Biochemistry Loren Dean Williams and School of Biomedical Engg, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30306-USA 50. L. S. Rath Modeling the structure of human 15-lipoxygenase and Yes GVK Bioscience, #210, My Home docking Tycoon, 6-3-1192, Begumpet, studies Hyderabad-500016, INDIA. Rath L.S 51. L S Rath Modeling Of Tetramanganease Cluster Of The D1 Protein Yes GVK bioSciences private limited Of Photosystem II (Biocampus), #210, My Home Tycoon, L S Rath, S Ramadevi, Sunita Tajne 6-3-1192, Begumpet, Hyderabad- 500016, INDIA 52. Madhumita Guha Structure–based rational design of the potent and selective Yes Department of Biophysics, All India inhibitors of Phospholipase A2 institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi Madhumita Guha, Vijay Kr. Goel, Arun P. Baxla, Jyoti 110029 Makker, Nagendra Singh, Sujata Sharma, Sharmistha Dey, A.Srinivasan & T.P. Singh 53. Maganti R. Rajeshwari The Role Of GAA/TTC Repeat Expansions In Freidreich’s Yes Department of Biochemistry, All India Ataxia (FRDA) Institute of Medical Sciences, New M. R. Rajeswari Delhi-110029, India 54. Mahua Ghosh Dipolar coupling refined structure of transcription factor Yes Department of Medical Biophysics, TFIIB Ontario Cancer Institute, 610 University Mahua Ghosh, and Mitsuhiko Ikura Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2M9 CANADA 55. Manjunatha R. Kini Interaction of Novel Anti Coagulant Peptides with Blood Yes National University of Singarore, Coagulation Factor Va Singapore Bindya Jacob, Jeremiah S. Joseph and R. Manjunatha Kini 56. Manju Bansal1,2 Role of water, ions and cross-strand interactions in A-tract Yes 1Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian DNA Institute of Science, Bangalore – A.Madhumalar and Manju Bansal 560012, India. &2Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, ITPL, Bangalore – 560066 57. Mala Nath Synthesis and Characterisation of some Organo-Tin Yes Department of Chemistry, Indian Compounds having Anti Tumour Activity Institute of Technology Roorkee, Mala Nath Roorkee 58. Manisha Goel Crystal structure of Jacalin bound to a porphyrin, meso- Yes National Institute of Immunology, Delhi tetrasulphonatophenylporphyrin at 1.8 Å resolution Manisha Goel, Kanwal J. Kaur, Musti J. Swamy, Dinakar M. Salunke 59. Manoj Srivastava How to improve the efficiency and productivity of Indian Yes PhD (Philosophy, IIT Kanpur) IMS mind Manoj Srivastava and Rashmi Chandra Engg. College, Ghaziabad 60. Mohammad I. El Gohary Effects of Tobacco Smoking on the Electrical Activity of Yes Biophysics branch, Faculty of science, Rat’s Brain AL Azhar University, Egypt. Mohamed I. EL Gohary, Khairy M. T. Ereba,Hamdy A. Mekkawy, and Tamer M. EL Sayed 61. Mohd Ismail Iqbal Personal computer based data acquisition system for Yes Maulana Azad College, Rauza Bagh, biological signals, using printer adapter. Aurangabad. 431 001 Mohd Ismail Iqbal, Ayub K. J. K. Pathan & S. G. Kulkarni 62. M. Mohamed Naseer Ali Comparison of Potential Energy Surfaces (PES) of Yes Department of Physics, Bharathidasan glyphosate and its analogs: ab initio Molecular Orbital University, Tiruchirappalli 620 calculations 024,Tamil Nadu, India M. Mohamed Naseer Ali and P. Kaliannan

63. M.R.N.Murthy Structural Studies On Recombinant Capsids Of Intact Yes Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Sesbania Mosaic Virus Coat Protein And Its Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, Deletion Mutants INDIA V. Sangita, G.L. Lokesh, P.S. Satesh Kumar, M.R.N.Murthy and H.S.Savithri 64. M. V. Hosur Structures of non-active-site mutants and inhibitor Yes Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha complexes of HIV-1 Protease Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, M. V. Hosur, B. Pillai,. S. V. Bhat, Mukesh Kumar and Mumbai, India Vishal Prashar 65. M.Vijayan Hydration, Plasticity and Action of Proteins Yes Molecular Biophysics Unit and M.Vijayan Associate Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 66. Nabanita Nag MutS a DNA repair system protein: Role of ATP Yes Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, hydrolysis in its functioning Colaba, Mumbai Nabanita Nag, G. Krishnamoorthy, B. J. Rao 67. Neha Kumari Purification and Characterization of L-amino oxidase from Department of Biophysics, All India equine colostrum institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi Neha Kumari, Janesh Kumar, Savita Yadav, A. Srinivasan, 110029 T.P.Singh 68. N. Nandi Chiral Discrimination in Biometric Langmuir Monolayers Yes Chemistry Department, Birla Institute of N.Nandi, D. Vollhardt Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan 69. N.Sampath Crystallization of - 1, 3- D-glucan binding protein from Yes Department of Crystallography and Perna Viridis (Mollusc) Biophysics, N.Sampath University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai-600 025. 70. Om Prakesh Gulati NMR in Molecular Design: A Case Study of Opioid No Protein NMR Facility, Agonist Department of Biochemistry, Om Prakesh Gulati 103, Willard Hall, Kansas State Univ.Manhattan, KS 66506 71. Parag Sharma All-Optical Modulation in pharaonis Phobo rhodopsin Yes Department of Physics and computer Parag Sharma, C.P.Singh and Sukhdev Roy Science, Dayalbagh educational Institute (Deemed University), Agra 282005 72. P. Arun Prasad Study of Behaviour of gap penalty in Sequence Yes Department of Crystallography & P. Arun Prasad and N. Gautham Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai-600 025, India 73. Paramita Ghosh Collective Behavior of Membrane Channels: Yes Department of Biophysics Electrophysiological studies on Gap Junctions University of Delhi SouthCampus Paramita Ghosh, Debasish Bose & Subhendu Ghosh New Delhi 110021 India 74. Parminder Kaur Effect of the oxidative stress on the LDH-X expression and Yes Department of Biophysics the reproductive ability of male mice. Panjab University, Chandigarh – Parminder Kaur and M.P.Bansal 160014, India 75. Pooja Narang Biophysical Filters for Protein Structure Predictions. Yes Department of Chemistry Pooja Narang, Kumkum Bhushan, Preeti Misra, Surojit Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Bose, Achintya Das and B. Jayaram Hauz Khas, Delhi 110 016 76. Pradeep Sidhu Usefulness of EDXRF in the assessment of trace elements Yes Department of Biophysics, Panjab in rat liver following Nickel Toxicity University, Chandigarh-160014, India Pradeep Sidhu, M.L.Garg, J.S.Shahi, N.Singh, D.K.Dhawan 77. Praveen Singh Augmentation of Fracture Healing: Magnetic Stimulation Yes Biophysics and Electron Microscopy and its Cellular Mechanism Section, Indian Veterinary Research Praveen Singh, R.C.YashRoy and M.Hoque Institute, Izatnagar-243122, Bareilly, UP 78. Preeti Misra A Free Energy path From Amino acid Sequence to Native Yes Department of Chemistry Structure: In Silico folding of Villin Headpiece Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Preeti Misra, Achintya Das and B.Jayaram Hauz Khas, Delhi 110 016 79. Puniti Mathur Peptide design using , -dehydrophenylalanine amino Yes Dept. of NMR acid: Synthesis and structure determination by CD and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, NMR Delhi Puniti Mathur, V. S. Chauhan and N. R. Jagannathan 80. P.S.Chandel Electrical and structural properties of exposed and Yes Department of Physics, Panjab unexposed biological material with alcohol University, Chandigarh-160 014, India P.S. Chandel, A. Thakur, V. Sharma, N. Goyal, G.S.S. Saini and S.K. Tripathi 81. Ravindra Tewari Hypermodified Wobble Nucleoside Queuosine in tRNAAsp Yes National Chemical Laboratory, Pune- Anticodon Loop and Significance of Modified Nucleoside 411008 Lysidine in Mycoplasma Capricolum tRNAIle Uddhavesh B. Sonavane, Kailas D. Sonawane and Ravindra Tewari 82. R.C.Yadav Influence of Berberine on the Denaturation and Yes Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory, Renaturation of Ployadenylic Acid Structure: Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Spectrophotometric and Spectropolarimetric Studies Kolkata 700032 R.C.Yadav, G.Suresh Kumar,S. Pal, K.Ghosh and M.Maiti 83. Reeta Rani Gupta ATR-FTIR studies of Aerosol-OT/water/isopropyl Yes Department of Chemistry myristate treated mice skin. Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi-110062 Reeta Rani Gupta, S.K.Jain, Manoj Varshney. 84. R.P.Bajpai Indicators of a Quantum Description of " Life " Yes Institute of Self Organising Systems and R.P.Bajpai Biophysics, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793022,India. 85. R.Kishore Attempt to Understand the Conformational Preferences of Yes Institute of Microbial Technology, b-Ala Peptides For Rational Designing of Secondary Sector 39-A, Chandigarh-160 036 Structural Features R.Kishore 86. R.Sugadev Crystal structure studies of Catalase-inhibitor complexes Yes Department of Crystallography and R.Sugadev, D.Balasundaresan,M.N.Ponnuswamy, K.Sekar, Biophysics, University of Madras, D.Kumaran and S.Swaminathan Guindy Campus, Chennai – 600 025 87. R.V.Hosur Probing the Folding Hierarchy in HIV-1 Protease Yes Chairman, Department of Chemical R.V.Hosur Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai-400 005 88. Rizwan Hasan Khan Characterization of a proteinase Inhibitor from Cajanus Yes Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, cajan (L.) Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh Soghura Khatun Haq and Rizwan Hasan Khan 202002 89. Rupali V. Diwakar, Influence Of Ultrasound On Enzyme Kinetic Parameters Of Yes Department Of Biophysics, Government Alpha-amylase. Institute Of Science Satish G. Kulkarni, Rupali V. Diwakar, Rupali V. Sapkal Nipatniranjan Nagar, Caves Road, Aurangabad-431 004. 90. Sanganahalli B.G. Contribution of NMDA and non-NMDA receptors in Yes Department of Biophysics glutamate mediated neuronal injury in young and adult National Institute of Mental Health and cortical slices Neurosciences Sanganahalli B.G., Joshi P. G. and Joshi N. B. Bangalore- 560029. India

91. Sanjiv Dhingra Role of selenium Status in LDL receptor activity and T3/T4 Yes Department of Biophysics kinetics in rats under hyperlipidemia Panjab University, Chandigarh – Sanjiv Dhingra and M.P.Bansal 160014, India

92. Satish G. Kulkarni Ultrasonic Velocity & Osmolarity Profiles Of Gamma Yes Dept. of Biophysics, Govt. Institute of Irradiated Enzyme Solution Science, Nipatniranjan Nagar, Satish G. Kulkarni , Satish D. Vidyasagar Aurangabad-431004

93. Saurabh Suhasaria Biomedical Implants Coating Yes Department of Electronics and Saurabh Suhasaria and K.L.Yadav Communications,Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India 94. Shah Raj Ali Studies on Metal-Cyanogen Complexes as Prebiotic Yes Department of Chemistry, Indian Catalyst Institute of Technology, Roorkee-247 Kamaluddin and Shah Raj Ali 667 95. Shamaladevi.N The crystal structure of autolysed Trypsin Yes Department of Crystallography and Syed Ibrahim.B, Shamaladevi.N and Vasantha Pattabhi Biophysics, University of Madras, Chennai-600 025 96. S.Aravamudhan Aromatic ring current effects for macromolecule Yes Department of Chemistry, North Eastern structure:Consequences of obtaining induced field Hill University, Shillong 793022, estimates in the full tensor form for the shielding Meghalaya, India S.Aravamudhan 97. Seethalakshmi T Analysis of Calcium- carboxylate interactions in EF Hand Yes Department of Physics, Bharathidasan Calcium Binding Proteins. University, Tiruchirapalli 620024Tamil T.Seethalakshmi and P. Kaliannan Nadu 98. Siddhartha P.Sarma Solution Structural Studies Of Conotoxins From Indian Yes Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Marine Snails Institute of Science, Bangalore Siddhartha P.Sarma, Sudarslal, Paromita P.P, G.Senthil Kumar, P.Balaram, K.S.Krishnan

99. Simrat Sodhi Role of oxalate induced kidney lipid peroxidation in Yes Department of Biochemistry, Panjab experimental rat urolithiasis University, Chandigarh-160 014, India Simrat Sodhi, Dr RK Jethi

100. Sinerik Ayrapetyan The Metabolic Regulation Of Cell Hydration And Its Yes UNESO Chair- Life Science Physiological Significance In Excitable Cells International Educational Center, Sinerik Ayrapetyan Yerevan, Armenia 101. S.J.B. Rana Mitra Stability of chromophore-protein interaction: A study of Yes Centre for Biotechnology, cyanobacterial phycobilisomes Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi Mitra S.J.B. Rana, I.B. Jha, Rajiv Bhatt

102. Soumalee Basu Role of proton Transfer in Spontaneous mutation: a Yes Department of Biophysics Molecular computational approach. &Genetics, University of Calcutta, 92, Soumalee Basu, Dhananjay Bhattacharya and Rabi A.P.C. Road, Kolkata 700009. Majumdar

103. S.P.Gupta QSAR-Based Comparative Study on the Mechanisms of Yes Prof., Department of Chemistry, Birla Carbonic Anhydrase and Matrix Metalloproteinase Institute of Technology and Science, Inhibitions by Sulfonylated Amino Acid Hydroxamates Pilani-333031 S. P.Gupta, V. Maheswaran, V. Pande, and Dalip Kumar 104. S.R.Kasturi Tubulin-Nucleotide Interactions Yes Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata S. R. Kasturi Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai- 105. Subhendu Ghosh Understanding the Mechanism of Learning by Brain Yes Department of Biophylscis, University of Subhendu Ghosh Delhi, South Campus New Delhi - 110021 106. Sudha Srivastav L-arginine promotes metabolism, capacitation and acrosome Yes Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, reaction in spermatozoa from goat and bovine Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai-400005, Sudha Srivastava, Cristian O'Flaherty, Martha T. Beconi, INDIA and Girjesh Govil 107. Sunil Nath Ionic Permeability and the Torsional Mechanism of Energy Yes Department of Biochemical Engineering Transduction and ATP Synthesis and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Sunil Nath Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016 108. Suman Das Effect of Mithramycin and Daunomycin on the stability Of Yes Biophysics Division, Saha Institute of nucleosome structure Nuclear Physics,37 Belgachia Road, Suman Das and Mohd. Ayoub Mir Calcutta - 700 037 109. Tapan K. Chaudhuri, Chaperone Assisted folding of Large substrate proteins Yes Department of Biochemical Engineering Tapan K. Chaudhuri and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi-110016, India 110. Tai Huang-Huang NMR Investigation of the Structure and Catalytic Yes Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Mechanism of a Serine Protease – E.coli Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei, Thioesterase/Protease I Taiwan Tai-huang Huang, Sergiy I. Tyukhtenko, Alexandra V. Litvinchuk, Chi-Fon Chang, Jei-Fu Shaw 111. Tranum Kaur Inverse Correlation between bcl-2 and c-myc along with Yes Department of Biophysics, Postgraduate anti-oxidant status in Esophageal cancer Institute of medical Education & Tranum Kaur, Rajesh Gupta, Research, Chandigarh, India 112. T.Ramreddy ATP hydrolysis modulates DNA Dynamics in RecA-DNA- Yes Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, filaments:Evidence of a novel segmental motion Colaba, Mumbai T. Ramreddy, Subhojit Sen, Basuthkar J. Rao and G. Krishnamoorthy

113. Uma Sharma In-Vitro Proton NMR Spectroscopy of Neuromuscular Yes Departments of NMR, All India Institute Diseases of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029 Uma Sharma, Surinder Atri, M. C. Sharma, Chitra Sarkar and N. R. Jagannathan 114. Virendra Kumar In-vivo 1H MRS Study of Brain Metabolism in Patients Yes Dept. of NMR, All India Institute of with Schizophrenia Medical Sciences, Delhi Virendra Kumar, H. Avinash, S. Ramesh, B.M Tripathi and N.R Jagannathan

115. Vishnu D. Udhan, Activity Profiles Of Alpha Amylase After Sonication Yes Department of Biophysics, Government Satish G. Kulkarni, Vishnu D. Udhan, Shrikant L. Patil, Institute of Science, Nishant T. Wathore Nipatniranjan Nagar, Aurangabad- 431 004 Maharashtra, India.

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