Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, PSN College of Engineering & Technology and VIT Vellore.
Research Focus
1. Molecular Biophysics Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations and Quantum Mechanical (QM) calculations are used in studying the conformations of biologically important oligosaccharides and the binding specificity of proteins towards specific sialylglycans. Insights in to the interactions of viral proteins with the cell surface oligosaccharides are gained using Molecular Dynamics simulations. A recent study on Influenza virus’ specificity towards Sialyldisaccharides revealed the details about Hemagglutinin binding to the cell surface sialyldisaccharides. 2. Bioinformatics Protein and genome sequences are analysed using in-house developed programs. 3. Polymer Physics Natural polymers are analysed for their tensile strength and novel properties 4. Energy Physics