Ravi Kumar
Scientist
Molecular Nutrition
Central Food Technological Research Institute
India
Biography
Ravi Kumar has finished his PhD from Molecular biophysics unit of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. During his PhD, he has worked on mycobacterial transcription factors and studied their structural as well as biochemical aspects of transcription regulation. Currently his group at CFTRI is focusing on two main themes. One of which is Diabetes, a life style associated disorder where the role of food molecules and the underlying mechanism of action is being evaluated in terms of insulin release from pancreatic-beta cells. In another theme, his group is deciphering the mechanism of chromosomal condensation and segregation in Mycobacterial species that affects the livestock, poultry and fish.
Research Interest
Role of food molecules in insulin release from pancreatic-beta cells.
Publications
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Thakur KG*, Jaiswal RK*, Shukla JK, Praveena T, Gopal B. Over-expression and purification strategies for recombinant multi-protein oligomers: A case study of Mycobacterium tuberculosis σ/anti-σ factor protein complexes. Prot. Exp. Purif. 2010, 74, 223- 230.
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Jaiswal RK, Manjeera G, Gopal, B. Role of a PAS sensor domain in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcription regulator Rv1364c. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 2010, 398, 342-349
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Jaiswal RK, Prabha TS, Manjeera G, Gopal B. Mycobacterium tuberculosis RsdA provides a conformational rationale for selective regulation of σ factor activity by proteolysis. Nucleic Acids Res, 2013, 41, 3414-23.
