Ganesh Krishna N.
Director, IISER Pune, Professor
Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
India
Biography
1967-1972 B.Sc and M.Sc (Bangalore University) 1972-1977, Ph.D (Delhi University) 1977-1980, Ph.D (Cambridge University, UK) 1981-1987, Scientist, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad 1987-2006, Scientist, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 1994-2006, Head, Division of Organic Chemistry (Synthesis), NCL, Pune July 2006 - present: Professor and Director, IISER Pune
Research Interest
Biomolecular chemistry of nucleic acids, peptides, lipids; drug development, DNA diagnostics and nanotechnology
Publications
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Nagendra K. Sharma and Krishna N. Ganesh, Enhanced stability of G-Tetraplexes from Conformationally Constrained aep-PNA backbone, Organic Biomolecular Chemistry, 2011, 9, 725-729.
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Amit N. Patwa, Rajesh G. Gonnade, Vaijayanti A. Kumar, Mohan M. Bhadbhade, Krishna N. Ganesh, Ferrocene–bis(thymine/uracil) conjugates: Base pairing directed, spacer dependent self assembly and supramolecular packing, J. Org. Chem, 2010, 75, 8705-8708.
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Roopa Mitra and Krishna Ganesh, PNAs grafted with (a/g, R/S)-aminomethylene pendants: Regio- and stereospecific effects on DNA binding and improved cell uptake, Chem. Commun., 2010, 12, 5390-5393.
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Mahesh V. Sonar and Krishna N. Ganesh, Switching structures by H-bond rearrangement: Transformation of β-structure in poly-4S-Aminoproline to PPII conformation, Org. Lett, 2010, 12, 5406-5409.
