Dr. Soumendra Rana
Assistant Professor
Department of Basic Sciences
IIT-BBS Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar
India
Biography
Education Degree Discipline Year School Ph.D. Molecular Biophysics 2007 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Teaching Receptor Pharmacology & Drug Discovery(CY7L020); Chemical Biology of Receptors (CY7L016); Structure Function of Biomolecules (CY7L019); Biochemistry (CY7L001); Biosciences (CYA2001); Introduction to Biosciences & Technology (ID2L001); Computational Methods & Application (CY5L009); Advanced Instrumentation Lab (CY5P004); Organic Chemistry Lab (CY5P001); Physical Methods in Inorganic Chemistry (CY7L006); B. Tech Chemistry Lab (CY1P001)
Research Interest
G-protein Coupled Receptors; Signal Transduction; Molecular Modeling and Computational Biology; Chemical & Cellular Biology; Protein-Protein Interactions; Protein Design and Engineering; Drug Design and Discovery
Publications
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Rana, S.; Sahoo, A. "Model structures of inactive and peptide agonist bound C5aR: Insights into agonist binding, selectivity and activation." Biochem. Biophy. Rep. 2015, 1, 85-96.
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Rana, S.; Sahoo, A.; Majhi, B. "Allosterism in human Complement Component 5a (hC5a): A Damper of C5a Receptor (C5aR) Signaling." J. Bimol. Struct. Dyn. 2015, 1-13.
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Rana, S.; Sahoo, A.; Majhi, B. "Structural Complexes of Agonist, Inverse Agonist and Antagonist Bound C5a Receptor: Insights into Pharmacology and Signaling." Mol. BioSyst. 2016, 12, 1586-1599.
