Agneyo Ganguly
Assistant Professor
Biotechnology
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur
India
Biography
Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Kharagpur (December 2013-Till date) • Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Presidency University, Kolkata (March 2013- November 2013) • Postdoctoral Fellow (July 2011-March 2013), Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Muenster, Germany. • Postdoctoral Fellow (September 2008-June 2011), Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland. (Marie Curie IIF Fellow) • PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2008), Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata under supervision of Dr. Hemanta K. Majumder. Thesis Title: Structural and functional studies of eukaryotic topoisomerase I with reference to Leishmania type I topoisomerase. • Master of Technology (Biotechnology) 2002, Jadavpur University, Kolkata • Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Technology, 2000, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Research Interest
Mechanistic studies of RecQ helicases Protein protein interactions
Publications
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Ganguly A, Del Toro Duany Y, Klostermeier D (2013) Reverse Gyrase Transiently Unwinds Double-Stranded DNA in an ATP-Dependent Reaction. J Mol Biol. 425(1):32-40.
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Rudolph MG, Del Toro Duany Y, Jungblut SP, Ganguly A, Klostermeier D (2013) Crystal structures of Thermotoga maritima reverse gyrase: inferences for the mechanism of positive DNA supercoiling. Nucleic Acids Res. (In Press)
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Del Toro Duany Y, Ganguly A, Klostermeier D (2014) Differential contributions of the latch in Thermotoga maritima reverse gyrase to the binding of single-stranded DNA before and after ATP hydrolysis. Biol Chem. 395(1):83-93.
