Name: Dr. Vikas Jain
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Biology
E-Mail: vikas@iiserbhopal.ac.in
Phone: +91-755-4092318
Fax: +91-755-4092392

Academic Profile:

• Assistant Professor (June 2009-), Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India.

• Post-doc. April 2007- May 2009, University of California San Diego, California, USA.

• Ph.D. in Biophysics, 2006 from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Research Interest:

• Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Transcription in bacteria and bacteriophages, Stringent response in bacteria.

Selected Publications:

1. Jain, V, Saleem-Batcha, R, Chatterji, D. Synthesis and hydrolysis of pppGpp in mycobacteria: a ligand mediated conformational switch in Rel. Biophys. Chem. 2007, 127(1-2): 41-50.

2. Jain, V, Saleem-Batcha, R, China, A, Chatterji, D. Molecular dissection of the mycobacterial stringent response protein Rel. Protein Sci. 2006, 15(6): 1449-1464.

3. Jain, V, Kumar, M and Chatterji, D. ppGpp: Stringent response and survival. J. Microbiol. 2006, 44(1): 1-10.

4. Jain, V, Sujatha, S, Ojha, AK, Chatterji, D. Identification and characterization of rel promoter element of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Gene 2005, 351: 149-157.

5. Sivakumar, P, Sharmila, P, Jain, V and Saradhi, PP. Sugars have potential to curtail oxygenase activity of Rubisco. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2002, 298: 247-250.

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