Interests: Neurodegenerative diseases – misfolding and aggregation Modified nucleic acid analogs Molecular dynamics simulations Research Experience: 2013 – 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow The University of Texas at Austin Advisor: Prof. Dmitrii E. Makarov 2010 – 2013 Postdoctoral Fellow The University of British Columbia Advisor: Dr. Steven S. Plotkin 2005 – 2010 Ph. D. University of Calcutta Advisor: Prof. Chaitali Mukhopadhyay
Education: 2003 – 2005 M. Sc. University of Calcutta 2000 – 2003 B. Sc. University of Calcutta
Collaborations: Dr. Santosh Jha, CSIR-NCL, India Dr. Durba Sengupta, CSIR-NCL, India Prof. Eric V. Anslyn, Department of Chemistry, University of Texas Austin, USA Dr. Neeladri Das, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India
Selected List of Publications:
A. Das*, J. Phys. Chem. B 125, 12177-12186 (2021) Systematic search for a predictor for the clinical observables of Alzheimer's disease. A. Das, D. E. Makarov*, J. Phys. Chem. B 122, 9049-9060 (2018) Dynamics of disordered proteins under confinement: memory effects and internal friction. A. Das, S. S. Plotkin*, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 110, 3871-3876 (2013) SOD1 exhibits allosteric frustration to facilitate metal binding affinity. A. Das, C. Mukhopadhyay*, J. Phys. Chem. B 113, 12816-12824 (2009) Urea-mediated protein denaturation: A consensus view. |