Dr. Arvind Kumar
Postdoctoral fellowship, American Heart Association (Jan, 2020-Dec, 2021)
NTU Graduate Research Scholarship awarded by MOE (Ministry of Education), Singapore for Ph.D. studies between 2013-2017.
EMBO Travel Award 2016 for EMBO Tuberculosis Conference held at Institute Pasteur, Paris, France between 19-23, September 2016.
Outstanding Reviewer, Computer in Biology and Medicine, 2017
Member of Biophysical Society (2018-present).
Member of American Heart Association (2019-Dec 2021)
List of publications:
Kumar, A., Basak, S., & Chakrapani, S.. Recombinant expression and purification of pentameric ligand-gated ion channels for Cryo-EM structural studies. In Ion Channels Part A (1st ed.). Elsevier Inc. Methods in Enzymology (2021)
Basak, S., Kumar, A., Ramsey, S., Gibbs, E., Kapoor, A., Filizola, M., & Chakrapani, S. (2020)., High-resolution Structures of multiple 5-HT3AR-setron complexes reveal a novel mechanism of competitive inhibition. eLife 2020
Kumar, A., Basak, S., Rao, S., Gicheru, Y., Mayer, M.L., M S.P Sansom., and Chakrapani,S . Mechanisms of activation and desensitization of full-length glycine receptor in lipid nanodiscs. Nature communication. 2020
Kumar, A., M. S. S. Manimekalai and G. Gruber (2018). Substrate-induced structural alterations of Mycobacterial mycothione disulphide reductase and critical residues involved. Febs letters. 592 (2018) 568–585
Wong, C. F., J. Shin, M. S. S. Manimekalai, W. G. Saw, Z. Yin, S. Bhushan, A. Kumar, P. Ragunathan and G. Gruber (2017). "AhpC of the mycobacterial antioxidant defense system and its interaction with its reducing partner Thioredoxin-C." Scientific Reports 7: 5159
Kumar, A., W. Nartey, J. Shin, M. S. S. Manimekalai and G. Gruber (2017). "Structural and mechanistic insights into Mycothiol Disulphide Reductase and the Mycoredoxin-1-alkylhydroperoxide reductase E assembly of Mycobacterium tuberculosis." Biochim Biophys Acta 1861(9): 2354-2366.
Kumar, A., A. M. Balakrishna, W. Nartey, M. S. S. Manimekalai and G. Gruber (2016). "Redox chemistry of Mycobacterium tuberculosis alkylhydroperoxide reductase E (AhpE): Structural and mechanistic insight into a mycoredoxin-1 independent reductive pathway of AhpE via mycothiol." Free Radic Biol Med 97: 588-601.
Arvind, K., K. A. Solomon and S. S. Rajan (2013). "QSAR studies on diclofenac analogues as potent cyclooxygenase inhibitors using CoMFA and CoMSIA." Medicinal Chemistry Research 23(4): 1789-1796.
Arvind, K., K. A. Solomon and S. S. Rajan (2013). "QSAR Studies of Tetranortriterpenoid: An Analysis Through CoMFA and CPSA Parameters." Letters in Drug Design & Discovery 10(5): 427-436.
Arvind, K., K. A. Solomon and S. S. Rajan (2012). "In-Silico Interaction Studies on Inhibitory Action of Tetranortriterpenoids on Actin." International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences 3: 193-203.