List of Publications:

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 (Preprint link on bioRxiv 788695; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/788695)

Basak, S.*, Gicheru, Y.*, Kapoor, A., Mayer, M.L, Filizola, M., and Chakrapani,S Molecular mechanism of setron-mediated inhibition of full-length 5-HT3A receptor. Nature communication. 2019

Basak, S., Gicheru, Y., S Rao, M S.P Sansom, and Chakrapani,S . Cryo-EM reveals two distinct serotonin-bound conformations of full-length 5-HT _3A receptor. Nature volume 563, pages270–274 (2018)

Gicheru, Y and Chakrapani, S (2018) Direct visualization of ion-channel gating in a native environment. Commentary in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences U S A (2018)

Basak, S., Gicheru, Y., Samanta, A., Molugu, S., Huang, W., Fuente, M. D. L., Hughes, T., Taylor, D., Nieman, M., Moiseenkova-Bell, V.Y. & Chakrapani,S. Cryo-EM structure of 5-HT3A receptor in its resting conformation. Nature communication. 2018;9,514.

Basak S*, Schmandt N*, Gicheru Y*, Chakrapani S. Crystal structure and dynamics of a lipid-induced potential desensitized-state of a pentameric ligand-gated channel. eLife. 2017; 6.

Mourad, GS., Tippmann-Crosby, J., Hunt, KA., Gicheru, Y., Bade, K., Mansfield, TA., & Schultes NP (2012)Genetic and molecular characterization reveals a unique nucleobase cation symporter 1 in Arabidopsis. FEBS Lett. 2012 May 7;586(9):1370-8.

* denotes equal contribution