1. Visiting Predoctoral Fellow at European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) / European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Grenoble, France in the group of Dr. Daniele De Sanctis (ESRF) and Dr. Andrew McCarthy (EMBL) from April 2011 to August 2011.
Analysis of X-ray data and resulting structure for UV induced radiation damage phasing
2. Completed a course on Symmetry in the Solid State conducted by Prof. T. N. Guru Row at Solid State Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India from Aug-2010 to Dec-2010.
3. Trainee at European Molecular Biology Laboratory, c/o DESY (German synchrotron facility) Hamburg, Germany from April 2009 to Jan 2010 in the group of Dr. Paul Tucker
Automating the number of monomers in asymmetric unit of protein crystal
Protein crystal data collection and processing
Protein – Ligand interaction study of FAR Protein using AutoDock
4. Worked at Vittal Mallya Scientific Research Foundation (www.vmsrf.org), Bangalore as Research Assistant from Aug-2008 to March-2009
· Database design and development of Neem secondary metabolites using MySQL and PHP
· Virtual screening of candidate botanicals against neural cytoskeletal protein as potential insecticidal target
5. Indgen Life Technologies as Research Associate from Aug 2007 to July 2008
· Performed target identification, validation and docking studies of Succinic acid derivatives over Cyclooxygenase-1
· Designing a potential drug inhibitor for pancreatic lipase using Structure Based Drug Designing
· Analysis of CD4 receptor and design of potential inhibitor against HIV
· Sequence analysis tool development using Python/Biopython
Ph.D, Bioinformatics
M.Sc, Bioinformatics
Dec 2008 – Nov 2014
2005-Aug 2007
PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India
Kuvempu University, Shankarghatta, India
Research Interest:
Bioinformatics, Computer Aided Drug Design, Molecular Modeling & Structural Bioinformatics, Crystallography
Research Publications:
Hiremath B, Maurya A, Prasad O, Karunakar P, Sinha L, Ahmed M, et al. Synthesis, structural, DFT studies, biological effectiveness, and molecular docking aspects of multitarget novel N-(4-phenylthiazol-2-yl) hydrazine carboxamide hybrids as COX inhibitors. J Mol Struct. 2025;1321:140081.
Yernale NG, Mathada BS, Anjaneyulu O, Basamma N, Sudharani ND, Karunakar P, et al. Harnessing the therapeutic potential of macromolecular metal(II) complexes derived from quinoline and thiazole core ligands: synthesis, spectral analysis, in vitro and in silico biological evaluation. J Mol Struct. 2025;1338:142280.
Shivakumara KN, Basavarajaiah SM, Nagesh GY, Karunakar P, Yogesh M, Abhishek NR, et al. Design, synthesis, and in vitro and in silico biological exploration of novel pyridine-embedded 1,3,4-oxadiazole hybrids as potential antimicrobial agents. J Chem. 2025;2025:4427650.
Kavitha R, Srinivas M, Karunakar P, Rekhashree GR, Priyanka R, Basavarajaiah SM, et al. Unveiling bio-inspired synthesis, characterization, DFT calculations and molecular modeling of Ag/Ag₂O nanocomposite as a sustainable material against human breast cancer. Tetrahedron Green Chem. 2025;5:100078.
Beulah KC, Prasanna A, Karunakar P, Rao AS, More SS, Nair A. Exploring caffeine as a disruptor of membrane integrity and genomic stability in Staphylococcus aureus: functional and in silico analysis. Arch Microbiol. 2025;207(2):28.
Rajeswari M, Nagaraju B, Balaji H, Ali S, Balaji M, Karunakar P, et al. Design, synthesis, biological activity, molecular docking and dynamic studies of novel benzimidazole-integrated tetrazole derivatives. Chem Biodivers. 2025;e202500353.
Dangroo NA, Moussa Z, Alluhaibi MS, Alsimaree AA, Hawsawi MB, Karunakar P, et al. Novel C-3 and C-20 derived analogs of betulinic acid as potent cytotoxic agents: design, synthesis, in vitro and in silico studies. RSC Adv. 2025;15(19):15164-77.
Prasanna A, Karunakar P, Pillai A, Mukundan S, Balaji R, Skariyachan S, et al. Screening of bioactive compounds from selected mushroom species against putative drug targets in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a multi-target approach. J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2025;43(12):6269-84.
Gurav MJ, Karunakar P, Megalamani PH, Kiran PC, Sanji AS, Manasa J, et al. Refining lectin specificity towards cancer-glycans: a computational approach to engineer lectins and their structural stability. In Silico Res Biomed. 2025;100082.
Khushboo T, Eshita K, Karunakar P, Shanti KN, Karuna BS, Rhea H, et al. In silico modeling and virtual screening for identification of inhibitors for SWP12 and SWP30 in Nosema bombycis. Res J Biotechnol. 2025;20(4):41-49.
Manjunath M, Sujata FH, Shridhara AH, Vinay Kumar B, Karunakar P, Yogendra K, et al. Sustainable synthesis of benzimidazole-based Schiff base using reusable CaAl₂O₄ nanophosphor catalyst: insights into metal(II) complexes and DNA interactions. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 2025:1-23.
Mathada BS, Basha NJ, Javeed M, Karunakar P, Venkatesulu A, Erappa K, et al. Novel pyrimidines as COX-2 selective inhibitors: synthesis, DFT analysis, molecular docking and dynamic simulation studies. J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2024;42(4):1751-64.
Agrawal R, Punarva HB, Heda GO, Vishesh YM, Karunakar P. VinaLigGen: a method to generate LigPlots and retrieval of hydrogen and hydrophobic interactions from protein-ligand complexes. J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2024;42(22):12040-3.
Das Mitra S, Kumar B, Rajegowda S, Bandopadhyay S, Karunakar P, Pais R, et al. Reverse vaccinology and immunoinformatics approach to design a multiepitope vaccine (CV3Ag-antiMRSA) against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2024;42(21):11792-811.
Sridhar BT, Nagesh GY, Karunakar P, Yamuna M, Sanjay S, Srinath KR, et al. Discovery of novel isatin-encompassing oxadiazoles as potential inhibitors against New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1. Russ J Bioorg Chem. 2024;50(4):1376-89.
Harish Kumar K, Sridhar BT, Karunakar P, Nagesh GY, Gupta N, Jisha SP, et al. Investigation of novel 2-(chloromethyl)-5-(3,5-disubstituted-1H-indol-2-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives as in vitro and in silico bioactivity potential. ChemistrySelect. 2024;9(33):e202401756.
Kumari TL, Robert AR, Karunakar P, Maddila S, Jonnalagadda SB. Design, synthesis, molecular docking and dynamic studies of novel thienopyrimidine analogs linked to 1,2,3-triazole-bearing acetamide derivatives as antioxidant agents. J Mol Struct. 2024;1307:137883.
Sravanthi B, Himavathi G, Robert AR, Karunakar P, Kiran KS, Maddila S. Design, synthesis and computational docking studies of novel heterocyclic conjugates as potent antibacterial agents. J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2024;42(10):5376-89.
Kumar NS, Kumar GR, Padhy H, Karunakar P, Maddila S. Synthesis, activity, docking and dynamic simulation studies of novel pyrazolo-pyrano-pyrimidine analogues as anti-diabetic agents. J Mol Struct. 2024;1305:137720.
Rajeswari M, Nagaraju B, Yasmintaj S, Muralidhar P, Rao CV, Karunakar P, et al. Design, synthesis, biological evaluation and in silico studies of tetrazole-thiadiazole derivatives. J Heterocycl Chem. 2024;61(7):1116-24.
Valakatte MR, Viswanath V, Aithal M, Karunakar P, Narayanappa SK. In-vitro and in-silico evaluation of anticancer potential of Oxalis corniculata. Adv Tradit Med. 2024;24(4):1229-39.
Karunakar P, Kiran KS, Prasad SK, Prabhu P, Chandramohan V. Virtual screening of native variants of focal adhesion kinase: QSAR, molecular docking and dynamic simulation study. Lett Drug Des Discov. 2024;21(2):254-69.
Jayanayak GM, Shashikanth S, Ahmed S, Karunakar P, Ukkund SJ, Majdi HS, et al. Studies on remediation of neutral red using water-insoluble β-cyclodextrin polymers in aqueous solution. AIP Adv. 2024;14(12).
Bodke YD, Chinnam S, Karunakar P, Rangappa MM, Shivakumara N, Panchangam MK, et al. A system for the synthesis of 2-amino-5-aryl-1,3,4-thiadiazoles. DE Patent DE202023107296U; 2024.
Basavarajaiah SM, Badiger J, Yernale NG, Gupta N, Karunakar P, Sridhar BT, et al. Exploration of indolo-isoquinoline derived triazoles as potential antimicrobial and DNA cleavage agents. Bioorg Chem. 2023;137:106598.
Roopa DL, Shyamsunder K, Karunakar P, Rajabathar JR, Venkatesulu A, Karnan M, et al. Naphtho[2,1-b]furan-derived triazole-pyrimidines as potential InhA and cytochrome-c-peroxidase inhibitors. J Mol Struct. 2023;1287:135685.
Yernale NG, Mathada BS, Shivprasad S, Hiremath S, Karunakar P, Venkatesulu A. Spectroscopic and computational investigations of benzo[b]thiophene-based ligands and their metal complexes. Spectrochim Acta A. 2023;302:123114.
Mathada BS, Basha NJ, Javeed M, Karunakar P, Periyasamy G, Somappa SB, et al. Investigation of embelin synthetic hybrids as potential COVID-19 and COX inhibitors. J Mol Struct. 2023;1273:134356.
Sghyar R, Basavarajaiah SM, Chda A, Moussaoui O, El Hadrami EM, Karunakar P, et al. Design and synthesis of tetrazole-galactopyranosyl analogues with COX inhibitory activity. J Mol Struct. 2023;1287:135695.
Yernale NG, Mathada BS, Baburao G, Sahane S, Patil P, Karunakar P, et al. In silico and in vitro docking exploration of coordination complexes derived from indole moiety. J Mol Struct. 2023;1294:136512.
Vinod S, Rajesh S, Shanti KN, Karunakar P. Identifying anti-diabetic potential of α-amylase inhibitors in Ocimum basilicum. Suranaree J Sci Technol. 2023;30(6).
Prabhavathi H, Dasegowda KR, Renukananda KH, Karunakar P, Lingaraju K, Naika HR. Molecular docking and dynamics simulation of phytocompounds targeting EGFR and HER2. J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2022;40(10):4713-24.
Nagesh GY, Javeed M, Basha JN, Karunakar P, Nithin R, Thanushree PR, et al. Design and DFT analysis of bis-benzoxazines with cytochrome-c-peroxidase inhibition. J Mol Struct. 2022;1262:132977.
Karunakar P, Saarika PB, Krishnamurthy V. In silico modelling and virtual screening for inhibitors of spore wall protein-5 in Nosema bombycis. J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2022;40(4):1748-63.
Razazan A, Karunakar P, Mishra SP, Sharma S, Miller B, Jain S, et al. Activation of FFAR2 signaling ameliorates amyloid-β-induced neurotoxicity. Front Aging Neurosci. 2021;13:735933.
Kendaganna PH, Shivamallu C, Shruthi G, Chitagudigi MN, Pradeep S, Karunakar P, et al. In silico screening of KPHS_00890 protein of Klebsiella pneumoniae. J King Saud Univ Sci. 2021;33(6):101537.
Pereira DJ, Kumar BSM, Karunakar P, Tharannum S. Anticancer and anticollagenase activity of Anethum sowa herb oil. J Pharm Res Int. 2021;33(30A):1-13.
Sridevi SP, Girija CR, Satish CD, Karunakar P. Synthesis and antimicrobial studies of Schiff base metal complexes. Int J Innov Res Technol. 2021;7(11):347-54.
Mishra SP, Karunakar P, Taraphder S, Yadav H. Free fatty acid receptors 2 and 3 as microbial metabolite sensors. Biomedicines. 2020;8(6):154.
Pooventhiran T, Bhattacharyya U, Rao DJ, Chandramohan V, Karunakar P, et al. Spectral and molecular dynamics studies of cenobamate. Struct Chem. 2020;31(6):2475-85.
UM S, Karunakar P, Krishnamurthy V. Homology modeling and virtual screening of proteins involved in pebrine disease. J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2020;38(17):5148-58.
Jayadevappa MK, Karkera PR, Siddappa RY, Telkar S, Karunakar P. Investigation of plant flavonoids as dengue protease inhibitors. J Herbmed Pharmacol. 2020;9(4):366-73.
Razazan A, Karunakar P, Mishra SP, Sharma S, Yadav H. Fenchol ameliorates Alzheimer’s disease-like phenotypes. Alzheimers Dement. 2020;16:e044718.
Razazan A, Karunakar P, Mishra SP, Sharma S, Yadav H. Fenchol ameliorates Alzheimer’s disease-like phenotypes. Proc Alzheimers Assoc Int Conf. 2020.
Vandana CD, Shanti KN, Karunakar P, Chandramohan V. In silico studies of anticancer phytocompounds from Justicia wynaadensis. Int J Comput Biol Drug Des. 2020;13(5-6):582-601.
Karunakar P, Mishra SP, Razazan AP, Sharma S, Yadav H. Identification of FFAR2 agonists using homology modeling and docking. FASEB J. 2020;34(S1).
Kumar HP, Panda P, Karunakar P, Shiksha K, Singh L, Ramesh N, et al. Potential cyclooxygenase (COX-2) enzyme inhibitors from Myrica nagi: from in silico to in vitro investigation. Pharmacogn Mag. 2019;15(64).
Rajamma DB, Iyer GCR, Madar IH, Karunakar P. Identification of (1E,3E)-1,3-bis[(2-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)methylene]urea as mutated MAP kinase P38 inhibitor through reverse pharmacophore mapping. Indian J Pharm Educ Res. 2019;53(2):276-85.
Veerabhadraswamy PM, Molkere BB, Karunakar P. Synthesis and evaluation of insecticidal activity of bis-semicarbazones and bis-(5-aryl-substituted-1,3,4-oxadiazole). Indian J Pharm Educ Res. 2019;53(Suppl):S423-32.
Karunakar P, Arunkumar P, Sankaran K, Naik S. Predicting pathogenic missense mutations in the human c-MET oncogene using a nucleotide scoring function. Int J Fundam Appl Sci. 2018;7(4):73-76.
Arunkumar P, Sankaran K, Karunakar P, Naik S. Predicting pathogenic missense mutations in the human c-MET oncogene using mammalian nucleotide sequences. Int J Fundam Appl Sci. 2018;7(4):6-9.
Karunakar P, Kumar KVS, Kumar CS, Murthy VK, Girija CR. In silico designing of DASM with pyrazofurin as a possible drug candidate for anthrax. Int J Fundam Appl Sci. 2017;6(4):34-39.
Molkere BB, Veerabhadraswamy M, Karunakar P. Synthesis and evaluation of biological activities of triazoles. J Pharm Chem Biol Sci. 2017;4(4):512-21.
Vivek M, Karunakar P. Evaluation of plant extracts for acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity and GSK-3. Int J Adv Sci Res Publ. 2016;2(3):29-34.
Nagaraj KM, Karunakar P. Inhibition of leukocidin-F of Staphylococcus aureus: an in silico approach. Int J Comput Biol Bioinform. 2016;1(1):16-20.
Kalghatgi T, Vishaly K, Divya MS, Karunakar P. Evaluation of antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-breast cancer activity of Butea monosperma, Nigella sativa and Centella asiatica. Int J Comput Biol Bioinform. 2016;1(1):1-6.
Krithika R, Jyothilakshmi V, Karunakar P, Verma RJ. Mechanism of protective effect of phyllanthin against carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatotoxicity and liver fibrosis in mice. Toxicol Mech Methods. 2015;25(9):708-17.
Manjegowda DS, Karunakar P, Ramachandra NB. Effect of structural changes in proteins derived from GATA4 nonsynonymous SNPs in congenital heart disease. Indian J Pharm Sci. 2015;77(6):735.
Kiran KS, Kokila MK, Guruprasad R, Karunakar P, Pasha MA, Lokanath N, et al. Crystal and molecular docking studies of benzonitrile derivatives with focal adhesion kinase inhibitors. Der Pharma Chem. 2015;7(9):268-73.
Karunakar P, Krishnamurthy V, Girija CR, Krishna V, Shivakumar KV. In silico antitubercular activity analysis of benzofuran and naphthofuran derivatives. Tuberc Res Treat. 2014;2014:697532.
Shivakumar KV, Karunakar P, Chatterjee J. Inhibition of NarL of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an in silico approach. Interdiscip Sci Comput Life Sci. 2014;6(4):292-99.
Karunakar P, Krishnamurthy V, Girija CR, Krishna V, Vasundhara DE, Begum NS, et al. In silico docking analysis of piperine with cyclooxygenases. J Biochem Technol. 2014;3(5):122-27.
Karunakar P. Crystal structure and molecular docking analysis of furan derivatives having pharmaceutical significance. Shankaraghatta; 2014.
Karunakar P, Krishnamurthy V, Girija CR, Krishna V, Vaidya VP, Yamuna AJ. Ethyl 5-bromo-3-ethoxycarbonylamino-1-benzofuran-2-carboxylate. Acta Crystallogr E. 2013;69(3):o342.
Yamuna AJ, Karunakar P, Girija CR, Vaidya VP, Krishnamurthy V. Ethyl 3-amino-5-bromo-1-benzofuran-2-carboxylate. Acta Crystallogr E. 2013;69(5):o775.
Shalini S, Girija CR, Karunakar P, Jotani MM, Venugopala KN, Venkatesha TV. Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of bis-benzylidene methylcyclohexanone derivatives. Indian J Chem B. 2013;52(2):282-88.
Bhattacharjee B, Simon RM, Gangadharaiah C, Karunakar P. Chemogenomics profiling of drug targets of peptidoglycan biosynthesis pathway in Leptospira interrogans. J Microbiol Biotechnol. 2013;23(6):779-84.
Karunakar P, Krishnamurthy V, Girija CR, Krishna V. Crystal structure and molecular docking analysis of difurfurylidene succinic acid with cyclooxygenases. Int J Pharm Bio Sci. 2013;4(3):912-21.
Preu J, Panjikar S, Morth P, Jaiswal R, Karunakar P, Tucker PA. The sensor region of PdtaS contains PAS and GAF domain sensing modules. J Struct Biol. 2012;177(2):498-505.
Bhattacharjee B, Vijayasarathy S, Karunakar P, Chatterjee J. Comparative reverse screening to identify anti-neoplastic targets of saffron components. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2012;13(11):5605-11.
Karunakar P, Krishnamurthy V, Girija CR, Krishna V, Vasundhara DE, Begum NS, et al. Molecular interaction of fenvalerate with actin. Bioinformation. 2011;7(5):234.
Girija CR, Karunakar P, Poojari CS, Begum NS, Syed AA. Molecular docking studies of curcumin derivatives with multiple protein targets. J Proteomics Bioinform. 2010;3(6):200-03.
Karunakar P, Ravindranath BS, Ahmed WAS. Computational approach to design a potential inhibitor for HIV and Mycobacterium. Adv Biotech. 2010;10(4):23-25.
Dinesh SM, Karunakar P, Ramachandra NB. Analysis and homology modeling of proteins derived from NKX2-5 nonsynonymous SNPs in congenital heart disease. Nature Sci. 2010;8:27-38.
Invited talk/ Oral or Poster Presentation in workshop/ conference:
Atefeh Razazan, Prashantha Karunakar, Sidharth P Mishra, Shailesh Sharma, Hariom Yadav, Fenchol ameliorates Alzheimer’s disease like phenotypes by modulating microbiome/proteolysis/senescence axis, Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC), July 29, 2020.
Prashantha Karunakar, Sidharth P. Mishra, Atefeh P. Razazan, Shailesh Sharma, Hariom Yadav, Identification of potential agonist of human and mouse FFAR2 by homology modeling and molecular docking study approach, Experimental Biology 2020 Meeting Abstracts, 2020.
Invited as a resource person to handle one day session with hands-on 'Protein sequence analysis' on AICTE sponsored two weeks FDP on "High Performance Computing, Grid and Cloud Computing" at Department of Master of Computer Applications (MCA), New Horizon College of Engineering, Bangalore on 5-Dec-2019
Oral presentation on 'In silico modeling and virtual screening for identification of inhibitors for Spore Wall Protein-5 in Nosema bombycis' at 1st International Conference on Life, Chemical and Health Sciences (ICLCHS-2019) Organized by Department of Life Sciences Ramaiah College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Bangalore on 25-October, 2019
Ayur-Informatics: A Rational Approach for One-day workshop at Dept of Biotechnology and Dept of Chemistry, New Horizon College of Engineering, Bangalore 14-10-2017
Protein crystallography and hands on Proteomics tools; One day training programme on Genomics and Proteomics, Garden City College of Science and Management Studies, Bangalore, India, 3rd May 2014 (Oral and practical)
EMBO Practical Course on Computational Structural Biology - from data to structure to function” from 07-11 April 2014 at EMBL – EBI, Hinxton, UK.
Towards automated determination of the number of molecules in the asymmetric unit of a protein crystal, Prashantha Karunakar, V Krishnamurthy, C R Girija, V Krishna, Santosh Panjikar, Paul A. Tucker, Roshan Makam (Poster)
Protein-Ligand Docking; 2 day National Level Technical Symposium and Hands-on-Workshop: Tools for Biopharmaceutical, Clinical and Health Care Industries, Dept of Biotechnology, New Horizon College of Engineering, Bangalore, 13-14 April 2013 (Oral and practical)
5. Protein structure prediction (Secondary and tertiary) and Protein Docking; Bioinformatics: Methods and Approaches for Insect research, National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insect (NBAII), Bangalore, 29th November 2012 (Oral and practical)
6. National Conference on Challenges and Opportunities for Chemical Sciences in 21st Century [COCS21C-2012], Karnataka State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) in Association with Tumkur University on 8th Jan, 2013 at KSHEC, Bengaluru, India
In silico Docking analysis of difurfurylidene succinic acid with Cyclooxygenases, C R Girija, Prashantha Karunakar, V Krishnamurthy, V Krishna (Best Oral Presentation award)
41th National Seminar on Crystallography held on 08-10, October, 2012 at University of Madras, Chennai, India
Crystal Structure of EthylNaphtho[2,1-b]furan-2-carboxylate; Prashantha Karunakar, V Krishnamurthy, C R Girija, V Krishna, V P Vaidya, K Kusuma (Poster)
8. National conference on Biotechnology and Society-NCBS2012 on 19-20, April, 2012 at Kuvempu University, Shankarghatta, India.
Determining empirically the number of molecules in the asymmetric unit of a Protein; Prashantha Karunakar, V Krishnamurthy, C R Girija, V Krishna, Santosh Panjikar, Paul A. Tucker, Roshan Makam (Oral)
9. National Conference on Recent Advances in Health, Agriculture and Environmental Biotechnology (HAEB - 2012) on 11-13, April, 2012 at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
In silico Docking analysis of Piperine with Cyclooxygenases; Prashantha Karunakar, V Krishnamurthy, C R Girija, V Krishna, D. E. Vasundara, Noor Shahina Begum, Akheel Ahmed Syed (Oral)
10. 40th National Seminar on Crystallography held on 26 – 28 November, 2011 at Department of Physics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
Determining Empirically the Number of Molecules in the Asymmetric Unit of a Protein; Prashantha Karunakar, V Krishnamurthy, C R Girija, V Krishna, Santosh Panjikar, Paul A. Tucker, Roshan Makham (oral)
11. International conference on “Global challenge’s – The role of Chemistry in giving their solutions” held on 11 – 15 June, 2011 at Bangkok, Thailand
Studies of dibenzazepine derivatives as potential inhibitors of tryptophan hydroxylase - in silico approach; C. R. Girija*, Prashantha Karunakar and Akheel Ahmed Syed (* poster presenter)
12. UGC Sponsored seminar “From Molecule to Market-Drug discovery, development, clinical research and ethics”, 8-9 December 2010, Dept of Chemistry, Mount Carmel College, Bangalore, India
Molecular Docking Analysis of Acridine - A Potential Inhibitor of Tryptophan Hydroxylase; Nandana B.S*, Prashantha Karunakar, C. R. Girija, T.V Venkatesha, Akheel Ahmed Syed.(*Oral presenter)
13. AsCA 2010, The 10th conference of the Asian Crystallographic Association, October 31 – November 3, 2010, BEXCO, Busan, Korea. MS07-P46
Drug Protein Interaction Studies of an Antiviral agent, Garcinol: Targeting HIV-1 Protease by in silico Approach; Prashantha Karunakar, Girija C. R, Shalini S*, Noor Shahina Begum, Akheel Ahmed Syed.(*poster presenter)
14. International Conference on Frontiers in Biological Sciences (Incofibs-2010), October 01-03, 2010, NIT, Rourkela, India. Section : Bioinformatics & RNAi
In silico Docking Studies of Fenvalarate against Neural Cytoskeletal Protein Actin as Potential Insecticidal Target; Prashantha Karunakar, V. Krishnamurthy, C. R. Girija, V. Krishna, Noor Shahina Begum Akheel Ahmed Syed. (Oral)
15. 60th Annual conference of association of occupational health Karnataka, June 26-27, 2010, JJM Medical College, Davangere, India
In silico Drug Designing Approach to Develop a Potent Furin Inhibitors against an occupational disease – Anthrax; Prashantha Karunakar, V. Krishna Murthy, C.R Girija and V. Krishna. (Oral)
16. 4th International symposium on Recent trends in Macromolecular structure and function ISRTMSF-2010, January 21-23, 2010, University of Madras, Chennai, India. P-25
Computational Approach towards analyzing Cyclohexanone Derivative for Pharmaceutical Significance; Prashantha.K, Chetan S Poojari, Shalini.S, Girija C.R. (poster)
17. 5th International conference on Biopesticdes stakeholders: perspective, 26-30 April 2009, TERI, New Delhi, India
Virtual Screening of Candidate Botanicals against Neural Cytoskeleton Protein Actin, as the Potential Insecticidal Target; Prashantha Karunakar, Sanjukta Behera* , Rajendra Hegde and Anil kush (*poster presenter)
18. International Conference on Molecular Mechanisms and Systems Biology, 2–4 May 2008, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India
In silico design of Pancreatic lipase inhibitor as a drug; Chandana Mahesh, Sanjana Mangalagiri, Smitha Shankar, Vikas Rao Pejaver*, Prashantha Karunakar (*poster presenter)
19. Bangalore Bio2008, April 24-26, 2008, Bangalore, India
Molecular Docking studies on Curcumin derivatives as procarcinogen activating enzyme inhibitory agents; Chamarahalli Ramakrishnaiyer Girija, Chetan Sundar Poojari, Prashantha Karunakar (poster)
20. National conference on Biotechnology and Clinical research in India, March 7-8, 2008 Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India
Computational approach to design a potential inhibitor for HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Prashantha.K, Sadik Ahmed W A, Ravindranath B S (Best Poster award)
21. International symposium on recent trends in macromolecular structure and function on January 07-11, 2008, University of Madras, Chennai, India
Combinatorial approach to succinic acid derivatives as COX-1 inhibitors and anti-inflammatory agents; C.R. Girija, S Poojari, Prashantha.K. and Noor Shahina Begum (poster)
Participation in Conferences / Workshops:
1. Participated in National Workshop on Advanced Molecular Techniques in Biosciences held from June 24–30, 2013 organized by Department of Biotechnology, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
2. Participated in National Workshop on three-dimensional structure (drug) determination using X-ray crystallography at Manipal University, Manipal on 26th February 2013.
3. Participated in the workshop on “Workshop on Advances in Biological Sciences” Jan 20-22, 2011 held at Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research, Bangalore, India.
4. Participated in First International Symposium on Structural Systems Biology, September 24-25, 2009, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
5. Participated in National Level Seminar on “Advances in biochemistry, biotechnology and nano-technology-science for the 21st century”, November 13-14, 2006, Dept. of Biochemistry and Food technology, P.G. Center, Shivagangotri, Davangere, India
6. Participated in International seminar on “Genome variation and pharmacogenomics” March 17-19, 2007 at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India
7. Participated in the 3rd national workshop on “Protein Modeling and Drug Design” March 24 - 26, 2007 at Department of Biochemistry, Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur, India
1. Awarded with National Level Scholarship program during Post graduate studies– (Dec 2005 – May 2007)
2. Received EMBO travel grant towards participation in EMBO Practical Course on Computational Structural Biology - from data to structure to function” from 07-11 April 2014 at EMBL – EBI, Hinxton, UK
3. Lifetime member of Indian Crystallographic Association
4. Organized a workshop on “Applied Bioinformatics” at Vittal Mallya Scientific Research Foundation on Nov 8, 2008.
Image Gallery
A view of the N—H⋯O and C—H⋯O interactions (dotted lines) in the crystal structure of the Ethyl 5-bromo-3-ethoxycarbonylamino-1-benzofuran-2-carboxylate . H atoms non-participating in hydrogen-bonding were omitted for clarity.
Interaction of all ligands at the active site of NarL.
Movement of ligand interaction from pocket-1 (orange) to pocket-2 (blue)
Protein-Protein interaction
RMSD and heatmap of APO and ligand-protein complex
RMSD and RMSF plots
DNA - ligand interaction
Cellulose matrix - ligand interaction