Dr Naveen Vankadari

Research Fellow
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Monash University

naveenis4u@gmail.com

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Recent Awards:
1. FAOBMB/CSBMB ECR award & Travel Fellowship, China, 2022
2. ASBMB Postdoctoral Researcher Award & Travel award, USA, 2022
3. FAOBMB Young Scientist Program Fellowship, New Zealand, 2021
4. James R. Mitchell BioLegend Award: Harvard & Toronto University, USA, 2021
5. Protein Society Anniversary Award: Wiley Press & Protein Society, USA, 2021

News coverage:
Monash University COVID19 Capabilities
https://www.monash.edu/discovery-institute/research/covid-19-program/our-capabilities

 "Australian scientists have uncovered the mechanism of action of Arbidol on SARS-CoV-2"
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105998
https://www.kxan36news.com/australian-scientists-have-uncovered-the-mechanism-of-action-of-arbidol-on-the-coronavirus-sars-cov-2

Top10 Research Article of the Year & F1000
DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2020.1739565
https://authorservices.taylorandfrancis.com/top-10-open-access-most-read-research-of-2020-so-far/

Research Activities

My research work is principally focused on events central to human infection and immunity. Specifically, I work on structural & functional studies on viral and bacterial proteins involved in infection and challenging human immunity. This has important implications for understanding the disease progression in human and provide hints towards its regulation. My current research also focused on COVID-19 and understanding of host-pathogen interactions. My research key technical areas include X-ray crystallography, Cryo-EM, Molecular dynamics, protein biochemistry and biophysical techniques (SPR, ITC, MALS, SAXS, MST, TPM). I am also expertise in DNA/RNA-Protein interactions and dissecting its functional importance with its physiological role. In particular, in the control of viral RNA replication and translation in humans.. 

Techniques/Expertise

My research key technical areas include X-ray crystallography, Cryo-EM, Cryo-ET, Molecular dynamics, protein biochemistry and biophysical techniques (SPR, ITC, MALS, SAXS, MST, TPM). I am also an expert in DNA/RNA-Protein interactions and dissecting their functional importance with their physiological role. Specifically in the regulation of viral RNA replication and control of translation in humans. 

Disease Models

Virus, Mammalian cells, Bacterial cells, computational

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