Faculty
Faculty Details
Faculty Details
Professional Experiences:
1. Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Hyderabad, February 2023 to present
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Hyderabad, 2011 to February 2023
3. Postdoctoral Research Officer, University of Bath, UK, 2008-2011
4. Research Associate, Centre of DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad, 2007-2008
Education:
1. Ph.D, 2008, from Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad (Mentor: Dr. Shekhar C. Mande), Ph.D thesis title: “Structural and Functional studies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis thioredoxin system
2. M.Sc. Biotechnology. Aligarh Muslim University
Teaching Subjects:
1. Biophysical Chemistry, Structural Biology at Master level
2. Structure and Function of Macromolecules, Chemistry and Physics in Biology at undergraduate level
3. X-ray Crystallography in PhD course work
Professional Recognition/ Award/ Prize/ Certificate, Fellowship:
Awarded Indo-US Raman Fellowship 2014-15
Students/Projects Trainees
| Name | Joined As | Contact | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pankaj Kumar | PhD student | kmrpnkj07@gmail.com | --- |
| Nachiket Umate | PhD student | nachiketumate891@gmail.com | --- |
| Mohd Shiraz | PhD student | mohd.shiraz1992@gmail.com | --- |
| Surabhi Lata | PhD student | surabhilata94@gmail.com | --- |
| kousamvita Das | PhD student | kousamvita.das@gmail.com | --- |
| Nikita Pal | M.Sc Dissertation student | 20lbms13@uohyd.ac.in | --- |
| Aayushi M. Kale | M.Sc Dissertation student | 20lbms11@uohyd.ac.in | --- |
| Faisal Khan | Research Project Assistant | khanfaisalbashir659@gmail.com | --- |
| DIPANWITA BISWAS | PhD student | microbiologistdb24@gmail. com | --- |
| VENKAT SAI UPPALA | PhD student | venkatuppala0925@gmail. com | --- |
Former Students/Projects Trainees
| Name | Joined As | Working |
|---|---|---|
| ruchira menghal | M.Sc Dissertation student | |
| Yash Misra | M. Sc Dissertation student | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM) |
| 3 | Lata, S., and Akif, M. (2020) , Structure-based identification of natural compound inhibitor against M. tuberculosis thioredoxin reductase: insight from molecular docking and dynamics simulation , Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, Taylor ,39,12,4480-4489 IF - 5.3. |
| 2 | Ptak*, C.P., Akif*, M., Hsieh, C.L., Devarajan, A., He, P., Xu, Y., Oswald, R.E., and Chang, Y.F. (2019) , Comparative screening of recombinant antigen thermostability for improved leptospirosis vaccine design. , Biotechnol Bioeng., Wiley ,116,2,260-271 IF - 4.5. |
| 1 | Faisal, S.M., Varma, V.P., Subathra, M., Azam, S., Sunkara, A.K., Akif, M., Baig, M., Chang, Y.F. (2016) , Leptospira surface adhesin (Lsa21) induces Toll-like receptor 2 and 4 mediated inflammatory responses in macrophages. , Scientific Reports , Nature publishing group,6,1,1-14 IF - 5. |
| Title | Year | Duration | Amount(In Lakhs) | PI/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investigating structural and molecular bases of novel function in cell adhesion proteins of pathogenic Leptospira | 2023 | 3 | 3079000000 | Dr. Mohd. Akif |
| Investigating structural basis of leptospiral outer surface proteins interaction with the human complement proteins | 2023 | 3 | 2914000000 | PI |
| Development of new generation vaccine formulations against human and poultry pathogens and survey of its possible socio-economic implication in healthcare | 2020 | 3 | 3475000000 | Mohd. Akif |
| Structural Characterization and epitope mapping of multidomain host interacting outer membrane proteins from Leptospira | 2017 | 3 | 4858000000 | Mohd. Akif |
| Structural studies of H. pylori virulence factors and understanding the basis of molecular interaction with host proteins | 2013 | 3 | 3340000000 | Mohd. Akif |