Faculty
Faculty Details
Faculty Details
Professional Experiences:
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Hyderabad, 2011 to present
2. Postdoctoral Research Officer, University of Bath, UK, 2008-2011
3. 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
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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) |
| 12 | Badipatla Vishnu Priya, D.H. Sreenivasa Rao, Rubina Gilani, Surabhi Lata, Nivedita Rai, Mohd. Akif, Santosh Kumar Padhi (2022) , Enzyme engineering improves catalytic efficiency and enantioselectivity of hydroxynitrile lyase for promiscuous retro-nitroaldolase activity , Bioorganic Chemistry, ELSEVIER,120,,105594 IF - 5.5. |
| 11 | Lata S, Akif M (2022) , Probing structural basis for enhanced binding of SARS-CoV-2 P.1 variant spike protein with the human ACE2 receptor. , Journal of Cellular Biochemistry , WILEY,123,, IF - 4.5. |
| 10 | Kumar P, Chang YF, Akif M (2022) , Characterization of novel nuclease and protease activities among Leptospiral immunoglobulin-like proteins. , Arch Biochem Biophys., ELSEVIER,727,, IF - 4.2. |
| 9 | Kumar P, Shiraz M, Akif M. (2022) , Multiepitope-based vaccine design by exploring antigenic potential among leptospiral lipoproteins using comprehensive immunoinformatics and structure-based approaches , Biotechnol Appl Biochem., WILEY,,, IF - 3. |
| 8 | Lata S, Akif M. (2021) , Comparative protein structure network analysis on 3CLpro from SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 , Protein: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics, ,,,. |
| 7 | Mohd. Shiraz, Surabhi Lata, Pankaj Kumar, Umate Nachiket Shankar, Mohd. Akif (2021) , Immunoinformatics analysis of antigenic epitopes and designing of a multi-epitope peptide vaccine from putative nitro-reductases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DosR , Infection, Genetics and Evolution , ELSEVIER,94,,. |
| 6 | Mateen A Khan, Pankaj Kumar, Mohd Akif and Hiroshi Miyoshi (2021) , Phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor eIFiso4E enhances the binding rates to VPg of turnip mosaic virus , PLoS One, ,,, IF - 3.2. |
| 5 | Pankaj Kumar†, Surabhi Lata†, Umate Nachiket Shankar and Mohd. Akif (2021) , Immunoinformatics-Based Designing of a Multi-Epitope Chimeric Vaccine From Multi-Domain Outer Surface Antigens of Leptospira , Frontiers in Immunology, ,12,,735373 IF - 7.56. |
| 4 | 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 , J. Biomol Struct Dyn., Taylor ,,, IF - 3.2. |
| 3 | Ptak CP*, Akif M*, Hsieh CL, Devarajan A, He P, Xu Y, Oswald RE, and Chang YF. (2019) , Comparative screening of recombinant antigen thermostability for improved leptospirosis vaccine design. , Biotechnol. Bioeng., Wiley Online Library,116,260-271,11 IF - 4.2. |
| 2 | Faisal SM, Varma VP, Subathra M, Azam S, Sunkara AK, Akif M, Baig MS, Chang YF. (2016) , Leptospira surface adhesin (Lsa21) induces Toll like receptor 2 and 4 mediated inflammatory responses in macrophages. , Scientific Report, Nature Publishing group,6,39530, IF - 4.1. |
| 1 | Swastik Phulera, Mohd. Akif, Abhijit A. Sardesai and Shekhar C. Mande. (2014) , Redox Proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. , Journal of the Indian Institute of Science,, IISc,94,127-137, IF - 0.86. |
| 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 | 30.79 | Dr. Mohd. Akif |
| Development of new generation vaccine formulations against human and poultry pathogens and survey of its possible socio-economic implication in healthcare | 2020 | 3 | 3475 | Mohd. Akif |
| Structural Characterization and epitope mapping of multidomain host interacting outer membrane proteins from Leptospira | 2017 | 3 | 4858 | Mohd. Akif |
| Structural studies of H. pylori virulence factors and understanding the basis of molecular interaction with host proteins | 2013 | 3 | 3340 | Mohd. Akif |