The Molecular and Structural Biology Division consists of 10 core and 2 associate faculty members. The Division boasts of modern state-of-the-art laboratories for Molecular and Structural Biology Research. It was established in 1999 by the then Director Prof. C.M. Gupta who was also the member of the Division. Since then it has produced more than 150 Ph.D students and Post-doctoral fellows who are placed in some of the best universities and industries around the world (see list of Alumni).
The research focus of the division is on Early drug-target discovery, Disease biology, Anti-microbial resistance, Biomolecular structure elucidation, Research on Neglected tropical diseases like Leishmaniasis and Cholera, Mycobacteria & Malarial parasite biology, Gene regulation and proteomics, Bioactive proteins and peptides related to innate immunity, development of new crystalline solids with improved physicochemical properties and allied areas. The knowledge is translated using primarily Structure-based rational design, Cheminformatics & Pharmacoinformatics, Bioinformatics & Artificial Intelligence approaches for the discovery and optimisation of new inhibitory scaffolds.
• We encourage potential faculty with DBT-Wellcome/ Ramalingaswami/ DST-Inspire and associated fellowships to enrich our team. We are especially looking for faculty with expertise in the areas of Single cell biology, Cryo-electron microscopy, Microbiome research and their implications in disease pathogenesis and novel therapeutics development. Interested candidates may please contact Prof. R. Ravishankar with CV and research plan for consideration. • Interested Post-doctoral research fellows and Ph.D applicants can directly contact the respective faculty members.
Dr. SAMAN HABIB
Chief Scientist
CSIR-CDRI
Dr. R RAVISHANKAR
Dr. JIMUT KANTI GHOSH
Sr. Principal Scientist
Dr. J VENKATESH PRATAP
Dr. MOHD IMRAN SIDDIQI
Dr. A A SAHASRABUDDHE
Principal Scientist
Dr. MOHD SOHAIL AKHTAR
Dr. SHAKIL AHMED
Dr. ASHISH ARORA
Sr. Scientist
Dr. TEJENDER S THAKUR
Dr. DIBYENDU BANERJEE
Dr. NITI KUMAR