The areas of research being pursued in the Unit are: protein folding and dynamics; lectins and lectin-carbohydrate interaction; peptide synthesis and design; X-ray crystallography of proteins and viruses; synthetic protein design and protein engineering;  theoretical studies on the conformation of peptides and proteins; conformational analysis of nucleic acids; DNA-protein interactions; unusual DNA structures and control of transcription; genome organization; ionophores and drugs and their interaction with membranes; membrane channel forming peptides; ionic channels and electrophysiology; computer modelling and dynamics of biological molecules.  The unit has grown over a quarter of century, during this period, more than 200 young scientists have obtained their Ph.D. degrees and the number of research publications exceeds 1000. Seven faculty members have received prestigious S. S. Bhatnagar prize; eight members are fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences and seven members are fellows of the Indian National Science Academy

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