Department of Bioinformatics
About the Department
Genesis

The Department of Bioinformatics was established in the year 2008 to facilitate teaching, learning and research in the interdisciplinary areas of Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, and to create an intellectual environment for interdisciplinary education and training. The Department has been nationally recognized by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India under schemes such as the Fund for Improvement of S & T infrastructure in universities & higher educational institutions (FIST) - Level I for five years from 2017-2022, Department of Biotechnology (DBT) - Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Center, National Network Project and the Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence (PURSE) for two consecutive periods from 2011-2015 and 2016 - 2023). The Department of Bioinformatics is offering two year M.Sc., and one year M.Phil., programmes in Bioinformatics.

Doctoral programme leading to Ph.D. is also being offered in interdisciplinary areas of Bioinformatics. The Department is comprised of well experienced faculty members with research interests and expertise in Small and Macro Molecule X-ray Crystallography, Structural Biology, Molecular Modelling, Computer Aided Drug Design, Pharmacogenomics, Genomics, Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering, Proteomics, Chemoinformatics, Bio-computing, Database and Software development.

Department faculty members have international collaborations with School of Science, Osaka University, Japan; RIKEN Harima Institute, SPring-8, Japan; National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan; Institute for Protein Research (IPR), Japan; Nanyang Technological University for Research, Singapore; Konkuk University, Republic of Korea; School of Biological Science, Anyang institute of Technology, China.

The Department is undertaking research projects in the fields of Structural Bioinformatics, Structural Biology and Bio-computing funds from various agencies such as University Grants Commission (UGC), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Tamil Nadu State Council for Science & Technology (TNSCST), Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Moreover, the faculty members have received more than 1,496.60 lakhs through research projects. The novel research findings emerging from the coordination of the faculty members and scholars are reflected in more than 700 research publications in highly reputed journals with an h-index of 43.

Vision
  1. To develop highly skilled professionals in Bioinformatics, meeting the demands of academia and industry, and concurrently advancing research in cutting-edge Computational and Structural Biology on a global scale.
Mission
  1. Provide high-quality International Education and Research in Bioinformatics and Structural Biology.
  2. Innovate Teaching and Research to discover therapeutics for Life-threatening diseases.
  3. Attain expertise in both research and consultancy, focusing on the development of bioinformatics tools, genome annotation, and protein interactions.
  4. Prioritize practical transitions from the laboratory bench to FDA-approved drugs.
  5. Implement a holistic approach in diverse aspects of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology for drug research.

Contact Us
head
  1. Dr. J. Jeyakanthan

  2. Senior Professor and Head
  3. Department of Bioinformatics
  4. Room No.: 402, 4th floor, Science Block, Alagappa University, Karaikudi – 630003, Tamil Nadu, India.
  5. http://www.alagappauniversity.ac.in/
Faculty
dean

Dr. J. Jeyakanthan

Senior Professor and Head,
Chairperson


Profile


director

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh

Professor

director

Dr. M. Karthikeyan

Associate Professor

director

Dr. RM. Vidhyavathi

Assistant Professor

director

Dr. J. Joseph Sahayarayana

Assistant Professor

director

Dr. P. Boomi

Assistant Professor


Faculty Credentials / Achievements
Dr. J. Jeyakanthan
S.No Name of the Award / Achievement / Recognition Awarding Body Year
1 Tamilnadu Scientist Award (TANSA) by Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology Government of Tamilnadu 2020
2 MHRD – LEAP award by NIT- Trichy & NTU-Singapore Government of India 2019
3 UGC Research Award, UGC Government of India 2016
4 IUCr Young Scientist, UK UK 1999
5 Young Scientist Travel Award by DST and UNESCO, UK UK 1999
6 CSIR SRF, Government of India Government of India 1997
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh
S.No Name of the Award / Achievement / Recognition Awarding Body Year
1 World Top 2% Most Influential Scientists Published by Stanford University, U.S.A 2022 & 2023
2 INSA Teacher Award-2022 Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi 2022
3 Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry Royal Society of Chemistry, London, United Kingdom 2021
4 Fellow of Royal Society of Biology Royal Society of Biology, London, United Kingdom 2021
5 ICMR-Lala Ram Chand Kandhari Award Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi 2014
6 DST Fast Track grant for Young Scientist Chemical Sciences 2010
Dr. M. Karthikeyan
S.No Name of the Award / Achievement / Recognition Awarding Body Year
1 Research Fellow INTI International University, Malaysia 2023-2025
2 Qualified SLET (State Level Educational Testing) examination in the year of 1999 conducted by Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. 1999
3 Senior Research Fellow (SRF) Defense Research & Development Organization / Defense Institute of Physiology & Allied Sciences. 2004-2005
4 Lady TATA Memorial Trust Junior scholarship (JRF) award 2001-2003
Dr. P. Boomi
S.No Name of the Award / Achievement / Recognition Awarding Body Year
1 Young Visiting Researcher Award with Rs. 25000 cash prize-School of Biological and Food Engineering Anyang Institute of Technology, Henan province, China 2019
Faculty Credentials / Achievements
Programmes on Offer
Sl. No. Programme Level Name of the Programmes Action
1PGM.Sc. Bioinformatics
2M.PhilM.Phil., Bioinformatics
Fee Structure
S. No. Name of the Programme Fees in INR (for Indian Nationals) for one Year Mode of Study Duration (Years)
1 M.Sc. Bioinformatics I Year ₹.10500 Full-time 2 years
II Year ₹.9200
2 M.Phil. Bioinformatics ₹.10000 Full-time 1 year
3 Ph.D. Bioinformatics I Year ₹.16500 Full-time & Part-time Minimum of 2 years with M.Phil. and 3 years with M.Sc.
Annual fee from IInd year onwards ₹.7500
Facilities
Infrastructural Facilities: Resources

Computer & Communication Facility:

  1. High Performance Computing cluster system
  2. High End Servers and workstations
  3. Computers with higher configurations
  4. 20, 10 and 5 KVA UPSs (24/7 backup)
  5. Smart Class Room Facilities
  6. In-house protein database
  7. E-book database
Scientific Software Packages
Bioinformatics and Computer Aided Drug Design
Installation Packages
Miniconda
Anaconda
Structure Validation
SAVES server
Procheck
Sequence Alignment tools and server
BLASTp
ClustalW
Clustal Omega
Molecular Dynamics Packages
Gromacs2023
Desmond
AMBER2018
Secondary structure Prediction servers
Psipred
Jpred
Small Molecule Compound Databases
Enamine
ZINC
DrugBank
ChemDiv
Molecular modelling
Modeller
Robetta
Phyre
ITASSER
Docking software
AutoDock Vina
Schrodinger Package
AutoDock
Visualization software
Pymol
UCSF Chimera
VMD
Network Analysis Software
R package
Cytoscape
Structural Biology and Biocomputing
Small Molecule Structure Solving Package Program
WingX
Olex2
Macromolecule Structure Solving Package Program
CCP4
PHENIX
CNS – Currently Not available
Small Molecule program
ShelxS
ShelxL
ShelxT
Macromolecule Program
Molrep
Phaser
Refmac
Coot
Small Molecule Structure Validation
CheckCIF
Macromolecule Structure Validation
PDB Validation Server
Procheck
Small Molecule Structure Deposition
CCDC
Macromolecule Structure Deposition
PDB
Whole Genome Sequencing for Analysis Software's/tools
Sequencing data Quality checking
FastQC Software
Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence gene prediction
ABRicate software
Adapter Removal
TrimGalore
Fastp
Plasmid Prediction and Visualization
PLSDB
Proksee
Assembled Genome
1Unicycler Software
DNA-DNA Hybridization
TYGS ( type strain genome server)
Evaluate Genome Assembly
QUAST (Quality Assessment Tool for Genome Assemblies)
Average Nucleotide Identity


FastANI
Genome Annotation
RAST (Rapid Annotation System Technology)
PROKKA Software (Prokaryotic Genome Annotation)
Prophage Identification
PHASTER ( PHAge Search Tool Enhanced Release)
Secondary metabolites Prediction
antiSMASH
Scientific Databases, Software and Tools (Developed by DBI)
S.No Scientific Tools, Softwares / Database View
1 NCSp: A novel search engine for the proteins involved in the Notch crosstalk signaling pathways: A Database
2 HTNpedia: A Knowledgebase for Hypertension research
3 Comprehensive Dataset for CKD (CD-CKD)
4 IMRPS: Inserted and Modified Residues in Protein Structures: A Database
5 MRPC: Missing Regions in Polypeptide Chains - A Knowledgebase
6 ACMS: A database of alternate conformations found in the atoms of main and side chains of protein structures
7 Diffraction precision index of macromolecular structures: A web based database
8 PlaneFinder: A methodology to find the best plane for a set of atoms involved in the metal coordination in the protein structures
9 NIMS: A database on Nucleobase compounds and their Interactions in Macromolecular Structures.
10 Diabetes Associated Protein Database (DAPD)
11 Database on Anti-Diabetic Medicinal Plants (DADMP)
12 pIC50 calculator - Tool development for Prediction of pIC50 values from the IC50 values
13 MIPS: Metal Interactions in Protein Structures
14 PDB Goodies - a web-based GUI to manipulate the Protein Data Bank file
Experimental Lab Facilities
• AKTATM protein purification system • Bio Safety Cabinets
• ELISA plate reader and washer • Co2 incubator
• Vibration free incubator • Polaroid Stereo Zoom Microscope
• BioSpectrometer • Fluorescence Microscope
• Nano Spectrophotometer • Western Blot Unit
• Multi Plate Reader • Gel Documentation system
• Gradient PCRs • High Speed Cooling Centrifuges
• Biophotometer Plus • Ultra Sonicators
• UV - VIS - Spectrophotometer • Stackable Orbital Shaker
• Ice Flakers • Gel Rocker
• Circulatory Water Bath • Deep Freezers (-80 ˚C and -20 ˚C)
Research
Major Research Areas
• Small and Macro molecule X-ray Crystallography • 3D Quantitative structure - activity relationship
• Human Molecular Genetics • Pharmacogenomics
• Cheminformatics • Quantum Pharmacology
• Computer Aided Drug Designing • Aquaculture Biotechnology
• Data mining & warehousing • Plant Bioinformatics
• Nano Drug Delivery • Molecular Oncology & Environment Toxicology
Research funds from various agencies
Ongoing - Total Fund Received: 304.14 Lakhs
S. No. Principle Investigator Title Funding Agencies Amount (Rs. in lakhs) Duration
1 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan
Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh
Dr. M. Karthikeyan
Identification of Potent Drug for Life Threatening Diseases DBT-NNP 144.56 2023-2027
2 Dr. P. Boomi Mechanistic Investigation Involved in the Development of Hybrid Self-Assembly Prodrug Targeting Breast Cancer. DST 27.9 2023-2026
3 Dr. M. Karthikeyan Nutrigenomics and Computational Prospective studies on Parkinson Disease EIR Hub of RUSA-2.0 8 2023-2024
4 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Structural and functional characterization of phospeotransacetylase (PTA) and Acetate Kinase (ACKA) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H3R7Rv using in silico and in vitro studies. TANSCHE 29.8 2021-2024
5 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Identification of the vital targets of dengue and Chikungunya, an expanding threat to public health in Tamil Nadu: A potential drug discovery approach. TANSCHE 20.16 2021-2024
6 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Structural and functional insights of potential anti-malarial drug targets of G6PD and 6PGD from Plasmodium falciparum(3D7). DST INDO-TAIWAN 73.72 2020-2024
Completed - Total Fund Received: 892.66 Lakhs
S. No. Principle Investigator Title Funding Agencies Amount (Rs. in lakhs) Duration
1 Dr. M. Karthikeyan Molecular Insight and In Vitro Validation of novel lead molecules against SH3BP2 and KIT Protein ICMR 24.5 2023
2 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Experimental and Computational Drug Discovery Studies for Life-Threatening Diseases under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -II) 15.63 2022-2023
3 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Mechanistic Insights to understand the Virus - Host Interactions and the identification of Next Generation Drugs to combat viral infections under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems. RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -II) 15.1 2022-2023
4 Dr. M. Karthikeyan Experimental and Computation Drug Discovery for Life-Threatening Diseases under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -II) 11.61 2022-2023
5 Dr. RM. Vidhyavathi MEDDB:Development of Specialized Antidengue Database Using Association Rule Mining Algorithm under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -II) 5.22 2022-2023
6 Dr. J. Joseph Sahayarayan Computational defensin profiling, chemical synthesis and assessment of bioactivity in Cucumis anguria L. against antibiotic resistant New Delhi β lactamase producers under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -II) 5.22 2022-2023
7 Dr. P. Boomi Greener synthesis of glutathione-metal oxide nanocomposite and its in vitro antibacterial and anticancer activities under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -II) 5.22 2022-2023
8 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Biophysics of Zika virus envelope protein, membrane fusion and inhibitor discovery MHRD, SPARC 97.23 2019-2022
9 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Experimental and Computational Drug Discovery Studies for Life-Threatening Diseases under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -I) 18 2019-2021
10 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Mechanistic Insights to understand the Virus - Host Interactions and the identification of Next Generation Drugs to combat viral infections under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -I) 14 2019-2021
11 Dr. M. Karthikeyan Experimental and Computation Drug Discovery for Life-Threatening Diseases under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -I) 4.8 2019-2021
12 Dr. RM. Vidhyavathi MEDDB: Development of Specialized Antidengue Database Using Association Rule Mining Algorithm under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -I) 4.8 2019-2021
13 Dr. J. Joseph Sahayarayan Computational defensin profiling, chemical synthesis and assessment of bioactivity in Cucumis anguria L. against antibiotic resistant New Delhi β lactamase producers under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -I) 4.8 2019-2021
14 Dr. P. Boomi Greener synthesis of glutathione-metal oxide nanocomposite and its in vitro antibacterial and anticancer activities under the Central theme, Translational Health Research for Human, Animal and plant Systems RUSA 2.0 (Instalment -I) 4.8 2019-2021
15 Dr. RM. Vidhyavathi MEDDB:Development of Specialized Antidengue Database Using Association Rule Mining Algorithm RUSA 4.8 2019-2020
16 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Design, Synthesis and in vitro anticancer activity of novel and potent signaling influences therapeutic outcome in pancreatic cancer vated kinase 1 (Pak1) inhibitors DAE-BRNS 30.33 2018-2021
17 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Structural insights of SIRT4 protein from Homo sapiens to identify inhibitors for the treatment of Type-II diabetes ICMR 33.34 2017-2020
18 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh In silico screening, theoretical calculation and in vitro studies for development of potential HIV1-PR inhibitors DBT 19.51 2016-2019
19 Dr. M. Karthikeyan Computational identification and in vitro validation of small molecule inhibitors for tankyrase protein to inhibit the over expression of Wnt/ß-catenin signalling mechanism using HCA-7, HCT116 and MDST8/ HCA-46 colon cancer cell lines: A new drug target for Colorectal Cancer DBT 30.48 2016-2019
20 Dr.J. Jeyakanthan Identification of Potential Anti-Filiarial drug targeted enzymes Wbm0441, Wbm0042 from Wolbachia endosymbiont Brugia malayi DST 69.38 2016-2019
21 Dr. RM. Vidhyavathi Classification of hierarchical clustering with FP-Growth algorithm to analyzing and creating the solution for Chromosomal disorder AURF 0.8 2016-2018
22 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Structural and Functional Insights of potential therapeutic dengue fever target STAT2 protein from HOMO SAPIENS UGC-RA 37.8 2016-2018
23 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Development of Web Based Search Engines for the Analyses of Protein interactions with Nucleotides, Fatty Acids and Buffers DBT 13.81 2015-2018
24 Dr.Sanjeev Kumar Singh Identification of novel drug targets of Leishmania donovani: Studies on CAAX prenyl protease I and II of the pathogen DBT-Twin 73.69 2014-2017
25 Dr.M. Karthikeyan Pharmacogenomics Study of Anti Hypertensive Treatment in South Indian Population ICMR 21.15 2014-2017
26 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Structural and Functional Studies of Translation Initiation factors from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 DBT-Twin 77 2013-2016
27 Dr.J. Jeyakanthan Structural and Functional Studies of Purine Biosynthesis complex from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 DST 48.98 2013-2016
28 Dr.Sanjeev Kumar Singh QM/MM partial charges, binding pocket contours analysis and FEP calculation for designing potent inhibitors of HTLV- Protease: A de novo drug design approach CSIR 16.02 2012-2015
29 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Structural and Functional analysis of Orotate Phosphoribosyl transferase (TTHA1742) and Dihydroorotate Dehydrogenase (TTHA0779) from Thermus thermophilus HB8 DBT 50.25 2012-2015
30 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Structure and functional studies on PH0140 protein from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3 UGC 12.9 2012-2015
31 Dr.P. Srinivasan Development of Microarray for the detection of Bacteria / Bacteriophages and controlling measures against pathogenic bacteria from shrimp aquaculture environment DST Fast Track 23.44 2012-2015
32 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Structure determination of CPS and ATCase of Thermus thermophilus HB8 and identification of potential inhibitors DBT 32.16 2012-2015
33 Dr.Sanjeev Kumar Singh Computational Screening of CDK2 Inhibitors by Combined approach of Pharmacophoric study, QPLD and Molecular Dynamics Simulation analysis DST Fast Track 18.95 2011-2014
34 Dr. M. Karthikeyan Investigation of binding of HA Protein with sialic acid ligand base lead identification of neuraminidase inhibitor of H1N1 2009 influenza virus CSIR 15.98 2011-2014
35 Dr. P. Srinivasan Molecular characterization, molecular docking and biocontrol effect of Vibrio bacteriophages from shrimp aquaculture environment UGC 7.64 2011-14
36 Dr.Sanjeev Kumar Singh Shape and chemical feature based 3D- Pharmacophore Model generation, Virtual Screening and MESP studies to identify Potential Leads for Antifungal Azoles. UGC 7.48 2011-2014
37 Dr. M. Karthikeyan Genetic polymorphisms of the essential hypertension associated genes in random subjects of the South Indian general population UGC 13.31 2010-2013
38 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Pharmacophoric analysis and designing of ATP competitive CDK 4 inhibitors AURF 4 .00 2010-2013
39 Dr.P. Srinivasan Genome characterization and molecular docking of Bacillus phages and their inhibitory effects against shrimp pathogenic bacteria TNSCST 1.892 2009-2012
40 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Molecular and bioinformatics analysis of Breast cancer gene polymorphisms (BRCA1 and BRAC2) in Tamilnadu population AURF 0.64 2009
Schemes Received for the Department (Total Fund Received: 299.8 lakhs)
S. No. Name of the Scheme Period Amount
(Rs. in lakhs)
1 UGC Innovative 2013-2018 54.00
2 DST-FIST (Level-I) - View Brief Report 2018-2022 62.00
3 DST-PURSE (All Science Departments - Coordinator) 2016-Till Date* 700.00
4 DBT – Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Center (BIC) - View Brief Report 2022-2026 183.80
MoU with Overseas Institutes & Universities
Ongoing
S. No. International / National Period
1 School of Biological Science, Anyang Institute of Technology, China 2019-2024
2 Institute of Genomics and Integrated Biology 2020-2025
3 Vision Reserch Foundation 2021-2024
4 Orbito Asia Diagnostics, Coimbatore 2022-2027
5 National Synchroton Radiation Research Centre – Taiwan 2022-2027
6 ICAR- National Research Centre for Bannana 2023-2028
7 Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai 2023-2028
8 Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore 2023-2028
9 ICAR- National Research Centre for Bannana 2023-2028
Completed
S. No. International / National Period
1 Biometal Science Dept, RIKEN, Harima Institute, Japan & SPring-8, Japan 2010-2015
2 Institute of Protein Research, Osaka University, Japan 2010-2015
3 RIKEN, Kanagawa, Japan 2010-2015
4 School of Science, Osaka University, Japan 2010-2015
5 National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center (NSRRC), Taiwan 2014-2017
6 Nanyang Technological University, School of Biological Sciences, Singapore (Dst Indo-Singapore Joint Project Loi Established) 2014-2017
7 CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 2014-2017
8 Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai 2016-2021
9 IIT Madras, Chennai 2016-2021
10 Institute of Experimental Medicine, Czech Republic 2016-2021
11 National Institute of Health, United States of America 2016-2021
12 University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom 2016-2021
13 GE Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Karnataka 2017-2019
14 Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea 2017-2022
15 Bishop Heber 2018-2023
16 Institute of Genomics and Integrated Biology 2019-2020
17 N. Ramavarier Ayurveda Foundation 2019-2020
18 Vision Research Foundation 2020-2021
19 Saveetha Medical College and Hospital, Chennai 2020-2021
Research Collaborations
National Collaboration
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
Chhatrapati ShahuJi Maharaj University, Kanpur CSIR - Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow
CSIR - Central Electrochemical Chemical Research Institute, Karaikudi CSIR - Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai
Indian Institute of Technology-Mandi, Himachal Pradesh Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati, Assam
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal
Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research, Pune Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar
International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
King George Medical University, Lucknow Maduarai Kamaraj University, Madurai
Pondicherry University, Puducherry SASTRA University, Thanjavur
Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai University of Madras, Chennai
University of Mysore, Mysuru VIT University, Vellore
Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore ICAR- National Research Centre for Bannana
Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai Orbito Asia Diagnostics
Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital (Biher) Medical College Vision Research Foundation
CSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, Delhi Bishop Heber College (Autonomous, Tiruchirappalli)
N. Ramavarier Ayurveda Foundation & Institute of Genomics and Integrated Biology IIT Guwahati, Assam
ICGEB, New Delhi Anna University, Tiruchirappalli
IIT Delhi IIT Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
National Institute of Immunology, NewDelhi North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
Noorul Islam University, Nagercoil Integral University, Lucknow
Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Kerala
International Collaboration
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Taiwan
Osaka University, Japan RIKEN, Harima Institute of Japan, Japan
School of Biological Science, Anyang Institute of Technology, Chinna Konkuk University, South Korea
National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Osaka, Japan Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Pusan University, South Korea
Research Scholars
Ph.D Pursuing
S.No. Name Year
1 R. Raghu 2015
2 M. Veera Pandiyan 2016
3 Mohd. Aqueel Khan 2018
4 S. Madhumathi 2018
5 S. Muthumanickam 2019
6 J. Sangavi 2019
7 N. Hemavathy 2019
8 R. Abhirami 2020
9 R. Raji 2020
10 K. Soundar Rajan 2021
11 S. Balasubramanian 2021
12 M. Arun Pravin 2021
13 O. Rudhra 2021
14 Sushil Kumar 2021
15 S. Sneha 2021
16 A. Karthika 2021
17 J. Muralidharan 2021
18 R. Srinithi 2022
19 Anushka Bhrdwaj 2022
20 S. Priyanka 2022
21 G. Rubha Shri 2022
22 M. Sugumaran 2022
23 Khushboo Sharma 2022
24 N. Shaslinah 2022
25 N. Bhuvaneswari 2022
26 Arshiya Khan 2022
27 S. Vinitha 2022
28 S. Sakthi Sasikala 2022
29 S. Jeyanthi 2022
30 S.Swetha 2022
31 K. Heyram 2022
Ph. D. Awarded
S.No. Name Awarded
1 Dr. Sunil Kumar Tripathi 2014
2 Dr. C. Selvaraj 2014
3 Dr. Kh.Dhanachandra Singh 2014
4 Dr. Karnati Konda Reddy 2014
5 Dr. P. Kirubakaran 2014
6 Dr. R. Vanajothi 2015
7 Dr. A. Sudha 2016
8 Dr. K. Gopinath 2016
9 Dr. T. Sindhu 2016
10 Dr. S. Nagamani 2017
11 Dr. C. Sathish Kumar 2017
12 Dr. K. Surekha 2018
13 Dr. S. Rajamanikandan 2018
14 Dr. N. Stalin 2018
15 Dr. V. Suryanarayanan 2019
16 Dr. M. Nachiappan 2019
17 Dr. Sanjay Kumar Chowbey 2019
18 Dr. D. Sasikala 2019
19 Dr. D. Prabhu 2020
20 Dr. S. Vijaya Prabhu 2021
21 Dr. R. Santhosh 2021
22 Dr. Umesh Panwar 2022
23 Dr. Guru Raj Rao 2022
24 Dr. M. Richard 2022
25 Dr. M. Aarthy 2022
26 Dr. Jayashree Biswal 2022
27 Dr. N. S. Anuraj 2022
28 Dr. L. Lakshmanan 2022
29 Dr. J. Prajisha 2023
30 Dr. J. John Marshal 2023
31 Dr. Ishwar Chandra 2023
32 Dr. M. Amala 2023
33 Dr. P. Saritha 2023
Post Doctoral Fellows
Post Doctoral Fellow/Project Scientist
Name Position Year
Dr. Sana Khan Project Scientist - DBT-BIC 2023 - *
Dr. M. Ahila ICMR - RA 2022 - *
Dr. Vishwanathan Vijayan ICMR - RA 2022 - *
Dr. J. Manikandan Project Scientist - DBT-BIC 2022 - *
Dr. C.N. Rahul Post Doctoral Fellow - D.S. Kothari 2021 - *
Past - Post Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Balajee Ramachandran Post Doctoral Fellow - RUSA 2.0 2019 - 2021
Dr. M. Nachiappan Research Associate - RUSA 2.0 2019 - 2021
Dr. V. M. Manikandamathavan Post Doctoral Fellow - RUSA 2.0 2019 - 2021
Dr. S. Rajamanikandan Research Associate - RUSA 2.0 2019 - 2021
Dr. Krishna Kant Gupta Post Doctoral Fellow - RUSA 2.0 2019 - 2020
Dr. Chandrabose Selvaraj Senior Post Doctoral Fellow - RUSA 2.0 2019 - 2020
Dr. Venkatesh Arulalaperumal Post Doctoral Fellow - RUSA 2.0 2019 - 2020
Dr. S. Usha Post Doctoral Fellow - D.S. Kothari 2015 - 2016
Research Member
Name Position Year
Mr. M.S.Maharaja Project Assistant - DBT-National Network Project 2023 - *
Top Selected Publications (Total 700 research publications )
Name Publications Impact factor
1 Rangaswamy, R., Hemavathy, N., Subramaniyan, S., Vetrivel, U., Jeyakanthan, J. Harnessing allosteric inhibition: prioritizing LIMK2 inhibitors for targeted cancer therapy through pharmacophore-based virtual screening and essential molecular dynamics. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 1-18. (2023) 4.4
2 Ahmad, M., Jha, B., Bose, S., Tiwari, S., Dwivedy, A., Kar, D., Pal, R.,Mariadasse, R., Parish, T., Jeyakanthan, J., Vinothkumar, K. R., & Biswal, B. K.Structural snapshots of Mycobacterium tuberculosis enolase reveal dual mode of2PG binding and its implication in enzyme catalysis. IUCrJ. (2023) 5.588
3 Karthika, A., Hemavathy, N., Amala, M., Rajamanikandan, S., Veerapandian, M., Prabhu, D., Umashankar V., Chen CJ., Chitra JP., Jeyakanthan, J. Structural and functional characterization of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase in Plasmodium falciparum (3D7) and identification of its potent inhibitors. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 1-17. (2023) 5.235
4 Ramachandran, B., Muthupandian, S., Jeyaraman, J.,& Lopes, B. S. Computational exploration of molecular flexibility and interaction of meropenem analogs with the active site of oxacillinase-23 in Acinetobacter baumannii. Front. Che. 11 (2023) 5.545
5 Balu, R., Ramachandran, S. S., Mathimaran, A., Jeyaraman, J.,& Paramasivam, S. G. Functional significance of mouse seminal vesicle sulfhydryl oxidase on sperm capacitation invitro. Mol. Hum. Reprod.(2022) 4.518
6 Kanumuri, R., Chelluboyina, A. K., Biswal, J., Vignesh, R., Pandian, J., Venu, A., Vaishnavi, B., Leena, D. J., Jeyaraman, J., Ganesan, K., Aradhyam, G. K.,Venkatraman, G., & Rayala, S. K. Small peptide inhibitor from the sequence ofRUNX3 disrupts PAK1-RUNX3 interaction and abrogates its phosphorylationdependent oncogenic function. Oncogene. 40(34):5327-5341 (2021) 9.867
7 Mariadasse, R., Rajmichael, R., Dwivedy, A., Amala, M., Ahmad, M.,Mutharasappan, N., Biswal, B. K., Jeyakanthan, J. Characterization of putativetranscriptional regulator (PH0140) and its distal homologue. Cell Signal. 84,110031 (2021) 4.315
8 Ahmad, M., Dwivedy, A., Mariadasse, R., Tiwari, S., Kar, D., Jeyakanthan, J., & Biswal, B. K. Prediction of small molecule inhibitors targeting the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. ACS omega, 5(29), (2020). 18356-18366 4.132
9 Murugan, N. A., Kumar, S., Jeyakanthan, J.,& Srivastava, V. Searching fortarget-specific and multi-targeting organics for Covid-19 in the Drugbank databasewith a double scoring approach. Sci Rep.10(1),19125.(2020) 5.133
10 Murugan, N. A., Muvva, C., Jeyarajpandian, C., Jeyakanthan, J.,& Subramanian, V. Performance of Force-Field- and Machine Learning-Based Scoring Functions in Ranking MAO-B Protein-Inhibitor Complexes in Relevance to DevelopingParkinson's Therapeutics. Int J Mol Sci. . 21(20), 7648. (2020) 5.923
11 Chaudhary, S. K., Elayappan, M., Jeyakanthan, J., & Kanagaraj, S. Structural and functional characterization of oligomeric states of proteins in RecFOR pathway. IntJ Biol. Macromol.163, 943-953. (2020) 6.953
12 Mariadasse, R., Choubey, S. K., Jeyakanthan, J. Insights into Exogenous Tryptophan-Mediated Allosteric Communication and Helical Transition of TRP Protein for Transcription Regulation. J Chem Inf Model. 60(1), 175–191. (2020) 4.956
13 Chaudhary, S. K., Iyyappan, Y., Elayappan, M., Jeyakanthan, J.,& Sekar, K.Insights into product release dynamics through structural analyses of thymidylatekinase. Int J Biol Macromol. 123, 637–647. (2019) 6.953
14 Nachiappan, M., Jain, V., Sharma, A., Yogavel, M., Jeyakanthan, J. Structuraland functional analysis of Glutaminyl-tRNA synthetase (TtGlnRS) from Thermusthermophilus HB8 and its complexes. J Biol Macromol.120(Pt B), 1379–1386.(2018) 6.953
15 Jagadeeshan, S., Subramanian, A., Tentu, S., Beesetti, S., Singhal, M., Raghavan, S., Surabhi, R. P., Mavuluri, J., Bhoopalan, H., Biswal, J., Pitani, R. S.,Chidambaram, S., Sundaram, S., Malathi, R., Jeyaraman, J., Nair, A. S.,Venkatraman, G., & Rayala, S. K. P21-activated kinase 1 (Pak1) signalinginfluences therapeutic outcome in pancreatic cancer. Ann Oncol.27(8), 1546–1556.(2016) 32.976
16 Vijayakumar, S., Manogar, P., Prabhu, S., Singh, S. K., Singh, R. A. S. (2018). Novel ligand-based docking; molecular dynamic simulations; and absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion approach to analyzing potential acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease. Journal of pharmaceutical analysis, 8(6), 413-420 14.02
17 Dwivedi, A., Kumari, A., Aarthy, M., Singh, S. K., Ojha, M., Jha, S., Jha, N. S. (2021). Spectroscopic and molecular docking studies for the binding and interaction aspects of curcumin-cysteine conjugate and rosmarinic acid with human telomeric G-quadruplex DNA. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 182, 1463-1472 8.02
18 Chinnasamy, S., Selvaraj, G., Selvaraj, C., Kaushik, A. C., Kaliamurthi, S., Khan, A., Singh, S. K., Wei, D. Q. (2020). Combining in silico and in vitro approaches to identification of potent inhibitor against phospholipase A2 (PLA2). International journal of biological macromolecules, 144, 53-66 8.02
19 Suryanarayanan, V., Rajavel, T., Devi, K. P., Singh, S. K*. (2018). Structure based identification and biological evaluation of novel and potent inhibitors of PCAF catalytic domain. International journal of biological macromolecules, 120, 823-834 8.02
20 Shanmuganathan, B., Suryanarayanan, V., Sathya, S., Narenkumar, M., Singh, S. K., Ruckmani, K., Devi, K. P. (2018). Anti-amyloidogenic and anti-apoptotic effect of α-bisabolol against Aβ induced neurotoxicity in PC12 cells. European journal of medicinal chemistry, 143, 1196-1207 7.08
21 Jeyakumar, M., Sathya, S., Gandhi, S., Tharra, P., Suryanarayanan, V., Singh, S. K., Devi, K. P. (2019). α-bisabolol β-D-fucopyranoside as a potential modulator of β-amyloid peptide induced neurotoxicity: An in vitro in silico study. Bioorganic chemistry, 88, 102935 5.30
22 Khan, M. A., Singh, S. K.* (2023). Atom-based 3D-QSAR and DFT analysis of 5-substituted 2-acylaminothiazole derivatives as HIV-1 latency-reversing agents. Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics, 41(14), 6759–6774 5.23
23 Choudhary, P., Bowmen, A., Chakdar, H., Khan, M. A., Selvaraj, C., Singh, S. K., Murugan, K., Kumar, S., & Saxena, A. K. (2022). Understanding the biological role of PqqB in Pseudomonas stutzeri using molecular dynamics simulation approach. Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics, 40(9), 4237–4249 5.23
24 Pandey, B., Aarthy, M., Sharma, M., Singh, S. K., Kumar, V. (2021). Computational analysis identifies druggable mutations in human rBAT mediated Cystinuria. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 39(14), 5058–5067 5.23
25 Kumar, D., Aarthy, M., Kumar, P., Singh, S. K., Uversky, V. N., Giri, R. (2020). Targeting the NTPase site of Zika virus NS3 helicase for inhibitor discovery. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 38(16), 4827-4837 5.23
26 Jayaraj, J. M., Muthusamy, K. (2023). Role of deleterious nsSNPs of klotho protein and their drug response: a computational mechanical insights. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-11 5.235
27 Loganathan, L., Sankar, J., Rajendran, K., Muthusamy, K. (2023). Theoretical investigation on known renin inhibitors and generation of ligand-based pharmacophore models for hypertension treatment. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-10 5.235
28 Vinitha, S., Karthikeyan, M. (2023). Hub Gene signals associated with cognition among children: A computational insight. Journal of Biomolecular structure and Dynamics 5.235
29 Kanitha, S., Malarvili, T., Lakshmanan, L., Karthikeyan, M. (2020). In silico docking analysis of a novel antimicrobial peptide against human breast cancer targeting β-catenin. The International journal of analytical and experimental modal analysis, 12(9) 6.3
30 Loganathan, L., Kuriakose, B. B., Mushfiq, S., Muthusamy, K. (2021). Mechanistic insights on nsSNPs on binding site of renin and cytochrome P450 proteins: A computational perceptual study for pharmacogenomics evaluation. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 122(10), 1460-1474 4.429
31 Pattarayan, D., Sivanantham, A., Krishnaswami, V., Loganathan, L., Palanichamy, R., Natesan, S., Muthusamy, K., and Rajasekaran, S. (2018). Tannic acid attenuates TGF‐β1‐induced epithelial‐to‐mesenchymal transition by effectively intervening TGF‐β signaling in lung epithelial cells. Journal of cellular physiology, 233(3), 2513-2525 4.08
32 Devi, T. S., Vijay, K., Vidhyavathi, R. M., Kumar, P., Govarthanan, M., & Kavitha, T. (2021). Antifungal activity and molecular docking of phenol, 2, 4-bis (1, 1-dimethylethyl) produced by plant growth-promoting actinobacterium Kutzneria sp. strain TSII from mangrove sediments. Archives of Microbiology, 203, 4051-4064 4.219
33 Sahayarayan, J. J., Rajan, K. S., Vidhyavathi, R. M., Nachiappan, M., Prabhu, D., Alfarraj, S., & Daniel, A. N. (2021). In-silico protein-ligand docking studies against the estrogen protein of breast cancer using pharmacophore based virtual screening approaches. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 28(1), 400-407 4.4
34 Johnson, J., Lakshmanan, G., Vidhyavathi, R. M., Kalimuthu, K., & Sekar, D. (2020). Computational identification of MiRNA-7110 from pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) ESTs: a new microRNA that links diabetes and PAH. Hypertension Research, 43(4), 360-362 5.525
35 Panagal, M., Biruntha, M., Vidhyavathi, R. M., Sivagurunathan, P., Senthilkumar, S. R., & Sekar, D. (2019). Dissecting the role of miR-21 in different types of stroke. Gene, 681, 69-72 3.913
36 Chandrasekaran, M., Paramasivan, M., Sahayarayan, J. J.(2022). Microbial volatile organic compounds: An alternative for chemical fertilizers in sustainable agriculture development. Microorganisms, 11(1), 42 4.5
37 Panikar, S., Shoba, G., Arun, M., Sahayarayan, J. J., Nanthini, A. U. R., Chinnathambi, A., & Kim, H. J. (2021). Essential oils as an effective alternative for the treatment of COVID-19: Molecular interaction analysis of protease (Mpro) with pharmacokinetics and toxicological properties. Journal of Infection and Public Health, 14(5), 601-610 6.7
38 Sahayarayan, J. J., Rajan, K. S., Vidhyavathi, R., Nachiappan, M., Prabhu, D., Alfarraj, S., & Daniel, A. N. (2021). In-silico protein-ligand docking studies against the estrogen protein of breast cancer using pharmacophore based virtual screening approaches. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 28(1), 400-407 4.4
39 Sahayarayan, J. J., Rajan, K. S., Nachiappan, M., Prabhu, D., Rao, R. G. R., Jeyakanthan, J., & Morgan, A. M. (2020). Identification of potential drug target in malarial disease using molecular docking analysis. Saudi journal of biological sciences, 27(12), 3327-3333 4.4
40 Sahayarayan, J. J., Udayakumar, R., Arun, M., Ganapathi, A., Alwahibi, M. S., Aldosari, N. S., & Morgan, A. M. (2020). Effect of different Agrobacterium rhizogenes strains for in-vitro hairy root induction, total phenolic, flavonoids contents, antibacterial and antioxidant activity of (Cucumis anguria L.). Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, 27(11), 2972-2979 4.4
41 Boomi, P., Raj, J. A., Palaniappan, S. P., Poorani, G., Selvam, S., Prabu, H. G... & Langeswaran, V. K. (2018). Improved conductivity and antibacterial activity of poly (2-aminothiophenol)-silver nanocomposite against human pathogens. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology,178, 323-329 6.252
42 Murugesan, B., Sonamuthu, J., Pandiyan, N., Boomi, P., Samayanan, S., & Mahalingam, S. (2018). Photoluminescent reduced graphene oxide quantum dots from latex of Calotropis gigantea for metal sensing, radical scavenging, cytotoxicity, and bioimaging in Artemia salina: a greener route. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 178, 371-379 6.252
43 Ravichandran, A., Subramanian, P., Manoharan, V., Muthu, T., Boomi, P., Periyannan, R., Thangapandi, M., & Marimuthu, P. N. (2018). Phyto-mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles using fucoidan isolated from Spatoglossum asperum and assessment of antibacterial activities. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology, 185, 117-125 6.252
44 Boomi, P., Ganesan, R. M., Poorani, G., Prabu, H. G., Ravikumar, S., & Jeyakanthan, J. (2019). Biological synergy of greener gold nanoparticles by using Coleus aromaticus leaf extract. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 99, 202-210 7.328
45 Sonamuthu, J., Cai, Y., Liu, H., Kasim, M. S. M., Vasanthakumar, V. R., Boomi, P.,& Yao, J. (2020). MMP-9 responsive dipeptide-tempted natural protein hydrogel-based wound dressings for accelerated healing action of infected diabetic wound. International journal of biological macromolecules, 153, 1058-1069 6.957
46 Boomi, P., Poorani, G. P., Selvam, S., Palanisamy, S., Jegatheeswaran, S., Anand, K., & Prabu, H. G. (2020). Green biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles using Croton sparsiflorus leaves extract and evaluation of UV protection, antibacterial and anticancer applications. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 34(5), e5574 4.105
47 Boomi, P., Ganesan, R., Prabu Poorani, G., Jegatheeswaran, S., Balakumar, C., Gurumallesh Prabu, H., & Saravanan, M. (2020). Phyto-engineered gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with potential antibacterial, antioxidant, and wound healing activities under in vitro and in vivo conditions. International journal of nanomedicine, 7553-7568 6.400
48 Kasinathan, K., Marimuthu, K., Murugesan, B., Pandiyan, N., Boomi, P, Mahalingam, S., & Selvaraj, B. (2021). Cyclodextrin functionalized multi-layered MoS2 nanosheets and its biocidal activity against pathogenic bacteria and MCF-7 breast cancer cells: Synthesis, characterization and in-vitro biomedical evaluation. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 323, 114631 6.165
49 Gowrishankar, S., Muthumanickam, S., Kamaladevi, A., Karthika, C., Jothi, R., Boomi, P., & Pandian, S. K. (2021). Promising phytochemicals of traditional Indian herbal steam inhalation therapy to combat COVID-19–An in silico study. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 148, 111966 6.023
50 Sankar, M., K, L., Jeyachandran, S., Boomi, P. (2021). Screening of inhibitors as potential remedial against Ebolavirus infection: pharmacophore-based approach. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 39(2), 395-408 5.235
51 Vivekanandhan, K., Shanmugam, P., Barabadi, H., Arumugam, V., Daniel Raj Daniel Paul Raj, D., Boomi, P., Sivasubramanian, M., & Saravanan, M. (2021). Emerging therapeutic approaches to combat COVID-19: present status and future perspectives. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 8, 604447 5.246
52 Sankar, M., Ramachandran, B., Boomi, P, Mutharasappan, N., Ramasamy, V., Prabu, P. G., & Ebenezer, S. K. (2021). In silico screening of natural phytocompounds towards identification of potential lead compounds to treat COVID-19. Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 8, 637122 4.105
53 Muthumanickam, S., Kamaladevi, A., Boomi, P., Gowrishankar, S., & Pandian, S. K. (2021). Indian ethnomedicinal phytochemicals as promising inhibitors of RNA-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid phosphoprotein: an in silico study. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 8, 637329 5.246
54 Muthumanickam, S., Indhumathi, T., Boomi, P., Balajee, R., Jeyakanthan, J., Anand, K., & Jiang, Z. (2022). In silico approach of naringin as potent phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) protein agonist against prostate cancer. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 40(4), 1629-1638 5.235
55 Muthumanickam, S., Ramachandran, B.,Boomi, P., Jeyakanthan, J., Prabu, H. G., Jegatheswaran, S., & Premkumar, K. (2023). Combination of bendamustine-azacitidine against Syk target of breast cancer: an in silico study. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-13 5.235
Books / Book Chapters

Total No of Books/Book Chapters: 59

S. No. Name of the Faculty Title of the Book Title of the Chapter / Monographs Publisher ISBN No.
1 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Molecular Interactions Today & Tomorrows Printers and Publishers, 2015 978-81701951 16
2 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Frontiers in Protein Structure, Function, and Dynamics. Experimental and Computational Methods to Determine Protein Structure and Stability Springer, USA 978-981-15-5529-9
3 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Frontiers in Protein Structure, Function, and Dynamics. Synergistic Effects of Hydration Sites in Protein Stability: A Theoretical Water Thermodynamics Approach. Springer, USA 978-981-15-5529-9
4 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Computation in BioInformatics: Multidisciplinary Applications Prospects of Covalent approaches in Drug Discovery: An Overview.Scrivener, USA 978-111-96-5480-3
5 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan In Molecular Docking for Computer-Aided Drug Design 3D Structural Determination of Macromolecules using X-ray Crystallography Methods. Molecular Docking for Computer-Aided Drug Design. Elsevier, Netherlands 978-012-8 2-2312-3
6 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Marine Niche: Applications in Pharmaceutical Sciences Marine Microbial Pharmacognosy: Prospects and Perspectives. Springer Nature, USA 978-981-15-5016-4
7 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Handbook of Microbial Nanotechnology Microbial Bio-Based Polymer Nanocomposite for Food Industry Applications. Elsevier, Netherlands 978-012 -8 2-2312-3
8 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Bio prospecting of Microbial Diversity. Microbes and their products as novel therapeutics in medical applications Elsevier, Netherlands 978-0-12-8 23426-6
9 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Bioplastics from Microbial and Agricultural Biomass. Applications of Biodegradable Materials and Bioplastics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA 2021 978-1-119-52674-2
10 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan In Alzheimer's Disease: Recent Findings in Pathophysiology, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Modalities Computational Development of Alzheimer’s Therapeutics and Diagnostics. Royal society of Chemistry, UK 9781782628330
11 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Advances in Protein Molecular and Structural Biology Methods. Methods and applications of machine learning in structure-based drug discovery Academic Press, USA 9780323902649
12 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Current drug metabolism Structural Modelling of Drosophila melanogaster Gut Cytochrome P450s and Docking Comparison of fruit fly gut and human cytochrome p450s Bentham Science, UAE 2022 978-981-5050-24-0
13 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan In Handbook of Oxidative Stress in Cancer: Therapeutic Aspects Efficacy of synthetic organic molecular inhibitors of TRAF2 and NCK interacting kinase (TNIK) against colorectal cancer Springer Nature, Singapore 98116929 04
14Dr. J. JeyakanthanAn integrative approach to explore potent therapeutic protein targets in multidrug resistant nosocomaial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii. Therapeutic protein targets for drug dicovery and clinical evalution: Bio-crystallography and drug design. World scientific 978-981-12-5478-9
15 Dr. J. Jeyakanthan Implications of Immuno-oncology in Immunodiagnostics and Immunotherapy MJP Publication 978-93-5528-175-3.
16 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh In QSAR in Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment Advances in QSAR through artificial intelligence and machine learning methods Elsevier, 2023 978-0-443-15339-6
17 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh In Computational Drug Discovery and Design Exploring the Role of Cheminformatics in Accelerating Drug Discovery: A Computational Approach Springer US 978-93-81450-62-8
18 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh In Computational Drug Discovery and Design Virtual Screening Process: A Guide in Modern Drug Designing Springer US 978-93-81450-62-8
19 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh IIn Resistance to Anti-CD20 Antibodies and Approaches for Their Reversal Therapeutic antibodies against cancer a step toward the treatment Elsevier 978-0-443
20 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh In Big Data Analytics in Chemoinformatics and Bioinformatics Artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning approaches in genome-wide SNP-based prediction for precision medicine and drug discovery Elsevier 978- 0-323-85713-0
21 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh In Therapeutic Protein Targets for Drug Discovery and Clinical Evaluation Bio-Crystallography and Drug Design Exploring the Shock and Kill Strategy to Eradicate Latent HIV-1 Infection. World Scientific Publishing 978-981-125-480-2
22 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology Exploring the macromolecules for secretory pathway in cancer disease Springer US 978-1-53610-504-9
23 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology Transcriptional regulatory mechanisms and signaling networks in cancer Elsevier 978-0-443- 15820-9
24 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology Intrinsically disordered proteins in viral pathogenesis and infections Elsevier 978- 0-323-99780-5
25 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology Structure and Chemistry of Enzymatic Active Sites that play a role in the Switch and Conformation Mechanism Elsevier 978-0-323-99229-9
26 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology Immunological insights of selectins in human disease mechanism. Elsevier 978-0-323-99227-5
27 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology Viral hijacking mechanism in humans through protein–protein interactions Elsevier 978-0-323-9923
28 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh In Herbs, Shrubs, and Trees of Potential with Medicinal Benefits Embelia ribes (False Black Pepper) and Gymnema sylvestre (Sugar Destroyer) Springer 9781032070360
29 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology Envisaging the conformational space of proteins by coupling machine learning and molecular dynamic Elsevier 978-0-323-90264-9
30 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology Structural insights of macromolecules involved in bacteria-induced apoptosis in the pathogenesis of human diseases Elsevier 978-0-323- 90264-9
31 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Traditional Herbal Therapy for the Human Immune System (pp. 301-362). Molecular features of potential medicinal plants compounds in enhancing human immune systems Elsevier 9781032122243
32 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh In Advances in Bioinformatics Chemoinformatics and QSAR Springer 978-0-12-821748-1
33 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Evolution and Advancement towards Therapeutic Drug Delivery Computational and Experimental Binding Interactions of Drug and β-Cyclodextrin as a Drug-Delivery Vehicle. Nanomaterials Springer 978-1-68108-824-2
34 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh In Microbial Polymers Eco-friendly Microbial Biopolymers: Recent Development, Biodegradation, and Applications Springer 978-981-16-0044-9
35 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh In Innovations andImplementations of Computer Aided Drug Discovery Strategies in Rational Drug Design Magnitude and Advancements of CADD in Identifying Therapeutic Intervention against Flaviviruses. Springer 978-981-15- 8935-5
36 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh In Innovations and Implementations of Computer Aided Drug Discovery Strategies in Rational Drug Design Predicting Protein Folding and Protein Stability by Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Computational Drug Discovery Springer 978-981-15-8935-5
37 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh In Bio-communication of Phages Phage Protein Interactions in the Inhibition Mechanism of Bacterial Cell. Springer 978-3-030-45884-3
38 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh In Biocommunication of Phages Bacteriophage as a Therapeutic Agent to Combat Bacterial Infection: A Journey from History to Application. Springer 978-3-030-45884-3
39 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh In Synthetic Biology Medicinal Application of Synthetic Biology Springer 978-981-10- 8692-2
40 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh In Synthetic Biology Omics-based nanomedicine Springer 978-981-10-8693-9
41 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh Methods in molecular biology De Novo Design of Ligands Using Computational Methods Springer 978-1-4939-7755-0
42 Dr. M. Karthikeyan A short practical manual for Genetics Arun Publications
43 Dr. M. Karthikeyan Concepts and Applications in Medical Genetics Arun Publications
44 Dr. M. Karthikeyan Genetic Engineering Arun Publications
45 Dr. M. Karthikeyan Essential Bioinformatics Raja Publications 978-93-80243-52-8
46 Dr. M. Karthikeyan Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology Methods Raja Publications 978-93-80243-53-5
47 Dr. M. Karthikeyan Concepts in Medical Biotechnology Raja Publications 978-93-80243-46-7
48 Dr. M. Karthikeyan Biophysics, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics – (Course material for DDE) (Dept. of Zoology, Directorate of distance education, Alagappa University, Karaikudi)
49 Dr. M. Karthikeyan Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants Metabolic Disorders: Importance of in silico approaches in the plant based drug discovery Studium Press 978-1930813120
50 Dr. M. Karthikeyan Alzheimer’s Disease & Treatment Drug Targets and Therapeutic Approaches of Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s ebook
51 Dr. M. Karthikeyan Advances in Medicine and Biology Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics: A Combinatorial Genetic and Computational Approach for the Drug Development Nova Science Publishers 978-1-68507-402-9
52 Dr.RM. Vidhyavathi Application of IoT Science and Technology Enhancing Innovations and Leading Future World in IoT. IoT Academy Publisher 978-93-93622
53 Dr.RM. Vidhyavathi Perspectives on Social Welfare Applications’ Optimization and Enhanced Computer Applications Advanced Method of MOB-I App Used for Medical and Agriculture. Perspectives on Social Welfare Applications’ Optimization and Enhanced Computer Applications 978-1668483077
54 Dr.RM. Vidhyavathi Neural Networks for Dengue Prediction An Optimal Feature Selection with Neural Network-Based Classification Model for Dengue Fever Prediction Conference: 2023 6th International Conference on Information Systems and Computer Networks (ISCON) 23115390
55 Dr. J. Joseph Sahayarayan Perspectives on Social Welfare Applications Optimization and Enhanced Computer Applications. Advanced Method of MOB-I App Used for Medical and Agriculture IGI Global 978166848306
56 Dr. J. Joseph Sahayarayan Computation in Bioinformatics: Multidisciplinary Applications Basic Concepts in Proteomics and Applications Wiley Online Library 9781119654711
57 Dr. P. Boomi Handbook on Nano-biomaterials for Therapeutics and Diagnostic Applications Emerging Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Mediated Controlled and Targeted Drug Delivery System: Present Status and Future Prospects Elsevier 9780128210130
58 Dr. P. Boomi Handbook on Nano-biomaterials for Therapeutics and Diagnostic Applications Theranostics and radiopharmaceuticals in cancer treatment Elsevier 9780128210130
59 Dr. P. Boomi Computation in Bioinformatics: Multidisciplinary Applications An Insight of Protein-Structure Predictions Using Homology Modeling Wiley 978111965471, 9781119654711
Patent Details
S. No. Patent App. No. Inventor’s Name Title Patent filed on Patent Published on
1 202141046236 Dr. A. Sivaranjini Dr. R. Subashkumar
Dr. P. Boomi
Dr. S. Santhosh Baboo
Dr. B. L. Shivakumar
A. Aswini
Dr. J. Jeyakanthan
Dr. H. Gurumallesh Prabu
Dr. P. Sagadevan
A Process For Extraction of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles Using Green Synthesis 01/11/2021 03/12/2021
2 202241057508A Dr. Dhamodharan Prabhu
Dr. Sundarraraj Rajamanikandan
Ramasamy palaniappan
Dr. Jeyaraman Jeyakanthan
Synergistic formulation for preventing antibiotic resistance effect of serratia marcescens 07/10/2022 14/10/2022
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The Department of Bioinformatics at Alagappa University values the crucial role of alumni in its ongoing development. Alumni provide essential support through intellectual, physical, and financial assistance, fostering a culture of lifelong learning. Structured plans involve alumni in various activities, including lectures, workshops, and infrastructure projects. Their contributions extend to organizing sports events, offering financial aid to marginalized students, supporting academic and sports achievements, and contributing to infrastructure development. Alumni engagement aligns with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, enhancing the department's growth, reputation, and potential accreditation recognition. The department considers alumni engagement indispensable for continuous improvement and excellence in its mission.

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From Dr. Sunil Kumar Tripathi

I am Dr. Sunil Kumar Tripathi, currently working as Young Investigator at Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Department of Biotechnology, Faridabad (NCR Delhi), India. I received my Ph.D. degree in Bioinformatics (July, 2014) from Alagappa University (AU), Tamil Nadu, India. As a Ph.D. student of Department of Bioinformatics, Alagappa University, I know firsthand the high quality of education provided to students. The best thing happened to me during Ph.D. tenure was that I learned a lot about myself. I faced challenges that I never thought which made me more confident. AU helped me to develop very positive attitude towards work. I gained skills that cannot be taught. AU has been always a pivotal point in my career. I am blessed to had such an academic environment which helps me to realise my goal and to excel in my professional career. It is a perfect adobe for not only academic activity but for overall development of one's personality.

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I appreciate not only the education I received, but also the values that university instilled in me. It’s excellence in teaching, its integrated curriculum, enhancing the personality of students and overall range of facilities provided are the key factors which is shaping the future of many students. I am also proud that the University has become a leader in basic as well as applied science and sought to involve students in decision-making. Dedication, efforts, results, discipline are major pillars of AU faculty. All faculty members focus on students' growth and career. I would like to recommend AU as a great learning university for upcoming talented scholars. I wish the AU to continue its efforts and transform the education of this country. At last but not least, I wish all the best to AU students and proud to be an alumnus of AU.

From Dr. C. Selvaraj

I would like to say that my 4 years at Department of Bioinformatics, Alagappa University has been one of the best periods in my life. As a scholar from budding department at 2009, I have started my research career. I have noted with sufficient facilities are kept on arise to initiate the strength of bioinformatics knowledge, all faculties focus on conceptual taught and given us a broad spectrum view of Bioinformatics, That gave us a starting point on my Research carrier. I can rapidity witness the smartness of the Bioinformatics department with the growth in terms of funding and fame which was gained by all faculties and students. The momentum was initiated as budding department and precipitously recognized as icon “Bioinformatics Department” of Tamil Nadu. Scholars from this department show their strength by being smart in publishing highly recognized journals and those works are also recognized with high citations. As a scholar of Department of Bioinformatics, Alagappa University,

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I was allowed to travel Singapore with Apbionet travel grant to receive the Young Researcher award and the talk, which I given shows the utilization of scholars towards the next scientific era. Apart from the excellent academic experiences, I also reaped benefits of being a part of multi-cultural student body. I continually learned how to share ideas with people from different backgrounds and perspectives. The intensive and extensive interactions through SBCADD conference gave us a great opportunity to interact with people from different institutions and understand scientific cultures equipped me with better interpersonal skills. After a completion of studying (2014), I have become a Post-Doctoral fellow at Food and Drug Administration, USA and I very much realize and appreciate my course in Alagappa University, the pace of life, and the conveniences that I probably won’t get at other universities. I have learned so much at my course period, not just about academics but also about the cultures of other people. I have acquired skills in communicating and working with a diverse community. This experience has truly enriched me in many ways. Overall, I am happy and proud to alumni of Alagappa University.

From Dr.K.H. Dhanachandra Singh

I joined as lone research scholar in Department of Bioinformatics, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu in the early year of 2009. When I joined there are few computers and three faculty members only. Within few years department is able to achieve world class facilities with numerous funding and publications. I am able to finish my Ph.D in 5 years and published 22 research paper as a credit of my research. After getting my degree from this department I am able get any kind of postdoctoral position throughout world in the field of bioinformatics. I thank department of bioinformatics for making my life easy.

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From Dr. Karnati Konda Reddy

Alagappa University has helped me meet great people as well as helped me develop my research career. I have done my Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from the Alagappa University (2009-2014). It was amazing time there, I have learned more about myself during my stay at Alagappa University than at any other point in my life. I feel proud to say that I study here. There is no way I would be in the position I am today without the support of faculty I received at Alagappa University.

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From Dr. P. kirubakaran

I am Kirubakaran Palani, currently a Post-doctoral fellow from Dr. Jiri Vondrasek lab, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic. I earned my Ph.D. in Bioinformatics (December 2014) from Alagappa University under the guidance of Dr. M. Karthikeyan. I am happy to be a part of our Department alumni and it gives me an immense pleasure to participate in various meetings organized by our department. There is a small part of the suggestions to strengthen the alumni association from my side. I would like to mention it as below, 1. Regular organization of meetings may be in direct or communications by emails, phone, and Skype etc. 2. Connect and broaden the alumni and department network – such as Alumni focus newsletter to keep informed about news and opportunities. It can be issued every semester to keep in the update. 3. Keep in touch with alumni as well as current graduate students which support to strengthen the foundation for alumni-graduate bonding and current updates in research.

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4. In future awards and recognition for alumni’s for their achievements by means of a major breakthrough in research and other activities. 5. Job searching advice or career guidance from recent alumni’s will also be a part of the meeting which will help current students to overcome large competitions. 6. Bonding between the academic and industries to strengthen the broader area of career opportunities. I hope this will be helpful for the positive suggestions towards alumni and department bonding to make our department top in all aspects of research and teaching. Finally, once again thanks a lot for giving me an opportunity to be a part of our department alumni association and I will be happy to be part of it.

From Dr. A. Sudha

I have started my research career in Department of bioinformatics, ALU by the year 2009. I am very proud to say, I am the first Ph.D. student of DBI. I enjoyed my research life in DBI with well-equipped facilities. I learned to be more independent and had my own space to carry out my research work. Our department provides a platform for the exchange of academic views in various ways. A coordinated effort of our department staff members has boosted the image of bioinformatics department to grow to the newer height in scientific level. The entire institution provides the best learning experience and lights up each and every student to achieve their goal and dream. All my batch mates are all doing very well in whatever spheres of life and whichever part of the world they are achieved. At present, I am working as Teaching Assistant in DBI and still, DBI provides me a great platform to move forward in my life. I would like to thank all the DBI faculties for their generous contributions to my life. I feel very proud to be a student of ALU.

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From Dr. K. Gopinath

I, Dr. Gopinath K, joined in the Department of Bioinformatics, Alagappa University for doctoral degree in Oct, 2010 and completed in Feb, 2016. Now, I am working as a Post-doctoral researcher in Konkuk University, Seoul. Being an alumnus of Alagappa University, I always feel proud and exciting to see Alagappa University name anywhere. This is the place where I learnt responsibility and individuality. Here, I was asked to do so many things, which helped me to explore in all the way and brought out the best in me. My mentor always believe that I can do more than ever I did and this helped me discover myself during all these scholarly days. My department faculties are so friendly and always give the chance to students to lead. Our department was started in 2008 with minimum facilities but now I really cannot imagine the growth of the department with well facilities. Besides, my friends, I have no words to define their boundless care and affection. Over all, it was a wonderful experience and memorable one…. Missing Karaikudi always.

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From Dr. Naga mani

It gives me immense pride in calling that I am a research scholar of the Department of Bioinformatics, Alagappa University. I feel lucky that I was part of our department evolution process and also got evolved as a person that I am today. Our Department has a very special and sacred place in my heart. The rigorous academic and research curriculum is unparalleled in being supplemented by activities to develop oneself in multiple dimensions. Bioinformatics department has played a valuable role in my research and personal path, this was the turning point of becoming a professionally developed researcher from a scholar. Bioinformatics department has the wide enough balance of constructive research activities, wide exposure to multi- events/activities helps me to develop my management & leadership with awards and appreciations for my efforts in those days. Our department had provided me a world class infra-structure facilities without any compromise which shaped me a competitive researcher all around the globe. I wish the University for the Continued Success in near feature.

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S.No Description View
1 Ph.D Bioinformatics (2008-2023)
2 M.Phil Bioinformatics (2009-2015)
3 M.Sc. Bioinformatics (2008-2023)
4 PG. Diploma In Structural Pharmacogenomics (2013-2018)
Student Council

The Student Council in the Department of Bioinformatics, Alagappa University is the formal representative body for all students in Bioinformatics, dedicated to addressing challenges and improving student welfare. It serves as a vital link between students and the university administration, actively engaging in tasks to enhance the overall student experience. The council identifies and resolves issues, facilitates communication, and promotes student participation in departmental activities. Advocating for student interests, it communicates with the administration, faculty, and parents, acting as a conduit for information dissemination and addressing student concerns. The Student Council also contributes to the development of educational initiatives, acknowledging student contributions and providing recommendations for enhancing student life. Individual members, including the President and Vice Presidents, have specific responsibilities related to leadership, coordination, feedback collection, event planning, alumni engagement, support for entrepreneurial endeavors, promotion of physical fitness, and participation in corporate social responsibility initiatives. The council's dedicated efforts aim to ensure the holistic development and well-being of students in the Department of Bioinformatics at Alagappa University.

Year President Vice–President Secretary Joint - Secretary Executive
Council Member
2023 - 2024 N. Maheswari K. Viknesh K. Ganapathy Rinky Gogai R. Abirami
R. Raji
K.B. Vishalatchi
M. Suriya Prakash
Vaishnav P Varma
A. Muthuathilathisan
2022 - 2023 S. Kanish kanth Ebbali Harshitha N. Maheswari K. Viknesh Mohamad Aqueel Kahan
P. Saritha
S. Gowri
U. Gopi
KB. Visalatchi
K. Babu
2020 - 2021 S. Swetha M. Gopi Ebbali Harshitha S. Jothika Iswar Chandra
M. Veerapandian
S. Vinitha
S. Jeyanthi
M.S. Maharaja
R. Venkatesh
2019 - 2020 C. Srinithi R. Ganesh M. Gopi S. Sakthi Sasiskala L. Lakshmanan
M. Ararthy
B. Vibishiniya
R.Yuvadharshini
M. Manojkumar
R. Vanarasan
2018 - 2019 T. Praveen Kumar V. Keerthana R. Ganesh M. Anitha R. Santhosh
Jeyashree Biswal
Delsy Gnana Silva
S. Sneha
M. Selva Ganapathy
C. Shalini
Placement

Placement activities in the Department of Bioinformatics at Alagappa University are meticulously designed to prepare students for successful transitions into the professional world. Specifically tailored to meet the unique needs of bioinformatics students, these activities are geared towards maximizing employability and establishing valuable connections with potential employers. The department's proactive approach to placement includes gathering, organizing, and effectively sharing information about students and companies, actively seeking out relevant opportunities, and organizing specialized training programs and career guidance sessions. Acting as a vital link between students and employers, the Placement team streamlines communication and provides essential support throughout the entire interview process. Furthermore, it goes above and beyond by assisting students in securing job appointments. Our comprehensive approach strives to empower students in the field of bioinformatics by providing them with the necessary skills and connections for a successful career.

S.No Name of Research Scholar Position Name of the University/ Institute
1 Dr. Sunil Kumar Tripathi RCB-Young Investigator Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad (NCR Delhi)
2 Dr. C. Selvaraj Orise Research Associate Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Toxicology Division, FDA, USA
3 Dr. Kh. Dhanachandra Singh Post Doctoral Fellow Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio
4 Dr. Karnati Konda Reddy Post Doctoral Fellow Albany State University, Georgia, USA
5 Dr. P. Kirubakaran Post Doctoral Fellow Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, ASCR, Prague.
6 Dr. R. Vanajothi Assistant Professor Fatima College(Autonomous), Madurai
7 Dr. A. Sudha Teaching Assistant Alagappa University, Karaikudi
8 Sanjay Kumar Choubey Assistant Professor Agrawal PG Girls College, Gangapur, Rajasthan
9 Dr. K. Gopinath Researcher Konkuk University, South Korea
10 Dr. T. Sindhu Research Associate ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru
11 Dr. S. Nagamani Post Doctoral Fellow Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
12 Dr. M. Nachiappanr Research Associate International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB)
13 Dr. S. Rajamanikandan Associate Professor Karpagam Academy of Higher Education
14 Dr. D. Prabhu Assistant Professor Karpagam Academy of Higher Education
15 Dr. Vijay Prabu Assistant Professor National College (Autonomus)
16 Dr. R. Santhosh Senior Project Associate IISC
17 Dr. Umesh Panwar Post Doctoral Fellowship Konkuk University
18 Dr. Guru Raj Rao Research Associate National Institute of Science Educaiton and Research (NISER)
19 Dr. Richard Mariadasse Post Doctoral Research Yale University
20 Dr. M. Aarthy Research Associate - III ICMR Vector, Control Research Centre Field Station
21 Dr. Jeyashree biswal Associate Research Scientist Sai Life Sciences
22 Dr. N.S. Anuraj Principal Scientist Eminent Biosciences
23 Dr. L. Lakshmanan Manager Lab Operations Scigene Diagnostics
24 Dr. Jayashree Biswal Associate Research Scientist Sai Life Sciences, Hyderabad
25 Dr. J. Prajisha Senior Project Associate CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology
26 Dr. M. Amala Research Scientist ICMR-NIMR
27. Dr. S. Usha Assistant Professor Department of Bioinformatics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
28. Dr. Umesh Panwar Postdoctoral Researcher Konkuk University, South Korea
29. Dr. M. Aarthy Research Associate III ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre Field Station, Madurai
30. Dr. N.S. Anuraj Principal Scientist and Director of Eminent Biosciences Eminent Biosciences Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
31. Dr. V. Suryanarayanan Senior Research Scientist Bugworks Research India Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru, Karnataka
32. Dr. S. Vijaya Prabhu Assistant Professor Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, National College, Trichy
33. Dr. D. Sasikala Post Doctoral Fellow The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
34. Dr. N. Stalin Research Assistant Professor Gachon University, Seoul, South Korea
35. Dr. L. Lakshmanan Scientific C and Scientific Coordinator Micro Health Care, Kozhicode
36. Dr. J. John marshal Postdoctoral Researcher Konkuk University, South Korea
37. Dr. M. Amala Project Research Scientist - I ICMR - National Institute of Malarial Research (NIMR)
Students Achievements
S.No Name of Research Scholar Fellowship qualified Year
1. R. Vanajothi UGC - RGN 2009-14
2. A. Sudha DST-WOSA 2011-14
3. Sunil Kumar Tripathi CSIR - SRF 2012-14
4. V. Suryanarayanan DST-INSPIRE 2012-17
5. Karnati Konda Reddy CSIR - SRF 2013-15
6. P. Kirubakaran CSIR - SRF 2013-15
7. Kh. Dhanachandra Singh CSIR - SRF 2013-15
8. D. Sasikala UGC - RGNF 2013-18
9. M. Richard UGC-MANF 2014-2019
10. D.Prabhu ICMR-SRF 2018-2020
11. Sanjay Kumar Choubey ICMR-SRF 2019-2021
12. P. Saritha ICMR-SRF 2020-2022
13. M. Veerapandiyan ICMR-SRF 2022-2024
14. M. Amala ICMR-SRF 2022-2023
15. R. Raji ICMR-SRF 2022-2024
16. Chirasmita Nayak  ICMR-SRF 2021-2022
17. R. Abhirami ICMR-SRF 2022-2025
18. S. Muthumanikam ICMR-SRF 2022-2024
19. Dr. C. N. Rahul UGC-Kothari Fellow 2022-2024
20. Dr. M. Ahila ICMR - RA 2022-2024
21. Dr. V. Viswanathan ICMR - RA 2022-2024
S.No Name of Research Scholar Examination qualified Year
1. R.Vanajothi SET 2013
2. M. Aarthy SET 2018
Magazines / Newsletters
e-BioInformatics Magazine [BIM]
S. No. Year View
1. 2012-2013
2. 2013-2014
3. 2014-2015
4. 2017-2018
5. 2018-2019
6. 2019-2020
7. 2021-2022
8. 2022-2023
Newsletters
S. No. Press Releases View
1. 2018 - 2024
2. 2010-2017
Events & Extension Activities
Programme Duration Institution
International
International Conference on Recent Trends in Structural Bioinformatics and Computer Aided Drug Design (ICSBCADD’2022) Nov. 21st -25th, 2022 Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India.
International Conference on Recent Trends in Structural Bioinformatics and Computer Aided Drug Design (ICSBCADD’2019) Dec. 11th -13th, 2019 Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India.
International Conference on Innovative and Emerging Trends in Botany (ICIETB-2019) Nov. 6th -7th, 2019, Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India.
International Conference on Recent Trends in Biosciences-2016 (ICRTB-2016) Apr. 07th - 09th, 2016 Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India.
National
11th National Symposium cum Workshop on Recent Trends in Structural Bioinformatics and Computer Aided Drug Design (SBCADD’2019) Feb. 12th-15th, 2019 Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India.
10th National Symposium cum Workshop on Recent Trends in Structural Bioinformatics and Computer Aided Drug Design (SBCADD’2018) Feb. 20th-23rd, 2018 Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India.
9th National Symposium cum Workshop on Recent Trends in Structural Bioinformatics and Computer Aided Drug Design (SBCADD’2017) Feb. 14th-17th, 2017 Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India.
8th National Symposium cum Workshop on Recent Trends in Structural Bioinformatics and Computer Aided Drug Design (SBCADD’2016) Feb. 16th-19th, 2016 Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India.
7th National Symposium cum Workshop on Recent Trends in Structural Bioinformatics and Computer Aided Drug Design (SBCADD’2015) Feb. 24th-27th, 2015 Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India.
6th National Symposium cum Workshop on Recent Trends in Structural Bioinformatics and Computer Aided Drug Design (SBCADD’2014) Feb. 18th-21st, 2014 Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India.
5th National Symposium cum Workshop on Recent Trends in Structural Bioinformatics and Computer Aided Drug Design (SBCADD’2013) Feb. 19th-22nd, 2013 Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India.
4th National Symposium cum Workshop on Recent Trends in Structural Bioinformatics and Computer Aided Drug Design (SBCADD’2012) Feb. 20th-23rd, 2012 Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India.
National Youth day Jan. 12th, 2012 Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India.
3rd National Symposium cum Workshop on Recent Trends in Structural Bioinformatics and Computer Aided Drug Design (SBCADD’2010) Dec. 20th-22nd, 2010 Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu, India.
Faculty Exchange & Visit to Overseas Institutions
Student Exchange
Experts Visit
Extension Activities

The Department of Bioinformatics at Alagappa University actively involves students in customized extension activities that emphasize community welfare, education, and practical skills. Public initiatives encompass awareness campaigns, environmental conservation workshops, and health check-up camps. The department organizes diverse programs such as science fairs, exhibitions, and career guidance sessions, along with mentoring programs that offer academic support and guidance, introducing school students to the exciting possibilities within the field of bioinformatics. Additionally, science clubs and competitions are designed to encourage creativity and critical thinking, nurturing the next generation of scientists and innovators. For university undergraduates, the department offers skill development workshops, guest lectures, internships, and research symposiums, providing practical knowledge and industry exposure. These initiatives foster academic exchange and contribute to societal development.

Alumni and PTA meet in Department of Bioinformatics from 2017 to 2023
Awareness/Societal Contribution
Pledges
Women Empowerment Cell
Science Day Celebration
Village Extension
Various Activities
Best Practices
Best Practices
Photo Gallery



Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery Society (BIDDS)

Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery Society (BIDDS) is an Indian academic society for Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Drug Discovery. It has been registered under the rule 8 of the Tamil Nadu society’s registration Act, 1975. In recent days, bioinformatics has become indispensable in life science research. Buoyed by the success of rational drug design and the new challenges posed by the emerging resistant and infectious diseases has compelled the researchers to enhance bioinformatics application for accelerating drug discoveries. It is in this backdrop with the idea of establishing a stage for scientists, academicians, researchers and students that will bring them closer to discuss, find scientific solutions in designing new drugs using advanced computer aided technology, was proposed by Dr. S. Subbiah, Vice-Chancellor, Alagappa University at University’s Bioinformatics department during the 9th National symposium-cum-workshop on “Recent trends in structural bioinformatics and computer aided drug design”. The society will serve as a platform for dissemination of scientific knowledge and function as a central hub between bioinformatics, biological sciences and other allied life sciences.

BIDDS has been developed for the promotion of recent progress in drug discovery with the resource of bioinformatics. This society helps in discovering the scientific and academic efforts throughout the globe and recognizes the researchers and scientist bestowed with the awards and credits. Expertise and eminent scientist all over India can be found under a single platform via BIDDS. The members of society meet every year and organize conference, workshop, symposium and training for all upcoming researchers to achieve great success by meeting eminent scientist and industrialists. It will be endow with a global opening for the scientists and researchers to present their work and gain exposure. This helps to seek inspiration and support the young researchers to accomplish their aim for future exploration of their study.

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BIDDS (Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery Society)