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Rudresh Acharya's Lab

Research Laboratory for Macromolecular Crystallography and Protein design

Group Members

Principal Investigator

Dr. Rudresh Acharya

Associate Professor

Postdoctral training under the guidance of Prof. William F. DeGrado, University of Pennsylvania.
PhD., from Indian Institute Of Science, Bangalore.

My research interests are X-ray Crystallography, Protein Design, Protein Dynamics, Enzymes, Catalysis, Computations, De novo peptide design, and Transmembrane Peptides.

Hobbies; building RC Toys; Drone, Fixed wing Planes, 3D-printed Cars

PhD students

Nilima Mahapatra

I'm from Bhubaneswar, and did my masters in Biotechnology from the University of Hyderabad (2016-2018). I Joined Rudy's group in 2019 as PhD, scholar and working on the structure-function-dynamics of a bacterial Histidine Kinase, a part of two component systems.

Ranjita R Samal

I am from Balasore Odisha. I did my Masters and M.phil in biotechnology from Fakir Mohan University. I joined Rudy's lab in aug 2022 and I am currently working on protein engineering by directed evolution to design novel protein that has improved industrial activity.

Hariom Kumar Verma

I joined Rudy's lab in Jan 2023 and I am currently working on protein engineering by directed evolution to design novel protein that has desired substrate specificity and imporved activity. Further, provide structural basis for its functioning through X-ray Crystallographic and Compuational approaches.

Int. M.Sc., students

Avhra Biswas

I am from Kolkata and doing my Int. M.Sc. from NISER. I joined Rudy's Lab in April, 2022. I am interested in Structural Biology and working on Structure-Function of Polysaccharides Lyase. I'm employing protein engineering approach to design novel functioning in PL.

Ashwin B Nair

I'm Ashwin B Nair from Kerala , currently pursuing Integrated MSc from NISER Bhubaneswar. My work at Rudy's Lab is centered around the de novo design and synthesis of a soluble peptide tetramer capable of binding.

Gyanaranjan Samal

I am from Odisha and doing my Int. M.Sc. from NISER. I joined Rudy's Lab in April, 2022. I am interested in Structural Biology and working on Structure-Function of bacterial proteins.