Nand Kishore, FNASc

    Professor

    Department of Chemistry

    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

    Powai, Mumbai 400076

    Ph:   022-2576 7157

    Fax:  022-2576 3480

    Email: nandk[at]chem.iitb.ac.in

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Academic Background

Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi)

M.Sc. (Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar)

B.Sc. (Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar)

 

Postdoctoral Research

Yale University USA (1989-1991)

National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA(1991-1992)

Professional Experience

Head, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (December 3rd 2008 - December 23rd 2011)

Professor (Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay) March 2005 onwards

Guest Research Scientist (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA) May 2005- July 2005

Guest Research Scientist (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA) May 2000- July 2000

Associate Professor (Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay) Oct 1998 - Feb 2005

Guest Research Scientist (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA) May 1997- July 1998

Assistant Professor (Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay) July 1994 - Oct 1998

Lecturer (Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay) May 1992 - July 1994

 

Research Interests

Bio-thermodynamics, Biophysical Chemistry

 

Representative Publications

  1. "Complexation of beta-lactam Antibiotic Drug Carbenicillin to Bovine Serum Albumin: Energetics and Conformational Studies": A. A Thoppil, R. Sharma and N Kishore , Biopolymers, 89 (2008) 831-840.
  2. "Calorimetric and Spectroscopic Studies on the Interaction of Methimazole with Bovine Serum Albumin", S. K. Singh and N. Kishore , J. Pharm. Sci. 97 (2008) 2362-2372.
  3. "Enhancement of thermal stability and inhibition of protein aggregation by osmolytic effect of hydroxyproline", K. Kar and N. Kishore , Biopolymers, 87 (2007) 339-351.
  4. Binding of Naproxen and Amitriltyline to Bovine Serum Albumin: Biophysical Aspects, T. Banerjee, S. K. Singh and N. Kishore , J. Phys. Chem. B 110 (2006) 24147-24156. .
  5. Elucidating the binding thermodynamics of 8-anilino-1-naphthalene sulfonic acid with the A-state of α-lactalbumin: An isothermal titration calorimetric investigation, S. K. Singh and N. Kishore , Biopolymers,  83 (2006) 205-212.
  6. Thermodynamic insights into the binding of triton X-100 to globular proteins: A calorimetric and spectroscopic investigation, S. K. Singh and N. Kishore , J. Phys. Chem. B, 110 (2006) 9728-9737.  
  7. Binding of 8-anilinonaphthalene sulfonate to dimeric and tetrameric concanavalin A:  Energetics and its implications on saccharide binding studied by isothermal titration calorimetry, T. Banerjee and N. Kishore , J. Phys. Chem. B, 110 (2006)7022-7028. .  
  8. 2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol induced molten globule state of concanavalin A and energetics of ANS binding: Calorimetric and spectroscopic investigation, T. Banerjee and N. Kishore , J. Phys. Chem. B, 109 (2005) 22655-22662.
  9. Does the anesthetic 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol interact with bovine serum albumin by direct binding or solvent mediated effects? A calorimetric and spectroscopic investigation, T. Banerjee and N. Kishore , Biopolymers, 78 (2005) 78-86.  
  10. "1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexafluoroisopropanol induced thermal unfolding and molten globule state of bovine α-lactalbumin: Calorimetric and spectroscopic studies", A. Kundu and N. Kishore, Biopolymers, 73 (2004) 405-420.