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Abhijit Mishra
Assistant Professor
 

B.Tech.: IIT Bombay, 2003
Ph.D.: University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, 2010

Email: amishra @ iitgn.ac.in
Phone: +91-79-32459903
Fax: +91-79-23972622
 
Research Interest
  • X-Ray Diffraction
  • Membrane properties
  • Cell-penetrating and Antimicrobial Peptides
  • Peptide-lipid interactions

Work Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (July-2011 to present)
  • Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California Los Angeles (July-2010 to June-2011)
  • Research Assistant, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (Aug-2003 to May-2010)
Selected Recent Publications
  • A. Mishra, G. Lai, N. Schmidt, V. Sun, A. Rodriguez, R.Tong, L. Tang, J. Cheng, T. Deming, D. Kamei, and G. Wong, “Translocation of HIV TAT peptide and analogues induced by multiplexed membrane and cytoskeletal interactions”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.,108 16883, 2011.
  • A. Mishra, K. Tai, N. Schmidt, A. Ouellette, and G. Wong, “Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Studies of Peptide-Lipid Interactions Using the Mouse Paneth Cell α-Defensin Cryptdin-4", Methods in Enzymology, 492 127, 2011.
  • N. Schmidt, A. Mishra, G. Lai, M. Davis, L. Sanders, D. Tran, A. Garcia, K. Tai, P. McCray, A. Ouellette, M. Selsted and G. Wong, "Criterion for Amino Acid Composition of Defensins and Antimicrobial Peptides Based on Geometry of Membrane Destabilization", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133 6720, 2011.
  • N. Schmidt, A. Mishra, G. Lai and G. Wong, “Arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides”, FEBS letters 5841806, 2009.
  • A. Mishra, V. Gordon, L. Yang, R. Coridan and G. Wong, “HIV TAT Forms Pores in Membranes by Inducing Saddle-Splay Curvature: Potential Role of Bidentate Hydrogen Bonding”, Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed., 47 2986, 2008.
 

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