Dr Mohammad Zeeshan Ansari

PhD (Computational Biology)

zeeshan@manipaldubai.com

Experience

Dr. Zeeshan Ansari received his doctoral degree in the field of computational biology from National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, India. He completed his graduation and post-graduation studies in biochemistry from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. He has qualified National Eligibility Test for Lectureship conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and University Grant Commission (UGC) of India and was among the top 20% of qualified students. He has also qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)-2001, with 99.86 percentile and was third rank holder all over India. As student he was member of International Society for Computational Biology, ISCB, USA and Society of Biological Chemists, SBC, India. He has received fellowships and numerous grants from national and international agencies to participate and present his findings in several scientific conferences and proceedings in India and abroad.

Areas of Interest in teaching

At Manipal University Dubai, he is teaching Chemistry at BSc level and genetic aspect of Immunology and Biochemical processes at MSc level. He is also involved in teaching and training students in the specialized field of Bioinformatics at all levels.

Top 5 research publications/ Projects

• Biological Sequence-Structure-Function Correlation.
• Structural Biology
• Drug Design
• Bioprocess engineering.

Selected Publications:
• SBSPKS: structure based sequence analysis of polyketide synthases. Anand S, Prasad MV, Yadav G, Kumar N, Shehara J, Ansari MZ, Mohanty D. (2010) Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 May 5.

• In silico analysis of methyltransferase domains involved in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. Ansari MZ, Sharma J, Gokhale RS and Mohanty D. (2008). BMC Bioinformatic. 9:454.

• A genetic locus required for iron acquisition in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Krithika R, Marathe U, Saxena P, Ansari MZ, Mohanty D, Gokhale RS.(2006). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 103(7):2069-74.

• Dissecting the mechanism and assembly of a complex virulence mycobacterial lipid.Trivedi OA, Arora P, Vats A, Ansari MZ, Tickoo R, Sridharan V, Mohanty D, Gokhale RS. (2005) Mol Cell. 17(5):631-43.

• NRPS-PKS: a knowledge-based resource for analysis of NRPS/PKS megasynthases. Ansari MZ, Yadav G, Gokhale RS, Mohanty D. (2004) Nucleic Acids Res. 32:W405-13.

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