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Hire Dr. Prasanth G.

India

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Proficient in Target-based screening - Ensemble Docking, Molecular Dynamics, Protein-Ligand free energy calculation

Profile Summary

Background : I am interested in applying Computer Aided Drug Designing tools, specifically target-based screening to evaluate the inhibitory potential of natural products, drugs and semi-synthetic compounds on various targets of interest. My PhD topic allowed me to successfully utilize these techniques to demonstrate the potential of pyrroquinazoline alkaloids of a medicinal plant as inhibitors of eicosanoid pathway enzymes. I had previously collaborated with multiple groups to carryout screening of drugs and natural products for their SARS-CoV-2 protease inhibitory potential. Technical Skills : - Molecular Dynamics with AMBER and GROMACS for protein, protein-ligand and membrane protein systems. - MD with all-atom (protein-ligand), United atom force fields (protein in water and bi-lipid layer) - Free energy calculations using MM-PBSA and Interaction Entropy - Visualization (movie making / illustrations) of interactions (protein-ligand) using VMD, CHIMERA and PyMol - Docking and Ensemble docking using Autodock Vina - Graphing and statistical analysis using GraphPad Prism.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Molecular Modeling
• ★ Molecular Docking
• ☆ Natural Product Chemistry
• ☆ Computational Chemistry
• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Botany
• ☆ Ethnobotany
• ☆ Drug Design

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Processing

Product Development Product Evaluation, Product Validation

Work Experience

SAKURA Science exchange program, JAIST, Japan

Research Associate

July 2018 - July 2018

Doctoral Research

UGC BSR Science Fellow

March 2013 - April 2018

Education

PhD

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

March 2013 - November 2021

Master of Philosophy - Biosciences

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

July 2009 - March 2011

Master of Sciences - Biosciences

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

June 2007 - April 2009

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Prasanth Ghanta, Kartik Mitra, Sushank Acharya, Gayathri Chakrapani, Basavaraju Ramaiah, Mukesh Doble(2021). Dual inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 proteases: pharmacophore and molecular dynamics based drug repositioning and phytochemical leads . Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 39. (16). p. 6324--6337. Informa {UK} Limited

Prasanth Ghanta, Mukesh Doble, Basavaraju Ramaiah(2021). Alkaloids of Adhatoda vasica Nees. as potential inhibitors of cyclooxygenases – an in-silico study . Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. p. 1--11. Informa {UK} Limited

Prasanth Ghanta, Vijay Sai Krishna Cheerala, Sundaresan Chittor Neelakantan(2021). Design, synthesis and in silico screening of benzoxazole–thiazolidinone hybrids as potential inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 proteases . RSC Advances. 11. (62). p. 39328--39342. Royal Society of Chemistry ({RSC})

Prasanth Ghanta, Shweta Sinha, Mukesh Doble, Basavaraju Ramaiah(2020). Potential of pyrroquinazoline alkaloids from Adhatoda vasica Nees. as inhibitors of 5-LOX – a computational and an in-vitro study . Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. p. 1--12. Informa {UK} Limited