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Hire Dr. Rakesh K.

United States

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Computational Biologist with expertise in MD simulation, Docking and Bioinformatics techniques.

Profile Summary

Computational Biologist interested in the solving biological problems using simulation and Bioinformatics

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Molecular Modeling
• ☆ Molecular Docking
• ☆ Computational Biology
• ☆ Biophysics
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Computer Simulation/Computational Modeling
• ☆ Bioinformatics
• ☆ Structural Bioinformatics

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Creative Writing, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Data Visualization

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Pennsylvania

August 2023 - Present

Research Associate/Institute Postdoctoral Fellow

IIT Bombay

December 2022 - July 2023

Research Assistant

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

August 2016 - November 2016

Education

Ph.D. (Biosciences and Bioengineering)

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

December 2016 - April 2023

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Rakesh Krishnan, Megan L. Clark, Kamen P. Simeonov, Walter K. Mowel, Michaël F. Michieletto, Leonel Joannas, Jasmine M. Wright, Isabel Erickson, Lexus R. Johnson, César de la Fuente-Núñez, et al. (2025). Mitochondrial complex IV remodeling in tumor-associated macrophages amplifies interferon signaling and promotes anti-tumor immunity . Immunity.

Rakesh Krishnan, Aetas Amponnawarat, Marcelo D.T. Torres, Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez, Hydar Ali (2025). Synthetic peptides targeting a mast cell-specific G protein-coupled receptor MRGPRB2 display anti-infective potential . Cell Biomaterials.

Panigrahi R, Krishnan R, Singh JS, Padinhateeri R, Kumar A (2023). SUMO1 hinders α-Synuclein fibrillation by inducing structural compaction . Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society.

Rakesh Krishnan, Srivastav Ranganathan, Samir K. Maji, Ranjith Padinhateeri(2022). Role of non-specific interactions in the phase-separation and maturation of macromolecules . PLOS Computational Biology. 18. (5). p. e1010067. Public Library of Science ({PLoS})

Rakesh Krishnan (2015). Computational Characterization of a Cryptic Intermediate in the Unfolding Kinetics of An All [Beta]-Sheet Protein. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research.

PREPRINT

Rakesh Krishnan, Christina DeBarro, Sofia Assent, Hannah Makhecha, Noor Radde, Justin Randalf, Cesar de la Fuente-Nunez, Renee M. Fleeman (2025). Defining the importance of the arginine loop region of protegrin-1 for antimicrobial activity towards colistin-resistant<i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> .

Rakesh Krishnan, Soumik Ray, Debdeep Chatterjee, Semanti Mukherjee, Komal Patel, Jaladhar Mahato, Sangram Kadam, Ajay Singh Sawner, Manisha Poudyal, G Krishnamoorthy, et al.(2021). Spatiotemporal solidification of α-synuclein inside the liquid droplets . Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

CONFERENCE ABSTRACT

Rakesh Krishnan (2022). Probing the role of non-specific interactions in promoting functional protein-protein complexes. Biophysical Journal.