From: saha@ivrea.OAS.Olivetti.Com (Sailendra Nath Saha)
Newsgroups: bionet.jobs
Subject: Seeking Post Doctoral Fellowship
Summary: Molecular Bio Physics
Date: 6 Apr 92 17:41:41 GMT
Followup-To: mb@mbu.iisc.ernet.in
Organization: Olivetti OAS; Cupertino CA, USA

Hello,
	This is posted on behalf of a friend of mine, who does not have an
access to this network service. You can either reach him at his email
address given below or I can forward any questions/replies to him. 

	He has recently finished his Ph.D. in Molecular BioPhysics and looking
for a post doctoral work in the related areas of interest as mentioned
in his thesis work brief.

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NAME:                       DHANANJAY BHATTACHARYYA

Email Address  :			mb@mbu.iisc.ernet.in

PRESENT ADDRESS:            MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS UNIT
                            INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
                            BANGALORE 560012
							INDIA

PERMANENT ADDRESS:          CENTRAL PARK, KHIRISHTALA                     
                            P.O. SONARPUR                                 
                            DISTRICT. -  S. 24 PARGANAS
                            WEST BENGAL - 743369 

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:                                                   
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EXAM.    YEAR OF     SUBJECTS TAKEN         UNIVERSITY     CLASS          
PASSED   PASSING                                                          
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B.SC.     1981      PHYSICS (HONS.)        UNIVERSITY OF     I            
                    MATHEMATICS &          CALCUTTA                       
                    CHEMISTRY                                             
                                                                          
M.SC.     1983      PHYSICS                UNIVERSITY OF     I            
                    (SOLID STATE PHYSICS   CALCUTTA                       
                    AS SPECIAL PAPER)                                     
                                                                          
PH.D      1991      MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS   INDIAN INSTITUTE               
(APPROVED)                                 OF SCIENCE                     
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RECIPIENT OF NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR 1982-83.

POST M.SC. EXPERIENCE:      1) One year associate in saha Institute 
                            of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta.

                            2)  Research Experience as  JRF  from 
                            1985 to 1987 in Molecular  Biophysics 
                            Unit,  Indian Institute  of  Science, 
                            Bangalore 560012.

                            3) Research Experience as  SRF  from 
                            1987    till   1991   in    Molecular 
                            Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute  of 
                            Science, Bangalore 560012.

NO. OF PUBLICATION:         14

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

      An  algorithm  has  been developed  by  the  candidate  for 
analysing  the regular and bent/kinked nucleic  acid  structures.  
Several  set  of basepair and local doublet parameters  has  been 
defined  to  characterize  nucleic  acid  structures.   The  same 
basepair  and local parameters can be used to regenerate a  given 
nucleic   acid  structure  with  very  high  accuracy   and   the 
methodology  has  been  derived  by  the  candidate.   The  above 
procedure have been used to understand the structural features of 
different models based on x-ray fiber data.  A number of  nucleic 
acid (DNA AND tRNA) crystal structures have been analysed by  the 
candidate  using the above mentioned algorithm to understand  the 
sequence  dependent nature of the structural parameters, as  well 
as environmental effects on the nucleic acids.  These  parameters 
has been also found to be important for several gross features of 
nucleic acid double helices.  As examples, minor groove width  of 
DNA  double  helices and characteristic kinking and  rigidity  in 
tRNA  structures can be easily understood from these  parameters. 
Bending  of  various polynucleotides of different  synthetic  and 
natural  DNA  sequences  is  another field  of  interest  of  the 
candidate,  which the candidate has attempted to explain  on  the 
basis   of  these  structural  variations  observed  in   crystal 
structures. 

EXPERIENCES
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1.  Experienced  in using VAX-VMS, PC-DOS, PC-UNIX,  HP-1000  and 
    DEC-1090 computers. 

2.  Experienced in writing computer programs using FORTRAN, C and 
    BASIC programming languages. 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:
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1)  Energetics  of Left and Right Handed Models of DNA  (with  M. 
    Bansal) J. Biomol. Struct. Dynam. 4, 1027-1040 (1987).

2)  A  General Procedure for Generation of Curved  DNA  Molecules 
    (With M. Bansal)  J. Biomol. Struct. Dynam. 6, 93-104 (1988).

3)  Why   do   DNA  Helical  Models  Exhibit  Wedge   Rolls?    A 
    Mathematical Rationale (With M. Bansal) Current Science,  57, 
    1159-1162 (1988).

4)  A Self-Consistent Formulation for Analysis and Generation  of 
    Non-Uniform  DNA  structures  (With  M.  Bansal)  J.  Biomol. 
    Struct. Dynam. 6, 645-653, (1989).

5)  Real  and  Apparent Curvature in  Oligonucleotides  (With  M. 
    Bansal)  in  Structure  & Methods, Vol 3  (Eds.  R.H.Sarma  & 
    M.H.Sarma),pp 139-153 (1990).

6)  Local  Variability and Base Sequence Effects in  DNA  Crystal 
    Structures (With M. Bansal) J. Biomol. Struct. Dynam. 8  539-
    572 (1990) .

7)  Dna Bending: A Natural Consequence of Base Sequence Dependent 
    Variability  (With  M. Bansal and D. Mohanty)  in  Biopolymer 
    Conformations  (Eds.  S.Ramashesan and P. Balaram)  in  press 
    (1991).

8)  Groove width and  Depth of B-DNA  Structures Depend on  Local 
    Variation in Slide (With M. Bansal) J. Biomol. Struct. Dynam. 
    (in press) (1992)

SYMPOSIA PRESENTATION:
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1)  Sequence  Dependent Variation in Potential Energies of  Right       
    Crystallography, 1987, Changanacherry, INDIA (with M.Bansal).   

2)  A  Mathematical  Formalism  for Analysis  and  Generation  of
    Non-Uniform  DNA  Molecules, EMBO Workshop on  DNA  Curvature            
    and Bending, 1988, Cambridge, U.K (with M. Bansal).

3)  Real  and  Apparent  Curvature  in  Oligonucleotides,   Sixth       
    Conversation  in  Biomolecular  Stereodynamics,  1989,  SUNY,       
    Albany, USA (With M. Bansal).

4)  NUPARM and its Application, Presented in Regional Workshop on 
    Molecular Moddeling, DIC Bangalore (1991).

5)  Local  Variation in Basepair Stacking: Implications  for  DNA 
    Bending, Seventh Conversation in Biomolecular Stereodynamics, 
    1991, SUNY, Albany, USA (With M. Bansal and D. Mohanty).

SOFTWARE PUBLICATION:
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1)  NUPARM  -  A Nucleic Acid  Parameter  Determination  Program, 
    Available  in Brookhaven Protein Data Bank as  Program  entry 
    (1990) (With M. Bansal).

MANUSCRIPT IN PREPERATION:
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1.  Sequence   Dependent  Local  Variations  in   Oligonucleotide 
    Crystal  Structures Predict DNA Bending in Solution (with  M. 
    Bansal). 

2.  Local  Variability  and Tertiary Structural Effects  in  tRNA 
    Crystal Structures (with M. Bansal). 

3.  Effect  of CA/TG Sequence at 5'-end of Oligo-A Tracts on  the 
    Gel  Mobility  of Short Oligomers  (with A.K.  Nagaich,  S.K. 
    Brahmachari and M. Bansal). 

REFEREES:
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1.  DR. M. BANSAL (ASST. PROF.) 
    MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS UNIT 
    INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE 
    BANGALORE 560 012

2.  PROF. M. VIJYAN (CHAIRMAN) 
    MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS UNIT 
    INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE 
    BANGALORE 560 012

3.  DR. S.K. BRAHMACHARI 
    MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS UNIT 
    INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE 
    BANGALORE 560 012   

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