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Anasuya Roychowdhury

Anasuya Roychowdhury

Lab:
Wlodek Bujalowski
In BMB since (year):
2004-2009
Biographical Information:
  • Undergraduate institution: Scottish Church College, University of Calcutta, India
  • Undergraduate degree: B.S. in Botany Honors with Chemistry and Zoology
  • Masters institution: Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India
  • Masters degree: M.Tech.( Biotechnology); M.S.(Biotechnology)
Research interests:
Structure-function and regulation of macromolecular machines.
Interests outside of the lab:
Photography; Literature; Music; Art & Culture; History & Politics.
Grants/Awards:
  • Irma Mendoza Scholarship Award, UTMB, Galveston, Texas, 2009.
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) Travel Award, UTMB, Galveston, Texas, 2009.
  • The Protein Society Finn Wold Travel Award. The 23rd Annual Symposium of The Protein Society; PROTEINS IN MOTION; Boston, Massachusetts; July 25-29, 2009
  • The Robert A. Welch Award for Excellence in Graduate Research in Chemistry, UTMB, Galveston, Texas.(2007)
  • Qualified GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur) in Life Sciences. (2002)
Publications/Posters:
  1. Andreeva, I.E., Roychowdhury, A., Szymanski, M.R., Jezewska M.J., Bujalowski W. Mechanism of Nucleotide Cofactor Interactions With the RepA Protein of Plasmid RSF1010. Binding Dynamics Studied Using Fluorescence Stopped-Flow Method. Biochemistry. 48(44):10620-36, 2009.
  2. Roychowdhury, A., Szymanski, M., Jezewska, M.J. and Bujalowski, W. Interactions of the E.coli DnaB-DnaC Protein Complex with Nucleotide Cofactors. 1. Allosteric Conformational Transitions of the Complex. Biochemistry 48(29):6712-29, 2009.
  3. Roychowdhury, A., Szymanski, M., Jezewska, M.J and Bujalowski, W. Mechanism of NTP hydrolysis by the Escherichia coli Primary Replicative Helicase DnaB Protein. 2. Nucleotide and Nucleic Acid Specificities. Biochemistry 48(29): 6730-46, 2009.
  4. Roychowdhury, A., Szymanski, M., Jezewska, M.J., and Bujalowski, W. The Escherichia coli DnaB Helicase-DnaC Protein Complex: Allosteric Effects in the Nucleic Acid and Kinetic Mechanism of NTP Hydrolysis. 3. Biochemistry 48(29): 6747-63, 2009.
  5. Sircar, D., Roychowdhury, A., Mitra,A. Accumulation of p-hydroxybenzoic acid in hairy roots of Daucus carota L., J Plant Physiol. 164(10):1358-66, 2007.
  6. Lucius, A.L., Jezewska, M.J., Roychowdhury, A. and Bujalowski, W. Kinetic Mechanisms of the Nucleotide Cofactor Binding to the Strong and Weak Nucleotide-Binding Site of the Escherichia coli PriA Helicase, Biochemistry 45(23):7217-7236,2006.
Curriculum Vitae
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