- The department offers research
opportunities in the areas of structural biology, bioinformatics,
membrane biology and neurobiophysics (cognitive science) in general.
The main research emphasis of the Department is in the area of
theoretical biology and membrane biophysics e.g. ion channels and
neurobiophysics. A special emphasis is given on learning, memory and
computational neuroscience. The Department is equipped with
electrophysiological set up (patch clamp and bilayer systems), which
are the most sensitive tools to study such channels. The
experimental work is supported by extensive mathematical and
computational analysis, e.g. Mathematical modelling, Neural Network.
- Other areas of active research are:
enzymatic modulation of ion channel, e.g. phosphorylation,
biological spectroscopy. The objective of structural biology work is
to understand the structure-function-evolution relationship in
proteins from various organisms, particularly extremophiles using
various biophysical techniques like CD spectroscopy and X-ray
crystallography. The department is also involved in research in the
areas of metagenomics and molecular modelling. The thrust area of
bioinformatics is genome and protein sequence analysis particularly
in relation to function
