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Dr. Hemanth Naick Banavath
Ph.D. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry.
· Characterization of Inter-organelle communication, Bioenergetics in Exercise Physiology
· MicroRNAs in calcium homeostasis, metabolism and Cardiovascular Pathology
· In-silico drug discovery and characterization (in-vitro) Proteomics
Research Trainee at Jhon Hopkins University
Post-Doctoral fellow at IISER-Tirupati
| S. No. | Authors | Title of Article | Journal/Conference Details | Journal/Conference | Publication Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shruti Gupta, Harshita Tak, Khushhal Rathore, Hemanth Naick Banavath, Kiran Kumar Tejavath | Caffeic acid, a dietary polyphenol, pre-sensitizes pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma to chemotherapeutic drug | Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics | Journal | 2025 |
| 2 | Harshita Tak, Jivanage Anirudh, Arpan Chattopadhyay, B Hemanth Naick | Argonaute protein assisted drug discovery for miRNA-181c-5p and target gene ATM translation repression: a computational approach | Molecular Diversity | Journal | 2025 |
| 3 | Sharmistha Dey, Rinku Malviya, Anuradha Pandey, Mehanathan Muthamilarasan, Hemanth Naick Banavath, Dipak Gayen | Identification and expression analysis of the FtsH protein family in Chickpea (Kabuli type) in response to drought stress | Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology | Journal | 2025 |
| 4 | Arpan Chattopadhyay,Harshita Tak, B Hemanth Naick | Evaluating cell-free circulatory mitochondrial DNA as a comprehensive biomarker for stress: meta-analysis of psychological and physiological stress responses | Biomarkers | Journal | 2025 |
| 5 | Shalini Jain, Mukesh Kumar Sharma, Nidhi Gupta, Jivanage Anirudh, Hemanth Naick Banavath, Sreemoyee Chatterjee | An experimental and computational approach to evaluate the antidiabetic activity of Commiphora wightii gum extract | Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine | Journal | 2025 |
| 6 | Priya Godara, K Sony Reddy, Welka Sahu, Biswajit Naik, Varshita Srivastava, Rusham Das, Ajay Mahor, Prateek Kumar, Rajanish Giri, Jivanage Anirudh, Harshita Tak, Hemanth Naick Banavath, Tarun Kumar Bhatt, Amit Kumar Goyal, Dhaneswar Prusty | Structure-based virtual screening against multiple Plasmodium falciparum kinases reveals antimalarial compounds | Molecular Diversity | Journal | 2024 |
| 7 | Arpan Chattopadhyay, Harshita Tak, Jivanage Anirudh, B Hemanth Naick | Meta-analysis of Circulatory mitomiRs in stress Response: Unveiling the significance of miR-34a and miR-146a | Gene | Journal | 2024 |
| 8 | Harshita Tak, Arpan Chattopadhyay, Hemanth Naick Banavath | A meta-analysis of differentially expressed circulatory micro-RNAs in chronic traumatic encephalopathy and other tauopathies: A significant role of miR-181c-5p | Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971-) | Journal | 2024 |
| 9 | Shruti Gupta, Hemanth Naick Banavath, Kiran Kumar Tejavath | Pharmacoinformatic screening of phytoconstituent and evaluation of its anti-PDAC effect using in vitro studies | Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics | Journal | 2023 |
| 10 | Arpan Chattopadhyay, Harshita Tak, B Hemanth Naick | Cell-Free Mitochondrial DNA as a Novel biomarker for stress-related conditions-Meta-Analysis | Human Gene | Journal | 2023 |
| 11 | STELLA SRAVANTHI VALATHATI, HEMANTH NAICK BANAVATH, P LATHA | ANTI-CANCER ACTIVITY OF GREEN SYNTHESISED SILVER AND GOLD NANOPARTICLES USING OCHNA OBTUSATA LEAF. | Journal of Phytol research | Journal | 2021 |
| 12 | Disha Hiregange, Hemanth Naick, Basuthkar J Rao | ATR signalling mediates the prosurvival function of phospho-NPM against PIDDosome mediated cell death | Cellular Signalling | Journal | 2020 |
| 13 | Mallikarjuna Nimgampalle, Hemanth Naick Banavath, Harshini Chakravarthy, Ambrish Saxena, Vasudharani Devanathan | Novel inhibitors of Rho-kinase mediated neuroinflammatory pathways and their potential application in recovery of injured spinal cord | Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics | Journal | 2020 |
| 14 | Pramod Bhingardeve, Bharath Raj Madhanagopal, Hemanth Naick, Prashant Jain, Muthiah Manoharan, Krishna Ganesh | Receptor-Specific Delivery of Peptide Nucleic Acids Conjugated to Three Sequentially Linked N-Acetyl Galactosamine Moieties into Hepatocytes | The Journal of Organic Chemistry | Journal | 2020 |
| 15 | Hemanth N Banavath, Barbara Roman, Nathan Mackowski, Debjit Biswas, Junaid Afzal, Yohei Nomura, Soroosh Solhjoo, Brian O'Rourke, Mark Kohr, Elizabeth Murphy, Charles Steenbergen, Samarjit Das | miR‐181c Activates Mitochondrial Calcium Uptake by Regulating MICU 1 in the Heart | Journal of the American Heart Association | Journal | 2019 |
| 16 | Hemanth Naick Banavath, Srinivasa Rao Allam, Stella Sravanthi Valathati, Alok Sharan, Baskaran Rajasekaran | Femtosecond laser pulse assisted photoporation for drug delivery in Chronic myelogenous leukemia cells | Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology | Journal | 2018 |
| 17 | Hemanth Naick, Shunqian Jin, R Baskaran | GADD45α modulates curcumin sensitivity through c-Abl-and JNK-dependent signaling pathways in a mismatch repair-dependent manner | Molecular and cellular biochemistry | Journal | 2016 |
| 18 | HN Banavath, OP Sharma, MS Kumar, R Baskaran | Identification of novel tyrosine kinase inhibitors for drug resistant T315I mutant BCR-ABL: a virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulations study | Scientific reports 4 (1), 1-11 | Journal | 2014 |
1. UGC-Start up Grant
Title
The potential role of miR-181-c in chrinic traumatic encephalopathy
Sanctioned amount : 10 lakhs
2. DST-Inspire Faculty Fellowship
Title
Inter-organelle association of endoplasmic reticulum – mitochondria association and its role in replication stress and other cellular physiology and pathophysiology
Sanctioned amount : 35 Lakhs
Organized
Organised one day webinar on "Mitochondria in Health and Disease-2021"




