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Dr. Hemanth Naick Banavath

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry.

hemanth.naick@curaj.ac.in

·         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"