Faculty Profile

Dr. Basir Ahmad

Email : ahmad.basir1@gmail.com



Name : Dr. Basir Ahmad

Gender : Male

Birth Date : -

Designation : Assistant Professor

Department : Medical Elementology and Toxicology

URL : https://tinyurl.com/yx2o2qad

Date of Joining : -

Address : Room 316, 3rd Floor Faculty of Science Building, Jamia Hamdard-Institute of Molecular Medicine, Hamdard Nagar 110062

City : New Delhi

State : Delhi

Country : India

Email Address : ahmad.basir1@gmail.com

Phone [Residence] : -

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No. Degree/Diploma Institute/ Organization Year Branch/Specialization
1 Ph. D.  (Philosophy of Doctorate ) Aligarh Muslim University 2008 Biotechnology
2 M.Sc.  (Master of Science ) Aligarh Muslim University 2002 Biotechnology
3 B.Sc.  (Bachelor of Science ) Aligarh Muslim University 1999 Chemistry
No. Publication Journal Month Year
1 Pathak S, Tripathi S, Deori N, Ahmad B, Verma H, Lokhande R, Nagotu S, Kale A. Effect of Tetracycline family of antibiotics on actin aggregation, resulting in the formation of Hirano bodies responsible for neuropathological disorders. J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2020 Jan 17:1-36. JAN 2020
2 Kumari A, Muthu SA, Prakash P, Ahmad B. Herbalome of Chandraprabha vati, a polyherbal formulation of Ayurveda prevents fibrillation of lysozyme by stabilizing aggregation-prone intermediate state. Int J Biol Macromol. 2020 Jan 13;148:102-109. JAN 2020
3 Kumari A, Ahmad B.The physical basis of fabrication of amyloid-based hydrogels by lysozyme RSC Advances 9 (64), 37424-37435 NOV 2019
4 Pramanik S, Ahmad B. Exposure of Aggregation-Prone Segments is the Requirement for Amyloid Fibril Formation. Curr Protein Pept Sci. 2018;19(10):1024-1035. 2018
5 Sonavane S, Haider SZ, Kumar A, Ahmad B. Hemin is able to disaggregate lysozyme amyloid fibrils into monomers. Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom. 2017 Nov;1865(11 Pt A):1315-1325. NOV 2017
6 Shukla VK, Singh JS, Vispute N, Ahmad B, Kumar A, Hosur RV. Unfolding of CPR3 Gets Initiated at the Active Site and Proceeds via Two Intermediates. Biophys J. 2017 Feb 28;112(4):605-619. FEB 2017
7 Chaudhary AP, Vispute NH, Shukla VK, Ahmad B. A comparative study of fibrillation kinetics of two homologous proteins under identical solution condition. Biochimie. 2017 Jan;132:75-84. JAN 2017
8 Ahmad B, Borana MS, Chaudhary AP. Understanding curcumin-induced modulation of protein aggregation. Int J Biol Macromol. 2017 Jul;100:89-96. JULY 2017
9 Muthu SA, Mothi N, Shiriskar SM, Pissurlenkar RR, Kumar A, Ahmad B. Physical basis for the ofloxacin-induced acceleration of lysozyme aggregation and polymorphism in amyloid fibrils. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2016 Feb 15;592:10-19. FEB 2016
10 Acharya S, Saha S, Ahmad B, Lapidus LJ. Effects of Mutations on the Reconfiguration Rate of a-Synuclein. J Phys Chem B. 2015 Dec 17;119(50):15443-50. DEC 2015
11 Mothi N, Muthu SA, Kale A, Ahmad B. Curcumin promotes fibril formation in F isomer of human serum albumin via amorphous aggregation. Biophys Chem. 2015 Dec;207:30-9. DEC 2015
12 Shiriskar SM, Agarwal N, Pissurlenkar RR, Ahmad B. Effects of 2-amino-8-hydroxyquinoline interaction on the conformation of physiological isomers of human serum albumin. Eur Biophys J. 2015 May;44(4):193-205. MAY 2015
13 Ahmad B, Muteeb G, Alam P, Varshney A, Zaidi N, Ishtikhar M, Badr G, Mahmoud MH, Khan RH. Thermal induced unfolding of human serum albumin isomers: assigning residual a helices to domain II. Int J Biol Macromol. 2015 Apr;75:447-452. APRIL 2015
14 Naik A, Kambli P, Borana M, Mohanpuria N, Ahmad B, Kelkar-Mane V, Ladiwala U. Attenuation of lysozyme amyloid cytotoxicity by SPION-mediated modulation of amyloid aggregation. Int J Biol Macromol. 2015 Mar;74:439-46. MAR 2015
15 Ratnaparkhi A, Muthu SA, Shiriskar SM, Pissurlenkar RR, Choudhary S, Ahmad B. Effects of hesperidin, a flavanone glycoside interaction on the conformation, stability, and aggregation of lysozyme: multispectroscopic and molecular dynamic simulation studies? J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2015 Sep;33(9):1866-79. SEPT 2015
16 Borana MS, Mishra P, Pissurlenkar RR, Hosur RV, Ahmad B. Curcumin and kaempferol prevent lysozyme fibril formation by modulating aggregation kinetic parameters. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014 Mar;1844(3):670-80. MAR 2014
17 Kamtekar N, Pandey A, Agrawal N, Pissurlenkar RR, Borana M, Ahmad B. Interaction of multimicrobial synthetic inhibitor 1,2-bis(2-benzimidazolyl)-1,2-ethanediol with serum albumin: spectroscopic and computational studies. PLoS One. 2013;8(1):e53499. NOV 2013
18 Ahmad E, Rabbani G, Zaidi N, Ahmad B, Khan RH. Pollutant-induced modulation in conformation and ß-lactamase activity of human serum albumin. PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e38372. JULY 2012
19 Ahmad B, Chen Y, Lapidus LJ. Aggregation of a-synuclein is kinetically controlled by intramolecular diffusion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Feb 14;109(7):2336-41. FEB 2012
20 Ahmad B, Lapidus LJ. Curcumin prevents aggregation in a-synuclein by increasing reconfiguration rate. J Biol Chem. 2012 Mar 16;287(12):9193-9. MAR 2012
21 Ahmad B, Vigliotta I, Tatini F, Campioni S, Mannini B, Winkelmann J, Tiribilli B, Chiti F. The induction of a-helical structure in partially unfolded HypF-N does not affect its aggregation propensity. Protein Eng Des Sel. 2011 Jul;24(7):553-63. JULY 2011
22 Ahmad B, Haq SK, Varshney A, Moosavi-Movahedi AA, Khan RH. Effect of trifluoroethanol on native and acid-induced states of glucose oxidase from Aspergillus niger. Biochemistry (Mosc). 2010 Apr;75(4):486-530. APRIL 2010
23 Varshney A, Ahmad B, Rabbani G, Kumar V, Yadav S, Khan RH. Acid-induced unfolding of didecameric keyhole limpet hemocyanin: detection and characterizations of decameric and tetrameric intermediate states. Amino Acids. 2010 Aug;39(3):899-910. AUG 2010
24 Sen P, Ahmad B, Rabbani G, Khan RH. 2,2,2-Trifluroethanol induces simultaneous increase in alpha-helicity and aggregation in alkaline unfolded state of bovine serum albumin. Int J Biol Macromol. 2010 Mar 1;46(2):250-4. MAR 2010
25 Ahmad B, Islam Z, Varshney A, Khan RH. Stabilization of folding intermediate States from alkaline induced unfolded state of bovine serum fetuin in trifluoroethanol and acetonitrile. Protein Pept Lett. 2010 May;17(5):660-6. MAY 2010
26 Ahmad B, Winkelmann J, Tiribilli B, Chiti F. Searching for conditions to form stable protein oligomers with amyloid-like characteristics: The unexplored basic pH. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2010 Jan;1804(1):223-34. JAN 2010
27 Hameed M, Ahmad B, Khan RH, Andrabi KI, Fazili KM. Tertiary butanol induced amyloidogenesis of hen egg white lysozyme (HEWL) is facilitated by aggregation-prone alkali-induced molten globule like conformational state. Protein Pept Lett. 2009;16(1):56-60. 2009
28 Ahmad B, Rathar GM, Varshney A, Khan RH. pH-Dependent urea-induced unfolding of stem bromelain: unusual stability against urea at neutral pH. Biochemistry (Mosc). 2009 Dec;74(12):1337-43. DEC 2009
29 Sen P, Fatima S, Ahmad B, Khan RH. Interactions of thioflavin T with serum albumins: spectroscopic analyses. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2009 Sep 15;74(1):94-9. SEPT 2009
30 Varshney A, Ahmad B, Khan RH. Comparative studies of unfolding and binding of ligands to human serum albumin in the presence of fatty acid: spectroscopic approach. Int J Biol Macromol. 2008 Jun 1;42(5):483-90. JUN 2008
31 Sen P, Ahmad B, Khan RH. Formation of a molten globule like state in bovine serum albumin at alkaline pH. Eur Biophys J. 2008 Oct;37(8):1303-8. OCT 2008
32 Ahmad B, Shamim TA, Haq SK, Khan RH. Identification and characterization of functional intermediates of stem bromelain during urea and guanidine hydrochloride unfolding. J Biochem. 2007;141(2):251–259. FEB 2007
33 Fatima S, Ahmad B, Khan RH. Native-like tertiary structure in the Mucor miehei lipase molten globule state obtained at low pH. IUBMB Life. 2007;59(3):179–186. MAR 2007
34 Anwar T, Ahmad B, Younus H.Cross-linked stem bromelain: a more stabilized active preparation. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation. 2007, 25 (6), 453-458 2007
35 Fatima S, Ahmad B, Khan RH. Fluoroalcohols induced unfolding of Succinylated Con A: native like beta-structure in partially folded intermediate and alpha-helix in molten globule like state. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2006;454(2):170–180. OCT 2006
36 Ahmad B, Khan RH. Studies on the acid unfolded and molten globule states of catalytically active stem bromelain: a comparison with catalytically inactive form. J Biochem. 2006;140(4):501–508. OCT 2006
37 Gull N, Kumar S, Ahmad B, Khan RH, Kabir-ud-Din. Influence of urea additives on micellar morphology/protein conformation. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2006;51(1):10–15. AUG 2006
38 Ahmad B, Parveen S, Khan RH. Effect of albumin conformation on the binding of ciprofloxacin to human serum albumin: a novel approach directly assigning binding site. Biomacromolecules. 2006;7(4):1350–1356. APRIL 2006
39 Ahmad B, Ansari MA, Sen P, Khan RH. Low versus high molecular weight poly(ethylene glycol)-induced states of stem bromelain at low pH: stabilization of molten globule and unfolded states. Biopolymers. 2006;81(5):350–359. APRIL 2006
40 Younus H, Jamal S, Ahmad B, Saleemuddin M. Investigation of conformational changes induced by binding of pancreatic RNase to anti-RNase IgG derived Fab monomer using optical procedures. Biochemistry (Mosc). 2006;71(2):218–221. FEB 2006
41 Ahmad B, Ahmed MZ, Haq SK, Khan RH. Guanidine hydrochloride denaturation of human serum albumin originates by local unfolding of some stable loops in domain III. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2005;1750(1):93–102. JUN 2005
42 Ahmad B, Ankita, Khan RH. Urea induced unfolding of F isomer of human serum albumin: a case study using multiple probes. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2005;437(2):159–167. MAY 2005
43 Haq SK, Rasheedi S, Sharma P, Ahmad B, Khan RH. Influence of salts and alcohols on the conformation of partially folded intermediate of stem bromelain at low pH. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2005;37(2):361–374. FEB 2005
44 Ahmad B, Khan RJ. Protein folding: From hypothesis driven to data mining. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences. 2005, 8 (3), 487-492 2005
45 Ahmad B, Kamal MZ, Khan RH. Alkali-induced conformational transition in different domains of bovine serum albumin. Protein Pept Lett. 2004;11(4):307–315. AUG 2004
46 Naseem F, Ahmad B, Ashraf MT, Khan RH. Molten globule-like folding intermediate of asialofetuin at acidic pH. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2004;1699(1-2):191–199. JUN 2004
47 Ahmad B, Khan MK, Haq SK, Khan RH. Intermediate formation at lower urea concentration in 'B' isomer of human serum albumin: a case study using domain specific ligands. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2004;314(1):166–173. JAN 2004
48 Tayyab S, Ahmad B, Kumar Y, Khan MM. Salt-induced refolding in different domains of partially folded bovine serum albumin. Int J Biol Macromol. 2002;30(1):17–22. MAR 2002
No. Achievement Description Year
1 Press Release: Native state is fortunate trap in the journey of protein to its destination, fibril state. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/bsp-nsi071318.php 2018
2 Recommendation: https://f1000.com/prime/13807956#tab=recommendations 2012
3 Press Releases 1. Researchers identify path to treat Parkinson's disease at its inception. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-path-parkinson-disease-inception.html 2012
4 Press Release: Curcumin shows promise in attacking Parkinson’s disease. https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2012/curcumin-shows-promise-in-attacking-parkinson/ 2012
5 Visiting Research Associate, Michigan Sate University (2010-2012) 2010
6 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship 2010
7 Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Florence, Italy (2007-2009) 2007
8 CSIR-JRF 2002