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Tuberculosis, Chaperonins, Protein Folding, Zebrafish
United Kingdom, India, United States

Biography

Researcher Co-Investigator at the School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

Activities

Employment (6)

University of Birmingham School of Biosciences: Birmingham, Birmingham, GB

2019-03-24 to present | Research Fellow (School of Biosciences)
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C M Santosh Kumar

University of Birmingham School of Biosciences: Birmingham, Birmingham, GB

2017-03-24 to 2019-03-23 | Newton International Fellow (School Of BioSciences)
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C M Santosh Kumar

National Centre For Cell Science: Pune, MH, IN

2012-05 to 2017-03-15 | Research Associate (Laboratory of Structural Biology)
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C M Santosh Kumar

University of Massachusetts Amherst: Amherst, MA, US

2009-12 to 2012-02 | Post-doctoral Researh Associate (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
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C M Santosh Kumar

Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, IN

2003-07 to 2009-11 | Junior Research Fellow - Research Associate (Laboratory of Structural Biology)
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C M Santosh Kumar

Institute of Microbial Technology CSIR: Chandigarh, PB, IN

2002-06 to 2003-06 | Junior Research Fellow (Laboratory of Bacteriphage Genetics)
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C M Santosh Kumar

Education and qualifications (4)

Manipal University: Manipal, Karnataka, IN

2003-06 to 2009-11 | Ph. D. (Biotechnology)
Education
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C M Santosh Kumar

Jawaharlal Nehru University: New Delhi, Delhi, IN

2002-06 to 2003-06 | Pre-PhD (Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Chandigarh)
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C M Santosh Kumar

Sri Krishnadevaraya University: Anantapur, AP, IN

2000-06 to 2002-06 | M. Sc. Biochemistry (Biochemistry)
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C M Santosh Kumar

Sri Krishnadevaraya University: Anantapur, AP, IN

1997-06 to 2000-06 | B. Sc. Biochemistry (Osmania College, Kurnool)
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C M Santosh Kumar

Professional activities (2)

Advance HE: York, GB

2024-07-12 | FHEA - Fellow of Higher Education Academy
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C M Santosh Kumar

Higher Education Academy: London, GB

2021 | Associate Fellowship of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
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Funding (3)

Mycobacterial chaperonins as potential targets for new therapeutic approaches to tuberculosis

2021-11-08 to 2021-12-07 | Grant
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: BB/V018302/1
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C M Santosh Kumar via DimensionsWizard

A zebrafish model to study the role of chaperonins in Mycobacterial infection

2019-04-30 to 2022-08-30 | Grant
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Swindon, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: BB/S017526/1
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C M Santosh Kumar via DimensionsWizard

Establishment and use of a model system to investigate the role of chaperonins in tuberculosis

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C M Santosh Kumar via DimensionsWizard

Works (19)

Elucidating the role of multivalency, shape, size and functional group density on antibacterial activity of diversified supramolecular nanostructures enabled by templated assembly

Materials Horizons
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Amrita Sikder; Amanda K. Pearce; C. M. Santosh Kumar; Rachel K. O’Reilly
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Mycobacterial chaperonins in cellular proteostasis: Evidence for chaperone function of Cpn60.1 and Cpn60.2‐mediated protein folding

Molecular Microbiology
2023-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Bakul Piplani; C. M. Santosh Kumar; Peter A. Lund; Tapan K. Chaudhuri
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Editorial: Advances in orally inhaled and nasal drug products (OINDPs)

Frontiers in Pharmacology
2023-03-31 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1663-9812
Contributors: Piyush Pradeep Mehta; Eleonore Fröhlich; Raju Khan; Arpana Parihar; C. M. Santosh Kumar
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C M Santosh Kumar

Chaperonin Abundance Enhances Bacterial Fitness.

Frontiers in molecular biosciences
2021-07-26 | Journal article
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C M Santosh Kumar

Chaperonin Abundance Boosts Bacterial Fitness

2020-01-02 | Preprint
Contributors: C. M. Santosh Kumar; Kritika Chugh; Anirban Dutta; Vishnuvardhan Mahamkali; Tungadri Bose; Sharmila S. Mande; Shekhar C. Mande; Peter A. Lund
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Functional Diversity in Mycobacterial Chaperonins: The Generalists and the Specialists

Prokaryotic Chaperonins
2017-09-01 | Book chapter
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C M Santosh Kumar

Prokaryotic Chaperonins

Springer Nature
2017-09-01 | Book
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C M Santosh Kumar

Prokaryotic Multiple Chaperonins: The Mediators of Functional and Evolutionary Diversity

Springer Nature
2017-09-01 | Book chapter
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C M Santosh Kumar

Drug Resistance in Malaria

Drug Resistance in Bacteria, Fungi, Malaria, and Cancer
2017-03-22 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-3-319-48683-3
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C M Santosh Kumar

Molecular Mechanism of Drug Resistance: Common Themes

Drug Resistance in Bacteria, Fungi, Malaria, and Cancer
2017-03-22 | Book chapter
Part of ISBN: 978-3-319-48683-3
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C M Santosh Kumar

Ser/Thr protein kinase PrkC-mediated regulation of GroEL is critical for biofilm formation in Bacillus anthracis

NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes
2017-03-07 | Journal article
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C M Santosh Kumar

Protein Probe

Times of india
2016-12-05 | Newspaper article
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C M Santosh Kumar

GroEL2 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals the importance of structural pliability in chaperonin function.

Journal of Bacteriology
2015-11-06 | Journal article
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Multiple chaperonins in bacteria—novel functions and non-canonical behaviors

Cell Stress and Chaperones
2015-05-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1466-1268
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Evolution of Bacterial Chaperonin 60 Paralogues and Moonlighting Activity.

Moonlighting Cell Stress Proteins in Microbial Infections.
2013-06-10 | Book chapter | Author
Part of ISBN: 978-94-007-6786-7
Contributors: C M Santosh Kumar
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C M Santosh Kumar
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Protein chaperones and non-protein substrates: on substrate promiscuity of GroEL

Current Science
2011 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0011-3891
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C M Santosh Kumar

Facilitated oligomerization of mycobacterial GroEL: evidence for phosphorylation-mediated oligomerization.

2009 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: C M Santosh Kumar
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C M Santosh Kumar

Functional Analysis of M. tuberculosis chaperones

2009-08-17 | Supervised student publication | Author
Contributors: C M Santosh Kumar
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C M Santosh Kumar

Age-related waning of in vitro Interferon-gamma levels against r32kDa BCG in BCG vaccinated children.

2007 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: C M Santosh Kumar
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C M Santosh Kumar

Peer review (2 reviews for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Cell stress & chaperones. (2)