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Postdoc - Institute Curie, Paris & Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Advisor: Aurelien Roux (2009-13)
PhD - Institute of Biochemistry, Graduate School of Chemistry, University of Münster, Germany. (2009)
MSc - School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. (2005)
BSc - Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. (2003)
Membrane - Protein Interactions, Membrane Deformation, Membrane Biochemistry & Biophysics, Reconstitution Biology.
2018: Early Career Research Award from DST (ECR/2017/003138, Not Availed)
2014 - 2019: INSPIRE Faculty Award in Chemical Sciences.
2010 - 2012: European Commission's Marie Curie Fellowship.
2005 - 2009: Doctoral Fellowship from the NRW Graduate School of Chemistry, Münster, Germany.
2001 - 2005: KVPY Fellowship (National Science Fellowship, administered by IISc, Bangalore and funded by DST, Govt. of India).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
01. Prince A, Tiwari A, Ror P, Padmani S, Roy J, Jha S, Mallick B, Akhtar Y, Saleem M*. Attenuation of neuroblastoma cell growth by nisin is mediated by modulation of phase behavior and enhanced cell membrane fluidity. RSC Phy Chem Chem Phy, 2019; 21, 1980-1987. (Featured in RSC PCCP 2018-19 Hot Articles Collection)
02. Roy SK, Tiwari A, Saleem M, Jana CK*. Metal Free Direct C(sp2)-H Arylaminations Using Nitrosoarenes to 2-hydroxy-di(het)aryl Amines as Multifunctional Aß-aggregation Modulators. RSC ChemComm, 2018; 54, 14081-14084. doi: 10.1039/C8CC08470J. (Featured in RSC themed collection 2018 New Frontiers in Indian Research)
03. Deepanjali G#, Yamini Y#, Senthilguru K, Tarun A, Devdeep M, Prince A, Tiwari A, Tapas KM, Kunal P, Supratim G, Saleem M*, Indranil B*. Osteoblast-derived giant plasma membrane vesicles induce osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells. Advanced Biosystems, 2018. doi: 10.1002/adbi.201800093. (Also featured as Hot Topic: Vesicles, in ChemPhysChem)
04. Tiwari A, Prince A, Manoranjan A, Jha S, Saleem M*. Passive membrane penetration by ZnO nanoparticles is driven by the interplay of electrostatic and phase boundary conditions. RSC Nanoscale, 2018;10, 3369-3384. doi: 10.1039/C7NR08351C.
05. Prince A, Sandhu P, Kumar P, Dash E, Sharma S, Arakha M, Jha S, Akhter Y, Saleem M*. Lipid-II independent antimicrobial mechanism of nisin depends on its crowding and degree of oligomerization. Scientific Reports, 2016; 6:37908. doi: 10.1038/srep37908. (Highlighted by Indiabioscience)
06. Saleem M, Morlot S, Hohendahl A, Manzi J, Lenz M, Roux A. A balance between membrane elasticity and polymerization energy sets the spherical shape of clathrin coats. Nature Communications, 2015; 6: 6249 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7249.
07. Saleem M, Galla HJ. Surface view of the lateral organization of the lipids and proteins in lung surfactant model systems - A ToF-SIMS approach. Biochim Biophys Acta - Biomembranes, 2010 Apr;1798(4):730-40.
08. Rakesh HK, Saleem M, Galla HJ. Nanoparticle interaction with model lung surfactant monolayers. Journal of Royal Society - Interface, 2010 Feb 6;7 Suppl 1:S15-26.
09. Saleem M, Meyer MC, Breitenstein D, Galla HJ. Calcium ions as “miscibility switch”: Colocalization of Surfactant protein B with negatively charged DPPG under calcium free conditions. Biophysical Journal, 2009 Jul 22;97(2):500-8.
10. Saleem M, Meyer MC, Breitenstein D, Galla HJ. The surfactant peptide KL4 in lipid monolayers: phase behavior, topography, and chemical distribution. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2008 Feb 22; 283(8):5195-207.
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Mechanisms of membrane deformation in cellular trafficking, neurodegeneration and host-pathogen interactions.
Reconstitution of biologically relevant protein mediated membrane shaping and remodeling.
Mohammed Saleem
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School of Biological Sciences
National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar
P.O Jatni, Khurda, ODISHA - 752050
India