Dr. Rohini Karunakaran

Senior Lecturer
Aimst University, Malaysia


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Banasthali Vidyapith University, India

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Biography

Dr. Rohini Karunakaran is currently working as Senior Lecturer & Joint Preclinical Coordinator, Faculty of Medicine, Aimst University, Malaysia. She has obtained her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Banasthali Vidyapith University, India. Her main area of interest focuses on Biomedical Sciences, Molecular Sciences and Bioinformatics. Her area of expertise includes Genomics, Proteomics, Drug Design Nano Technology, and Phytochemistry. She has published 29 research articles in journals as well as 18 abstracts in proceeding contributed as author/co-author.

Area of Interest:

Molecular Sciences
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Proteomics
Nanotechnology

Selected Publications

  1. Rohini, K., S. Bhat, P.S. Srikumar and A.M. Kumar, 2015. Serum PCT and its relation to body weight gain in pulmonary tuberculosis. Indian J. Clin. Biochem., 30: 329-333.
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  2. Rohini, K., P.S. Srikumar and A.M. Kumar, 2015. A study on the relationship between calcium, oxidative stress and immune response in pulmonary tuberculosis patients. J. Chem. Biol. Phys. Sci.: J. Chem. Bio. Phys. Sci. Sec. B, 5: 378-383.

  3. Srikumar, P.S., K. Rohini and P.K. Rajesh, 2014. Molecular dynamics simulations and principal component analysis on human laforin mutation W32G and W32G/K87A. Protein J., 33: 289-295.
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  4. Rohini, K., S. Bhat, P.S. Srikumar and A.M. Kumar, 2014. Assessment of serum calcium and phosphorus in pulmonary tuberculosis patients before, during and after chemotherapy. Indian J. Clin. Biochem., 29: 377-381.
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  5. Rohini, K. and P.S. Srikumar, 2014. Therapeutic role of coumarins and coumarin-related compounds. J. Thermodyn. Catal., 5: 130-130.
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  6. Rajesh, P.K., K. Rohini and P.S. Srikumar, 2014. Anti-tuberculosis drugs against Mycobacterium tuberculosis PKNB and mutants I33D/D76A: A comparative docking study. Int. J. Pharm. Pharmaceut. Sci., 6: 662-664.

  7. Srikumar, P.S. and K. Rohini, 2013. Exploring the structural insights on human laforin mutation K87A in lafora disease-A molecular dynamics study. Applied Biochem. Biotechnol., 171: 874-882.
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  8. Rohini, K., S. Bhat, P.S. Srikumar, J. Saxena and A.M. Kumar, 2013. Diagnostic and prognostic value of procalcitonin in pulmonary tuberculosis. Br. J. Med. Med. Res., 3: 2189-2196.

  9. Rohini, K., S. Bhat, P.S. Srikumar, J. Saxena and A.M. Kumar, 2013. Body weight gain in pulmonary tuberculosis during chemotherapy. Int. J. Collab Res. Intern Med. Public Health, 5: 247-254.
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  10. Rohini, K., P.S. Srikumar and M.K.A. Jyoti Saxena, 2013. Alteration in the levels of serum micronutrients in tuberculosis patients. Int. J. Biol. Med. Res., 4: 2958-2961.
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  11. Rohini, K. and P.S. Srikumar, 2013. Structural insights on Mycobacterium tuberculosis thiazole synthase-a molecular dynamics/docking approach. Applied Biochem. Biotechnol., 169: 1790-1798.
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  12. Rohini, K. and P.S. Srikumar, 2013. Insights from the docking and molecular dynamics simulation of the Phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PptT) structural model from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Bioinformation, 9: 685-689.
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  13. Rohini, K. and P.S. Srikumar, 2013. In silico approach of anticancer activity of phytochemical coumarins against cancer target JNKs. Int. J. Pharm. Pharmaceut. Sci., 5: 741-742.
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  14. Rohini, K. and P.S. Srikumar, 2013. A computational study on weak interactions in haloalkane dehalogenases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. Int. J. Pharm. Bio Sci., 4: 415-419.

  15. Srikumar, P.S. and K. Rohini, 2012. Structural insights on Brugia malayi transglutaminase with cinnamoyl derivatives-a molecular docking approach. Int. J. Pharm. Bio Sci., 3: 998-1006.

  16. Rohini, K., S.A. Jeyachristy, P.S. Srikumar, S. Bhat and M. Kumar, 2012. Nt-probnp levels in detecting heart failure in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction presenting with diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Int. J. Biol. Med. Res., 3: 2250-2253.
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  17. Rohini, K., P.S. Srikumar, S. Jyoti, A.M. Kumar and S. Bhat, 2012. Assessment of serum calcium, phosphorus, c-reactive protein and procalcitonin in tuberculosis patients. Int. J. Collab Res. Intern. Med. Pub. Health, 4: 1868-1875.

  18. Rohini, K., P.S. Srikumar and A.M. Kumar, 2012. A study on the serum immunoglobulin levels in pulmonary tuberculosis patients. Int. J. Biosci. Biochem. Bioinform., 2: 280-281.
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  19. Mohamad, S.M.B., R. Karunakaran, A.K. Masrom, M.Z. Abdullah and J. Nelson, 2012. Evaluation of antimicrobial efficacy of nano coated silver-titania metallic plates against selective pathogens. Malaysian J. Microbiol., 8: 51-54.

  20. Karunakaran, R. and P.S. Srikumar, 2012. Aporphine alkaloids as inhibitors for Malonyl-coA: Acyl Carrier Protein Transacylase (MCAT) from Helicobacter pylori. Int. J. Pharm. Pharm. Sci., 4: 764-768.

  21. Srikumar, P.S., K. Rohini, S. Srikumar and A. Srikumar, 2011. Drug target identification and structural modeling for Gordonia bronchialis strain 3410t by gene expression. J. Pharm. Res., 4: 4605-4608.
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  22. Rohini, K., P.S. Srikumar and A. Srikumar, 2011. An insilico study on rheumatoid arthritis: Molecular docking based virtual screening of amide derivatives for PAD4. J. Pharm. Res., 4: 2712-2714.
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  23. Rohini, K., 2010. Molecular evolution of cell division proteins FtsA, FtsL, FtsZ in bacteria-Phylogenetic analysis. Malaysian J. Microbiol., 6: 94-98.