Department of Biotechnology | Indian Institute Of Technology Madras , Chennai
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Amal Kanti Bera

Professor

Ph.D., University of Delhi

M.Sc., University of Calcutta

Block 1, BT 403

044 2257 4121

amal[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in

Lab: Block 1, BT 415

Lab: 044 2257 5098

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  • Structure function relationship of ion channels
  • Gap Junction Channel
  • GABAA Receptor Channel
  • Voltage Dependent Anion Channel of Mitochondria
  • Potassium Channel and Acid Sensing Ion Channel
  • Neuronal diseases associated with ion channels and receptors malfunctioning

  1. Colombo, S., Reddy, H. P., Petri, S., Williams, D. J., Shalomov, B., Dhindsa, R. S., Gelfman, S., Krizay, D., Bera, A. K., Yang, M., Peng, Y., Makinson, C. D., Boland, M. J., Frankel, W. N., Goldstein, D. B., & Dascal, N (2023). "Epilepsy in a mouse model of GNB1 encephalopathy arises from altered potassium (GIRK) channel signaling and is alleviated by a GIRK inhibitor", Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 17, pp. 1175895, DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2023.1175895.
  2. Friesacher, T., Reddy, H. P., Bernsteiner, H., Carlo Combista, J., Shalomov, B., Bera, A. K., Zangerl-Plessl, E. M., Dascal, N., & Stary-Weinzinger, A (2022). "A selectivity filter mutation provides insights into gating regulation of a K+ channel", Communications biology, 5(1), pp. 345, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03303-1.
  3. Reddy, H. P., Yakubovich, D., Keren-Raifman, T., Tabak, G., Tsemakhovich, V. A., Pedersen, M. H., Shalomov, B., Colombo, S., Goldstein, D. B., Javitch, J. A., Bera, A. K., & Dascal, N (2021). "Encephalopathy-causing mutations in Gβ1 (GNB1) alter regulation of neuronal GIRK channels", iScience, 24(9), pp. 103018, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103018.
  4. Purohit, R., & Bera, A. K. (2021). "Pannexin 1 plays a pro-survival role by attenuating P2X7 receptor-mediated Ca2+ influx", Cell calcium, 99, pp. 102458, DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2021.102458.
  5. Shalomov, B., Handklo-Jamal, R., Reddy, H. P., Theodor, N., Bera, A. K., & Dascal, N (2022). "A revised mechanism of action of hyperaldosteronism-linked mutations in cytosolic domains of GIRK4 (KCNJ5)", The Journal of physiology, 600(6), pp. 1419–1437, DOI: 10.1113/JP282690.