Nabanita Nag
Contact: Room no. 110, UMDAE, Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences.
University of Mumbai (Kalina campus), Mumbai 400 098
E-mail : nabanita@cbs.ac.in
Phone :+91-22-2652 4986 (off)

Academic Details
• Research Associate and Faculty at UMDAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences., Mumbai (Since May 2008)
• Ph.D. in Chemistry: from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 2007.
• Post M.Sc. in Biophysical Sciences: from Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, 2001.
• M. Sc. in Chemistry (Organic): from University of Calcutta, 2000.
• B. Sc. in Chemistry: from Presidency College, Kolkata, 1998.

Thesis
Recognition of base mismatch in DNA by MutS and transduction of mismatch recognition signal.

Research Interest
Biophysical chemistry; Dynamics of proteins, nucleic acids using timeresolved fluorescence and relaxation kinetics; Structural functional correlations of biomacromolecules using timeresolved vibrational spectroscopy.

Selected Publication
A single mismatch in the DNA induces enhanced aggregation of MutS. Hydrodynamic analyses of the proteinDNA
complexes.
Nabanita Nag, G. Krishnamoorthy, Basuthkar J. Rao. FEBS J. 2005; 272(24) 622843.

Dynamics of DNA and proteinDNA complexes viewed through time domain fluorescence.
Nabanita Nag, et.al.

Reviews in Fluorescence, 2006; (vol 3) Edited by: Chris D. Geddes, J R Lakowicz, Springer Publications, USA

Altered dynamics of DNA bases adjacent to a mismatch: A cue for mismatch recognition by MutS.

Nabanita Nag, G. Krishnamoorthy, Basuthkar J. Rao. J Mol Biol. (2007) 374 3953.