Curriculum Vitae Nageswara Rao Jampani

Nageswara Rao Jampani

Lab Phone:

001-323-442-4395

Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Room 111,

Lab Fax:

1501 San Pablo Street,

mobile:

001-323-859-6076

Los Angeles, CA 90033

Email:

[email protected]

USA.

Personal Born May 12, 1981 in Guntur, Andhra Preadesh, India.

Reearch Experience and Acadamics Post Doctoral Research Fellow Supervisor : Dr. Tobias Ulmer Institute : Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, USA. Duration : 12/2006 to present. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. D) Ph.D in NMR based structure biology Institute : University of Bayreuth, Germany. Supervisor : Prof. Dr. Paul Roesch Dissertation Title : NMR study on termination and antitermination complexes of HIV-1 transcription. Duration : 09/2003 – 10/2006 Master of Science (M.Sc) Major : Chemistry Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), India. Supervisor : Prof. Dr. T.K.Varadarajan Dissertation Title : Synthesis and Characterization of Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposites Duration : 08/2001 – 06/2003.

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) Major : Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Institute : Andhra Loyola College, India. Duration : 07/1998 – 06/2001.

Academic Achievements Qualified in all india level entrance examination for M.Sc chemistry in India Institute of Technology Madras. 3rd rank holder in Andhra Loyola college in Bachelor of science.

Summer School BaCaTeC (Bavaria California Technology) summer school, October, 2005, Bayreuth, Germany.

Field of Interest Cloning, Expression & Purificaction of protein, Membrane proteins, NMR, Structure Determination, proteinnucleicacid interaction, protein-protein interaction, Small molecule drug screening.

Instruments Handled Cloning, Expression and Purification : PCR, AKTA purifier (FPLC), HPLC, Freeze Dryer (Lyophilizer), Cell Homogenizer, SDS PAGE, UV Spectrometer. Biophysical Techniques: CD Spectroscopy, NMR. Computers and Data analysis : Windows, UNIX, LINUX, NMR Pipe, NMR View, NMR Draw, CARA, MATLAB, X-plore

Publications 1). Jampani Nageswara Rao, Liane Neumann, Sabine Wenzel, Kristian Schweimer, Paul Roesch, and Birgitta M. Woehrl Structural characterization of the RNA recognition motif of NELF-E, a Cellular Negative Transcription Elongation Factor Involved in the Regulation of HIV Transcription. The Biochemical Journal. 2006 Dec 15; 400 (3): 449-56. 2). Jampani Nageswara Rao, Kristian Schweimer, Sabine Wenel, Birgitta M. Woehrl and Paul Roesch. NELF-E RRM undergoes Major Structural Changes in Flexible Protein Regions on Target RNA Binding. Biochmistry. 2008 (in press). 3) Jampani Nageswara Rao, Varun Dua and Tobias S. Ulmer. Characterization of a-synuclein interaction with selected Aggregation inhibiting Small molecules. Bichemistry. 2008 (in press).

Scientific Talks NMR and CD spectroscopic characterization of HIV-1 Tat-TAR complex. 22. Rabenstein-Kolleg, Pottenstein, June, 2004. The Signal recognition particle and its interactions during protein targeting. Bayreuther Zentrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften (BZMB), February, 2005. Structure of the NELF-E RNA recognition motif. 23. Rabenstein-Kolleg, Pottenstein, May, 2005. Lumenal gating mechanism revealed in crystal structures with phosphate analogues. Bayreuther Zentrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften (BZMB), February, 2005. NMR studies on termination/- antitermination complexes of HIV-1 transcription. Department of chemistry, Indian institute of Technology Madras (IITM), INDIA, November 2006.

Poster presentation Nageswara Rao Jampani, Liane Neumann, Kristian Schweimer, Birgitta M. Woehrl, and Paul Roesch Regulation of HIV-1 Transcription: Structural of the RNA recognition motif of NELF-E, a negative transcription elongation factor. SFB symposium, Erlangen, Germany, July, 2005. Sabine Wenzel, Nageswara Rao Jampani, Kristian Schweimer, Paul Roesch, Birgitta M. Woehrl Studies on the cellular factors NELF and DSIF involved in the regulation of HIV transcription. Third European Congress of Virology, Nürnberg, Germany, September 2007

Reference Prof. Dr. Paul Roesch Department of Biopolymers University of Bayreuth Bayreuth, 95440 Germany. Phone : +49-921-553540 Fax : +49-921-553544 Email : [email protected] Dr. Tobias Ulmer ZNI, Room Nr: III University of Southern California 1501 San Pablo street, Los angeles, CA, 90033, U.S.A. Phone: +1-323-442-4395 Fax................. Email : [email protected] Prof. Dr. Birgitta Woehrl Department of Biopolymers University of Bayreuth Bayreuth, 95440 Germany. Phone: Fax : +49-921-553544 Email : [email protected]