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Dr Krishna Bulusu

Research Associate

Background

Krishna is from Hyderabad, India, where he achieved his Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology before moving to Edinburgh, UK for a Master's degree in Bioinformatics. As part of his thesis, he worked at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology on 'Network annotations for Telomerase studies'. He moved down south to pursue his Doctoral studies in Computational Biology and Chemogenomics at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, under the supervision of Dr. Bissan Al-lazikani. This work involved identifying and analysing 3D conformational mobility in Protein Kinases towards understanding the impact on drug binding site architecture. This work is being utilised as part of the Cancer Therapeutics Unit at ICR for novel approaches to Cancer drug discovery.

Current Research

Krishna joined the Department of Chemistry, Cambridge, as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Bender Group in February 2014. He is working as part of a sub-team on an exciting and challenging project called 'Compound Combination Modeling'. The aim of this study is to exploit the wealth of biological and chemical knowledge available in the public domain to generate biologically meaningful mode-of-action hypotheses for combinations of chemicals. This will be achieved by integrating compound structures, their bioactivities against protein targets as well as pathway annotations. This will enable efficient modelling and predicting the additive, synergistic or antagonistic behaviour of compound combinations.

Publications

11th German Conference on Chemoinformatics (GCC 2015) : Fulda, Germany. 8-10 November 2015.
U Fechner, C de Graaf, AE Torda, S Güssregen, A Evers, H Matter, G Hessler, NJ Richmond, P Schmidtke, MHS Segler, MP Waller, S Pleik, J-E Shea, Z Levine, R Mullen, K van den Broek, M Epple, H Kuhn, A Truszkowski, A Zielesny, JH Fraaije, RS Gracia, SM Kast, KC Bulusu, A Bender, A Yosipof, O Nahum, H Senderowitz, T Krotzky, R Schulz, G Wolber, S Bietz, M Rarey, MO Zimmermann, A Lange, M Ruff, J Heidrich, I Onlia, TE Exner, FM Boeckler, M Bermudez, DS Firaha, O Hollóczki, B Kirchner, CS Tautermann, A Volkamer, S Eid, S Turk, F Rippmann, S Fulle, N Saleh, G Saladino, FL Gervasio, E Haensele, L Banting, DC Whitley, JS-D Oliveira Santos, R Bureau, T Clark, A Sandmann, H Lanig, P Kibies, J Heil, F Hoffgaard, R Frach, J Engel, S Smith, D Basu, D Rauh, O Kohlbacher, FM Boeckler, JW Essex, MS Bodnarchuk, GA Ross, AR Finkelmann, AH Göller, G Schneider, T Husch, C Schütter, A Balducci, M Korth, F Ntie-Kang, S Günther, W Sippl, LM Mbaze, F Ntie-Kang, CV Simoben, LL Lifongo, F Ntie-Kang, P Judson, J Barilla, MV Lokajíček, H Pisaková, P Simr, N Kireeva, A Petrov, D Ostroumov, VP Solovev, VS Pervov, N-O Friedrich, K Sommer, M Rarey, J Kirchmair, E Proschak, J Weber, D Moser, L Kalinowski, J Achenbach, M Mackey, T Cheeseright, G Renner, G Renner, TC Schmidt, J Schram, M Egelkraut-Holtus, A van Oeyen, T Kalliokoski, D Fourches, A Ibezim, CJ Mbah, UM Adikwu, NJ Nwodo, A Steudle, BB Masek, S Nagy, D Baker, F Soltanshahi, R Dorfman, K Dubrucq, H Patel, O Koch, F Mrugalla, SM Kast, QU Ain, JE Fuchs, RM Owen, K Omoto, R Torella, DC Pryde, R Glen, A Bender, P Hošek, V Spiwok, LH Mervin, I Barrett, M Firth, DC Murray, L McWilliams, Q Cao, O Engkvist, D Warszycki, M Śmieja, AJ Bojarski, N Aniceto, A Freitas, T Ghafourian, G Herrmann, V Eigner-Pitto, A Naß, R Kurczab, AJ Bojarski, A Lange, MB Günther, S Hennig, FM Büttner, C Schall, A Sievers-Engler, F Ansideri, P Koch, T Stehle, S Laufer, FM Böckler, B Zdrazil, F Montanari, GF Ecker, C Grebner, A Hogner, J Ulander, K Edman, V Guallar, C Tyrchan, J Ulander, C Tyrchan, W Klute, F Bergström, C Kramer, QD Nguyen, R Frach, P Kibies, S Strohfeldt, S Böttcher, T Pongratz, D Horinek, SM Kast, B Rupp, R Al-Yamori, M Lisurek, R Kühne, F Furtado, K van den Broek, L Wessjohann, M Mathea, K Baumann, SZ Mohamad-Zobir, X Fu, T-P Fan, A Bender, MA Kuhn, CA Sotriffer, A Zoufir, X Li, L Mervin, E Berg, M Polokoff, WD Ihlenfeldt, WD Ihlenfeldt, J Pretzel, Z Alhalabi, R Fraczkiewicz, M Waldman, RD Clark, N Shaikh, P Garg, A Kos, H-J Himmler, A Sandmann, C Jardin, H Sticht, TB Steinbrecher, M Dahlgren, D Cappel, T Lin, L Wang, G Krilov, R Abel, R Friesner, W Sherman, IA Pöhner, J Panecka, RC Wade, S Bietz, KT Schomburg, M Hilbig, M Rarey, C Jäger, V Wieczorek, LM Westerhoff, OY Borbulevych, H-U Demuth, M Buchholz, D Schmidt, T Rickmeyer, T Krotzky, P Kolb, S Mittal, E Sánchez-García, MS Nogueira, TB Oliveira, FB da Costa, TJ Schmidt
– J Cheminform
(2016)
8,
18
(doi: 10.1186/s13321-016-0119-5)
11th German Conference on Chemoinformatics (GCC 2015) : Fulda, Germany. 8-10 November 2015.
U Fechner, C de Graaf, AE Torda, S Güssregen, A Evers, H Matter, G Hessler, NJ Richmond, P Schmidtke, MHS Segler, MP Waller, S Pleik, J-E Shea, Z Levine, R Mullen, K van den Broek, M Epple, H Kuhn, A Truszkowski, A Zielesny, JH Fraaije, RS Gracia, SM Kast, KC Bulusu, A Bender, A Yosipof, O Nahum, H Senderowitz, T Krotzky, R Schulz, G Wolber, S Bietz, M Rarey, MO Zimmermann, A Lange, M Ruff, J Heidrich, I Onlia, TE Exner, FM Boeckler, M Bermudez, DS Firaha, O Hollóczki, B Kirchner, CS Tautermann, A Volkamer, S Eid, S Turk, F Rippmann, S Fulle, N Saleh, G Saladino, FL Gervasio, E Haensele, L Banting, DC Whitley, JS-D Oliveira Santos, R Bureau, T Clark, A Sandmann, H Lanig, P Kibies, J Heil, F Hoffgaard, R Frach, J Engel, S Smith, D Basu, D Rauh, O Kohlbacher, FM Boeckler, JW Essex, MS Bodnarchuk, GA Ross, AR Finkelmann, AH Göller, G Schneider, T Husch, C Schütter, A Balducci, M Korth, F Ntie-Kang, S Günther, W Sippl, LM Mbaze, F Ntie-Kang, CV Simoben, LL Lifongo, F Ntie-Kang, P Judson, J Barilla, MV Lokajíček, H Pisaková, P Simr, N Kireeva, A Petrov, D Ostroumov, VP Solovev, VS Pervov, N-O Friedrich, K Sommer, M Rarey, J Kirchmair, E Proschak, J Weber, D Moser, L Kalinowski, J Achenbach, M Mackey, T Cheeseright, G Renner, G Renner, TC Schmidt, J Schram, M Egelkraut-Holtus, A van Oeyen, T Kalliokoski, D Fourches, A Ibezim, CJ Mbah, UM Adikwu, NJ Nwodo, A Steudle, BB Masek, S Nagy, D Baker, F Soltanshahi, R Dorfman, K Dubrucq, H Patel, O Koch, F Mrugalla, SM Kast, QU Ain, JE Fuchs, RM Owen, K Omoto, R Torella, DC Pryde, R Glen, A Bender, P Hošek, V Spiwok, LH Mervin, I Barrett, M Firth, DC Murray, L McWilliams, Q Cao, O Engkvist, D Warszycki, M Śmieja, AJ Bojarski, N Aniceto, A Freitas, T Ghafourian, G Herrmann, V Eigner-Pitto, A Naß, R Kurczab, AJ Bojarski, A Lange, MB Günther, S Hennig, FM Büttner, C Schall, A Sievers-Engler, F Ansideri, P Koch, T Stehle, S Laufer, FM Böckler, B Zdrazil, F Montanari, GF Ecker, C Grebner, A Hogner, J Ulander, K Edman, V Guallar, C Tyrchan, J Ulander, C Tyrchan, W Klute, F Bergström, C Kramer, QD Nguyen, R Frach, P Kibies, S Strohfeldt, S Böttcher, T Pongratz, D Horinek, SM Kast, B Rupp, R Al-Yamori, M Lisurek, R Kühne, F Furtado, K van den Broek, L Wessjohann, M Mathea, K Baumann, SZ Mohamad-Zobir, X Fu, T-P Fan, A Bender, MA Kuhn, CA Sotriffer, A Zoufir, X Li, L Mervin, E Berg, M Polokoff, WD Ihlenfeldt, WD Ihlenfeldt, J Pretzel, Z Alhalabi, R Fraczkiewicz, M Waldman, RD Clark, N Shaikh, P Garg, A Kos, H-J Himmler, A Sandmann, C Jardin, H Sticht, TB Steinbrecher, M Dahlgren, D Cappel, T Lin, L Wang, G Krilov, R Abel, R Friesner, W Sherman, IA Pöhner, J Panecka, RC Wade, S Bietz, KT Schomburg, M Hilbig, M Rarey, C Jäger, V Wieczorek, LM Westerhoff, OY Borbulevych, H-U Demuth, M Buchholz, D Schmidt, T Rickmeyer, T Krotzky, P Kolb, S Mittal, E Sánchez-García, MS Nogueira, TB Oliveira, FB da Costa, TJ Schmidt
– Journal of cheminformatics
(2016)
8,
18
(doi: 10.1186/s13321-016-0119-5)
Modelling of compound combination effects and applications to efficacy and toxicity: state-of-the-art, challenges and perspectives.
KC Bulusu, R Guha, DJ Mason, RPI Lewis, E Muratov, Y Kalantar Motamedi, M Cokol, A Bender
– Drug Discovery Today
(2015)
21,
225
(doi: 10.1016/j.drudis.2015.09.003)
Microwave-assisted synthesis, characterization and cytotoxic studies of novel estrogen receptor α ligands towards human breast cancer cells.
H Bharathkumar, CD Mohan, H Ananda, JE Fuchs, F Li, S Rangappa, M Surender, KC Bulusu, KS Girish, G Sethi, A Bender, Basappa, KS Rangappa
– Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters
(2015)
25,
1804
(doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.01.030)
A One Pot Synthesis of Novel Bioactive Tri-Substitute-Condensed-Imidazopyridines that Targets Snake Venom Phospholipase A2.
NC Anilkumar, MS Sundaram, CD Mohan, S Rangappa, KC Bulusu, JE Fuchs, KS Girish, A Bender, Basappa, KS Rangappa
– PLoS ONE
(2015)
10,
e0131896
(doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131896)
Development of a Novel Azaspirane That Targets the Janus Kinase-Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT) Pathway in Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Vitro and in Vivo
CD Mohan, H Bharathkumar, KC Bulusu, V Pandey, S Rangappa, JE Fuchs, MK Shanmugam, X Dai, F Li, A Deivasigamani, KM Hui, AP Kumar, PE Lobie, A Bender, Basappa, G Sethi, KS Rangappa
– Journal of Biological Chemistry
(2014)
289,
34296
(doi: 10.1074/jbc.m114.601104)
CanSAR: Updated cancer research and drug discovery knowledgebase
KC Bulusu, JE Tym, EA Coker, AC Schierz, B Al-Lazikani
– Nucleic Acids Research
(2014)
42,
(doi: 10.1093/nar/gkt1182)
canSAR: updated cancer research and drug discovery knowledgebase.
KC Bulusu, JE Tym, EA Coker, AC Schierz, B Al-Lazikani
– Nucleic acids research
(2013)
42,
D1040
(doi: 10.1093/nar/gkt1182)
canSAR: An integrated cancer public translational research and drug discovery resource
MD Halling-Brown, KC Bulusu, M Patel, JE Tym, B Al-Lazikani
– Nucleic Acids Research
(2012)
40,
(doi: 10.1093/nar/gkr881)
canSAR: an integrated cancer public translational research and drug discovery resource
MD Halling-Brown, KC Bulusu, M Patel, JE Tym, B Al-Lazikani
– Nucleic Acids Research
(2011)
40,
d947
(doi: 10.1093/nar/gkr881)

Research Interests

Study at Cambridge

About the University

Research at Cambridge