Molecular Therapeutics and More…

Professor Amit Kumar’s Lab.

Mehta Family School of Biosciences & Biomedical Engineering

IIT Indore

About us:

Advancing Human Health: Pioneering Computational and Experimental Biology for Innovative Therapeutics

Our lab is dedicated to pioneering research at the intersection of computational and experimental biology, focusing on transformative solutions for human health.We specialize in drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases, focusing on identifying novel therapeutic targets and small molecules to combat repeat expansion disorders such as Huntington’s disease, FXTAS, ALS, and CANVAS. Our research also extends to cancer treatment, where we explore innovative strategies to disrupt cancer progression, including DNA- and RNA-targeted therapies and immunotherapy approaches. In addition, we are actively engaged in genome mining for novel G-quadruplex structures to uncover new druggable targets that advance precision medicine. We also create and maintain high-quality biological databases that support drug discovery, genomic analysis, and disease modeling.

Through interdisciplinary research, we aim to advance the understanding of disease mechanisms and develop next-generation therapeutic strategies.

Research Areas

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Drug Discovery for Neurological Disorders

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Cancer Treatment

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Genome-mining for Novel G-quadruplex Drug targets

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Biological database development

Join us

Applications are invited from interested candidates to join our lab as Ph.D. students with an interest in Chemical Biology, Molecular & Structural Biology, Crystallography & NMR Spectroscopy, and Drug Discovery. Candidates can apply throughout the year, but must possess a valid fellowship (CSIR, UGC, DBT, ICMR, or INSPIRE). Interested candidates should send their bio-data along with three reference letters to amitk@iiti.ac.in

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