Publications of S. Ravichandran, Ph.D.


  Interferon gamma: Ancestors kept their tradition, Ram Savan, 
  S. Ravichandran, Jack R. Collins, Masahiro Sakai and Howard 
  A. Young, submitted to Genes and Immunity (2007)

  Pharmacophore Modeling of Stereoselective Binding to the 
  Human Organic Cation Transporter (hOCT1), Ruin Moaddel, 
  S. Ravichandran, Federica Bighi, Rika Yamaguchi and Irving W. Wainer, 
  British Journal of Pharmacology, 151(8), 1305-14 2007 

  Interaction of Noncompetitive Inhibitors with an Immobilized
  alpha3beta2 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Investigated by
  Affinity Chromatography and Molecular Docking, Krzysztof Jozwiak,
  S. Ravichandran, Jack R. Collins, Ruin Moaddel and Irving W. Wainer,
  Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 50(24), 6279-6283 2007
  
  Computer Simulated Screening of Dentin Bonding Primer Monomers 
  through Analysis of their Chemical Functions and their 
  Spatial 3-D Alignment, J. Vaidyanathan, T. K. Vaidyanathan, 
  and S.Ravichandran, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research
  Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 2007 (Accepted). 

  Computational analysis of adhesion of primer ligands to 
  dentinal Collagen: Effect of Spacer groups in ligand 
  and amino acid residue sequence differences in collagen 
  J. Vaidyanathan, S. Ravichandran and T. K. Vaidyanathan, 
  Current Drug Discovery Technologies, Volume 4(3), 150-161, 2007. 

  A Computational and Experimental Analysis of Ligand 
  Binding to  to type 1 collagen,
  J. Vaidyanathan,  T. K. Vaidyanathan, 
  N. Ramasubbu and Sarangan Ravichandran,  
  Current Computer-Aided Drug Design 1(4),397-422, (2005).
 
  Qualitative assessment of IC50 values of inhibitors of the
  neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor using a single
  chromatographic experiment and multivariate cluster analysis
  J. Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci. 2005 May 
  5;819(1):169-74

  ATP-Regulated Module (ARM) of the Atrial Natriuretic Factor 
  Receptor Guanylate Cyclase,  Teresa Duda, V. Venkataraman, 
  S. Ravichandran and R.K. Sharma, Peptides, 26 (6), 969-984 (2005) 

  Cbl-b interacts with ubiquitinated proteins; differential functions 
  of the UBA domains of c-Cbl and Cbl-b, Davies GC, Ettenberg SA, 
  Coats AO, Mussante M, Ravichandran S, Collins J, Nau MM, 
  Lipkowitz S., Oncogene. Sep 16;23(42):7104-15 (2004)

  Interaction of noncompetitive inhibitors with an immobilized 
  alpha3beta4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor investigated by 
  affinity chromatography, quantitative-structure activity 
  relationship analysis, and molecular docking, Krzystof Jozawiak, 
  S. Ravichandran, J.R. Collins and I.W. Wainer, Journal of 
  Medicinal Chemistry, J. Med Chem. Jul 29;47(16):4008-21 (2004)

  J. Vaidyanathan, H. Joo, T.K. Vaidyanathan, C. Kasinathan and 
  S. Ravichandran, Proceedings of the 25th annual Meeting of the 
  Adhesion Society and the Second World Congress on Adhesion and 
  Related Phenomena, The Adhesion Society, pp 267-269 (2002)

  Jayalakshmi Vaidyanathan, Trithala K. Vaidyanathan, Chinnaswami  
  Kasinathan, Sarangan Ravichandran, Joshua Simon, “Biomimetic 
  Recognition and in vitro Immunochemical Confirmation of 
  Ligand Binding to Collagen”, Society for Biomaterials 28th 
  Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, April 24-27 (2002)

  S. Ravichandran, J. D. Madura and J. Talbot, “A Brownian dynamics 
  study of the initial stages of Hen-Egg white Lysozyme adsorption 
  at a solid interface, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 105: 
  3610-3613 (2001)

  R. Vasanthi, S. Ravichandran and B. Bagchi,  “Anisotropic diffusion 
  of tagged spheres near the isotropic-nematic transition” , 
  J. Chem. Phys. 115: 10022-10028 (2001)

  R. Vasanthi, S. Ravichandran and B. Bagchi, Needle-like motion 
  of  prolate ellipsoids in the sea of spheres, 
  J. Chem. Phys. 114: 7989-7992 (2001)

  S. Ravichandran and J. Talbot, Simulating protein adsorption using 
  detailed molecular models, 219th Annual National Meeting of the 
  American Chemical Society, San Francisco, CA, Abstracts of 
  ACS, 219:165-Comp (2000)

  S. Ravichandran and J. Talbot, “Mobility of Proteins: A Brownian 
  Dynamics Study”, Biophysical Journal 78:110-120 (2000)

  S. Ravichandran and B. Bagchi, “Anisotropic Diffusion of Non-Spherical 
  Molecules in  Dense Liquids: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation of 
  Isolated Ellipsoids in the Sea of Spheres”, 
  J. Chem. Phys. 111:7505-7511  (1999)

  S. Ravichandran, A. Perera, M. Moreau and B. Bagchi, “Universality 
  in the Fast Orientational Relaxation Near Isotropic-Nematic 
  Transition”, J. Chem. Phys., 109, (1998)

  S. Ravichandran, A. Perera, M. Moreau and B. Bagchi, “Translational  
  and Rotational Motion in Molecular Liquids: A Computer Simulation 
  Study of Lennard-Jones Ellipsoids”, J. Chem. Phys., 
  107, 8469-8475  (1997)

  A. Perera,  S. Ravichandran, M. Moreau and  B. Bagchi,  “Single 
  Particle and Collective Orientational Relaxation in an Anisotropic 
  Liquid Near the Isotropic-Nematic Transition”,  J. Chem. Phys., 
  106, 1280-1283  (1997)				   

  S. Ravichandran and B. Bagchi, “Orientational Relaxation in a 
  Random Dipolar Lattice: Wavenumber and Frequency Dependence”, 
  Phys. Rev. E.,  54, 3693-3706 (1996)

  S. Ravichandran and B. Bagchi, “Orientational Dynamics in Random 
  Dipolar Lattice: Role of  Spatial Density Fluctuations in Super-Cooled 
  Liquids”, Phy. Rev. Lett., 76, (1996) 

  S. Ravichandran, “Computer Simulation Studies of Orientational 
  Relaxation in Strongly Correlated Dipolar Systems”, Journal of 
  Indian Institute of  Science  (1995)

  S. Ravichandran, B. Bagchi, “Orientational Relaxation in Dipolar 
  Systems: How much Do We Understand the Role of Correlations?”, 
  International Reviews in Physical Chemistry, 14, 271-314  (1995)

  S. Ravichandran, S. Roy and B. Bagchi, “Collective Effects on 
  Single Particle Orientational Relaxation in Slow Dipolar Liquids”, 
  J. Phys. Chem., 99, 2489-2501 (1995) 

  S. Ravichandran and B. Bagchi, “Molecular Dynamics Simulations 
  of Orientational Relaxation in Dipolar Lattice: Lack of Diffusive 
  Decay for Second and Higher Rank Correlation Functions”, 
  J. Phys. Chem., 98, 11242-11245 (1994)

  S. Ravichandran and B. Bagchi, “Rank-Dependence of Orientational 
  Relaxation in Dipolar Systems”, 
  J. Phys. Chem., 98, 2729-2731 (1994)

  S. Ravichandran and B. Bagchi, “Non-exponential Orientational 
  Relaxation in Dipolar Solids: The Role of Dipolar Interactions 
  and Dielectric Friction”, J. Molec. Str., 327, 247-254  (1994)

Meetings & Conferences



  Validating Modeling and Experimental Methods to Enable 
  Drug Discovery, April 19-21, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 2006

  Workshop report on validating modeling and experimental methods 
  to enable drug discovery, Anne M. Chaka et al, 232nd ACS
  Meeting, San Francisco, CA, SEP 10-14, 2006

  Enantioselectivity of dextromethorphan and
  levomethorphan on two subtypes of nicotinic 
  acetylcholine receptor tested by affinity chromatography, 
  functional and molecular modeling techniques. 
  Krzysztof Jozwiak, Irving W. Wainer, 
  S. Ravichandran, Jack. R. Collins, 
  16th International Symposium on chirality, 
  New York, NY, Accepted  07/11 (2004)

  A new technology for identification of non-competitive 
  inhibitors of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, K. Jozwiak, 
  I.W. Wainer, S. Ravichandran, and J. Collins, Experimental 
  biology 2004, Washington DC,  04/17 (2004)

  The analysis of interactions of some non-competitive 
  inhibitors with the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. 
  Krzysztof Jozwiak, Sarangan Ravichandran, Irving W. Wainer, 
  Jack. R. Collins, 48th Annual Meeting of Biophysics Society, 
  Baltimore 02/14 (2004)

  K. Jozwiak, S. Ravichandran, J.R. Collins and I.W. Wainer, 
  Molecular interactions of ?3?4 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor 
  (nAChR) with its luminal non-competitive inhibitors: Comparison 
  of experimental and chromatographic data with in silico docking 
  studies, American Society for pharmacology and experimental 
  therapeutics, San Diego, CA. 04/2003 (Presented in the 
  Translating the Genome: Neurobiology section) 

  S. Ravichandran, J.D. Madura and J. Talbot, Brownian Dynamics 
  Simulation of Protein Adsorption: A Detailed Molecular Modeling  
  Approach, Centre Europeen de Calcul Atomique et Moleculaire 
  (CECAM) conference on ``Molecular Modeling of Proteins at 
  Interfaces" held in Lyon, France, 10/1999  (Invited Presentation)

  S. Ravichandran, Simulating Protein Adsorption Using Detailed 
  Molecular Models, NIH project review meeting, Duquesne University, 
  Pittsburgh, PA,  12/1999

  S. Ravichandran and J. Talbot, Brownian Dynamics Simulations 
  of Adsorbed Lysozyme, American Institute of Chemical Engineers 
  (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Miami Beach,  11/1998

  S. Ravichandran and B. Bagchi, Molecular  dynamics study of 
  orientational relaxation near the isotropic-nematic transition, 
  Gordon Research Conference on Computational Chemistry, 
  New Hampshire, 07/1998

  S.Ravichandran and B. Bagchi, Molecular Dynamics Simulations of 
  Orientational Relaxation, Annual Theoretical Chemistry Conference, 
  Pune, India, 01/1995

  S. Ravichandran and B. Bagchi,  A Study of the Rank (l) Dependence 
  of Orientational Relaxation: Comparison Between Theories and 
  Simulation of a Brownian lattice'', Trombay Symposium on Radiation 
       and Photochemistry, Reprints Vol 2, 382, Trombay, India (1994)

TALK(s) & POSTERS


   Pharmacophore Modeling in Two Different Systems: Understanding 
   Stereoselective Binding in hOCT1 and Primer Adhesion in Dentinal 
   Collagen, S. Ravichandran, Accelrys Science Forum, Princeton, 
   NJ (25 Oct, 2007)

   Pharmacophore Modeling of Stereoselective Inhibitor Binding Site 
   of the hOCT1, Sarangan Ravichandran, R. Moaddel, F. Bighi, 
   J.R. Collins, R. Yamaguchi, I.W. Wainer, Presented in the 51st 
   Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, March 3-7, Baltimore 2007

   J. Vaidyanathan and T.K. Vaidyanathan, and S. Ravichandran
   Understanding Dentinal Adhesion Using Common
   Features (HipHop) Hypothesis: An Active A nalog
   Approach, BridgeWater, NJ (Sep 25, 2006)

   S. Ravichandran, Genetic Algorithm as a Tool for Modeling Biomolecular
   Processes, Department of Cell Biology, Stratford, UMDNJ (Jan 31, 2006) 
 
   S. Ravichandran, "Linking Animation and Computation in BioMedical 
   Research", SW Game Technologies, A270Tech Business Networking,
   Gaithersburg, MD (Nov 15, 2005) 

   Wolinella Succinogenes L-Asparaginase: How much do we know?
   S. Ravichandran, NCI-Frederick (2002)
  
   S. Ravichandran,  Brownian dynamics simulation of  protein 
   adsorption: A detailed molecular modeling approach, National 
   Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 
   Morgantown, WV, 08/2000

   S. Ravichandran and J. Talbot Simulating protein adsorption: 
   A molecular modeling approach, University of Medicine and 
   Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, 08/2000

   S. Ravichandran Brownian Dynamics Simulation of Lysozyme 
   Adsorption, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Pittsburgh, 
   PA, 02/1999 

   S. Ravichandran Orientational Relaxation in a Random Dipolar 
   Lattice: Wave Number and Frequency Dependence, Laboratoire de 
   Physique Theorique des Liquides Universite Pierre et Marie 
   Curie, Paris, France,  11/1996

  
   S. Ravichandran Computer simulation studies of orientational 
   relaxation in strongly correlated dipolar systems, Solid State 
   & Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, 
   Bangalore, India, 06/1995