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Dr Paramjit Bansal

Dr Paramjit Bansal

Name: Dr Paramjit Bansal

Position: Senior Research Scientist (Organic Chemist) with the National Deuteration Facility

Phone: 61 2 9717 9409

Email: paramjit.bansal@ansto.gov.au

Role at ANSTO:

Setting up of the Chemical Deuteration Facility and organising and running the laboratory, looking for opportunities for collaboration with other groups and institutions and commercial work.

Expertise:

Organic synthesis, synthesis and structure of bioactive peptides and proteins, Carbohydrates (cyclodexrin chemisty), heterocyclics and macrocyclics. NMR, MS, CD, IR, UV/VIS spectral techniques and chromatography HPLC.

Qualifications & Achievements:

  • Senior Research Scientist, ANSTO (2008)
  • Research Fellow, Sydney (2006-2008)
  • Senior Research Officer, University of Queensland (IMB) (1998-2006)
  • Senior Research Scientist, Sugar Research Institute, Mackay (1996-1998).
  • Research Scientist CSIRO Food Technology (1992-1995)
  • Research Officer University of Queensland (1990-1992)
  • Adelaide University (1988-1990)
  • Reader in chemistry Dept. GND University – Amritsar India
  • Senior Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow W. Germany (1980-1981)
  • Ph.D. in Chemistry Guru Nanak Dev University – Amritsar India (1980)

Key Publications:

P. C. Ju, G. Pages, R. P. Riek, P. C. Chen, A. M. Torres, P. S. Bansal, S. Kuyucak, P. W. Kuchel, and J. I. Vandenberg, The Pore Domain Outer Helix Contributes to Both Activation and Inactivation of the hERG K+ Channel, J. Biol. Chem., 284(2), 1000-1008 (2009).

J. M. S. Koh, P. S. Bansal, A. M. Torres, and P. W. Kuchel, Platypus venom: source of novel compounds, Aust. J. Zool., 57(3-4), 203-210 (2009).

G. Pages, A. M. Torres, P. C. Ju, P. S. Bansal, P. F. Alewood, P. W. Kuchel, and J. I. Vandenberg, Structure of the pore-helix of the hERG K+ channel, Eur. Biophys. J. Biophys. Lett., 39(1), 111-120 (2009).

Paramjit Bansal, Allan Torres, Ben Crossett, Karen Wong, Dominic Geraghty, Jamie Vandenbery and Philip Kuchel. J. Biolo. Chem., 283, 8969 – 8975, (2008). Substrate specificity of platypus-venom peptide L-toD-isomerase.

Allan M. Torres, Paramjit S. Bansal, Paul F. Alewood, Dominic P. Geragthy and Philip W. Kuchel. Determination of D-amino-acid residues in peptides from animal venom by NMR.: Application to platypus venom peptide OvCNPs. In: D-Amino Acids: A New Froniter in Amino Acid and Protein Research. Nova Science Publishers, Inc (2007). Chapter 5.4.

A. Torres, P.S. Bansal, M. Sunde, D. Smith. A Bauskin, S. Breit, T. Campbell, P. Alewood, P. Kuchel and J. Vandenberg. J. Biol. Chem. 278, 42136-42148 (2003). Structure of HERG K + channel S5-P extracellular linker: Role of an amphipathic a-helix C-type inactivation.

Paramjit S. Bansal, Paul A. Grieveb, Ronald J. Marschkeb, Norelle L. Daly, Emily McGhie, David J. Craik and Paul F. AlewoodBiochem and Biophys. Res. Commun., 340, 1098-1103 (2006). Chemical synthesis and structure elucidation of bovine k-casein peptide (1-44)

Memberships:

  • Associate of IUPAC
  • Fellow of Royal Australian Chemical Institute since 1997.
  • Life member of Indian Chemical Society.