Biography

Shayon Bhattacharya is a lecturer in the Department of Physics in University of Limerick and researcher at the SSPC the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) National Research Centre for Pharmaceuticals. Shayon's current research involves developing and applying cutting-edge theoretical physics-based modelling and computer-assisted molecular design to provide design rules for re-engineering biomolecular complexes relevant for drug development and biophysics. He also models biomolecular assembly to functional nanostructures for design of diverse biomaterials and predict mechanism of biological assembly diseases, such as neurodegenerative disorders, which was also the focus of his doctoral thesis. Shayon collaborates with leading experimental and industry partners in SSPC, European Framework, Science Foundation Ireland and Enterprise Ireland funded projects, actively leading or driving these multiple projects. His YouTube Channel runs molecular modelling tutorial sessions for newbies.

Research Interests

- Supramolecular chemistry
- Protein and peptide aggregation and self-assembly
- Neurodegenrative disorders
- Modelling biomolecular complexes
- Drug design
- Molecular dynamics simulations
- Density functional theory

Professional Activities

Association

  • 2022 Full Member, Neuroscience Ireland
  • Community Member, American Chemical Society

Award

  • 2019 - Best Image Award
  • 2017 - Travel Grant
  • 2017 - Travel Grant
  • 2015 - Poster Award at NanoNet Ireland Conference

Research Collaborators

  • Prof Tim Bartels - International Collaboration Type - University College London -England
  • Dr Peter Nirmalraj - International Collaboration Type - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science & Technology (EMPA) -Switzerland
  • Prof Micheal Thompson - International Collaboration Type - University of Toronto -Canada
  • Dr Agnes Banreti - International Collaboration Type - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) -France

Peer Reviewed Journals

2022

Hydroxychloroquine Does Not Function as a Direct Zinc Ionophore

Kavanagh, Oisín N. and Bhattacharya, Shayon and Marchetti, Luke and Elmes, Robert and O’Sullivan, Finbarr and Farragher, John P. and Robinson, Shane and Thompson, Damien and Walker, Gavin M. (2022) Hydroxychloroquine Does Not Function as a Direct Zinc Ionophore. Pharmaceutics

2021

Modulating the pro-apoptotic activity of cytochrome c at a biomimetic electrified interface

Alonso Gamero-Quijano and Shayon Bhattacharya and Pierre-André Cazade and Andrés F. Molina-Osorio and Cillian Beecher and Ahmed Djeghader and Tewfik Soulimane and Manuel Dossot and Damien Thompson and Grégoire Herzog and Micheál D. Scanlon (2021) Modulating the pro-apoptotic activity of cytochrome c at a biomimetic electrified interface. Science Advances :eabg4119-

2013

Ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor regulation of adult forebrain neurogenesis

Lee, Nancy and Batt, Myra K and Cronier, Brigitte A and Jackson, Michele C and Garza, Jennifer L Bruno and Trinh, Dennis S and Mason, Carter O and Spearry, Rachel P and Bhattacharya, Shayon and Robitz, Rachel and others (2013) Ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor regulation of adult forebrain neurogenesis. Journal of Neuroscience :1241-1258

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