chemistry

R. Sirdeshmukh

R. Sirdeshmukh is a chemistry topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand R. Sirdeshmukh rather than just read about it. In short: Ravi Sirdeshmukh (Hindi: रवि सरदेशमुख) is an Indian cancer biologist and proteomics scientist. He is a distinguished scientist and incumbent associate director of the Institute of Bioinformatics (IOB) in Bangalore, founding president of the Proteomics Society, India and Principal Research Advisor at the Mazumdar Shaw Center for Translational Research (MSCTR) in Bangalore.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Ravi Sirdeshmukh (Hindi: रवि सरदेशमुख) is an Indian cancer biologist and proteomics scientist. He is a distinguished scientist and incumbent associate director of the Institute of Bioinformatics (IOB) in Bangalore, founding president of the Proteomics Society, India and Principal Research Advisor at the Mazumdar Shaw Center for Translational Research (MSCTR) in Bangalore. He is also an elected member of the Council of Human Proteome Organization. He is most noted for his contributions in the Human Proteome Project where he served as the Group Leader for the countries like India, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. Sirdeshmukh is also an invited member of the Council of Asian Oceanean HUPO (AOHUPO).

Education and career Sirdeshmukh graduated with an M.Sc. in Biochemistry from Osmania University in Hyderabad, India. He then completed his Ph.D. at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad. He worked in the USA as a visiting researcher at the Washington University School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Sirdeshmukh worked at CCMB for more than two decades and headed the proteomics laboratory as director before joining the Institute of Bioinformatics (IOB) as a distinguished scientist. He also works as a consultant in neuro-oncology research at the Mazumdar-Shaw Center for Translational Research (MSCTR), where he leads transnational research programs on brain tumors. Ravi Sirdeshmukh is a member of the research advisory boards of several institutes and centers, such as the US Pharmacopeia (USP) for protein therapeutics, the Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) and the Asian Oceanian HUPO (AOHUPO). He was also thereby connected to international research initiatives such as the Membrane Proteomics Initiative of AOHUPO and the Chromosome-Centric Human Proteome Project initiated by HUPO. Sirdeshmukh is also a reviewer for various international proteomics journals and a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Proteins and Proteomics. He is also the founding president of the Proteomics Society India.

Research area His research interests extend to the areas of protein and nucleic acid biochemistry and his previous work includes RNA processing, mRNA stability, structure-function relationship of ribonucleases and their regulation. More recently, his interest has been in the areas of proteomics of gliomas – a major class of brain tumors and head and neck cancers.

Honors and positions Sirdeshmukh has been honored with memberships in several national and international bodies. This includes

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board: Institute of Cytology and Preventive Medicine (ICMR, Noida); Institute of Pathology, (ICMR, New Delhi); Council of Human Proteome Organization; Council of Asian Oceanean HUPO; National Facility for Advanced Proteomics and Protein Research (Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata); US Pharmacopeia (USA; responsible for protein and glycoprotein analysis) Biotechnology Study Committee Member: Osmania University (Hyderabad) Member of the editorial board: Journal of Proteomics and Bioinformatics Reviewer of scientific journals: Annals of Neurology, Journal of Proteome Research, Proteomics, Proteomics: Clinical Applications Head of the CSIR Proteomics Network for International Collaborations invited member of the Council of Human Proteome Organization (HUPO)

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with R. Sirdeshmukh

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what R. Sirdeshmukh claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In chemistry, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to R. Sirdeshmukh before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about R. Sirdeshmukh ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of R. Sirdeshmukh

In research: R. Sirdeshmukh appears in chemistry research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses R. Sirdeshmukh in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: R. Sirdeshmukh is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Cancer researchers, Indian biochemists, Indian medical researchers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for R. Sirdeshmukh outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Because it connects several chemistry ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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