2026 Pinak Chakrabarti: Molecular Biology Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Chemistry	57	10978	9912	165	163	182	13562
Molecular Biology	56	2197	1977	2	2	156	12908

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in India Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in India Leader Award
2011 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Pinak Chakrabarti is a researcher affiliated with Bose Institute in India, focusing primarily on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, Oncology, Endocrinology, and Molecular Medicine.

Their research topics cover areas such as Protein Structure and Dynamics, Enzyme Structure and Function, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Vibrio bacteria research studies, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications, and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Pinak Chakrabarti include:

Intrinsically disordered proteins/regions and insight into their biomolecular interactions, 2022, Biophysical Chemistry
RGS5-TGFβ-Smad2/3 axis switches pro- to anti-apoptotic signaling in tumor-residing pericytes, assisting tumor growth, 2021, Cell Death and Differentiation
The gold nanoparticle reduces Vibrio cholerae pathogenesis by inhibition of biofilm formation and disruption of the production and structure of cholera toxin, 2021, Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces
Inhibition of microtubule assembly and cytotoxic effect of graphene oxide on human colorectal carcinoma cell HCT116, 2021, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Virstatin-Conjugated Gold Nanoparticle with Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity against the Vibrio cholerae El Tor Biotype, 2021, ACS Applied Bio Materials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Pinak Chakrabarti include:

Tanaya Chatterjee
Jesmita Dhar
Barun K. Chatterjee
Gaurav Das
Sucharita Dey

The researcher has contributed to publications in several venues frequently, including:

Scientific Reports
Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics
Biochemistry
Biophysical Chemistry
Cell Death and Differentiation

Among their recognitions, Pinak Chakrabarti was named Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2011.

Best Publications

Crystallographic Structure of the Nitrogenase Iron Protein from Azotobacter vinelandii

Millie Georgiadis;H. Komiya;P. Chakrabarti;D. Woo

938
Citations
Dissecting protein-protein recognition sites.

Pinak Chakrabarti;Joël Janin

757
Citations
A dissection of specific and non-specific protein-protein interfaces.

Ranjit Prasad Bahadur;Pinak Chakrabarti;Francis Rodier;Joël Janin

590
Citations
Protein-protein interaction and quaternary structure

Joël Janin;Ranjit P. Bahadur;Pinak Chakrabarti

494
Citations
CH–π hydrogen bonds in biological macromolecules

Motohiro Nishio;Yoji Umezawa;Jacques Fantini;Manfred S. Weiss

493
Citations
Cis peptide bonds in proteins: residues involved, their conformations, interactions and locations.

Debnath Pal;Pinak Chakrabarti

403
Citations
Dissecting subunit interfaces in homodimeric proteins.

Ranjit Prasad Bahadur;Pinak Chakrabarti;Francis Rodier;Joël Janin

366
Citations
Conservation and relative importance of residues across protein-protein interfaces

Mainak Guharoy;Pinak Chakrabarti

310
Citations
Hydration of protein–protein interfaces

Francis Rodier;Ranjit Prasad Bahadur;Pinak Chakrabarti;Joël Janin

283
Citations
The interrelationships of side-chain and main-chain conformations in proteins.

Pinak Chakrabarti;Debnath Pal

269
Citations
Contrasting effect of gold nanoparticles and nanorods with different surface modifications on the structure and activity of bovine serum albumin

Soumyananda Chakraborty;Prachi Joshi;Prachi Joshi;Virendra Shanker;Z. A. Ansari

253
Citations
Anion Binding Sites in Protein Structures

P. Chakrabarti

251
Citations
Non-hydrogen Bond Interactions Involving the Methionine Sulfur Atom

Debnath Pal;Pinak Chakrabarti

239
Citations
STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CARBOXYLIC AMIDE GROUP

P. Chakrabarti;J. D. Dunitz

238
Citations
Geometry of nonbonded interactions involving planar groups in proteins

Pinak Chakrabarti;Rajasri Bhattacharyya

232
Citations
Secondary structure based analysis and classification of biological interfaces

Mainak Guharoy;Pinak Chakrabarti

224
Citations
Stereospecific interactions of proline residues in protein structures and complexes.

Rajasri Bhattacharyya;Pinak Chakrabarti

223
Citations
C--H...O hydrogen bond involving proline residues in alpha-helices.

Pinak Chakrabarti;Sarmistha Chakrabarti

223
Citations
Structure and activity of lysozyme on binding to ZnO nanoparticles.

Soumyananda Chakraborti;Tanaya Chatterjee;Prachi Joshi;Asim Poddar

209
Citations
Antibacterial effect of silver nanoparticles and the modeling of bacterial growth kinetics using a modified Gompertz model.

Tanaya Chatterjee;Barun K. Chatterjee;Dipanwita Majumdar;Pinak Chakrabarti

209
Citations
Geometry of interaction of metal ions with histidine residues in protein structures

P. Chakrabarti

204
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Joël Janin University of Paris-Saclay

Douglas C. Rees California Institute of Technology

Jack D. Dunitz ETH Zurich

Vinay Gupta University of Delhi

Avadhesha Surolia Indian Institute of Science

Walter J. Storkus University of Pittsburgh

Jayaraman Chandrasekhar Indian Institute of Science

Dulal Panda Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Sabita Roy University of Miami

Magnus Odén Linköping University

External Links

Personal website of Pinak Chakrabarti

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