Mrinal Shekhar

Graduate Student

Address:
Beckman Institute, Room 3047
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
405 N. Mathews Ave,
Urbana, IL 61801,
Telephone:
(217)418-7187
E-mail
mshekha2@illinois.edu

Education

• Integrated MS, Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, 2012

Research Interests

• Enhanced Sampling techniques.
• Elucidating large scale structural transition in Transporters.
• Developing and implementing tools for de-novo model building in an Cryo-EM map.

Publications

• X-ray structures define human P2X3 receptor gating cycle and antagonist action Steven E. Mansoor, Wei Lü, Wout Oosterheert,Mrinal Shekhar,Emad Tajkhorshid & Eric Gouaux Nature 538, 66 ‐ 71 (06 October 2016)
• Structural basis of co-translational quality control by ArfA and RF2 bound to ribosome Fuxing Zeng, Yanbo Chen, Jonathan Remis, Mrinal Shekhar, James C. Phillips, Emad Tajkhorshid & Hong Jin Nature 541, 554 ‐ 557 (26 January 2017)
• Activation and Desensitization Mechanism of AMPA Receptor-TARP Complex by Cryo-EM Shanshuang Chen, Yan Zhao, Yuhang Wang, Mrinal Shekhar, Emad Tajkhorshid, Eric Gouaux Cell Volume 170, Issue 6, p1234 ‐ 1246.e14, 7 September 2017