Jayanti Pande

Education

1974-1979
Ph.D., (1980, Biophysical Chemistry)
The University at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, New York, USA
1969-1971
M.Sc., (1971, Physical Chemistry), Physics, Math (subsidiary subjects)
University of Delhi, Delhi, India
1966-1969
B.Sc., (1969, Honors Course in Chemistry)
Physics and Math (subsidiary subjects)
University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Positions Held

Sept. 2005, Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry
State University of New York at Albany
Albany, NY, USA
Aug. 1989 - Aug. 2005, Research Associate
Department of Physics, MIT
Cambridge, MA, USA
Aug. 1988 - Jul. 1989, Visiting Scientist
Department of Physics, MIT
Cambridge, MA, USA
Jan. 1987 - Jun. 1988, Visiting Associate
Research Scientist, Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University
College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
Jan. 1983 - Aug. 1986, Wissenschaftliche
Mitarbeiterin, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Sept. 1979 - Aug. 1982, Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dept. of Physics, City College of New York
New York, NY, USA
Jan. 1974 - May 1979, Research/Teaching Assistant
Dept. of Chemistry, State Univ. of New York at Albany
Albany, NY, USA
Sept.1973 - Dec. 1973, Teaching Assistant
Dept. of Chemistry, State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY, USA
July 1971 - Aug. 1973, Lecturer
Dept. of Chemistry, Gargi College, University of Delhi
New Delhi, India

Selected Recent Publications

  • Pande, A., Anunziata, O., Asherie, N., Ogun, O, Benedek, G. B., and Pande, J. (2005) "Protein solubility and cataract formation due to the P23T mutation in human gD- crystallin ". Biochemistry, 44, 2491-2500 (designated as "Hot Article").
  • Annunziata, O., Pande, A., Pande, J., Ogun, O., Lubsen, N.H. and Benedek, G.B. (2005): "Oligomerization and phase transitions in aqueous solutions of native and truncated human bB1- crystallin". Biochemistry, 44, 1316-1328.
  • Basak, A., Bateman, O., Slingsby, C., Pande, A., Asherie, N., Ogun, O., Benedek, G.B.B. and Pande, J. (2003)'High resolution x-ray crystal structures of human gD-crystallin (1.25Å) and its R58H mutant (1.15Å) implicated in the aculeiform cataract". J. Mol. Biol., 328, 1137-1147.
  • Annunziata, O., Asherie, N., Lomakin, A., Pande, J., Ogun, O. and Benedek, G.B. (2002) "Effect of polyethylene glycol on the liquid-liquid phase transition in aqueous protein solutions". Proc. Natl. Acad Sci. USA, 99, 14165-14170.
  • Pande, J., Hanlon, E. and Pande, A. (2002) "A comparison of the environment of thiol groups in bovine and human g crystallins using Raman spectroscopy". Exp. Eye Res., 75, 359-363.
  • Asherie, N., Pande, J., Pande, A., Zarutskie, J. A., Lomakin, J., Lomakin, A., Ogun, O., Stern, L. J., King, J. and Benedek, G. B. (2001) "Enhanced crystallization of the Cys18 to Ser mutant of bovine gB crystallin". J. Mol. Biol., 314, 663-669.
  • Pande, A., Pande, J., Asherie, N., Lomakin, A., Ogun, O., King, J. and Benedek, G.B. (2001) "Crystal cataracts: Human genetic cataracts due to protein crystallization". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA , 98, 6116-6120.
  • Pande, A., Pande, J., Asherie, N., Lomakin, A., Ogun, O., King, J., Lubsen, N.H., Walton, D. and Benedek, G.B. (2000) "Molecular basis of a progressive juvenile-onset hereditary cataract". Proc. Nat’l. Acad. Sci. USA , 97, 1993-1998.