M. Vijayan
Academic
1941 –
Who is M. Vijayan?
Mamannamana Vijayan is an Indian structural biologist. His main area of research is protein structures. His contributions have been towards the structure and carbohydrate specificity of lectins and protein hydration. He has also contributed towards the area of structure and interactions of mycobacterial proteins and supramolecular association with reference to chemical evolution and origin of life. Vijayan did biological macromolecular crystallography in India.
He was awarded Padma Shri by the President of India in 2004. He was the President of the Indian National Science Academy from 2007–2010. Currently, he is DAE Homi Bhabha Professor at the Indian Institute of Science.
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- Born
- Oct 16, 1941
Cherpu - Nationality
- India
- Education
- Indian Institute of Science
- University of Oxford
- Lived in
- Bangalore
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on July 23, 2013
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