Umesh R. Desai

Affiliations: 
1994-1996 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 
 1996-1998 University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States 
 1998- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States 
Area:
Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Biochemistry
Website:
https://pharmacy.vcu.edu/directory/desai-umesh.html
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Parents

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Girish K. Trivedi grad student 1985-1991 IIT Bombay
Robert J. Linhardt post-doc 1991-1993 University of Iowa
 (Professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA)
Alexander M. Klibanov post-doc 1993-1994 MIT

Children

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Samuel Holmes grad student 2019- VCU
Connor O'Hara grad student 2019- VCU
Rawan Fayyad grad student 2021- VCU
Ally Thompson grad student 2022- VCU
Gunnar T. Gunnarsson grad student 1998-2003 VCU
Junaid Afridi grad student 2003-2006 VCU
Brian Henry grad student 2005-2007 VCU
Arjun Raghuraman grad student 2003-2008 VCU
Chandravel Krishnasamy grad student 2003-2009 VCU
Jay N. Thakkar grad student 2011 VCU
J. Timothy King grad student 2006-2011 VCU
Rami Al-Horani grad student 2007-2011 VCU
Preetpal Singh Sidhu grad student 2007-2011 VCU
May Hamdy Abdel Aziz grad student 2013 VCU
Akul Mehta grad student 2008-2014 VCU
Rio Boothello grad student 2009-2014 VCU
Meghan Thompson grad student 2010-2015 VCU
Stephen Verespy grad student 2012-2016 VCU
Daniel Afosah grad student 2012-2017 VCU
Alhumaidi Alabbas grad student 2014-2018 VCU
Shravan Morla grad student 2015-2019 VCU
Rahaman Navaz Gangji grad student 2016-2020 VCU
John Chittum grad student 2018-2022 VCU
Elsamani Abdelfadiel grad student 2017-2023 VCU
S. Nehru Viji post-doc 2012- VCU
Balaji Nagarajan post-doc 2014- VCU
Rama Gunta post-doc 2019- VCU
Aiye Liang post-doc 2006-2011 VCU
Philip D. Mosier post-doc 2009-2011 VCU
Aurijit Sarkar post-doc 2012-2016 VCU
Jyothi Sistla post-doc 2016-2020 VCU
Ravikumar Ongolu post-doc 2017-2020 VCU

Collaborators

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Pradeep T Deota collaborator 2013-2018
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Thompson A, Sankaranarayanan NV, Chittum JE, et al. (2025) Identification of an Unnatural Sulfated Monosaccharide as a High-Affinity Ligand for Pan-Variant Targeting of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein. Acs Chemical Biology
Qiu W, Trinh TKH, Catalano C, et al. (2025) Cholesterol-dependent enzyme activity of human TSPO1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122: e2323045122
Afosah DK, Ongolu R, Fayyad RM, et al. (2025) A Robust Proteomics-Based Method for Identifying Preferred Protein Targets of Synthetic Glycosaminoglycan Mimetics. Biorxiv : the Preprint Server For Biology
Sankaranarayanan NV, Villuri BK, Nagarajan B, et al. (2024) Design and Synthesis of Small Molecule Probes of MDA-9/Syntenin. Biomolecules. 14
Painter CD, Sankaranarayanan NV, Nagarajan B, et al. (2024) Alteration of Neuropilin-1 and Heparan Sulfate Interaction Impairs Murine B16 Tumor Growth. Acs Chemical Biology
Chittum JE, Thompson A, Desai UR. (2024) Glycosaminoglycan microarrays for studying glycosaminoglycan-protein systems. Carbohydrate Polymers. 335: 122106
Holmes SG, Desai UR. (2023) Assessing Genetic Algorithm-Based Docking Protocols for Prediction of Heparin Oligosaccharide Binding Geometries onto Proteins. Biomolecules. 13
Pradhan AK, Modi J, Maji S, et al. (2023) Dual Targeting of the PDZ1 and PDZ2 Domains of MDA-9/Syntenin Inhibits Melanoma Metastasis. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. OF1-OF13
Afosah DK, Fayyad RM, Puliafico VR, et al. (2023) Homogeneous, Synthetic, Non-Saccharide Glycosaminoglycan Mimetics as Potent Inhibitors of Human Cathepsin G. Biomolecules. 13
Sankaranarayanan NV, Sistla S, Nagarajan B, et al. (2023) Computational studies on glycosaminoglycan recognition of Sialyl transferases. Glycobiology
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