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Dr. Rajesh Nagarajan is an Assistant Professor for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He earned his Ph.D. from Wesleyan University and completed a Postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. His many research interests have included bacterial resistance enzymes, quorum sensing, and biofilm inhibitors. Dr. Nagarajan has received several grants from such funders as the National Science Foundation, Research Corporation, and the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. He has also served on a variety of university committees and was responsible for developing a research program involving undergraduates on designing inhibitors for Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. Dr. Nagarajan has published in Biochemistry, Chemical Reviews, and Journal of Organic Chemistry.
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MRI: Acquisition of a 600 MHz NMR Console and Cryoprobe to Support Research and Education at Boise State University
Warner, D. (CoPI), Nagarajan, R. (CoPI), Warner, L. (CoPI), Phillips, S. (CoPI) & Mass, O. A. (CoPI)
1/10/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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Chemical probes to modulate acyl-homoserine lactone quorum signal synthesis
Nagarajan, R. (PI)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
20/09/22 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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Chemical tools to investigate chain-flipping in quorum signal synthases
Nagarajan, R. (PI)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
23/01/23 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Mechanistic Investigation on Carrier Protein Recognition in Quorum Signal Synthases
Nagarajan, R. (PI) & Warner, L. R. (CoPI)
1/08/19 → 31/07/23
Project: Research
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Acyl-homoserine lactone signal fidelity enforcing mechanism in bacterial communication
Nagarajan, R. (PI)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
1/02/16 → 31/01/20
Project: Research
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1H, 13C and 15N backbone and sidechain assignment of the Burkholderia mallei acyl carrier protein
Matosin, S., Fischer, P. D., Droemer, M. A., Baggs, E., Chowdhury, A. S., Tavares, I., Ficarro, S. B., Warner, L. R., Arthanari, H. & Nagarajan, R., Dec 2023, In: Biomolecular NMR Assignments. 17, 2, p. 167-171 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Backbone 1H, 13C and 15N assignments of the apo-acyl carrier protein (ACP1) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Rizzo, M., Baggs, E., Chowdhury, A. S., Nagarajan, R. & Warner, L. R., Dec 2023, In: Biomolecular NMR Assignments. 17, 2, p. 183-188 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Carrier Protein Mediated Cargo Sensing in Quorum Signal Synthases
Fischer, P. D., Chowdhury, A. S., Bartholow, T., Basu, S., Baggs, E., Cox, H. S., Matošin, S., Burkart, M. D., Warner, L., Nagarajan, R. & Arthanari, H., 25 Jan 2023, In: Chemical Communications. 59, 8, p. 1014-1017 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Matrix Biology: Building Research Infrastructure, Supporting Young Researchers, and Fostering Collaboration
Oxford, J. T., Cornell, K. A., Romero, J. J., Smith, D. B., Yarnell, T. L., Wood, R. M., Jorcyk, C. L., Lujan, T. J., Albig, A. R., Mitchell, K. A., McDougal, O. M., Fologea, D., Estrada, D., Tinker, J. K., Nagarajan, R., Warner, D. L., Rohn, T. T., Browning, J., Beard, R. S. & Warner, L. R. & 10 others, , 2 Mar 2020, In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21, 6Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Structure-Guided Biochemical Analysis of Quorum Signal Synthase Specificities
Dong, S. H., Nhu-Lam, M., Nagarajan, R. & Nair, S. K., 19 Jun 2020, In: ACS Chemical Biology. 15, 6, p. 1497-1504 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access5 Scopus citations