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Last published 2025
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Suresh Thallapuranam

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Federal Grant PI

Researcher

Also affiliated: Landmark College (2025)

Faculty Researcher

4 h-index 24 pubs 58 cited

  • Animals
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors
  • Crotalid Venoms
  • Phylogeny
  • Proteins
  • Toxins, Biological
  • Crotalus
  • Glucose
  • Homeostasis
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms
  • Regeneration
  • Signal Transduction

Biography and Research Information

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Suresh Thallapuranam's research focuses on molecular modeling, peptide identification, and the study of protein interactions, with applications in therapeutic development and understanding biological systems. He has been a Principal Investigator on multiple federally funded grants totaling over $2 million, including projects supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). These grants have supported work on SARS-CoV-2, wound care formulations utilizing fibroblast growth factors (FGFs), and the development of tissue-chip models for cardiovascular research. His work also includes the synthesis and application of nanoshells and the development of imaging devices for wound healing assessment.

Thallapuranam's publication record includes studies on the protein components of rattlesnake venom, the structural modifications of proteins due to polyphenol interactions in food products like rice and sorghum, and the identification of potential antiviral peptides. He has also published on engineered FGF compositions and the structural dynamics of intrinsically disordered protein regions. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 4, with 24 total publications and 55 total citations. He actively collaborates with other faculty members at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Zeina Alraawi and Patience Okoto, with whom he shares multiple publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 4
  • Publications: 24
  • Citations: 58

Selected Publications

  • Abstract 1990 Creating a Heparin-Binding, Hyper-Stable FGF1: Effects of a Targeted Two Mutation on the N-Terminus of Super FGF1 (2025)
    Journal of Biological Chemistry DOI OpenAlex
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors: Roles and Emerging Therapeutic Applications (2025)
    Current Drug Targets 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Polyphenol-induced protein structural modifications in sorghum on pasting properties (2024)
    LWT 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Polyphenol-Induced Protein Structural Modifications in Sorghum on Pasting Properties (2024)
    SSRN Electronic Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Abstract 1854 Recombinant FGF19 Purification and Characterization of Its Metabolic Activity (2024)
    Journal of Biological Chemistry DOI OpenAlex
  • Abstract 1748 Purification of Rubredoxin tagged Recombinant Proteins using the Three Phase Partitioning technique (2024)
    Journal of Biological Chemistry DOI OpenAlex
  • Elucidating the effect of polyphenol-protein interactions on rheological properties of purple waxy rice (2024)
    Journal of Cereal Science 14 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Molecular Modelling, Synthesis, and In-Vitro Assay to Identify Potential Antiviral Peptides Targeting the 3-Chymotrypsin-Like Protease of SARS-CoV-2 (2023)
    International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Transient local secondary structure in the intrinsically disordered C‐term of the Albino3 insertase (2022)
    The FASEB Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • A Meta-Analysis of the Protein Components in Rattlesnake Venom (2021)
    Toxins 18 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Patterns in Protein Components Present in Rattlesnake Venom: A Meta-Analysis (2020)
    Preprints.org 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effect(s) of Self‐Assembled Structures of Phenylalanine on the Amyloid‐like Fibril Formation of the Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor (2020)
    The FASEB Journal 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Stability Comparisons between Natural Archaeal and Engineered Archaeal‐Bacterial Heat‐Shock Protein Subunits (α, β, and β‐cohesin) and their Oligomeric Complexes (2020)
    The FASEB Journal DOI OpenAlex
  • Faster diffusive dynamics of histone-like nucleoid structuring proteins in live bacteria caused by silver ions (2019)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Physicochemical Properties and ACE‐I Inhibitory Activity of Protein Hydrolysates from a Non‐Genetically Modified Soy Cultivar (2016)
    Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society 11 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 7 $2,055,463 total

NIH Contact PI Sep 2024 - Aug 2027

Hyperstable FGF1-FGF2 based therapeutic formulation for wound care

National Institute of General Medical Sciences $435,226 R15
NIH Contact PI Mar 2022 - Feb 2026

ACE2 SARS-CoV2-mediated valve disease in a microphysiological tissue-chip model

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases $436,642 R15
NSF PI Sep 2023 - Aug 2026

CAS: Template Directed Synthesis of Earth Abundant Metal Oxide and Chalcogenide Nanoshells

EPSCoR Co-Funding, Macromolec/Supramolec/Nano $493,595
NSF PI Apr 2024 - Mar 2028

REU Site: Sustainable Chemistry for Integrative Synthesis and Measurements (SCISM)

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN CHEM $540,000

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