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Last published 2025
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Suresh Thallapuranam

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Federal Grant PI

Professor

4 h-index 24 pubs 64 cited

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

Biography and Research Information

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Suresh Thallapuranam is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. His research interests lie in understanding molecular mechanisms related to health and disease, with a focus on signal transduction, protein components, and therapeutic applications. He has received significant federal funding, totaling over $2 million across six awards, primarily from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

His funded projects include investigating ACE2 SARS-CoV-2-mediated valve disease using a microphysiological tissue-chip model, developing hyperstable FGF1-FGF2 based therapeutic formulations for wound care, and exploring the translation potential of co-cultured cardiomyocyte-on-a-chip heart models. Thallapuranam also leads efforts in sustainable chemistry for integrative synthesis and measurements, and has received funding for research on template-directed synthesis of metal oxide and chalcogenide nanoshells. His work on FGF1 and FGF2 has led to engineered compositions and methods of use.

Thallapuranam's scholarly output includes meta-analyses of protein components in rattlesnake venom, investigations into the effects of polyphenols on protein and rheological properties of food products, and research on the physicochemical properties and ACE-I inhibitory activity of protein hydrolysates. He has also published on potential antiviral peptides targeting SARS-CoV-2 and the therapeutic applications of fibroblast growth factors. His metrics include an h-index of 4, 24 total publications, and 61 total citations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 4
  • Publications: 24
  • Citations: 64

Positions

  • Professor 2015–present
    University of Arkansas Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Fibroblast Growth Factors: Roles and Emerging Therapeutic Applications (2025)
    Current Drug Targets 8 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 15 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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