Jayant Bhalchandra Udgaonkar (Marathi: Jayanta Udgāṁvakara) is a molecular biologist studying the processes by which a random chain of amino acids stabilises into a functional structure during or after translation.[1][2]
While studying the kinetics of acetylcholine receptors in response to the binding of ACh at Stanford University, he was struck by the structural precision of protein molecules that enabled them to perform highly specialized tasks with extreme precision. Consequently, he focused his attention on the processes that make these structures possible, and what may go wrong in these highly accurate processes. In one of his earliest studies, he found that a certain hydrophobic collapse is the first stage in a typical protein folding process. His current work focuses on the formation of amyloids.[5][6]
^Phondke, Bal; Sheth, Parul R.; Naik-Satam, Suhas; Deshpande, A.P. (2007). B.M. Udgaonkar: Eminent Scientist and Educationist(PDF). Mumbai: National Center for Science Communication; Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Communication.
^ ab"Profile on NCBS"(PDF). National Centre for Biological Sciences. 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
