Arun K. Rathod

About

Arun K. Rathod is a computational biophysicist working at the intersection of lipid chemistry and membrane biology. His research uses molecular dynamics and multiscale modeling to explore the structural and functional organization of biological membranes, with a focus on thylakoid membranes in marine algae. He has published on lipid phase transitions, domain formation, lipid–protein interactions, and the role of lipid specificity in physiology and pharmacology. Beyond membranes, his work extends to algal polysaccharides, bioactive plant seed oils, and evolutionary adaptations of membrane proteins, emphasizing how lipid chemistry and membrane dynamics shape key biological and biomedical processes.

Employment

• CSMCRI Computational Biophysicist/Biochemist Ph.D Candidate @ CSIR-CSMCRI
  2021 - Present
• Lupin Limited
  2019 - 2019
• Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
  2017 - 2019
• Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences Project JRF
  2016 - 2017

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (10)

• Temperature-Induced Lipid Remodeling Underpins Thermal Resilience in Marine Macroalgae via Homeoviscous Membrane Adaptation: Bridging Experiments and Atomistic Simulations
  Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.5c02863
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• Decoding the Conformational Dynamics of Mannobiose and Mannopentose: An Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Study
  2026 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6635502
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• Revealing Griffithsin recognition of diverse virus-associated N-glycans using atomistic simulations: glycan compositions and branching patterns as key molecular determinants
  Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2026 DOI: 10.1039/D6CP01134A
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• Evaluation of Anti-Diabetic and Anti-Obesity Potential of Salicornia brachiata Roxb. Seed Oil
  Plant Foods for Human Nutrition 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s11130-025-01370-3
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• Kingdom-specific lipid unsaturation calibrates sequence evolution in membrane arm subunits of eukaryotic respiratory complexes
  Nature Communications 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-57295-7
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• Computational Modeling of Thylakoid Membrane Dynamics in Photosynthetic Process: Insights into the Biomolecular Interactions
  Biotechnological Interventions to Aid Commercial Seaweed Farming 2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-9427-0_20
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• Revealing the key structural features promoting the helical conformation in algal polysaccharide carrageenan in solution
  Carbohydrate Polymers 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2024.121901
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• Phase Transition and Phase Separation in Realistic Thylakoid Lipid Membrane of Marine Algae in All-Atom Simulations
  Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling 2023 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.2c01614
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• Phase transition in atomistic simulations of model membrane with thylakoid lipids of red algae
  2022 DOI: 10.1101/2022.10.19.512972
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• Is Lipid Specificity Key to the Potential Antiviral Activity of Mouthwash Reagent Chlorhexidine against SARS-CoV-2?
  Membranes 2022 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12060616
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