Publications

2026

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45. Agarwal H, Ben H, Chaini A, Gurnani B, Mukherjee N, Pal A, Upadhyaya AK, Ghosh S, Kumar Sasmal D, Jain N*.

β2-microglobulin inhibits Escherichia coli biofilm formation via selectively blocking curli assembly. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2026, 123(8):e2515986123.

44. Gurnani B, Jain N*. The cytoplasmic protein YedX is a potent inhibitor of CsgA amyloid assembly in E. coli. J Biol Chem 2026, 302(3):111201.

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2025

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43. Vincy A, Anand V, Kannan DK, Pandith A, Gurnani B, Pandith A, Ranjan P, Pathak A, Jain N, Vankayala R*. NIR-responsive free standing borophene mediate photothermal and photodynamic therapy to reduce bacterial biofilm burden. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2025, 17(50).

42. Ben H, Agarwal H, Gurnani B, Pardhan AA, Khan AA, Jain N*. Breaking the barrier: disruption of bacterial biofilms using microwave radiation. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2025, 15.

41. Agarwal H, Dhaiya J, Pippal B, Hasan S, Jain N*. Fostering science awareness through outreach workshops: bridging the gap between science and society. J Microbiol Biol Educ 2025, 26:e00120-25.

40. Agarwal H, Srivastava RK, Vankayala R, Jain N*. Aspect ratio-dependent anti-bacterial and anti-biofilm potential of plasmonic gold nanostructures. Proc Indian Natl Sci Acad 2025.

39. Rani K, Gurnani B, Jain N*. Probing a salt-induced conformational switch in β2-microglobulin under low pH conditions. FEBS J 2025.

38. Bharti D, Kulanthaivel S, Mishra P, Jain N, Pal K, Banerjee I. Emulsifier-modified sunflower oil-sunflower wax oleogel as growth modulator of probiotics. BBA Adv 2025, 7:100147.

37. Gadodia V, Ahlawat K, Ish A, Jangra R, Jain N, Prakash R. Assessing the influence of far UV-C (222 nm) and UV-C (254 nm) treatment on the physicochemical and microbial properties of milk in an annular flow reactor. AIP Adv 2025, 15:025004.

36. Agarwal H, Gurnani B, Pippal B, Jain N*. Capturing the micro-communities: insights into biogenesis and architecture of bacterial biofilms. BBA Adv 2025, 7:100133.

 

2024

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35. Mazumder S, Agarwal H, Jain N*, Vankayala R*. A strategy to combat bacterial biofilms mediated by plant-derived carbon dots: a green shield for clean water. ACS ES&T Water 2024, 4(9):3863-3872.

34. Jain N*. The molecular interplay between human and bacterial amyloids: implications in neurodegenerative diseases. Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom 2024, 1872(4):141018. (BBA Rising Star Awards 2024 finalist).

33. Elkins M, Jain N, Tükel C. The menace within: bacterial amyloids as a trigger for autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases. Curr Opin Microbiol 2024, 79:102473.

32. Ahlawat K, Jangra R, Ish A, Jain N, Prakash R. A dielectric barrier discharge based low pressure narrow band far UV-C 222 nm excimer lamp and its efficiency analysis. Phys Scr 2024, 99:025018.

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2023

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31. Ahlawat K, Jangra R, Ish A, Dixit A, Fulwani D, Jain N, Prakash R. Analysis of a UV photocatalytic oxidation-based disinfection system for hydroxyl radicals, negative air ions generation and their impact on inactivation of pathogenic micro-organisms. Rev Sci Instrum 2023, 94:104103.

30. Rani K, Pal A, Gurnani B, Agrawala P, Sasmal DK, Jain N*. An innate host defense protein; β2-microglobulin keeps a check on α-synuclein amyloid assembly: implications in Parkinson's disease. J Mol Biol 2023, 435(22):168285. (Front cover).

29. Antony V, Gaikwad Y, Agarwal H, Jain N, Vankayala R. A label-free and ultrasensitive prussian blue-based dipstick sensor for bacterial and biofilm detection. Langmuir 2023, 39(40):14246-14255.

28. Kumar R, Antony V, Rani K, Jain N, Singh S, Agarwal A, Vankayala R. Facile synthesis of multifunction carbon dots derived from camel milk for Mn7+ sensing and antiamyloid and anticancer activities. ACS Omega 2023, 8(39):36521-36533.

27. Yadav AS, Malik S, De I, Pippal B, Singh M, Jain N, Yadav JK. Isolation of amyloid-like protein aggregates (APA) from white bread and their characterisation. Biophys Chem 2023, 302:107097.

26. Rani K, Pippal B, Singh SK, Karmakar A, Vankayala R, Jain N*. Effects of aspect ratio of plasmonic gold nanorods on the inhibition of lysozyme amyloid formation. Biomater Sci 2023, 11:4200-4209. (Inside front cover).

25. Pippal B, Chaudhuri P, Rani K, Yadav JK, Jain N*. Discerning modulation of α-synuclein amyloid assembly by α-crystallin. ACS Chem Neurosci 2023, 14(9):1659-1671. (Front cover).

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2022

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24. Nicastro LK, Anda JD, Jain N, Tursi SA, Grando KCM, Le LS, Miller AL, Buttaro BA, Silverman GJ, Gallucci S, Wong GCL, Tükel C. Structural organization of DNA in curli fibrils during biofilm formation dictates the type I interferon signature and autoantibody response. PLoS Pathog 2022, 18(8):e1010742.

23. Ahlawat K, Jangra R, Chaturvedi S, Prakash C, Dixit A, Fulwani D, Gupta A, Jain N, Tak V, Prakash R. Photocatalytic oxidation conveyor 'PCOC' system for large scale surface disinfection. Rev Sci Instrum 2022.

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2020-21

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22. Khambhati K, Patel J, Saxena V, P A, Jain N*. Gene regulation of biofilm-associated functional amyloids. Pathogens 2021, 10:490.

21. Bhasne K, Jain N, Karnawat R, Arya S, Majumdar A, Singh A, Mukhopadhyay S. Discerning dynamic signatures of membrane-bound α-synuclein using site-specific fluorescence depolarization kinetics. J Phys Chem B 2020, 124(5):708-717.

20. Sampson TR, Challis C#, Jain N#, Shastri G, Thron T, Wittung-Stafshede P, Gradinaru V, Chapman MR, Mazmanian SK. A gut bacterial amyloid promotes α-synuclein aggregation and motor impairment in mice. eLife 2020, 9:e53111. (Equal contribution).

19. Jain N*, Mohammad A. Stopping the unstoppable: unconventional strategies to combat biofilm growth. Curr Drug Discov Technol 2020, 17(4):515-522.

 

2018-19

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18. Jain N*, Chapman MR*. Bacterial functional amyloids: order from disorder. BBA Proteins Proteom 2019, 1867(10):954-960.

17. Klein RD, Shu Q, Cusumano ZT, Nagamatsu K, Gualberto NC, Lynch AJ, Wu C, Wang W, Jain N, Chapman MR. Structure-function analysis of the curli accessory protein CsgE defines surfaces essential for coordinating amyloid fiber formation. mBio 2018, 9(4):e01349-18.

16. Bhasne K, Sebastian S, Jain N, Mukhopadhyay S. Synergistic amyloid switch triggered by early heterotypic oligomerization of intrinsically disordered α-synuclein and tau. J Mol Biol 2018, 430(16):2508-2520. (Recommended by Faculty of 1000).

 

2017

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15. Jain N, Ådén J, Nagamatsu K, Evans ML, Li X, McMichael B, Ivanova MI, Almqvist F, Buxbaum JN, Chapman MR. Inhibition of curli assembly and E. coli biofilm formation by the human systemic amyloid precursor transthyretin. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2017, 114(46):12184-12189.

14. Jain N, Hammer ND, Wang X, McGuffie BA, Chapman MR. Amyloid: friend and foe. In: Handbook of Infection and Alzheimer's Disease. IOS Press, 2017:297-311.

 

2016

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13. Jain N, Narang D, Bhasne K, Dalal V, Arya S, Bhattacharya M, Mukhopadhyay S. Direct observation of the intrinsic backbone torsional mobility of disordered proteins. Biophys J 2016, 111(4):768-774. (Recommended by Faculty of 1000).

12. Horowitz S, Koepnick B, Martin R, Tymieniecki A, Winburn A, Cooper S, Flatten J, Rogawski D, Koropatkin N, Hailu T, Jain N, Chapman MR, Sikkema A, Skiba M, Maloney F, Beinlich F, Players F, Students UM, Popović Z, Baker D, Khatib F, Bardwell JCA. Determining crystal structures through crowdsourcing and coursework. Nat Commun 2016, 7:12549.

11. Taylor JD, Hawthorne WJ, Lo J, Dear A, Jain N, Meisl G, Matthews SJ. Electrostatically-guided inhibition of curli amyloid nucleation by the CsgC-like family of chaperones. Sci Rep 2016, 6:24656.

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2015

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10. Chorell E, Andersson E, Evans ML, Jain N, Götheson A, Åden J, Wittung-Stafshede P. Bacterial chaperones CsgE and CsgC differentially modulate human α-synuclein amyloid formation via transient contacts. PLoS One 2015, 10(10):e0140194.

9. Jain N, Mukhopadhyay S. Applications of fluorescence anisotropy in understanding protein conformational disorder and aggregation. In: Applied Spectroscopy and the Science of Nanomaterials 2015:41-57.

 

2013

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8. Jain N, Bhasne K, Hemaswasthi M, Mukhopadhyay S. Structural and dynamical insights into the membrane-bound α-synuclein. PLoS One 2013, 8(12):e83752.

7. Bhattacharya M, Jain N, Dogra P, Samai S, Mukhopadhyay S. Nanoscopic amyloid pores formed via stepwise protein assembly. J Phys Chem Lett 2013, 4(3):480-485.

 

2011

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6. Jain N, Bhattacharya M, Mukhopadhyay S. Chain collapse of an amyloidogenic intrinsically disordered protein. Biophys J 2011, 101(7):1720-1729. (Recommended by Faculty of 1000).

5. Bhattacharya M, Jain N, Mukhopadhyay S. Insights into the mechanism of aggregation and fibril formation from bovine serum albumin. J Phys Chem B 2011, 115(14):4195-4205.

4. Bhattacharya M, Jain N, Bhasne K, Kumari V, Mukhopadhyay S. pH-induced conformational isomerization of bovine serum albumin studied by extrinsic and intrinsic protein fluorescence. J Fluoresc 2011, 21:1083-1090.

3. Jain N, Bhattacharya M, Mukhopadhyay S. Kinetics of surfactant-induced aggregation of lysozyme studied by fluorescence spectroscopy. J Fluoresc 2011, 21:615-625.

 

​2009

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2. Kumar S, Jain N, Mukherjee TK. Role of RAGE in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: promising prospects. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2009, 165(2):121-122.

1. Shivaprakash MR, Jain N, Gupta S, Baghela A, Gupta A, Chakrabarti A. Allergic fungal rhinosinusitis caused by Neosartorya hiratsukae from India. Med Mycol 2009, 47(3):317-320.