Himadri Pakrasi

Title:	George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor of Biology in Arts & Sciences
Degree:	PHD, University of Missouri MS, University of Rochester MS, University of Calcutta
Dept:	Biology
Office:	Rebstock Hall 202A
Mailbox:	Campus Box 1137 One Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130-4899 Hide Full Mailing Address
Phone:	(314) 935-6853
E-mail:	pakrasi@wustl.edu

Courses
Principles of Biology III: Biochemistry and Physiology

Research Interests

• Systems Biology
• Photosynthesis
• Metal homeostasis

Professor Pakrias is the director of two large-scale, multiinstitutional, Systems Biology projects (NSF-FIBR and PNNL Grand Challenge).

Selected Publications:

Koropatkin, N.M., Pakrasi, H.B., Smith, T.J. (2006). "Atomic structure of a nitrate-binding protein crucial for photosynthetic productivity" PNAS 103(26):9820-0925

Liberton, M., Berg, H.R., et al. (2006) "Ultrastructure of the membrane systems in the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803"Protoplasma 227:129-138

"Bednarski, A., Elgin, S.C.R., Pakrasi, H.B. (2005). "An Inquiry into Protein Structure and Genetic disease: Introducing Undergraduates to Bioinformatics in a Large Introductory Course." Cell Biology Education Vol 4 (Fall 2005): 207-220.

Inoue-Kashino, N., Kashino, Y., et al. (2005). "PsbU Provides a Stable Architecture for the Oxygen-Evolving System in Cyanobacterial Photosystem II." Biochemistry 44(36): 12214-12228.

Keren, N., Ohkawa, H., et al. (2005). "Psb29, a Conserved 22-kD Protein, Functions in the Biogenesis of Photosystem II Complexes in Synechocystis and Arabidopsis." Plant Cell(17): 1768-2781.