Ruma Banerjee
Ruma Banerjee is a professor of enzymology and biological chemistry at the University of Michigan Medical School. She is an experimentalist whose research has focused on unusual cofactors in enzymology.
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Born | Delhi, India |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Michigan, Renssalaer Poytechnic University |
Doctoral advisor | Jim Coward |
Website | https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/biochem/ruma-banerjee-phd |
Research
Banerjee's work focuses on the role of hydrogen sulfide as a signaling molecule in living systems. She also studies the complex networks of metalloenzymes and vitamins, specifically Co(I)-containing complexes such as Vitamin B12, and its role in the aforementioned sulfur / sulfide metabolism.[1]
Editorial
Since 2012, Professor Banerjee has been an Associate Editor for Chemical Reviews and the Journal of Biological Chemistry.[2] She has authored two textbooks on the chemistry and biological effects of Vitamin B12 and on reduction / oxidation cascades in biological systems.[3]
Awards
- 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- 2001 - Pfizer Award in Enzyme Chemistry
References
- Banerjee R, Ragsdale SW (2003). "The many faces of vitamin B12: catalysis by cobalamin-dependent enzymes". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 72: 209–47. doi:10.1146/annurev.biochem.72.121801.161828. PMID 14527323.
- "Meet Ruma Banerjee". www.asbmb.org. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- "Ruma Banerjee, Ph.D. | Biological Chemistry | Michigan Medicine | University of Michigan". medicine.umich.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-18.