Venkat Gopalan

Venkat Gopalan's lab studies RNA biology, focusing on how RNA molecules fold, interact with proteins, and form biomolecular condensates (dense liquid-like droplets inside cells), as well as the enzyme RNase P that processes RNA. Related projects examine bacterial sugar-metabolism enzymes as potential drug targets, plant stress-response proteins, and tools for delivering molecules into cells. The group also publishes on graduate science education and research training methods.

Publication output has been relatively steady over the past decade, averaging about 7-9 papers per year with a notable spike in 2021, though counts have modestly declined in the most recent years.

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