Madhusoodan Vijayacharya Hosur (born 24 December 1950) also known as MV Hosur is an Indian structural biologist and crystallographer known for his work on macromolecular crystallography, including viral and HIV-1 protease structures, and for contributions to drug-design research.
Early life and education He received his Ph.D. in X-ray crystallography of nucleotides, coenzymes and high-energy phosphates from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India during (1973–1979).
He then carried out early work as a Research Associate, University of Wisconsin–Madison (1979–1981), on the X-ray crystallography of oligonucleotides. Later he worked at the Purdue University (1982–1986) on the X-ray structure of spherical viruses.
Career He joined BARC, Mumbai, as Scientific Officer in 1986 and stayed there until 1999 on the work related to macromolecular crystallography and drug‐design.
From 1999 to 2012, he was with the Protein Crystallography Section, Solid-State Physics Division (SSPD) at BARC as head. His work was focused on viral protein structures, malaria proteins, and drug-resistance mechanisms. Later he moved to the Advanced Centre for Treatment Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) in Navi Mumbai, continuing his research in biophysics, crystallography, and big-data epilepsy from 2013 to 2016.
From 2017 onward, he has been an INSA-Senior scientist and holding adjunct professorship at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. He focuses on big-data approaches in epilepsy and other biomedical fields.
Awards and honours Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) (2010) Wenner‑Gren Visiting Fellowship at Lund University (2001) Martin‐Forster Gold Medal from Indian Institute of Science (1979)
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