Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Professor of the Institute of Bioinformatics Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Scholar Dr. Kannan's research is focused on the grand challenge of mapping genome-phenome relationships in biomedically important proteins using computational and experimental approaches. His laboratory has made impactful contributions in defining the unique modes of regulation in various protein families, including protein kinases, glycosyltransferases, and ion channels. Dr. Kannan has published nearly 100 peer-reviewed articles with over 6000 citations and an h-index 41. He has trained over 30 undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate trainees, junior scientists, and young investigators and has received multiple state and national awards, including the Georgia Coalition Distinguished Scholar Award, National Science Foundation CAREER award, NIH Maximizing Research Investigator Award, and UGA Creative Research Award. See http://esbg.bmb.uga.edu/ for more details. Education Education: Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York, Postdoc University of California, San Diego, Postdoc Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Ph.D., 2001 Research Research Areas: Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology Cancer Biology Systems Biology Evolution & Ecology Structural Biology Biology Education Research Interests: My lab is focused on pursuing rigorous and deep biological questions connecting protein sequence, structure, function, and regulation as an essential step toward inferring causal genome-phenome relationships. We focus on large gene families such as protein kinases, glycosyltransferases, and ion channels contributing to diverse cellular and disease phenotypes. Over the years, we have developed and deployed a powerful evolutionary systems approach to generate and test models of protein evolution and allosteric regulation. More recently, we have leveraged advances in artificial intelligence and large protein language models for protein design and classification. Labs: Kannan Other Website Other Website: My Publications Kannan Lab
