B V Venkatar Prasad

B V Venkatar Prasad is a Professor at the Baylor College of Medicine, holding appointments in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Molecular Virology and Microbiology. He serves as Director of the Graduate Program in Chemical, Physical & Structural Biology and is a member of the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

• Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science (1981)
• Postdoctoral Training at Indian Institute of Science (1984) and University of Arizona (1988)

His research focuses on viral structure-function relationships for antiviral development, particularly in rotavirus, norovirus, and influenza. Key areas include:

• Cryo-EM and X-ray crystallography of viral proteins
• Host-pathogen interactions via glycobiology
• Mechanisms of immune evasion and genome replication
• Structure-guided drug/vaccine design

Article trends highlight capsid dynamics, protease inhibition, and viral replication phase separation. Recent work explores glycan specificity and host pathway modulation for pandemic noroviruses.

• Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology (2015)
• NIH MERIT Awards (2003, 2013)
• Welch Foundation funding for structural virology
• Indo-US Professorship (2004-2005)

Advising includes postdoctoral trainee Anish Thachangattuthodi. Skills span Cryo-EM, X-ray crystallography, computational biology, and protein purification.