
Vedant Sarode
@vedantsarode
Bioinformatics researcher in computational structural biology who published first-author work on substrate recognition in SLC45A4.
What I'm looking for
At Manipal School of Life Sciences, I studied how the neuronal polyamine transporter SLC45A4 recognizes its substrates. I analyzed molecular dynamics simulations and jointly led the manuscript as first author; the work was published in the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules.
I also fine-tuned ESM2 with PyTorch for a proof-of-concept framework predicting mutation-induced stability effects in membrane proteins. My research has also included a generative peptide and small-molecule design pipeline using PocketXMol, and I'm seeking to apply and grow my background in computational structural bioinformatics research.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Research Student
Manipal School of Life Sciences, MAHE
Jan 2026 - Jun 2026 (5 months)
Developed a biophysics-informed AI tool for predicting stability effects of mutations in membrane proteins. Curated experimental datasets, engineered structural feature matrices, and fine-tuned the ESM2 protein language model.
Project Trainee
Fergusson College
May 2024 - Jun 2024 (1 month)
Studied the immunomodulatory effect of prebiotic and probiotic conditioned media on human macrophages in vitro during the final year of B.Sc.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
CDAC & IIT Mandi
Certificate, Quantum Computing
2026 - 2026
Completed the course 'Principles and Applications of Quantum Computing'.
Codecademy
Certificate, SQL
2026 - 2026
Completed the 'Learn SQL' course.
Schrödinger Online Education
Certificate, Computational Chemistry
2026 - 2026
Completed the course 'Designing Quality Ligand Libraries' with a full scholarship.
Manipal School of Life Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Master of Science, Bioinformatics
2024 - 2026
Grade: 9.31 CGPA
Pursued M.Sc. in Bioinformatics with a CGPA of 9.31.
Schrödinger
Certificate, Computational Biology
2025 - 2025
Completed the workshop on Molecular Docking, Virtual Screening & Computational Biology.
Schrödinger
Certificate, Molecular Dynamics
2025 - 2025
Grade: A
Completed the course 'Advanced Molecular Simulations and Dynamics' with grade A.
NIT Rourkela
Certificate, Molecular Simulations
2025 - 2025
Completed the course 'Molecular Simulations for Chemical and Biomolecular Systems (MoSiC-2025)'.
AuroSeqTech
Certificate, Drug Discovery
2025 - 2025
Completed the course 'Computational Drug Discovery: Molecular Docking and MD Simulations'.
NyBerMan Bioinformatics Europe
Certificate, NGS and RNA-Seq
2024 - 2024
Completed the course 'NGS and RNA-Seq for Beginners'.
IBM (Coursera)
Certificate, Linux and Shell Scripting
2024 - 2024
Completed the course 'Hands-on Introduction to Linux Commands and Shell Scripting'.
NyBerMan Bioinformatics Europe
Certificate, Cheminformatics
2024 - 2024
Completed the course 'Master Cheminformatics with RDKit Toolkit'.
Fergusson College, Savitribai Phule Pune University
Bachelor of Science, Biotechnology
2021 - 2024
Grade: 8.35 CGPA
Completed B.Sc. in Biotechnology with a CGPA of 8.35.
Green Array
Certificate, Molecular Biology
2023 - 2023
Grade: A
Completed the course 'Hands-On Training in Molecular Biology Techniques (Advanced)' with grade A.
IISER Kolkata
Certificate, Animal Handling
2023 - 2023
Completed the course 'Hands-On Training on Basics of Animal Handling (Mice) & Research'.
Priyadarshini Public School
Higher Secondary Certificate, Science
2019 - 2021
Grade: 94.50%
Completed HSC (Science) with 94.50%.
Savitribai Phule Secondary High School
Secondary School Certificate, General
2018 - 2019
Grade: 95.80%
Completed SSC with 95.80%.
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