Alumni

Alumni Name Programme Research Supervisor(s) Degree Awarded Year Thesis Title
Abhishek Sinha Ph.D. Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) The endocytic protein Asrij regulates pluripotency in mouse embryonic stem cells
Aditya Bhattacharya Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Elucidating the Functional Implications of Histone Acylation in Adipogenesis and Hepatic Steatosis
Aishwarya Prakash M.S. in Biological Science Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) Understanding the Role of Organellar Proteins in Embryonic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Heterogeneity
Akash Kumar Singh Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of a Specific Small Molecule Activator of Lysine Acetyltransferases P300/CBP for Neurological Disorders
Akhade Vijay Suresh Ph.D. Mrhl' Long Non-coding RNA: Role in the Regulation of Wnt Signaling and Gene Expression and Gene Expression
Akshaya C. Nambiar M.S. in Biological Science Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Elucidating the Role of Myosins in the Itinerary of Autophagic Flux
Aman Sharma M.S. in Biological Science Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) Understanding the Role of Mitochondrial Proteases AFG3L2 and YME1L in Drosophila Blood Cell Function
Amit Kumar Behera Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Regulation of Expression and Function of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 4 (PRMT4/CARM1): Implication in Differentiation and Disease
Amrutha A S M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Characterization of the Genome wide Alterations Associated with Drug Resistance in Candida tropicalis
Anand Kumar K Ph.D. Ranga Udaykumar Optimization of DNA Vaccines: Molecular Strategies to Augment Immune Responses to HIV-1 Tat
Ananya Ray Ph.D. Namita Surolia Deciphering the Role of P. falciparum Autophagy in Mechanisms of ER Homeostasis and Artemisinin Resistance
Anindita Pal M.S. in Biological Science Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Proteostasis Regulation in ALS Linked Protein Mediated Toxicity
Anjali Amrapali Vishwanath M.S. in Biological Science Investigating the Effect of Syngap1 Heterozygous Mutation On Astrocytes
Anjali Verma Ph.D. Ranga Udaykumar Functional Characterization of a Subtype-Specific NF-kB Motif in HIV-1 Subtype C Viral Promoter and its Association with the Proximal and Subtype-specific Sp1 Site
Ankit Sharma M.S. in Biological Science Sheeba Vasu Elucidating the Role of ATG8A in Mediating Rescue of Circadian Rhythm in a Fly Model of Huntington’s Disease
Aparna G Ph.D. Anuranjan Anand Studies on Molecular Genetic Aspects of Non Syndromic Hereditary Hearing Loss
Arghakusum Das M.S. in Biological Science Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) Investigation of the Cytoskeletal Regulators of Cell Cycle and Hematopoiesis using Rudhira/BCAS3
Arindam Ray Ph.D. Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) Elucidating the Role of Mitochondrial Dynamics and Endosomal Protein Sorting in Drosophila Blood Cell Homeostasis
Arnab Bose Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu The Role of Aurora Kinases at the Crossroads of Cancer and Differentiation
Arpita Mukhopadyaya Ph.D. Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) Characterization of asrij Expression, Function and Regulation in Embryonic Stem Cells and the Developing Cardiovascular System
Arpitha A Suryavanshi M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Generation of Knockout/knockdown of Aspartate Aminotransferase and Malate Quinone Oxidoreductase in Plasmodium
Arun Panchapakesan Ph.D. Ranga Udaykumar Unique Molecular Properties of HIV-1C Reverse Transcriptase Conferring a Possible Replication Advantage
Ashish Kapoor Ph.D. Anuranjan Anand Studies on molecular genetic aspects of idiopathic generalized epilepsies
Asutosh B R Ph.D. Hemalatha Balaram Catalytic Mechanism and Stereospecificity in Class-I Fumarate Hydratase and L-Tartrate Dehydratase, and Structural Characterization of an Archaeal IMP Dehydrogenase
Babhrubahan Roy Ph.D. Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) CaMtw1, the Mis12 homolog in the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans, plays an essential role in kinetochore assembly and function
Barve Gaurav Ramanand Ph.D. Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Septin Complex as a Novel Regulator of Autophagosome Biogenesis
Bhange Disha Ramesh Ph.D. Ranga Udaykumar Understanding the Regulation of HIV-1 Latency through the Promoter-variant Viral Strains Emerging in India
Bharath S Ph.D. Hemalatha Balaram Structure-Function Studies on Three Members of the Haloacid Dehalogenase (HAD) Superfamily of Enzymes
Bhat Javaid Yusuf Ph.D. Hemalatha Balaram Kinetic Mechanism, Ammonia Channeling and Domain Cross-talk in Plasmodium falciparum GMP Synthetase: an Amidotransferase
Bhat Mallika Dattatray M.S. in Biological Science Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Exploring The Role Of Mannose-6-Phosphate Receptor Trafficking in Health and Disease
Bhavana Kayyar Ph.D. Chromatin Organisation Mediated Gene Regulatory Function of mrhl lncRNA at the Sox8 locus
Bornika Roy M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) The Meiotic Cohesin Subunit Rec8 in the Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans
Chandrima Das Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Functional Mechanisms of Human Transcriptional Coactivator PC4, a Bona Fide Nonhistone Component of Chromatin
Chhavi Saini M.S. in Biological Science Ranga Udaykumar Host Transcriptome Dynamics During HIV-1 Latency
D. Karthigeyan Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Aurora Kinases Beyond Centrosomes: Role of Transcription Factors’ Phosphorylation in Gene Expression and Cell Cycle
Debanjan Mukherjee M.S. in Biological Science Tapas Kumar Kundu Identification of the p300 Lysine Acetyltransferase Homologues in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Debjani Das Ph.D. Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) Macromolecular uptake in Drosophila pericardial cells requires Rudhira function
Debosree Pal Ph.D. Studies on LncRNA Mrhl in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells and Neuronal Lineage Development
Deepam Bhattacharya M.S. in Biological Science Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Mutating Bacterial Short Linear Motifs (SLiMs) to Investigate their Role in Interaction with Host Autophagy Machinery
Deeti K Shetty Ph.D. Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) OCIAD1 Regulates Early Mesodermal Progenitor Specification in Human Embryonic Stem Cells by Altering Mitochondrial Activity
Divyesh Joshi Ph.D. Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) Elucidating Rudhira Function in Cytoskeletal Organization and TGFβ Signaling for Mouse Developmental Angiogenesis
Dongre Aparna Vilas Pushpalata Ph.D. Hemalatha Balaram Understanding the roles of fumarate in Plasmodium metabolism and succinimide in MjGATase stabilization
Dongre Prathamesh Rajesh M.S. in Biological Science Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) Elucidating the Role of Asrij/OCIAD1-mediated Organelle Homeostasis in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Aging
Garima Verma Ph.D. Namita Surolia Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum Centromeric Proteins: CENH3 and CENP-C
Gautam Chatterjee Ph.D. Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Identification and Characterization of the Centromere in Human Pathogenic Yeast Candida tropicalis
Gayatri G Ph.D. Characterization and Functional Analysis of a Novel Non-Coding RNA (mrhl) from Mouse
Harshdeep Kaur M.S. in Biological Science Kushagra Bansal Elucidating the Role of Topoisomerases in Immune Responses
Harshit Arya M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Characterization of a Novel Cell Cycle Regulator Csa6 in the Human Fungal Pathogen Candida tropicalis
Irine Maria Abraham M.S. in Biological Science Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Identification of a Small Molecule Inhibitor of Autophagic Flux and an Automated Deep Learning Workflow for High-Throughput Autophagic Flux Analyses
Iyer Aditya Mahadevan Ph.D. Studies towards Understanding the Biological Roles of TH2BS11ph Histone Mark and H1t Linker Histone Variant in Mammalian Spermatogenesis
Jayasha Shandilya Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Post Translational Modifications Regulate Multifunctional Nucleolar Protein NPM1: Implications in Oral Cancer Manifestation
Jayendra Singh M.S. in Biological Science Ranga Udaykumar The Diametrically Opposite Effects of Tat on HIV-1 Latency
Jitendra Thakur Ph.D. Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Genetic and Epigenetic Factors Determining Centromere Structure and Function in Candida Species
Jyotsna Karan M.S. in Biological Science Ranga Udaykumar Understanding the Significance of PTAP Duplication for the Replication Fitness of HIV-1C
Karandeep Singh M.S. in Biological Science Hemalatha Balaram Examination of the Structural Basis for Rapid Succinimide Formation in MjGATase and Diversity of Succinimides in Protein Structures
Kavitha Siva Ph.D. Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) Rudhira-A Novel WD40 Protein Expressed in Embryonic Stem Cells, Erthropoiesis, Angiogenesis and Tumors
Khadilkar Rohan Jayant Ph.D. Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) Asrij-ARF1 Mediated Endocytic Control of Signaling Regulates Stemness in Drosophila hematopoiesis
Kiran Batta Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Functional Cooperativity of Tumor suppressor p53 and Transcriptional Coactivator PC4: Transcription to Repair
Kirthana M V Ph.D. Namita Surolia Functional Analysis of PfEMP1-DBL Domains and ETRAMP14.1 of Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum Involved in Host-pathogen Interactions
Krishanpal Karmodia Ph.D. Namita Surolia Biochemical and Molecular Insights into β-ketoacyl-Acyl Carrier Protein reductase (FabG) from Plasmodium falciparum
Krishnendu Guin Ph.D. Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Chromosome-level Genome Assembly of the Human Fungal Pathogen Candida tropicalis
Kuladeep Das M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Poisoning a Fungal Pathogen by D-Amino Acids
Lakshmeesha K N M.S. in Biological Science Hemalatha Balaram Preliminary Studies on Plasmodium falciparum Adenosine 5'Monophosphate Deaminase
Lakshmeesha K.N. Ph.D. Hemalatha Balaram Biochemical and Physiological Investigations on Adenosine Monophosphate Deaminase and Haloacid Dehalogenase Superfamily Members from Plasmodium spp
Lakshmi Ramakrishna Ph.D. Ranga Udaykumar Engineering and evaluation of molecular adjuvants for DNA immunogens based on the HIV transactivator (Tat) proteins from Indian isolates
Lakshmi Sreekumar Ph.D. Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Crosstalk of DNA Replication and Chromosome Segregation Machinery Ensures Genome Stability in Candida albicans
Lakshmi Sreekumar M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Role of a multifunctional protein, Topoisomerases2 in the human pathogenic yeast, Candida albicans
Laxmi Narayan Mishra Ph.D. Towards understanding the role of HILS1 in chromatin remodeling during spermiogenesis
Laxmi Shankar Rai Ph.D. Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) A CTG-Clade Specific Histone H3 Variant acts as a Negative Regulator of Biofilm Formation in Candida albicans
M. Ram Shankar Ph.D. Anuranjan Anand Molecular genetic aspects of non-syndromic hearing loss in India
Mahesh B Ph.D. Ranga Udaykumar Role of NF-KB binding sites in the viral enhancer of HIV-1 subtype C promoter in shaping the viral replicative fitness
Malini Menon Ph.D. Ranga Udaykumar Functional Significance of HIV-1 TAT Signature Amino Acid Residues (SAR)
Mamta Jain Ph.D. Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) Rudhira is a cytoskeletal protein that regulates directional cell migration during vascular development
Mangaiarkarasi A Ph.D. Ranga Udaykumar Safety, Efficacy and Immunological Evaluation of a Polyherbal formulation Against HIV-AIDS in an Open-label Clinical Trial
Manpreet Kaur Ph.D. Anuranjan Anand ‘Prospective Causal Genes for Genetic Generalized Epilepsy’
Mariyam Abdullah Khorakiwala M.S. in Biological Science Anuranjan Anand Towards Identifying a Potentially Causal Gene for Hot Water Epilepsy
Meenakshi P M.S. in Biological Science Regulation of SOX8 Gene by a Long Non Coding RNA mrhl in Mouse Spermatogonial Cells
Mohammed Arif Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Molecular Mechanisms of Inhibition of Histone Acetyltransferases: Implications in Antineoplastic Therapy
Mohan Krishna D V M.S. (Research) Tapas Kumar Kundu Histone Acetylation and Gene Expression in Neural Cells: Probed by Small Molecule Modulators
Mohd Jamal Dar Ph.D. Namita Surolia Studies on Plasmodium falciparum Enoyl-ACP Reductase (Fabl)
Moumita Basu Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Elucidating the Relevance of Eukaryotic Acetyltransferases in Early Development and Cellular Homeostasis
Mr Akash Kumar Singh M.S. in Biological Science Tapas Kumar Kundu Role of Lysine Acetyltransferases p300/CBP in Neurological Disorders: Implications in Therapeutics
Mr Prabhu S A Ph.D. Ranga Udaykumar ‘Evaluation of the Efficacy of Needle-free Intradermal Immunization of DNA Vectors and Recombinant Proteins: Implications for Optimization of the Needle-free Technology’
Mr Raktim Roy M.S. in Biological Science Role of TH2B Serine 12 Phosphorilation in Mouse Spermatogenesis’
Mr Siddharth Singh M.S. in Biological Science Tapas Kumar Kundu Functional Implications of a Rare Patient-derived Mutation in Tumor Suppressor Gene TP53
Ms Aditi Batra M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) ‘Elucidation of the Role of a Cryptic RNAi Machinery in the Human Pathogenic Yeast Candida albicans’
Ms Amrutha Swaminathan Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Chromatin Organisation in Differentiation and Development: Role of chromatin-associated protein, PC4 and histone modifications
Ms Bhavana Kayyar M.S. in Biological Science Studies on the interaction of DEAD box helicase p68 with mrhl long coding RNA
Ms Diwan Zeenat Javid Lubna M.S. in Biological Science Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) Understanding the Role of Rudhira in Cell Migration
Ms Jigyasa Verma M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) ‘Unconventional role of an autophagy protein, Atg11 in Maintaining Genome Stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae’
Ms Kalpita Rashmi Karan Ph.D. Anuranjan Anand Identification of Genetic Loci and Mutations in SLC1A1 for a Sensory Epilepsy Triggered by Touch and Temperature Stimuli
Ms Neelakshi Varma M.S. in Biological Science Hemalatha Balaram IMP Specific 5’-Nucleotidase 1: In vitro Characterization and Attempts at Conditional Knockdown in Plasmodium falciparum
Ms Neha C V M.S. in Biological Science ‘Studies on the Long Non-Coding RNA, MRHL in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells’
Ms Pallabi Mustafi M.S. in Biological Science Tapas Kumar Kundu Understanding the Diverse Functions of a Highly Abundant Human Nuclear Protein PC4
Ms Sarika Chinchwadkar M.S. in Biological Science Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) ‘Corrective Roles of Exocyst Complex and Septins in Autophagy’
Ms Simi Muraleedharan Ph.D. Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) ‘Divergent Roles of Rudhira in Maintenance of Filtration Barrier Integrity and Function in Drosophila Nephrocytes and Mouse Kidney Podocytes’
Mukti Nath Mishra Ph.D. Namita Surolia PFI0115c- A Novel Protein Kinase from Plasmodium falciparum
Neha Varshney Ph.D. Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Regulation of Chromosome Segregation by Aurora B and Sch9 Protein Kinases in the Human Pathogenic Budding Yeasts
Nikhil Gupta Ph.D. Insights into Post-Translational Modifications of Transition Proteins, TP1 and TP2 during Mammalian Spermiogenesis
Nishtha Pandey Ph.D. Anuranjan Anand On Genetic Aspects of Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss
P K Raju Pedabaliyarasimhuni Ph.D. Anuranjan Anand Connecting the Paralogs: Contribution of EFHC1 and EFHC2 in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
Padmalaya M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Understanding the role of the homolog of yeast Yta7 in chromosome segregation in the human pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus neoformans
Palak Agrawal Ph.D. Ravi Manjithaya (Chair), Namita Surolia Functional Dissection of Autophagy-related Proteins ATG5 and ATG18 in Plasmodium Falciparum
Pallabi Mustafi Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Understanding the Role of Post-translational Modifications of Human Non-histone Chromatin Protein PC4
Pallawi Choubey M.S. in Biological Science Kushagra Bansal Molecular Determinants of Dendritic Cell Differentiation and Function
Piyush Mishra Ph.D. Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Insights into Autophagic Flux Across Three Eularyotic Kingdoms
Polisetty V S Satya Dev M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Mitotic Regulation of Shugoshin, the “guardian spirit”, in Cryptococcus neoformans
Polisetty V S Satya Dev Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation)
Pooja Barak M.S. in Biological Science Anuranjan Anand A Search for Novel Genes for Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
Pooja Barak Ph.D. Anuranjan Anand Dissecting the Molecular Genetic Basis of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
Pradeepa M M Ph.D. Chromatin Remodeling during Spermiogenesis: Molecular Components involved in Nuclear Import of Transition Protein 2 (TP2) and Role of Acetylation in Modulating TP2 Function
Prasanth Kumar Dash Ph.D. Ranga Udaykumar Isolation and Biological Characterization of infectious molecular clones of HIV-1 subtype-C with expanded coreceptor usage from an Indian demented Subject
Preeti Jindal Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation)
Priya Jaitly Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Role of a Putative CENP-A specific E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Psh1 in Human Pathogenic Yeast Candida albicans
Priya Brahma Ph.D. Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Factors Determining Morphological Transitions in the Human Fungal Pathogen Candida albicans
Priya Jaitly Ph.D. Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Identification of Proteins Involved in Genome Stability by High-throughput Screening of Overexpression ORFeome
Priya Jaitly M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Role of a Putative CENP-A specific E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Psh1 in Human Pathogenic Yeast Candida albicans
Priyaranjan Pattanaik Ph.D. Hemalatha Balaram Protein Structure and Dynamics: Studies on the Plasmodial Proteins-Triosephosphate Isomerase (TIM), Hypoxanthine Guanine Phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRT) and Plasmepsin II
R. Jayalakshmi Ph.D. Hemalatha Balaram Structure-function Studies on Successive Purine Salvage Pathway Enzymes- Hypoxanthine Guanine Phosphoribosyltransferase and Adenyloseccinate Synthetase.
Rahul Madaan M.S. in Biological Science Hemalatha Balaram Towards Structural and Functional Characterization of Plasmodium berghei Haloacid Dehalogenase Superfamily members and Localisation studies on Plasmodium berghei Inosine Monophosphate Dehydrogenase
Rahul Modak Ph.D. Namita Surolia Biochemical and Molecular Insights into Acyl Carrier Protein (ACP) from Plasmodium falciparum
Rajarshi Batabyal Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation)
Ranabir Chakraborty M.S. in Biological Science Elucidating the Role of Astrocytes in Syngap1+/- Mediated Intellectual Disability
Rashi Aggarwal M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Molecular Mechanism(s) of Growth Phase Transitions
Rima Singha Ph.D. Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Regulation of the Biofilm Development at the Chromatin Level in Candida albicans
Rinki Ratna Priya Ph.D. Anuranjan Anand Identification of Genetic Loci for Human Epilepsies
Ritoprova Sen M.S. in Biological Science Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Elucidating the Role of Mitophagy in Mitochondrial Diseases
Rohit Goyal M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Identifying Novel Regulators of Genome Stability in Candida Albicans
Ruthrotha Selvi V B Vikru Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Chromatin Modificaiton by CARM1/ PRMT4 & p300/KAT3B in the Regulation of Gene Expression, Probed by Specific Small Molecule Inhibitors
S N Suresh M.S. in Biological Science Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Small Molecule Modulators of α-synuclein Toxicity in a Yeast Model
S. Sundar Ram Ph.D. Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Centromere Mediated Genome Rearrangements and Functional Analysis of an Outer Kinetochore Protein in Human Fungal Pathogens
Saheli Roy M.S. in Biological Science Sheeba Vasu Clocking Sleep: Role of Dorsolateral Clock Neurons in the Sleep Circuit of Drosophila melanogaster
Saloni Sinha Ph.D. Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) Elucidation of the Conserved Role of OCIA Domain Proteins in Regulation of Drosophila and Mouse Blood Cell Homeostasis
Saloni Sinha M.S. in Biological Science Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) A Conserved Role for Asrij in Regulating Multiple Signaling Pathways during Drosophila and Mouse Hematopoiesis
Sambhavi Puri Ph.D. Anuranjan Anand Towards Understanding Molecular and Cellular Attributes of Potential Genes for Hot Water Epilepsy
Sanjeev Kumar Ph.D. Hemalatha Balaram Methanocaldococcus jannaschii GMP Synthetase: Investigations on Aspects of Catalysis and the Role of an Unusual Post-Translational Modification in Structure and Function
Santosh S. Ph.D. Hemalatha Balaram Mechanistic Underpinnings of Substrate Recognition, Catalysis and Allostery in GMP Synthetases
Senapati Parijat Ramesh Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Understanding the Mechanisms and Gene Targets of Histone Chaperone NPM1 Mediated Transcriptional Regulation
Shalini Roy Choudhury Ph.D. Anuranjan Anand On Genetic Aspects of Hot Water Epilepsy, a Sensory Epilepsy Triggered by Touch and Temperature Stimuli
Sharma Pragya Niraj M.S. in Biological Science Sheeba Vasu Preliminary Characterization of Activity Bifurcation Observed in Drosophila melanogaster and the Use of Novel Light Regimes in Probing the Flexibility of the Fruit Fly Circadian System
Shetty Ronak Kutty Ph.D. Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) Rudhira/ BCAS3 Regulates Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition during Mammalian Vascular Development
Shilpee Sharma Ph.D. Ranga Udaykumar Elucidation of HIV-1 subtype C Genetic Diversity in Gag and Tat from the Clinical cohorts of India: the PTAP Motif Duplication in p6 Gag Confers Replication Fitness on subtype C
Shreyas Sridhar Ph.D. Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Assembly Dynamics and structure-function Analysis of an unusual Kinetochore in the Pathogenic Basidiomycetous Budding Yeast Cryptococcus neoformans
Shreyas Sridhar M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Perturbing the Cryptococcus Neoformans Kinetochore: Insights into Kinetochore Architecture, Chromosome Segregation and the Spindle Assembly Checkpoint
Shreyoshi Mitra Ph.D. Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Role of Replication and Repair in Epigenetic Maintenance of Candida albican Centromeres
Shrikanth Gadad Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Modulation of Human Histone Chaperone Nucleophosmin (NPM1) Functions by its Interacting Partners: Implications in Chromatin Dynamics and Transcription
Shrilaxmi V Joshi Ph.D. Anuranjan Anand Genetic and Cellular Analysis of Genes and Variants for Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
Shubham Singh M.S. in Biological Science Tapas Kumar Kundu Studies on Post-Translational Modifications of Aurora Kinases
Shubhangini Kataruka M.S. in Biological Science Mrhl Long Non-Coding RNA Regulates Wnt Mediated Sox8 Gene Expression during Spermatogenesis Through Promoter Interaction
Shukla Aprit Prakashkumar Ph.D. Hemalatha Balaram Structure-Function Study of an IMP-Specific 5'-Nucleotidase from Plasmodium falciparum
Shveta Jaishankar Ph.D. Anuranjan Anand On Molecular Genetic Analysis of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
Shveta Jaishankar M.S. in Biological Science Anuranjan Anand Genetic analysis of the 5q34 locus for Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy
Siddharth Singh Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Oral Cancer-Associated Somatic Mutations in TP53 and their Pathophysiological Relevance
Smitha A S Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Histone Acetylation and Heterochromatinization in Neurogenesis: Role of Non-Histone Proteins HP1α, PC4 and Lysine Acetyltransferase KAT3B/p300
Somya Vats Ph.D. Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Regulation of Autophagic Flux via Dynamic Trafficking of the SNARE Stx17: Studies using a Chemical Biology Approach
Somya Vats M.S. in Biological Science Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Novel Small Molecule Modulators of Autophagy in Yeast and Mammalian Systems
Sonali Mehrotra Ph.D. Hemalatha Balaram Structural and Functional Characterization of Adenylosuccinate Synthetase from a Mesophilic Parasitic Protozoan, Plasmodium falciparum and a Thermophilic Archaea Methanocaldococcus jannaschii
Souradip Mukherjee M.S. in Biological Science Hemalatha Balaram Studies on E. coli L-Tartrate Dehydratase and M. jannaschii Inosine 5’-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase
Sourav Banerjee Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Regulation of p53 Function by Nonhistone Chromosomal Proteins HMGB-1 and PC4
Sourav Roy Ph.D. Hemalatha Balaram Understanding Conformational Dynamics and Kinetic Behavior in Plasmodium falciparum Hypoxanthine Guanine Xanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase
Sreshtha Pal Ph.D. Ranga Udaykumar An Association Between Transcription Strength of HIV-1 LTR and the Gene Expression Noise: Implications for HIV-1 Latency
Srijana Dutta M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Understanding the Mechanisms and Factors Responsible for Establishment And Maintenance of Centromeric Chromatin Formed on Unique DNA Sequence
Stephanie Kaypee Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Mechanistic Insights into the Substrate-Mediated Regulation of p300 Autoacetylation: Implications in Tumor Suppressor/ Oncogene Functions
Subhra Prakash Chakrabarty Ph.D. Hemalatha Balaram Understanding the kinetic and structural features of Plasmodium falciparum Sir2: a NAD+ dependent deacetylase
Suchismita Dey Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Role of Nucleoplasmin Family of Histone Chaperones, NPM1 and NPM2, in the Regulation of Transcription
Sujata Kumari Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Chromatin associated protein, PC4 in genome organization and breast cancer manifestation
Sunaina Singh M.S. in Biological Science Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Screening and Identification of genes involved in autophagy and autophagy related pathways in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Sunaina Singh Rajput Ph.D. Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Elucidating the Role of a Multisubunit Tethering Complex-Exocyst in Autophagosome Biogenesis
Sundar Ram S M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Characterization and Essentiality of the Fungal Specific Dam1 Complex in Pathogenic Yeast Candida tropicalis
Surabhi Sudevan M.S. in Biological Science Tapas Kumar Kundu Structure Activity Relationship (SAR) validation of Aurora kinase inhibitors towards drug designing and Understanding modulation of the kinase activity by means of Post translational modifications
Surbhi Dhar Ph.D. Insights into the Role of Brdt in Chromatin Remodeling during Rat Spermiogenesis
Suresh.S.N Ph.D. Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Investigating Mechanisms of Aggrephagy Flux using Small Molecules: Potential Implications in Neurodegeneration
Sutanuka Chakraborty Ph.D. Ranga Udaykumar Synergy Between Enhanced Transcriptional Strength of the Viral Promoter and the Tat-Autoregulatory Circuit Accelerates Latency-Establishment in HIV-1C
Swati Keshri M.S. in Biological Science Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Implications of polyglutamine Aggregates on Autophagy
Sweta Sikder Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Role of Non-Histone Chromatin Protein PC4 in regulation of Autophagy and Tumorigenesis
T. Lakshmi Prasoona Ph.D. Hemalatha Balaram Biochemical Studies on Inosine 5'-monophosphate Dehydrogenase from the Mesophilic Protozoan Plasmodium falciparum and Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Methanocaldococcus jannaschii
T. Lakshmi Prasoona M.S. in Biological Science Hemalatha Balaram Biochemical Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum Glutamine Amidotransferase and Adenosine Triphosphate Pyrophosphatase: Domains of GMP Synthetase
Tirath Raj Dwivedi M.S. in Biological Science Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) Understanding the Role of Asrij in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Aging
V. Sivani M.S. in Biological Science Kaustuv Sanyal (on deputation) Functional Analysis of Centromeres and Centromere Associated Histone H3 in two Budding yeasts, Candida albicans and Saccharomyces castellii
Vani Kulkarni Ph.D. Maneesha S Inamdar (on deputation) The Endocytic Protein Asrij Modulates Multiple Signalling Pathways to Regulate Drosophila Hematopoiesis and Immunity
Vanshika Sood M.S. in Biological Science Kushagra Bansal Decoding the Role of Topoisomerase 1 in Innate Immune Responses
Veena A Ph.D. Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Insights into the Regulatory Mechanisms of Xenophagy as Revealed by Chemical Genetics
Veena A M.S. in Biological Science Ravi Manjithaya (Chair) Autophagy Modulators to Enhance Host Control against Bacterial Infections
Venkatesh Prasanna K.S Ph.D. Ranga Udaykumar Immune responses to HIV-1 Tat in the natural infection and experimental immunization: implications for Tat vaccine design
Venkatesh Swaminathan Ph.D. Tapas Kumar Kundu Regulation of Acetylation-Dependent Chromatin Transcription by Human Nucleophosmin, a Histone Chaperone
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