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Dr. Shirisha Nagotu, Assistant Professor
Dr. Shirisha Nagotu joined IIT Guwahati in 2015. She received M.Sc in Biotechnology from University of Essex, UK with a distinction. Later she carried out her PhD research work in the Molecular Cell Biology group at University of Groningen, The Netherlands under the guidance of Prof. Ida van der Klei. She received the Alexander van Humboldt fellowship to pursue post-doctoral research at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany under the guidance of Prof. Ralf Erdmann. Further, she also worked at LIMES institute, University of Bonn in the group of Prof. Thorsten Lang before joining IIT Guwahati. At IIT Guwahati with the help of a very enthusiastic research group she aims to understand mechanisms of organelle biology, inter-organelle communication and cellular ageing.
Email: snagotu@iitg.ac.in
Isha Kashyap, PhD student
Isha joined OBCAL as a PhD student in July 2021. She is interested in the science behind ageing. She will look at the connection between protein import and cellular ageing in yeast. For this, she will look at the import of matrix proteins of peroxisomes in
S.cerevisiae
and will try to decipher the importance of oxidation of fatty acids in ageing. Apart from research, she is interested in singing, spirituality and reiki.
Email: isha.kashyap@iitg.ac.in
Tanveera Rounaque Sarhadi, PhD student
Tanveera joined OBCAL in July 2021. She is interested in the science behind neurodegeneration. Her research focuses on understanding the interplay between various organelles, their pathways and the proteins that are associated with the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease by using
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
as a model organism.
Email: tanveera.rounaque@iitg.ac.in
Ankita Adhikary, PhD student
Ankita joined OBCAL in July 2022. She is interested in the science behind mitochondrial dysfunctionality in Parkinson’s disease. Her hobby is painting, sketching and dancing.
Email: ankita.adhikary@iitg.ac.in
Darshani Sardar Chopade, PhD student
Darshani joined OBCAL in July 2023.
Email: darshani@iitg.ac.in
Soham Basu, PhD student
Soham joined OBCAL in July 2023.
Email: soham.basu@iitg.ac.in
Ishita Mathur, M. Tech. student
Ishita will be completing her project in OBCAL.
Email: m.ishita@iitg.ac.in
Sreelakshmi Aneesh, B. Tech. student
Sreelakshmi will be completing her project in OBCAL.
Email: s.aneesh@iitg.ac.in
ALUMNI
Ph.D.
Dr. Nayan Moni Deori
Thesis Title: Molecular characterization of the organelle contact facilitating protein Pex30 and its role in peroxisome dynamics in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Year of completion: 2023
Email: d.nayan@alumni.iitg.ac.in
Dr. Rachayeeta Deb
Thesis Title: Cellular Ageing: Deciphering the role of peroxisomes in yeast
Year of completion: 2023
Current position: DBT RA at IISc Bangalore.
Email: rachayeeta@alumni.iitg.ac.in
Dr. Riddhi Banerjee
Thesis Title: To gain insights into the function of yeast Dnm1 in mitochondrial dynamics
Year of completion: 2024
Current position:
Email: riddhibanerjee1991@iitg.ac.in
M.Tech.
Rishi Agrawal, M.Tech.
Thesis Title: Prediction/Revision of Peroxisomal Targeting Signal (PTS)1 and characterization of the identified novel PTS1 containing proteins in yeast.
Year of completion: 2017
Current position: Founder and CEO of Ayusla Café, Innovator of Ayurveda Informatics.
Sahaya Glingston, M.Tech.
Thesis Title: Microscopic analysis of the expression and effect of NDV NP and M proteins on cell organelles in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
.
Year of completion: 2018
Current position: Ph.D student, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
Jyoti Yadav, M.Tech.
Thesis Title: Molecular characterization of CSFV envelope proteins E2 and Erns in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
.
Year of completion: 2019
Current position: Ph.D student, Auburn University, United States.
Terence Infant W L, M.Tech.
Thesis Title: Elucidating the role of various domains of pex30 in its function and spatio-temporal localization.
Year of completion: 2020
Current position: Ph.D student, Stockholm University, Sweden.
Atchaya S R, M.Tech.
Thesis Title: Characterization of novel SNCA mutations using computational and molecular biology approaches.
Year of completion: 2021
Current position: RA, Dr. Reddy's institute of life sciences, Hyderabad.
Agradeep Mukherjee, M. Tech.
Thesis Title: Identification and characterization of post translational modifications in yeast Dnm1.
Year of completion: 2022
Current position: Joined Ph.D at Heidelberg University, Germany.
Ganesh Mohan T, M. Tech.
Thesis Title: To identify and characterize arginylation in yeast expressed alpha-synuclein.
Year of completion: 2022
Current position:
Abhigna Battineni, M. Tech.
Thesis Title: To investigate the disease associated mutations of Acyl CoA oxidase for their role in peroxisome function.
Year of completion: 2023
Current position: Joined Ph.D at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
B.Tech.
Saketh Raju, B.Tech.
Thesis Title: Analysis of organelle biology under various growth conditions in yeast.
Year of completion: 2017
Current position: Senior Product Engineer, School of Accelerated Company, Hyderabad.
Abhishek Mishra, B.Tech.
Thesis Title: Characterization of peroxisome fission mutants of
Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
.
Year of completion: 2018
Current position: Software Developer, FICO, Bangalore.
Jitika Rajpoot, B.Tech.
Research topic: Investigating the effects caused by the expression of NDV matrix protein in yeast.
Year of completion: 2019
Current position: Ph.D student, Stony Brook University, New York.
Neha Meena, B.Tech.
Research topic: Investigating the effect of peroxisome proliferation and function on α-synuclein aggregation and toxicity in yeast models of PD.
Year of completion: 2020
Current position:
Hridayesh Debbarma, B.Tech
Thesis Title: Characterizing localization and targeting of Pex3 in various yeast mutants affected in peroxisome biogenesis.
Year of completion: 2020
Current position:
Anshuman Pandey, B.Tech
Thesis Title: Characterization of Parkinson’s disease causing Vps35 mutation.
Year of completion: 2021
Current position:
Bhavya, B.Tech
Year of completion: 2021
Current position: Management trainee at ICICI.
Mritunjay Dwivedi, B.Tech
Thesis Title: Characterization of α-synuclein affects on tif4631yeast cells.
Year of completion: 2022
Current position:
Anurag Loona, B. Tech
Thesis Title: Effect of actin cytoskeleton depolymerisation on the aggregation of α-synuclein
Year of completion: 2023
Current position: Joined M.S. at Uppsala University, Sweden.
Anindya Rajan, B. Tech
Thesis Title: Analysis of
ctt1
and
cta1
strains of
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Year of completion: 2023
Current position:
Email: arajan@iitg.ac.in
JRF
Suchetna Ghosh
Joined as JRF in 2018
Current position: JRF at ICMR-NIOH Ahmedabad.
Tasrin Shahnaz
Joined as JRF in 2017.
Current position: Post Doctoral Scientist at National Energy University, Malaysia
Neha Joshi
Neha was a part of OBCAL from 2017-2021.
Current position: Biocurator at Pierian DX.
AG Joycy
Summer Intern
Email: agjoycy@gmail.com
Ankita Mishra
Summer Intern
Email: am20ms180@iiserkolkata.ac.in
