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Research overview–

Our lab is interested in understanding the molecular basis of Salmonella pathogenesis, elucidating its dynamic vacuolar life cycle and targeted delivery of drugs to these vacuoles. We use a wide range of hosts spanning cell lines to higher eukaryotes like C. elegans, A. thaliana and mice to understand the host pathogen interactions. We are also interested in exploring the potential of shockwaves as therapeutics and prophylactics in various biological systems.

For the details of our work you can visit here:-

https://mcbl.iisc.ac.in/dclab/

Group Member 

Kasturi Chandra

Kasturi Chandra

PhD Scholar

Year of joining: 2015
M.Sc. (Biotechnology): Pondicherry
University
Email: kasturic@iisc.ac.in
Title: Understanding the crosstalk
between bacterial metabolism and
pathogenesis

Atish Roy Chowdhury

Atish Roy Chowdhury

PhD Scholar

Year of Joining: 2016
M.Sc. (Life Sciences): Bose Institute,
University of Calcutta
Email: atishc@iisc.ac.in
Title: Salmonella infection and
pathogenesis: Potential role of
bacterial antigens

Ritika Chatterjee

Ritika Chatterjee

PhD Scholar

Year of Joining: 2017
M.Sc. (Biochemistry): University
of Calcutta
Email: ritikac@iisc.ac.in
Title: Role of SNARE protein in
Salmonella Pathogenesis

Abhilash Vijay Nair

Abhilash Vijay Nair

PhD Scholar

Year of Joining: 2018
M.Sc. (Biochemistry): University of
Calcutta
Email: abhilashnair@iisc.ac.in
Title: Deciphering the role of
bacterial antioxidant enzymes
during Salmonella Pathogenesis

Dipasree Hajra

Dipasree Hajra

PhD Scholar

Year of Joining: 2018
M.Sc. (Biotechnology): University of
Hyderabad
Email: dipasreeh@iisc.ac.in
Title: Understanding the role of host
deacetylases in modulation of
Salmonella Pathogenesis

Umesh Chopra

Umesh Chopra

PhD Scholar

Year of joining : 2019
M.Sc. ( Biotechnology):
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Email: umeshchopra@iisc.ac.in
Title: Understanding the
mechanism of Salmonella
Containing Vacuole (SCV)
Division

Debapriya Mukherjee

Debapriya Mukherjee

Int-PhD

Year of Joining : 2019 (Int-PhD)
B.Sc. (Hons) Microbiology: St. Xavier’s
College , Kolkata
E-mail: debapriyam@iisc.ac.in
Title: Elucidating the role of Short Chain
Fatty Acid in Salmonella
Pathogenesis

Kirti Parmar

Kirti Parmar

Int-PhD

Year of joining: 2019 (Int-PhD)
B.Sc. (Hons) Biomedical Science: University
of Delhi
Email : kirtiparmar@iisc.ac.in
Title: Elucidating the free-living life cycle of Salmonella

Rhea Vij

Rhea Vij

PhD Scholar

Year of Joining: 2020
M.Sc. (Biomedical Sciences): University of Delhi
Email: rheavij@iisc.ac.in

Anmol Singh

Anmol Singh

PhD Scholar

Year of Joining: 2020
M.Sc. (Microbiology): H. N. B Gharwal Central University
Email: anmolsingh@iisc.ac.in

Awards & Patents

Selected as a member of Indian Academy of Sciences Bangalore:

https://www.ias.ac.in/public/Resources/News/Fellows2021.pdf

Received  Prof. S K. Chatterjee Award for the year 2020

Received US patent on developing vaccine against Salmonella:

United States Patent
Chakravortty et al.
US008444999B2
US 8,444,999 B2
May 21, 2013

Patent filed on Novel PCR diagnosis of Salmonella typhi,2010

Patent filed on novel mechanism of drug delivery to Intracellular pathogens,2010

Alumni

Dr. Sandeepa M Eswarappa
Dr. Vidya Devi Negi
Dr. Amit Lahri
Dr. Arvind G N
Dr. Priyanka Das
Dr. Uday Shankar A
Dr. Ananthalaxmi TK
Dr. Sandhya Amol Marathe
Dr. Sangeeta Chakraborty
Dr. Namrata Iyer
Dr. Divya Prakash G
Dr. PreetiGarai
Dr. Arjun Balakrishnan
Dr. Debalina Chaudhuri
Dr. Mayuri Gogoi
Dr. Akshay Datey
Dr. Rajeev J Mudakavi

Dr. Kapudeep Karmakar

Dipshikha Chakravortty

Dipshikha Chakravortty

Professor

E.mail : dipa@iisc.ac.in

Publications