Educational Qualifications:

PhD (2001-2007) in Science from Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (Jadavpur University)
Master of Science (2000) in Zoology from Presidency College, Calcutta University in 1st Class.
Bachelor of Science (1998) in Zoology (hons), Chemistry, Botany from Calcutta University in 1st Class.
Research experience (reverse-chronological):
Ramanujan Fellow and Faculty, SN Pradhan Centre for Neurosciences, University of Calcutta (2015-2017)
Research Associate at the Laboratory of Prof. Ann Hubbard, Dept.of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, MD (2012-2015)
Post-doctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Prof. Svetlana Lutsenko, Dept. of Physiology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA (and formerly at Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR). (2007- 2011)
Research Fellow (PhD candidate) PhD degree from Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Jadavpur University , India. Supervisor: Dr. Kunal Ray from 17th July 2001 to16th July 2006.Title of Doctoral Thesis: Studies on copper homeostasis pathway genes with special reference to Wilson’s diseaseSupervisor: Dr. Kunal Ray, Molecular & Human Genetics Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, India.
Junior Research Fellow at National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Disease (NICED) Supervisor: Dr. Pradip Das. Area of research: Molecular biology of Cryptosporidium
Actively associated with the construction of The Indian Genome Variation database (IGVdb) (2004-2007)

Santanu Das

Graduate Student

MSc Microbiology 2011 (Kalyani University, Kalyani)

Research interest: Regulation of ATP7B and ATP7A trafficking. I aim to identify and characterize proteins that regulate trafficking of ATP7B from TGN to the apical surface in response to copper. My research heavily relies on culturing polarized cell lines and high-end microscopy that includes live-cell imaging.