PhD Scholars
Arjun Sankhla
Area of Research: Translational interventions in Tuberculosis.
Description: Development of a biosensor for detecting drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Area of Research: Host-pathogen interaction w.r.t. Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Description: Elucidating the mechanisms of macrophage M1 to M2 polarization during mycobacterial pathogenesis.
Debayan Das
Area of Research: Host-pathogen interaction in mycobacterial pathogenesis.
Description: Investigating the mechanisms behind dampening of the pro-inflammatory response during mycobacterial infection.
Sayantani Datta
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Area of Research: Host-pathogen interaction in mycobacterial pathogenesis.
Description: Investigating the role of redox switch of Mycobacterial Protein Kinase G in driving active pathogenesis into latency.
Saborni Biswas
Area of Research: Host-pathogen interaction in Leishmanial pathogenesis.
Description: Unravelling the role of Leishmanial RNase H2B: Bridging Molecular Characterisation and Functional Insight.
Area of Research: Pathogenesis, Therapeutics and Diagnostics.
Description: Liposome mediated targeted degradation of mycobacterial virulence factor, as alternative therapeutics against Tuberculosis.
Satabdi Kundu
Karthi N
Institutional Post Doctoral Fellow
Area of Research: Host-pathogen interaction.
Dr. Manisha Behera
Alumni members
Area of Research: Parasite biology
Description: Functional characterization of Leishmania Topoisomerase 1A and understanding the cell death mechanisms triggered by Leishmania Topoisomerase 1A targeted drug.
(2017-2024)
Area of Research: Mechanisms of mycobacterial pathogenesis.
Description: Characterization of the macrophage substrates for the mycobacteria secreted virulent kinase Protein kinase G. Elucidation of the mechanism of hindered phagosome maturation by macrophage Coronin1 on being retained on mycobacteria containing phagosome.
(2017-2023)
Dr. Payel Das
Dr. Saradindu Saha
Dr. Sadhana Roy
Area of Research: Mycobacterial secretion and pathogenesis Description: Studying the secretion mechanisms of mycobacterial Protein Kinase G with emphasis on SecA2, Esx1 and MPT63. Analysing the role of PknG-induced macrophage factors in immune evasion.
(2020 - 2026)
Current M.Tech students:
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Anamika Mondal