News from the SM group

Looking back 2019 - our key achievements:

  • January: Samrat joined the JPC Editorial Advisory Board (2019-2021).

  • February: Priyanka Dogra attended the EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization) phase separation workshop at Max Planck Institute in Dresden, Germany.

  • February: Samrat delivered a Medal Lecture at the CRSI (Chemical Research Society) meeting in CLRI-IIT Madras, Chennai.

  • March: Anupa gave a platform talk at the Biophysical Society meeting in Baltimore, USA.

  • May: Neha Jain (first PhD from the lab) joined the faculty of IIT Jodhpur.

  • June: Our first phase separation paper got accepted and published in JPC Letters.

  • August: Priyanka Dogra got a postdoctoral position at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA (she will join after her thesis defense early next year).

  • September: Samrat got an invitation to speak at the Gordon Research Conference on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins to be held in Les Diablerets, Switzerland in June 2020.

  • September: Samrat has been appointed as the Ambassador of the Biophysical Society (USA).

  • September: Samrat has been invited to speak and chair at the Congress of the International Union for Pure Applied Biophysics (IUPAB) that will be held in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil in Oct 2020.

  • September: Samrat has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Essays in Biochemistry (Biochemical Society, London)

  • October: A special issue on IDPs in BBA - Proteins and Proteomics that was guest-edited by Samtat was published.

  • October: Aishwarya’s paper got accepted in BBA – Proteins and Proteomics

  • October: Samrat has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Biophysical Journal (2020-2022).

  • November: Priyanka Madhu got the EMBO travel award and attended an EMBO meeting in Lisbon, Portugal.

  • November: Our FIRST paper in JACS (Journal of the American Chemical Society) - Congratulations to Priyanka Dogra and coauthors!!! Terrific job!!!

  • December: Priyanka Madhu’s paper got accepted in ACS Chemical Neuroscience (our first paper in ACS Chem Neurosci).

  • December: Samrat gave an invited talk at an EMBO meeting at IISc Bangalore.

  • June 2017: We moved to our new lab. Pictures of our new lab are poster on our twitter @SamratLabMohali and Facebook

  • June 2017: Shruti left for postdoc at the University of California Santa Barbara.

  • March 2017: Anupa received the National Postdoc Fellowship from the DST-SERB.

  • May 2017: Hema got the international travel award from the DST-SERB to attend the Gordon Research Conference on Proteins in New Hampshire, USA.

  • Jan 2016: Karishma got the international travel award from the Biophysical Society to attend the Biophysical Society meeting in New Orleans

  • Jan 2016: Shruti got the international travel award from the DST-SERB to attend the Biophysical Society meeting that will be held Los Angeles in Feb-Mar 2016

  • Dec 2015: Shruti got the international travel award from the Biophysical Society to attend the Biophysical Society meeting in Los Angeles in Feb-Mar 2016

  • June 2015: Vijit attended and presented a poster at the Gordon Research Conference on Proteins in New Hampshire, USA.

  • May 2015: Congratulations to Vijit for receiving the international travel awards from the DST and the Immunology Foundation to attend the Gordon Research Conference on Proteins that will be held in New Hampshire, USA in June 2015.

  • March 2015: Samrat received the Commonwealth Science Follow-on grant from the Royal Society, London.

  • Feb 2015: Dominic attended and presented a poster at the Biophysical Society meeting in Baltimore, USA.

  • December 2014 & Jan 2015: Congratulations to Dominic for receiving the international travel awards from the DBT, the DST and the Immunology Foundation to attend the Biophysical Society meeting that will be held in Baltimore in Feb 2015.

  • December 2014: Congratulations to Karishma for getting the DST-INSPIRE Ph.D. fellowship.

  • Nov 2014: Congratulations to Dominic for getting the Biophysical Society's International Travel award to attend the Biophysical Society meeting that will be held in Baltimore in Feb 2015.

  • Oct 2014: Congratulations to Priyanka for getting the DST-INSPIRE Ph.D. fellowship!

  • July 2014: Samrat presented at the Gordon Research Conference on Intrinsically Disordered Protein at Easton, MA and the Protein Society meeting at San Diego, CA.

  • February 2014: Samrat and Mily presented posters at the Biophysical Society meeting in San Francisco.

  • January 2014 : Neha joined Matt Chapman's lab at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

  • Samrat received the Prof. B.k. Bachhawat international travel award for young scientists

  • September 2013: Samrat has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor.

  • September 2013: Neha received the PhD degree. Congratulations to Neha!

  • September 2013: Neha Jain (the FIRST PhD student from the lab) defended her thesis. The thesis exam was conducted by Prof. Jayant Udgaonkar.

  • May 2013: Karishma Bhasne received the Int. BS-MS degree during convocation at IISER Mohali.

  • April 2013: Karishma Bhasne submitted her M.S. thesis.

  • March 2013: Neha Jain submitted her Ph.D. thesis (First thesis from the lab!)

    • March 2013: Shwetha Srinivasan, a summer intern in the lab in 2012 from IISER Mohali, has been selected to participate at the Lindau Nobel Laureates' meeting that will be held in Lindau, Germany in June-July 2013.

  • February 2013: Neha Jain gave her PhD thesis colloquium on February 25, 2012.

  • January 2013: Mily Bhattacharya was an invited speaker at the Conference on Condensed Matter and Biological Systems held at BHU, Varanasi.

    • June 2012: Shwetha Srinivasan, a summer intern from IISER Mohali, has been selected to participate in Asian Science Camp that will be held in Jerusalem, Israel in Aug 2012.

  • June 2012: Neha Jain has been awarded the CSIR internatiobnal travel award.

  • June 2012: Samrat Mukhopadhyay has been awarded the DST international travel fellowship to attend the Gordon Research Conference on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins that will be held in Vermont from July 8-13, 2012.

  • May 2012: Neha Jain has been awarded a travel fellowship from Immunology Foundation.

  • May 2012: Neha Jain has been awarded a travel support from the CICS.

  • April 2012: Neha Jain has been selected for attending the Gordon Research Conference on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins that will be held in Vermont from July 8-13, 2012.

  • March 2012: Neha Jain has been selected to participate at the Gordon Research Conference on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins that will be held at West Dover, VT, USA in July 2012.

  • February 2012: Samrat Mukhopadhyay gave an invited talk at the Intrinsically Disordered Protein (IDP) subgroup during the Biophysical Society meeting held in San Diego, California, USA. http://www.biophysics.org/Publications/Newsletter/PastIssues/April2012/Subgroups/tabid/3921/Default.aspx

  • January 2012: Mily Bhattacharya has been awarded an International Travel grant from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), India for attending the Biophysical Society meeting (San Diego, USA in Feb 2012).

  • December 2011: Our recent paper in Biophysical Jounal is featured as a MUST READ paper in Faculty of 1000. http://f1000.com/13409028

    • November 2011: Neha Jain has received the Best Poster award at the Fluorescence Workshop FCS-2011 held at ICGEB, JNU, IIT Delhi, New Delhi.

  • June 2011: Neha Jain has been awarded the DST international travel fellowship to attend PicoQuant fluorescence workshop at Singapore.

    • April 2011: Samrat Mukhopadhyay has been awarded a project grant from the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India.

  • July 2010: Pushpender K. Sharma has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India.

  • March 2010: Mily Bhattacharya has been awarded a Women Scientists' grant from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), India.

  • July 2009: Samrat Mukhopadhyay has been selected as a Young Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.