Tapas K. Manna

• Ph. D. in Biochemistry (2004), Jadavpur University (Bose Institute, Kolkata) 

• M.Sc. in Chemistry (1997) Calcutta University 

• Professor (2020-Present)- School of Biology, IISER Thiruvananthapuram

• Associate Professor (2014-2019)-School of Biology, IISER Thiruvananthapuram

• Asst. Professor (2009-2014)-School of Biology, IISER Thiruvananthapuram

• Postdoctoral Research Associate (2008-2009)- Cancer Institute, Univ. of South Alabama, USA

• Postdoctoral Research Associate (2006-2008)- Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School, USA

• Postdoctoral Research Associate (2003-2006)- Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, USA

• Senior Research Fellow (2000-2003)- Dept. of Biochemistry, Bose Institute, Kolkata

• Junior Research Fellow (1998-2000)- Dept. of Biochemistry, Bose Institute, Kolkata

• Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (FNA)

• Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (FNASc)

• S. Ramachandran National Bioscience Award by DBT,Govt. of India

• Sir Nil Ratan Sircar Research prize of Bose Institute, Kolkata

• Co-Organized Workshop on ‘Proteomics and Data Analysis’;  IISER Thiruvananthapuram; January 2019

• Co-organized satellite meeting of International Society of Cell Biology, Thiruvananthapuram; December  2018

• Co-organized Annual Conference of Indian Society for Cell Biology, Thiruvananthapuram; December 2015

• ”Search of links between centrosome maturation and chromosome segregation”;  International conference titled “The Microtubule Network” , July 15, 2025; CDFD, Hyderabad

• “Birth and Death of Centrosome Duplication Machinery” in Indo-German International conference, June 3-5, 2025; Dept of Biochemistry, IISc, Bangalore

• “Molecular motors in shaping chromosome structures” in  International conference titled “Microtubules, Motors, Trafficking and Transport”; Feb. 17- 19, 2025; IIT Jodhpur

• “Molecular Insights of kinetochore expansion” in  International conference titled “Chromosome Stability”; Dec. 13- 17, 2024; JNCASR Bangalore

• “Molecular Control of Centriole Duplication” in International conference titled “Centrioles, Cilia and Ciliopathies”; Nov. 27-28, 2024; IIT Bombay

• “Inhibitors and Regulators of Microtubules: promising avenues in cancer therapy” in conference titled “Modern Perspective of Advances in Chemical Sciences (MPACS-2024)”; July 22-23, 2024; R. K. Mission, Belur Math, W.B.

• “Molecular basis of centrosome amplification” in conference titled ”Ciliopathy Niye Adda”, March 26-27, 2024; Presidency University, Kolkata

• “Molecular control of mitotic chromosome segregation errors” in  International conference titled “Chromosome Stability”; Dec. 14- 18, 2022; IISER Thiruvananthapuram

• “Mechanisms Driving Error-free Chromosome Segregation” in conference titled “Host microbe interaction”; Dec 1-2, 2021; Presidency University (Virtual)

• “Regulation of Mitotic Spindles and Chromosome Segregation” in Faculty Enrichment Programme (FEP) on “Cutting Edge Science in Cellular and Molecular Biomedicine”; Nov. 11, 2021;Amity University (Virtual)

• “Molecular Drivers of Chromosomal Instability in Cancer Cells” in Annual meeting of SBC (India), Dec 19, 2021; Amity University (Virtual)

• “Molecular Basis of Centrosome Amplification in Cancer Cells” in International Conference on Translational Research, Nov. 7-9, 2019; NCCS Pune

• “New Horizons of Spindle-Chromosome Interaction” in 3rd PAN IIT Biotech International Conference on Cancer Precision Medicine and Personalized Therapeutics, Jan. 31–Feb. 2, 2019; Dept. of Biotechnology, IIT Madras

• “Ubiquitin Ligases in Control of Spindle-pole Biogenesis & Chromosome Segregation” in  International conference titled “Chromosome Stability”; Dec. 14- 17, 2018; JNCASR Bangalore

• “A novel Ubiquitin ligase in control of centrosome biogenesis” in Satellite meeting of International Society for Cell Biology; Feb 2, 2018 ; Thiruvananthapuram

• “Molecular Dynamics at Spindle-Kinetochore Interface” in conference titled” An interdisciplinary approach to Biological Sciences”; Feb 1-3, 2018; IACS-Kolkata

• “Microtubule tip protein in chromosome segregation: an emerging drug target”; International Conference on Translational Research; Oct 14-16, 2016; KIIT Bhubaneswar

• R Bhagya Lakshmi, Year: 2024,  Title: “Regulation of microtubule – chromosome attachment by cytoskeleton associated protein 5 (CKAP5)”

• Vishnu M Nair, Year:2024, Title  “Elucidating the role of E3 ubiquitin ligase, FBXW7 in regulation of mitotic checkpoint during mitosis “

• Renjith MR, Year: 2023, Title:  “Elucidating the role of interaction of Ska1 with EB1 in regulation of kinetochore-microtubule attachment in human cells”

• Resmi Rajeev, Year:2022, Title: “Role of Transforming acidic coiled-coil 3 (TACC3) in the regulation of microtubule assembly at the centrosomes”

• Binshad Badarudeen, Year: 2021,  Title: “Regulation of Centriole Biogenesis by E3 Ubiquitin Ligase FBXW7”

• Hindol Gupta, Year: 2019, Title: “Determination of the structural and molecular basis of human centriole assembly”

• Geethu Emily Thomas, Year: 2016, Title “Role of Microtubule Plus End Binding protein EB1 in regulation of spindle- kinetochore interaction during mitosis”

• Gireesh KK, Year: 2015, Title: “Structure-function aspects of microtubule regulation by its plus end binding protein and interacting novel small molecule inhibitor”

• Puja Singh, Year: 2014, Title: “Regulation of centrosome-mediated microtubule nucleation: Role of human transforming acidic coiled-coil 3 (TACC3)”

• Part-time CVO (2021-2024)-  IISER Thiruvananthapuram

• Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs (2016-2019)-IISER Thiruvananthapuram

• Head of the Department (2014-2017)-School of Biology, IISER Thiruvananthapuram

Institutional and Outside-

• Member of Senate (2020-present)-  IISER Thiruvananthapuram

• Faculty Selection Committee (2014-2017)-School of Biology, IISER Thiruvananthapuram

• Postdoc/RA/Faculty Fellow evaluation committee (2016-2019)-IISER Thiruvananthapuram

• Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBSC) (2020-present)

• Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (2020-2024)

• Academic Council Member (2023-Present)- Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum

• Faculty Promotion Committee – Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum

National Level-

• Task Force Member of DBT (2018-2021) 

Nature Communications, Nature Chemical Biology, Scientific Reports, Biochemical Pharmacology, Biochemical Journal, Eur. J. Cell Biology, Biochemistry etc. 

• Dept. of Biotechnology (DBT)

• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

• Indo-French CEFIPRA Grant

• Czech Science Foundation

Biochemistry, Cell Biology