National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Guwahati, Assam, India
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/purusottam-mohapatra-896b7238/
Orchid: 0000-0001-8059-4141
September 2020-Present: DBT Ramalingaswami Fellow, NIPER Guwahati, Assam, India
Roles: [1] Research: Supervising M.S., PhD. Scholars and Research Project Staff/Fellows, [2] Teaching: Courses at the MS and PhD levels, [3] Administrative Tasks
Departments: [1]. Biotechnology (2020- Present), [2]. Biopharmaceuticals (2023-2025)
2019-2020: Postdoctoral Fellow, Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2014-2019: Postdoctoral Fellow, Clinical Research Centre (CRC), Lund University, Malmo, Sweden
2009-2014: Ph.D. in Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, KIIT University, Odisha, India
2007-2009: M.Sc. in Microbiology, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Odisha, India
2004-2007: BSc Biotechnology, Andhra University, Vizag, India
Future of Science Fund Scholarship by Keystone Meetings Council, USA.
EMBO travel grant to participate in the EMBO meeting on Cellular Signaling and Cancer Therapy, Cavtat, Croatia, 14-18 September 2018.
Independent Travel awards from Maggie Stephens Stiftelse and the Allmänna Sjukhusets i Malmö stiftelse för bekämpande av cancer, Malmö Hospital, Sweden to attain the Metastasis Research Society Meeting, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, 1-5 August 2018
Young scientist award by Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Foundation, Germany and DST, India, to represent India in the “64th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Physiology or Medicine)”, Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, 2014, Lindau, Germany.
International travel award by SERB, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India for attaining “The Summer School and 2nd Healing Int. Meeting on Hedgehog-Gli signaling” in Valais, Arolla, Switzerland, 18-25th August 2013.
Senior Research Fellowship by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt. of India. (2012-2014)
2025-2026: Prototype-to-Product Demo Challenge-2025 Grant, Role: Principal Investigator. Funding Agency: BioNEST Incubation Centre, NIPER-Guwahati
2024-2027: The DBT-NER India Advanced Level Institutional Biotech HuB Project at NIPER Guwahati. Role: Co-Investigator. Funding Agency: DBT, Govt. of India.
2022-2025: Core Research Grant, Role: Principal Investigator. Funding Agency: SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
2020-2026: DBT India Ramalingaswami Re-Entray Fellowship and Research Grant. Role: Principal Investigator. Funding Agency: DBT, Govt. of India.
2017-2018: Research Grant from the "Endowments for the Natural Sciences, Medicine and Technology". Role: Principal Investigator. Funding Agency: Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund, Sweden.
2016-2017: Research Grant from the "Fund of the Hedda and John Forssman Foundation”. Role: Principal Investigator. Funding Agency: Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund, Sweden.
2015-2016: Research Grant from the "Fund of the Hedda and John Forssman Foundation”. Role: Principal Investigator. Funding Agency: Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund, Sweden.
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