Manas, Biological Sciences Ph.D. student

Previous Education: B.Sc. (Hons.) Biotechnology, Patna Science College,Patna, 2015; M.Sc. Biotechnology, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, 2017.

Scientific Interests: My Ph.D. research focuses on developing approaches for imaging cellular lipids and using them for unraveling their cellular roles.

Non-scientific Interests: Watching and playing cricket, cooking, travelling, Watching movies.

 Satyajit Mishra, Biological Sciences Ph.D. student

Previous Education: B.Sc. (Hons.), Microbiology, College of Basic Science and Humanities, OUAT, 2018; M.Sc. Life sciences, NIT Rourkela, 2020.

Scientific Interests: My Ph.D. research focuses on discerning the interaction and regulation of TRP channel(s) with the cellular membranes.

Non-scientific Interests: Reading novels, playing badminton & cricket, traveling, watching movies, cooking.

 Saswati Biswal, Biological Sciences Ph.D. student

Previous Education: B.Sc. (Hons.), Zoology, Ravenshaw University, 2019; M.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 2021.

Scientific Interests: My Ph.D. research focuses on studying alterations in the cellular lipidome under different physiological states.

Non-scientific Interests: Badminton, painting, travelling, photography, watching web series.

 Shreya, Biological Sciences Ph.D. student

Previous Education:  B.Sc. (Hons.), Zoology, Delhi University, 2020; M.Sc. Human Genetics, Central University of Punjab, 2022

Scientific Interests: My Ph.D. research focuses on studying the physiological roles of protein-metabolite interactions.

Non-scientific Interests: Painting, Sketching, Badminton, and Cooking

 Sucheta Bandyopadhyay, Biological Sciences Ph.D. student

Previous Education:  B.Sc. (Hons.) Zoology, University of Calcutta, 2019; M.Sc. Neuroscience, University of Calcutta, 2021

Scientific Interests: My Ph.D. research focuses on understanding the interactions at play between the nociceptive receptor TRPV1, its modulators, and the lipid bilayer.

Non-scientific Interests: Painting, Literature, and visiting museums

Maya Choudhary, Biological Sciences Ph.D. student

Previous Education: B.Sc. (Life Science ) Zoology, Botany and Chemistry, Maharani College, University of Rajasthan, 2020; M.Sc. Biotechnology, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, 2023

Scientific Interests: My Ph.D. research focuses on lipid biology.

Non-scientific Interests:  Watching cricket and movies , travelling, reading novels, playing badminton & kho- kho, listening to music, gardening.

Bhupali Thakuria, Chemistry Ph.D. student

Previous Education: B. Sc. (Hons) Chemistry, B. Borooah College, 2020; M. Sc. Chemistry, Gauhati University, 2022; worked as JRF in Shivnadar University under Dr Bappaditya Gole, 2022-2023

Scientific Interests: Chemical Biology of lipids

Non-scientific Interests: Drawing, photography, gardening, handicraft, travelling, cooking and sports including chess, basketball, kho-kho etc. 

Shivangi Singh, Chemistry Ph.D. student

Previous Education:  B. Sc. (Hons.) Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, 2020; M. Sc. Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University, 2022

Scientific Interests:  Chemical Biology of lipids

Non-scientific Interests: Dancing and reading

Dr. Gandhi Bhukya, Postdoctoral Fellow

Previous Education:  PhD in Chemical Science from Centre for Lipid Science and Technology, CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad; Integrated M.Sc. in Chemistry from Pondicherry Central University, Pondicherry

Scientific Interests:  Bioorganic synthesis of functional lipids;  Isolation, characterization and synthesis of functional fatty acids for biological  applications.

 Dr. Yashaswi Singh

• Obtained Ph.D. in Biology from the Kalia lab in 2023 

• Project undertaken while in the Kalia lab: Understanding the mechanism of activation of the TRPV1 ion channel by the double-knot toxin (DkTx)

• Training acquired while in the Kalia lab: Electrophysiology (Xenopus laevis surgery, two-electrode voltage clamp experiments), molecular biology, recombinant protein expression in E. coli, HPLC, fluorescence spectroscopy for studying protein-membrane interactions

Dr. Aditi Dixit

• Obtained Ph.D.  in Chemistry from the Kalia lab in 2022 

• Currently a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Laura Kiessling's lab at MIT, USA

• Project undertaken while in the Kalia lab: The discovery of the choline metabolite-interacting proteome of mammalian cells

• Training acquired while in the Kalia lab: Synthetic organic chemistry, LC/MS-based lipidomics and metabolomics on a QTRAP4500 triple quadrupole ion trap instrument, cellular imaging, proteomics, recombinant protein expression in E. coli followed by purification, mammmalian cell culture

Dr. Debayan Sarkar

• Obtained Ph.D. in Biology from the Kalia lab in 2020 

• First position after graduating: postdoctoral fellow at the University of Copenhagen

• Currently employed at Syngenta, U.K.

• Project undertaken while in the Kalia lab: Understanding how the double-knot toxin (DkTx) activates the TRPV1 ion channel 

• Training acquired while in the Kalia lab: Electrophysiology (Xenopus laevis surgery, two-electrode voltage clamp experiments), molecular biology, recombinant protein expression in E. coli, HPLC

Dr. Tanveer Alam Khan

• Tenure in the Kalia lab: 2022-24 as institute postdoctoral fellow

• Ph.D. in Bioinorganic Chemistry from the Central University of Rajasthan

• Project undertaken while in the Kalia lab: Synthesis of ethanolamine analogs for PE lipid labelling

• Training acquired while in the Kalia lab: Organic Synthesis

Dr. Gregor P. J.

• Tenure in the Kalia lab: 2015-18 as SERB-NPDF

• Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from IISER Kolkata

• Currently: postdoctoral fellow at the Institute Pharmacology Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IPMC), France

• Project undertaken while in the Kalia lab: The discovery of the choline metabolite-interacting proteome of mammalian cells

• Training acquired while in the Kalia lab: LC/MS-based lipidomics and cellular imaging