News
April 2024
Dr Punita Kumari, a lab alumna (PhD, 2019) is starting an independent faculty position at IISER Bhopal !!! Many congratulations, Punita !!!
Sayantan Saha, a project research fellow, is headed to Max Perutz Laboratories in Vienna for his PhD! Many congratulations, Sayantan !!!
March 2024
Our paper describing the structure-guided design of signaling-biased in the niacin receptor has been published in Nature Communications !!!
Parishmita Sarma presented her PhD open seminar and aced it !!! Many congratulations, Pari !!!
Jagannath Maharana successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis !!! Many Congratulations, Dr. Maharana !!!
February 2024
Many congratulations to Sayantan Saha on landing a Ph.D. position at the Max Perutz Labs in Vienna !!!
January 2024
Our paper describing the molecular mechanism of 7TMR-beta-arrestin interaction has been published in Science !!!
December 2023
Parishmita Sarma has been selected as a winner of the Sun Pharma Science Foundation research Scholar Ward, 2023. Many congratulations, Pari !!!
November 2023
Jagannath Maharan has submitted his PhD thesis and now headed to the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology for his post-doctoral research. Many congratulations, Jags !!!
Dr. Shukla has been selected as the winner of the Infosys Prize in Life Sciences, 2023. Congratulations!!!
October 2023
Our collaborative study on complement receptor activation and signaling has been published in Cell!!!
May 2023
A collaborative research paper including important contribution from our laboratory has been published in Cell !!!
A collaborative research paper including important contribution from our laboratory has been accepted for publication in Molecular Cell !!!
April 2023
Our research paper describing a broadly conserved mechanism of arrestin activation has been accepted for publication in Molecular Cell !!!
Dr. Shukla has been invited to join the Editorial Board of Molecular Pharmacology published by ASPET !!!
March 2023
Many congratulations to Madhu Chaturvedi on successfully defending her PhD thesis !!! Madhu is now headed to UCSF for post-doctoral research !!!
February 2023
Many congratulations to Parishmita Sarma and Shirsha Saha on being amongst the finalists for the SASTRA - Prof. S. Chandrasekhar Award !!!
Many congratulations to Shirsha Saha on being selected as one of the winners of the SASTRA - Prof. S. Chandrasekhar Award !!!
January 2023
Dr. Shubhi Pandey, a former PhD student in our lab, has been selected for the NASI Platinum Jubilee Young Scientist Award, 2022 !!!
December 2022
Dr. Shukla is inducted as a fellow of Indian National Science Academy (INSA) !!!
November 2022
Dr. Shukla is selected for the P. S. Sarma Memorial Award Lecture by the Society of Biological Chemists, India!!!
Madhu Chaturvedi has submitted her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations, Madhu !!!
October 2022
Dr. Shukla is selected for the Fellowship of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) !!!
August 2022
Dr. Hemlata Dwivedi-Agnihotri, a post-doctoral fellow in our laboratory, has joined Delhi University as an Assistant Professor !!!
Congratulations, Hemlata !!!
June 2022
Dr. Shubhi Pandey, a former PhD student in our laboratory, has been selected for the Outstanding PhD Thesis Award at IIT Kanpur !!!
Dr. Ashutosh Ranjan, a post-doctoral fellow in our laboratory, has joined Lucknow University as an Assistant Professor !!!
December 2021
Dr. Shukla is selected for the Khosla National Award of IIT Roorkee, India !!!
Dr. Shukla is selected for the Fellowship of the National Academy of Sciences, India !!!
November 2021
Shubhi Pandey has submitted her Ph.D. thesis !!! Many congratuations, Shubhi !!!
Dr. Punita Kumari, a former PhD student in our laboratory, has been selected to receive the NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award, 2021 !!!
October 2021
Dr. Eshan Ghosh, a former PhD student in our laboratory, has been selected to receive the INSA Medal for Young Scientists, 2021 !!!
September 2021
Dr. Shukla is selected for the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Biological Sciences, 2021 !!!
Dr. Shukla is invited to join the Editorial Board of the Journal of Biological Chemistry !!!
June 2021
Mithu Baidya is selected for the Early Career Fellowship of the DBT Wellcome Trust India Alliance !!!
March 2021
Mithu Baidya wins the Focus on Complement Early Career Cover Image Award from the International Complement Society !!!
February 2021
Madhu Chaturvedi is selected for Prof. Saroj Chandrasekhar Memorial Award 2021 !!!
December 2020
Dr. Ashutosh Ranajn is selected for the National Post-Doctoral Fellowship of SERB !!!
Madhu Chaturvedi is selected for the Sun Pharma Science Scholar Award, 2020 in BioMedical Sciences !!!
Dr. Shukla is selected for the OPPI Young Scientist of the Year Award !!!
October 2020
Dr. Punita Kumari and Dr. Mithu Baidya are selected to receive the INSA Medal for Young Scientists !!!
Shirsha Saha is selected for the Prime Minister's Research Fellowship !!!
Dr. Punita Kumari's Ph.D. thesis is selected for the Outstanding Thesis Award of IIT Kanpur !!!
July 2020
Dr. Shukla is selected for the Senior Fellowship of the DBT Wellcome Trust India Alliance !!!
Monika Godara joins the lab as a Ph.D. student. Welcome aboard, Monika !!!
June 2020
Dr. Hemlata Dwivedi-Agnihotri, a post-doctoral fellow in our laboratory, is among the winners of the SERB-ACS Online Research Poster Competition in Life Sciences.
May 2020
Dr. Shukla is invited to join the Editorial Advisory Board of Cell Reports, European Journal of Pharmacology, European Journal of Cell Biology, International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and FEBS Journal !!!
December 2019
Soumi Chatterjee joins the lab for short-term research training. Welcome aboard, Soumi !!!
November 2019
Shubhi Pandey is selected as one of the finalists for the Sun Pharma Research Scholar Award. Congratulations, Shubhi !!!
October 2019
Dr. Shukla is invited to join the Editorial Board of British Journal of Pharmacology !!!
September 2019
Our paper on conformational differences between beta-arrestin isoforms is published in Cell Reports !!!
The paper is highlighted on F1000 by Prof. Marta Filizola !!!
August 2019
Eshan Ghosh defended his Ph.D. thesis. Many congratulations, Eshan !!!
July 2019
Punita Kumari defended her Ph.D. thesis. Many congratulations, Dr. Punita !!!
June 2019
Dr. Shukla is invited to join the Editorial Advisory Board of ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science.
April 2019
Dr. Hemlata Dwivedi, a post-doctoral fellow in the lab, is selected for the BioCARe funding program of DBT.
Many congratulations, Hemlata !!!
February 2019
Dr. Arun K. Shukla received the National Bioscience Award.
Shubhi Pandey received the Inspiring Science Award on behalf of Eshan Ghosh.
January 2019
Shirsha Saha joins the lab as a research trainee. Welcome aboard, Shirsha !!!
Many congratulations to Eshan Ghosh, a Ph.D. student in the lab, on being selected as a co-recipient of Dr. J. Nagaraju Memorial Research Award in Life Sciences, 2018.
December 2018
Dr. Shukla delivers an invited lecture at the International Congress of Endocrinology (ICE 2018) in Cape Town, South Africa.
November 2018
Dr. Arun K. Shukla delivered a lecture on cellular signaling and drug discovery in HINDI at Dayanand Girls college in Kanpur !!!
Dr. Arun K. Shukla is selected for the Swarnajayanti Fellowship by DST, Govt. of India !!!
Dr. Arun K. Shukla is selected for Prof. Rita Mulherkar Award by the Indian Society of Cell Biology !!!
October 2018
Dr. Arun K. Shukla is selected for the Shakuntala Amir Chand Prize by ICMR !!!
June 2018
Dr. Arun K. Shukla is selected for the Young Scientist Award by the Lady TATA Memorial Trust !!!
April 2018
Dr. Shukla interacted with KV students from all over the country who came to IITK for presenting their science projects.
February 2018
Dr. Arun K. Shukla is selected as a co-recipient of the CDRI Award for Excellence in Drug Research !!!
January 2018
Punita Kumari wins the prestigious Dr. J. Nagaraju Memorial Research Award in Life Sciences !!!
December 2017
Dr. Arun K. Shukla is selected for Prof. Umakant Sinha Memorial Award from the
Indian Science Congress Association !!!
Punita wins the prestigious Sun Pharma Science Scholar Award 2017 in Biomedical Sciences !!! Congratulations, Punita !!!
November 2017
Punita wins the First Prize in the Young Scientists Oral Presentation category at the 86th Conference of Society of Biological Chemists held in JNU !!! Congratulations, Punita !!!
Dr. Arun K. Shukla is selected for the BM Birla Prize in Biology !!!
Members of GPCR biology lab with Prof. Joachim Frank, one of the Nobel Prize awardees of 2017 for cryo-EM !!!
October 2017
Dr. Arun K. Shukla is selected as EMBO Young Investigator !!!!
April 2017
Profs. Steve Watson and Mark Wheatley from the University of Birmingham visited us for a couple of days !!!
March 2017
Dr. Hemlata Dwivedi and Dr. Mithu Baidya working as post-doctoral fellows in the lab are selected for the
SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellowship !!! Congratulations Hemlata and Mithu !!!
Ms. Punita Kumari, a 3rd year Ph.D. student in our laboratory presented a poster in the Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Pharmacology organized in Barga, Italy during 12th - 17th March, 2017.
September 2016
Members of our laboratory participated enthusiastically in a departmental painting competition !!!