August 2025: The second patent application from the lab has been granted! Congratulations, Tabish and Subhashini!
August 2025: Devadathan joins the lab as a PhD student! Welcome Devadathan!
July 2025: Subhashini attended the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2025! Many congratulations!
May 2025: Velpandi receives the Best Seminar Award! Jayaprakash receives the Best Course Work Award in the IPC In-house Symposium! Congratulations!
May 2025: Reshma has successfully delivered her Ph. D. colloquium. Many congratulations, Reshma!
April 2025: Tabish joins the laboratory of Prof. Roderick Mackinnon (Nobel Laureate) as an HHMI Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Rockefeller University, USA! Many congratulations!
March 2025: Subhashini has been selected to attend the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2025! Many congratulations!
March 2025: Kalpana received the RSC-IPS Young Scientist Award 2025 ! Many congratulations!
February 2025: Kalpana received the best poster award in the Chemical Biology Symposium at JNCASR, Bangalore. Many congratulations!
January 2025: Shweta joins the lab as a PhD student! Welcome Shweta!
December 2024: Tabish received the Stanford Science Fellowship from Stanford University, USA! Many congratulations!
December 2024: Debasis delivered AsBIC Early Career Researcher Award Lecture in Guilin, China!
November 2024: Debasis delivered an invited talk at the New York University-Abu Dhabi, UAE!
November 2024: Debasis delivered an invited talk at the Aarhus University, Denmark!
October 2024: Debasis delivered an invited talk at the EMBO's 60th Anniversary in Heidelberg, Germany!
October 2024: Debasis delivered an invited talk at the FORCE-IICS conference in Alappuzha, Kerala!
September 2024: Debasis receives the Graeme Hanson AsBIC Early Career Researcher Award 2024!
September 2024: Debasis receives the IISc Excellence in Teaching Award 2024!
August 2024: Ankish joins the lab as a PhD student! Welcome Ankish!
June 2024: Our work on developing a biocatalyst for efficient 1-alkene production is accepted in 'Science Advances'! Congratulations to Tabish and Subhashini!
May 2024: Velpandi receives the Best Seminar Award! congratulations!
April 2024: Debasis received the IISc Research Award 2024!
April 2024: Debasis delivered an invited talk at the EMBO GIN Meeting NTU, Singapore!
March 2024: The first patent application from the lab has been granted! Congratulations Reshma!
March 2024: Debasis delivered an invited talk at the IC2 2024 conference at IACS, Kolkata!
February 2024: Debasis delivered an invited talk at the ACCC9 2024 conference in Bangkok, Thailand!
February 2024: Dr. Jagpreet joins BITS, Pilani, as an Assistant Professor. Many congratulations, Jagpreet!
February 2024: Tabish has successfully delivered his Ph. D. colloquium. Many congratulations, Tabish!
January 2024: Debasis delivered an invited talk at the SABIC 2024 conference in Kolkata, India.
January 2024: Debasis is selected to receive the ACRON-Antimicrobial Resistance Award from the Ignite Life Sciences Foundation!
January 2024: Congratulations to Tabish for receiving a Best Poster Award at the SABIC 2024 conference!
December 2023: Our work on an olefin-producing metalloenzyme is accepted in 'Protein Science'! Congratulations to Subhashini and Tabish!
December 2023: Congratulations to Tabish and Kalpana for receiving the Best Poster Award at the MTIC2023 conference!
December 2023: Debasis has been selected as a member of the prestigious EMBO Global Investigator Network!
December 2023: The lab receives the 2nd Core Research Grant (CRG) from SERB!
December 2023: Our work on the alkene-producing metalloenzyme is featured on the Front Cover of 'ACS Catalysis'!
October 2023: Our work on an alkene-producing metalloenzyme is accepted in 'ACS Catalysis'! Congratulations to Tabish, Subhashini, Kalpana, and Jagpreet!
October 2023: Debasis delivered an invited talk at the ASNP-KNUT conference in South Korea.
October 2023: Debasis delivered an invited talk at Chung Ang University in South Korea.
Aug 2023: The lab received funding from CSIR!
Aug 2023: In collaboration with Prof. Dipshikha Chakravortty lab at MCB, IISc, DD lab submitted its second patent application on 'Enzymatic dispersion of bofilms'!
Aug 2023: Debasis delivered an invited talk at St. Joseph's University, Bangalore, India.
Aug 2023: We welcome our new Ph.D. students, Yoganandhini and Jayaprakash!
July 2023: Debasis delivered an oral talk at the International Conference on Biological Inorganic Chemistry (ICBIC 2023), Adelaide, Australia.
June 2023: The lab submitted its first patent application on 'an engineered cell for hydrocarbon biosynthesis'!
June 2023: We welcome our new UG student, Krishna!
June 2023: Our work on 'detecting acetylcholinesterase using small molecule fluorogenic probe' has been featured in several leading newspapers: Times of India, Hindustan Times, Deccan Herald, India Today, Today Headline, The Week Magazine, MedIndia, Mirage News, Latest LY, Alzforum!
April 2023: Our paper on 'Acetylcholinesterase detection using small molecule fluorogenic probe' is accepted in 'Analytical Chemistry'. Congratulations to Jagpreet, Kalpana, Tabish, and Prof. Saini lab at DBG!
March 2023: Reshma receives the best student seminar award of the IPC Department and the best talk award during the departmental in-house symposium 2023. Many Congratulations, Reshma!
March 2023: Tabish received the 'Best Poster Award' at the departmental in-house symposium 2023. Many congratulations, Tabish!
February 2023: Tabish received the 'Best Poster Award' at the 30th CRSI conference 2023 held at JNU, India. Many congratulations, Tabish!
January 2023: We welcome our new project assistants, Ms. Kiruthiga and Ms. Prajakta!
December 2022: We have initiated collaborative work with Unilever!
December 2022: Debasis is appointed as a member of the academic council of St. Joseph's University, Bangalore, India!
October 2022: Ms. Subhashini and Mr. Velpandi received the prestigious PMRF fellowship. Many congratulations!
October 2022: Dr. Anwesha joins the lab as a postdoctoral fellow. Welcome, Anwesha!
September 2022: Our article on 'Enzymatic Biodegradation of Toxic Organotin Compounds' is accepted in the Journal of 'Biophysical Chemistry.' Congratulations Kalpana, Rajanti and Arkadeb!
September 2022: We sincerely thank Syngene International Limited for supporting our research with generous funding!
Aug 2022: We welcome our new Ph. D. students, Ms. Dhanalakshmi and Mr. Velpandi!
Aug 2022: Our paper on 'Enzymatic Dispersion of Biofilms' is accepted in the 'Journal of Biological Chemistry.' Congratulations Reshma, Ashish, and Simran!
July 2022: Rajanti receives 'Gold Medal' from IISc, for the best performance in BS in Chemistry.
June 2022: Simran Receives the 'University Gold Medal Award' from the hon'ble Defense Minister of India. Many congratulations Simran!
April 2022: Many congratulations to our UG student, Rajanti, for securing admissions to UMich, UIUC, and many other reputed graduate schools in the US. Rajanti will be joining UMich for her Ph. D.
April 2022: Tabish receives the best student seminar award of the IPC Department and the best talk award during the departmental in-house symposium. Many Congratulations Tabish!
April 2022: The first two articles of the lab are featured as the Front Covers! Many congratulations Team!
April 2022: Our article on "Biochemical Investigation of Membrane-Bound Cytochrome b5 and Catalytic Domain of Cytochrome b5 Reductase from Arabidopsis Thaliana" is accepted in Biochemistry! Congrats Tabish! The article is also selected to feature the Front Cover of the journal!
March 2022: Our article on the "Metalloenzymes for alka(e)ne biosynthesis in Nature" is accepted in Chemistry - An Asian Journal! Congrats Tabish, Suryadeep, and Subhashini! The article is also selected to feature the Front Cover of the journal!
Feb 2022: Asmita joins the lab as a project assistant. Welcome, Asmita!
Sept 2021: Dr. Jagpreet joins the lab with the prestigious CV Raman Postdoctoral Fellowship. Welcome, Jagpreet and congratulations!
Aug 2021: Subhashini joins as a new graduate student in the lab. Welcome, Subhashini!
Jan 2021: Arkadeb joins as a new graduate student in the lab. Welcome, Arka!
Dec 2020: Simran joins as a project student in the lab! Welcome, Simran!
Aug 2020: Reshma receives the prestigious PMRF fellowship. Congratulations Reshma!
June 2020: Anna joins the lab as a visiting student from MIT, USA. Welcome, Anna!
May 2020: Rajanti is the new addition to the lab as a B.S Research student. Welcome, Rajanti!
April 2020: Suryadeep joins the lab as an Int. Ph.D. student. Welcome, Suryadeep!
Feb 2020: The lab receives the Core Research Grant (CRG) from SERB!
Aug 2019: We welcome our new Ph.D. students Kalpana and Reshma!
June 2019: Jasmine joins the lab as a visiting student from MIT, USA. Welcome Jasmine!
April 2019: Debasis delivers an invited talk at Reliance Industries Limited, Mumbai.
January 2019: Tabish joins the lab as the first graduate student. Welcome, Tabish!