DEBMALYA BHUNIA
Senior Fellow Researcher, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
Email: bhunia@cshl.edu, debmalya.bhunia3@gmail.com;
Mobile: +1 614 556 2455
EDUCATION:
Senior Fellow Scientist, Cancer Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory January 2025 -Till
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Cancer center March 2021- December 2024
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department October 2018-March 2021
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, India August 2013-October 2018
Department of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
Guru Ghasidas Central University, India 2009 - 2011
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Gold Medalist
Midnapore College, Vidyasagar University, India 2006-2009
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Chemistry (H)
PATENTS:
“Hexapeptide For Neuroprotection Against A Beta Toxicity” by S. Ghosh, A. Biswas, B. Jana, S. Mohapatra, S. C. Biswas, S. Saleem, P. Mondal, A. Adak, S. Ghosh, A. Saha, D. Bhunia. US patent US 2017 / 0253631 A1. Accepted on 09/07/2017 .
“A LDV liposomal formulation of Photosystem-1 for treatment of cancer” by S. Ghosh, A. Saha, S. Ghosh, S. Mohapatra, B. Jana, D. Bhunia. US patent US 2020 / 0253870 A1. Accepted on 08/13/2020.
RESEARCH INTEREST:
Chemical Biology, Chemical Synthesis, Peptide and Peptide nucleic acid, Molecular Biology, DNA/RNA, Anti-cancer therapeutics, Targeted primer design, Small molecules, targeted drug delivery, Protein-protein/Protein-peptide, DNA/RNA-PNA interaction, in vitro and in vivo study, Biophysical assays, 3D cell culture, Mice model study.
Webinar, MEETING & PRESENTATIONS:
Invited webinar oral presentation on "Chemical Biology: Potential Applications and Future Scopes" at Parul University, Baroda, India on 3rd September 2022.
Poster presentation on “Design and Synthesis of DNA/RNA Targeted Novel α-PNAs Based on Amino Side Chains” at the Ohio State University on 5th May 2019.
Oral presentation on “Discovery of a Novel Antimitotic Cell Penetrating Tubulin/Microtubule Targeted Octapeptide” at “A Satellite symposium of Indian Peptide Society” organized at Shankarpur on 22nd-23rd February 2018.
Poster presentation on “Discovery of a novel antimitotic cell penetrating tubulin/microtubule targeted octapeptide” at “Symposium at Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery” organized at Bose Institute, Kolkata on 30-31st October, 2017.
Poster presentation on “Cell penetrating antimitotic octapeptide targets tubulin/microtubule” at “6th Indian Peptide Symposium” organized at HBCSE, Mumbai on 23rd -24th February 2017.
Participated symposium on “Interface between Chemistry and Biology” organized by Royal Society of Chemistry at CSIR-IICB, Jadavpur, Kolkata on 21st December, 2016.
Participated in the “Training Programmed On Laboratory Safety: Biosafety, Chemical Safety & Radiation Safety” organized by CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, 16th September 2013.
Participated symposium on “International Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences” organized at SCS, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar on 14th-15th March, 2013.
INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE:
Huntsman Corporation (MNC), Baroda, India 2011 - 2012
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India 2012 - 2013
PhD Fellow
Worked on Carbohydrate based nano particle synthesis and its application
AWARDS & HONORS:
Received gold medal being topped at M.Sc. examination
Awarded DST-Inspire Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from 2013 – 2015.
Awarded DST-Inspire Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from 2015 – 2018.
NSF postdoctoral fellowship at The Ohio State University
Postdoctoral fellowship of The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
NIH Principles of Clinical Pharmacology 2022-23 Certificate (Office of Clinical Research)
ACS Reviewer Lab Certificate
MEMBERSHIP:
American Peptide Society, United States 2017- Present
The New York Academy of Science; New York, United States 2021- Present
American Chemical Society 2021-Present