Research Experience

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE ~

Ongoing Research Project [in Raidighi College]:

“Study of Sundarban honey from various botanical sources as a potential anti-microbial, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant and anti-cancer agent”

{funded by Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal}


Research Experience prior to joining Raidighi College :

Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

[ 5th Dec 2011- 4th April 2014]

Position: CSIR Senior Research Associate (Scientists’ pool)

Independent Research Projects

Project I: Title: Studies on Characterization of Interaction between the 60S Ribosome Biogenesis Factor eIF6 and Ca2+-dependent Calcineurin Phosphatase and the role of this interaction on 60S Ribosome Biogenesis in Mammalian Cells

Project II: Title: Study of eIF6 recycling in relation to Shwachman-Bodian-Diamond syndrome, an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by bone marrow failure and leukemia predisposition

Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA

[July 2008 – Nov 2010]

Position: Research Associate

PI: Prof. Sridhar Mani

Research Experience

    • Studied the role of Pregnane X receptor (PXR, an orphan nuclear receptor) in colon cancer

    • Studied post-translational modifications of human PXR

    • Initiated a project to generate a somatic cell knockout of human PXR gene

    • Developed a system of studying human colon cancer cells in three dimensional cultures


Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology,

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA

[Aug 2006 – June 2008]

Position: Post Doctoral Research Associate

PI: Prof. Umadas Maitra

Research Experience

  • Studied phosphorylation and dephosphorylation-mediated regulation of eukaryotic translation initiation factor eIF6, an essential ribosome biogenesis factor, in yeast and mammalian cell culture


Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

[July 2005 – June 2006]

Position: Post Doctoral Fellow; Funded by DBT, Govt. of India

PI: Prof. Subrata Pal

co-PI: Prof. Chanchal DasGupta (C.U.)

Research Experience

  • Investigated the fourth step of protein translation, namely, disassembly of the post-termination complex, followed by ribosome recycling to enter a new round of translation

Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Calcutta University, Kolkata, India (presently, Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics)

[Jan 2000 – June 2005]

Position: Ph.D. Fellow; Funded by CSIR, Govt. of India

PI: Prof. Chanchal DasGupta

Research Experience

  • PhD Project titled ‘Studies on interaction of tRNA and Unfolded Protein with Ribosome’