Nanopore Research Group
Who are we?
We seek to develop nanopore-based sensing and sequencing techniques for biomedical and healthcare applications. Our current research activities look at several aspects of nanopore technology such as, micro and nano-fabrication techniques, biochemical functionalization, novel read-out methods, computational modeling and molecular dynamics simulations. We are situated in the Center for Nanoscience and Engineering (CeNSE) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
PI
Manoj M. Varma received the B. tech degree from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, in 1999, and the Ph.D. degree from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, in 2005. He was the Director of engineering from Quadraspec Inc., Purdue Research Foundation, from 2005 to 2007. He is currently a Professor with the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. His current research interest is focused on developing nanopore based single molecular sensing including protein and DNA sequencing.
News and Updates
Congratulations Dr. Sohini Pal for successfully defending your thesis. All the best for your postdoc
Congratulations Ramkumar for earning your PhD. Best wishes for your career in Western Digital as a Member Engineering staff
Best wishes for your thesis defence Tuhin Chakraborty, Title: Statistical Inference in Biological and Diagnostic systems
Research Group
Graduate Students
Anumol Dominic
PhD Scholar
MTech, NIT Delhi
Fabrication of ultra-low volume nanopores
2018-
Shree Sumanas
PhD Scholar
MTech, IIT Madras
Topic: DNA Mediated approaches for robust biosensing
2018-
Manchester-IISc Joint PhD Scholar
MSc Physics, Pondicherry University
Topic: Protein Sequencing
2020-
Joint PhD Scholar with Dept. of Biology, IISc
MS Life Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Topic: Bacterial Swarming
2020-
Simran Nasa
PhD Scholar
MSc Chemistry, Delhi University
Topic: DNA Origami functionalization of nanopores
2020-
Pranjal Sur
PhD Scholar
MSc Physics, Jadavpur University
Topic: Molecular Dynamics studies of protein translocation through nanopores in 2D materials
2020-
Avisekh Pal
PhD Scholar (PMRF)
BTech Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University
Topic: Low noise current sensing in Nanopores
2021-
Project Associate
Machine learning assisted Nanopore Data Analysis
MSc Physics, Pondicherry University
2022-
Deepthi (Joint PhD scholar with ESE Department)
BTech ECE: IIIT Nuzvid
Electronics for nanopore sensing
2023-