7. Title: Iron Flux from Ferritin and Bacterioferritin Protein Nanocages: Implications in Physiology, Pathophysiology and Chelation Therapy

Funding Agency: ANRF

Duration: March 2026 – March 2029

Amount: 66 Lakhs

6. Title: Ferritin Bio-mineral: A Safer Alternative for the Management of Iron Deficiency Anaemia

Funding Agency: Science & Technology Department, Govt. of Odisha

Duration: March 2026 – March 2029

Amount: 30 Lakhs

5. Title: Iron Mobilization from Intact Ferritin Protein Nanocages: Implications in Iron Metabolism and Chelation Therapy.

Funding Agency: Science & Technology Department, Govt. of Odisha

Duration: Jan 2024 – Jan 2027

Amount: 10 Lakhs

4. Title: Formation and Dissolution of Iron Mineral in Ferritin Protein Nanocage: Impact of Oxoanions and Intrinsic Electron Relay Stations.

Funding Agency: SERB

Duration: Dec 2020 – March 2024

Amount: 50 Lakhs

3. Title: Exploiting the Potential Usage of Ferritin Cage as Nanosink, Nanoreactor and Nanocarrier for Biomedical Applications.

Funding Agency: DBT

Duration: July 2017 – Jan 2021

Amount: 46 Lakhs

2. Title: Unravelling the Role of Heme in Bacterioferritin.

Funding Agency: SERB

Duration: August. 2017 – Jan 2021

Amount: 45 Lakhs

1. Title: Engineering of the Ferritin Nanocage with Relevance to Health and Disease.

Funding Agency: DST - INSPIRE Faculty Award

Duration: Oct. 2013 – Jan 2019

Amount: 35 Lakhs

• Prof. Takehiko Tosha

Professor

Graduate School of Science, University of Hyogo, Japan

• Prof. Anshuman Dixit

Senior Scientist

Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India

• Prof. Dileep Vasudevan

Scientist F at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB), Thiruvananthapuram

Scientist E at the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar (currently on lien from ILS for a two-year period starting from June 2023)

• Prof. Sidhartha S. Jena

Professor

National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa