Resume
Resume
Education
2015-2017 : ICSE (94%), ISC (92%) from St. Xavier's Institution, Panihati.
2017-2020 : B.Sc. In Zoology (75.5%, First Class) from Scottish Church College.
Qualified JGEEBILS.
IIT-JAM AIR 171 (2020, Biotechnology).
2020 –Present : Completed MS in Biological Sciences (CGPA 9.42, 2022) and currently a PhD fellow (PMRF) in the Department of Biological Sciences, Protein Engineering Lab at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata.
Research Interest
I specialize in the area of understanding the working of cellulolytic enzymes and engineer them to function better. Apart from that I am also interested in the enzymatic degradation of plastics by microorganisms. My research mainly revolves around recombinant DNA technology and synthetic biology. My research aims at recovery of as much energy and value as possible from lignocellulosic and plastic wastes.
Technical Skills
• PCR and Cloning
• Gibson Assembly
• EcoFlex Assembly
• Plasmid and Agarose gel purification
• Heterologous Protein Expression
• Enzymatic assays and analysis
• FPLC (Fast Performance Liquid Chromatography)
• DSF (Differential Scanning Fluorimetry)
• CD (Circular Dichroism)
• Protein-Ligand static docking
• Rosetta
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, “Biology Laboratory III”, Biochemistry Lab, BS- MS 2nd year, IISER Kolkata (Autumn 2022)
Teaching Assistant, “Introduction to Computer Programming”, BS-MS 1st year, IISER Kolkata (Autumn 2021 and 2022)
Teaching Assistant, Zoology Department, Scottish Church College (2023)
Teaching Assistant, Microbiology Department, Kalyani Mahavidyalaya (2024 - Present)
Achievements
• Selected for Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship awarded by Ministry of Education, Government of India in Cycle 10 (December, 2022).
• Awarded the third prize in oral presentation at Biological Engineering Society Conference (BESCON 2022), held at Bose Institute, Kolkata, organized jointly by IIT-KGP and Bose Institute.
• Stood first in ZOOQUEST, Photography Competition held by The Zoological Society, Kolkata and Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta.
Publications
1. Sengupta, S; Datta, M; Datta, S “β-Glucosidase: Structure, Function and Industrial Applications” in “Glycoside Hydrolases: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biotechnology” edited by Arun Goyal and Kedar Sharma (2022) Academic Press, Elsevier DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-91805-3.00004-6
(ISBN-13:9780323918053)
2. Sengupta, S., Chanda, P., Manna, B., Ghosh, A., & Datta, S. (2024). Rational engineering of a β-glucosidase (h0hc94) from glycosyl hydrolase family i (gh1) to improve catalytic performance on cellobiose. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 128(36), 8628-8640. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c03464
3. Sengupta, S., & Datta, S. (2024). Microbial Biotechniques Progressions: Fundamental Concepts and Theories of Various Spectroscopic Techniques. In Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology: A New Horizon of the Microbial World (pp. 277-303). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6270-5_8