2023
Our recent work on how proteins and peptides phases separate and the common principle behind it has been covered by ‘Research Matters’ Link
A novel test may help in the early diagnosis of Parkinson’s, see the report of the Indian Express newspaper about our recent discovery. Link
The Times of India covered our latest work on the early detection of Parkinson’s disease. Link
Our recent work on a 3D cell culture system using an amyloid-based biomaterial for cancer tumour modelling in the laboratory has been featured in the SASTRA magazine. Link
Prof. Samir Maji has been invited to join as an editorial board member of BBA Proteins and Proteomics journal, 2023
Prof. Samir Maji has been awarded with the Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya Award for Excellence in Pure Science, IIT Bombay 2023 Link
Prof. Samir Maji has been awarded with the SASTRA-Obaid Siddiqi award for Life Sciences, 2023
Prof. Samir Maji has been elected as a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), 2023
2022
Ms. Ambuja Navalka received “Dr. Gargi Vishnoi Memorial Best Ph.D. Thesis Award” (2021-22).
Ms. Ambuja Navalkar’s interview about her research on direct evidence of cellular transformation by prion-like p53 amyloid infection appeared as “First Person” in Journal of Cell Science Link
Prof. Samir Maji has been appointed as 1st Professor-in-charge of “Sunita Sanghi Centre for aging and neurodegenerative Diseases” (SCAN) at IIT Bombay
Prof. Samir Maji has been appointed as “Institute Chair Professor” at IIT Bombay
Our recent work on the lifecycle of prolactin and galanin hormone amyloid is featured as a cover art in “eLife“. Link
Prof. Samir Maji has been elected as a Fellow of The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore 2021 (effective 2022)
2021
Prof. Samir Maji has been invited to join for Editorial Advisory board of ACS Bio Med Chem Au
Prof. Samir Maji has been selected to receive the P. B. Rama Rao Memorial Award for the year 2021
Prof. Samir Maji had been selected to receive the IIT Bombay Impactful Research Award 2020, 2021
Prof. Samir Maji has received the Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India (2021) Link
Prof. Samir Maji has been elected as a Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (FRSC) (2021).
Prof. Samir Maji has been elected as a Fellow of The Royal Society of Biology, UK (FRSB) (2021).
Ms. Ambuja Navalkar’s interview about her research on p53 amyloids in cancer appeared as “First Person” in Journal of Cell Science Link
Our recent research work by Mr. Pradeep Kadu and Mr. Satyaprakash Pandey on machine-free PCR applications has been featured in Bio Patrika, (April 2021) Link
Mr. Soumik Ray, the sixth finalist of the InspiringScienceAward2021 for his paper ‘α-Synuclein aggregation nucleates through liquid–liquid phase separation
2020
Prof. Samir Maji has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Science, India (FNASc) (2020).
Prof. Samir Maji has been selected to receive the Tata Innovation Fellowship 2020 by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.
2019
Prof. Samir Maji has been selected to receive the NASI-Reliance Platinum Jubilee Award for Application Oriented Innovation in Biological Sciences (2019).
Our PhD student Dr. Rakesh Kumar has been awarded the Institute’s Award for Excellence in Ph.D, 2019.
Our PhD student Dr. Ganesh Mohite has been awarded the Institute’s Award for Excellence in Ph.D, 2019.
Our PhD student Ajoy Paul has been awarded Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellowship by CSIR-HRDG, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2019.
Our work done on p53 aggregation in cells was featured as one of the selected images of the cover art of Biochemistry, Future of Biochemistry: The Asia-Pacific Issue.
(View here)
2018
Prof. Samir Maji has been appointed as a Research Advisor at Nanyang Academy of Sciences, Singapore.
Prof. Samir Maji has been selected as an Editorial Board Member of The Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Our PhD student Dr. Subhadeep Das has been awarded with the Institute’s Award for Excellence in Ph.D, 2018.
Our work done on the effects of glycosaminoglycans on α-synuclein aggregation was featured as the cover art ofthe Journal of Biological Chemistry.
(View here)
Our investigation on aggregation of α-synuclein mutants including A53V was featured as the cover art of Biochemistry.
(View here)
Our student Dr. Subhadeep Das has been awarded with Institute’s Award for Excellence in Ph.D.,2018 .
2017
Our PhD student Dr. Subhadeep Das has been awarded with the Institute’s award for excellence in Ph.D, 2018.
Dr. Samir Maji has been conferred with the National Bioscience Award for Career Development 2016, by the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Our PhD student Ganesh Mohite has been awarded with Best Poster Award at the International Conference on Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDP 2017), held at IISER Mohali (9-12 December, 2017).
Our PhD student Dr. Subhadeep Das has been awarded with the Best Poster Award at Nanobioteck 2017, Trivandrum hosted by the Indian Society of Nanomedicine (6-8 December, 2017).
Dr. Samir Maji has been conferred with the IIT Bombay Research Publication Award for the year 2016 , for his work on “Understanding α-Synuclein aggregation associated with Parkinson’s Disease: a therapeutic approach against the disease.”
Our article Controlled Exposure of Bioactive Growth Factor in 3D Amyloid Hydrogel for Stem Cells Differentiation. by Subhadeep Das, Rakesh Kumar, Narendra Nath Jha, and Samir K. Maji was featured in cover art (inside front cover) in the journal Advanced Healthcare Materials, Volume 6, Issue 18 (September 20, 2017).
http://www.advancedsciencenews.com/cover-art-featuring-dna-origami-cardiac-scaffolds-stem-cells/
Our former PhD students Dr. Shruti Sahay and Dr. Narendra Nath Jha awarded with Institute’s Award for Excellence in PhD, 2017
Our former PhD student Dr. Subhadeep Das awarded with IITB-Monash Research Academy Best Thesis Award , 2017
2016
Our PhD student Mr. Subhadeep Das secured 3rd position in the Academia Industry Training (AIT, 2016) jointly organized by Government of India and Switzerland
Our PhD student Mr. Subhadeep Das received the Best Paper award by the IITB-Monash Research Academy for his publication in NPG Asia Materials
Our former PhD student Dr. Dhiman Ghosh has been awarded with this years Institute’s Award for Excellence in PhD, 2016
Our former PhD student Dr. Reeba S Jacob has been awarded with Dr. Gargi Vishnoi Memorial Best PhD Thesis Award, 2016
Media coverage on our work with hydrogel and stem cells published in NPG Asia Materials.
Oct 15, 2016 (The Hindu) http://newsite.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/IIT-Bombay-researchers-a-step-closer-to-treating-Parkinson%E2%80%99s-disease/article15568700.ece
Oct 19, 2016 (The Health Orange)http://thehealthorange.com/stay-happy/mental-health/iitb-monash-researchers-steps-away-finding-cure-parkinsons-disease/
2015
Media coverage on our work with α-Syn published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry and Scientific Report.
Jun 25, 2015 (Asian Age) http://www.asianage.com/mumbai/iit-team-says-brain-protein-behind-parkinson-s-disease-000
April 10, 2015 (Sakal Times) http://www.sakaaltimes.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5199675062883480365&SectionId=5171561142064258099&SectionName=Pune&NewsDate=20150410&NewsTitle=Cause%20behind%20Parkinson%27s%20found?
April 11, 2015 (Loksatta) http://epaper.loksatta.com/477232/indian-express/11-04-2015?show=touch#page/19/2
April 11, 2015 (Newshunt) http://m.newshunt.com/india/english-newspapers/asian-age/mumbai/iit-team-says-brain-protein-behind-parkinsons-disease_38306661/c-in-l-english-n-asianage-ncat-mumbai
March 18, 2015 (Indian Express) http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/iit-tifr-study-throws-light-on-toxic-brain-mechanisms-behind-parkinsons/
2014
Media coverage on our work on hormone storage published in The Journal of Biological Chemistry. This paper was also selected as the paper of the week by the journal.
May15, 2014 (Times of India) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/movie-review/35172854.cms?prtpage=1
May16, 2014 (Education Time) http://www.educationtimes.com/article/1/2014051620140516164822718b6ae0000/IITB-Paper-recognised-by-the-Journal-of-Biological-Chemistry.html
May 16, 2014 (Free Press Journal) http://www.freepressjournal.in/iit-powai-research-paper-gets-global-recognition/
May 16, 2014 (EDU) http://www.edu-leaders.com/news/39737/iit-powai-research-paper-in-journal-of-biological-chemistry
June 16, 2014 (Telegraph) http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140616/jsp/knowhow/story_18515971.jsp#.VYv9h6aK7_4
Other news
Functional amyloids as natural storage of peptide hormones in pituitary secretory granules, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, vol.10, August 2009
Functional amyloids signal their arrival by M. P. Badtke, N. D. Hammer, M. R. Chapman. Science Signaling. 2, pe43 (2009) (perspective on Maji et al. Science, 2009)
Research Brief: Secretory Hormones-Example of Functional Amyloid? By Esther Landhuis (2009).
[http://www.alzforum.org/new/detail.asp?id=2174]
“Hormones stored in structures usually thought toxic” by Charles Day, Physics Today, Sep 24, 2009
[http://blogs.physicstoday.org/update/crystallography/]
A Broader Role for Amyloids: —by Harrison Wein, in Research Matters, National Institute of Health (NIH), June 29, 2009. [http://www.nih.gov/researchmatters/june2009/06292009amyloids.htm]
“Protein Aggregates Probed” by Jyllian Kemsley, Chemical & Engineering News, Science & Technology, Oct 13, 2008, Vol 86, No 41, p. 31[http://pubs.acs.org/isubscribe/journals/cen/86/i41/html/8641sci1.html]
“Medical News TODAY”
[http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/95793.php]