{"id":204,"date":"2022-03-02T12:01:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T12:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bio.iitb.ac.in\/rbmemorial\/?page_id=204"},"modified":"2022-03-15T07:29:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T07:29:13","slug":"prof-munia-ganguli","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bio.iitb.ac.in\/rbm\/prof-munia-ganguli\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Munia Ganguli"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><em>Speaker Bio:<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n<style id=\"kb-rowlayout_ad3c5b-cf\">@media all and (min-width: 768px){#kt-layout-id_ad3c5b-cf > .kt-row-column-wrap > .inner-column-1{flex:0 1 80%;-webkit-flex:0 1 80%;}#kt-layout-id_ad3c5b-cf > .kt-row-column-wrap > .inner-column-2{flex:0 1 20%;-webkit-flex:0 1 20%;}}@media all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_ad3c5b-cf > .kt-row-column-wrap > .inner-column-1{flex:0 1 50%;-webkit-flex:0 1 50%;}#kt-layout-id_ad3c5b-cf > .kt-row-column-wrap > .inner-column-2{flex:0 1 50%;-webkit-flex:0 1 50%;}}#kt-layout-id_ad3c5b-cf{background-color:#ea5959;}#kt-layout-id_ad3c5b-cf > .kt-row-column-wrap{padding-top:21px;padding-bottom:0px;max-width:1400px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;}#kt-layout-id_ad3c5b-cf > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:1;background-color:var(--global-palette9, #ffffff);}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignfull\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_ad3c5b-cf\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-row-has-bg kt-layout-id_ad3c5b-cf\"><div class=\"kt-row-layout-overlay kt-row-overlay-normal\"><\/div><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-middle kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-equal kt-m-colapse-right-to-left kt-mobile-layout-row  kt-custom-first-width-80  kt-custom-second-width-20\"><style id=\"kb-column_43686a-2f\">.kt-row-layout-inner > .kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_43686a-2f{text-align:left;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-row-layout-inner > .kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column_43686a-2f{text-align:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_43686a-2f\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style id=\"kb-advancedheading_06cea1-fc1\">#kt-adv-heading_06cea1-fc1, #kt-adv-heading_06cea1-fc1 .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_06cea1-fc1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_06cea1-fc1\"], .kadence-advanced-heading-wrapper .kt-adv-heading_06cea1-fc1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_06cea1-fc1\"]{font-weight:inherit;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;text-transform:none;letter-spacing:-0.2px;color:#243b53;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:20px;}#kt-adv-heading_06cea1-fc1 mark, #kt-adv-heading_06cea1-fc1 .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading mark, .kt-adv-heading_06cea1-fc1[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_06cea1-fc1\"] mark{padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_06cea1-fc1 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_06cea1-fc1\"><strong><br>Dr. Munia Ganguli<\/strong> is a Senior Principal Scientist at the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), India working on Nanobiotechnology and its therapeutic applications. One of the primary focus areas is delivery of nucleic acids to organs like skin and lungs using designed cell penetrating peptides. In addition, the laboratory also works on application of functionalized organic and inorganic nanoparticles for a wide variety of applications ranging from UV protection to cancer drug delivery. Her group has developed different cationic and amphipathic peptide based nanocomplexes with a range of surface modifications for gene delivery to multiple cell types including skin, lung and eye. Currently the focus is also on developing delivery systems for ribonucleoprotein complexes for efficient CRISPR-Cas9 based gene editing. Dr. Ganguli is a member of the contingent which represented IGIB in the Joint Research Initiative between CSIR and IGIB for interfacing chemistry with biology and has been a member of the editorial advisory committee of Nano Science and its Application, a national level seminar sponsored by the University Grants Commission. She has been the leader of the IGIB project, Nanomaterials and nanodevices for applications in health and disease, has delivered invited speeches which included the International Conference on Advances in Biological Systems and Materials Science in NanoWorld (ABSMSNW-2017) and guest edited the special volume of Science and Culture journal on Emerging Trends in Genomics : Applications in Health and Disease, published in January 2011. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded her the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for her contributions to biosciences, in 2012.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-2 kadence-column_5f4b7f-19\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style id=\"kb-infobox_214ca4-a5\">#kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap{border-color:#fff;background:#fff;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}#kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap:hover{border-color:#eeeeee;background:#f2f2f2;}#kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kadence-info-box-image-inner-intrisic-container{max-width:283px;}#kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kadence-info-box-image-inner-intrisic-container .kadence-info-box-image-intrisic{padding-bottom:125%;width:200px;height:0px;max-width:100%;}#kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kt-info-svg-icon, #kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kt-info-svg-icon-flip, #kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kt-blocks-info-box-number{font-size:50px;}#kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kt-blocks-info-box-media{color:#444;background:#fff;border-color:#d1d1d1;border-radius:200px;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}#kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kt-blocks-info-box-media-container{margin-top:0px;margin-right:15px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:15px;}#kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kt-blocks-info-box-media .kadence-info-box-image-intrisic:not(.kb-info-box-image-ratio) img{border-radius:200px;}#kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap:hover .kt-blocks-info-box-media{color:#000;background:#fff;border-color:#d1d1d1;}#kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kt-blocks-info-box-title{color:#000;font-size:20px;line-height:25px;font-family:Montserrat;font-style:normal;font-weight:300;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-top:5px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;}#kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap:hover .kt-blocks-info-box-title{color:#000;}#kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kt-blocks-info-box-text{color:#444;font-size:16px;line-height:24px;font-family:Montserrat;font-style:normal;font-weight:300;}#kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap:hover .kt-blocks-info-box-text{color:#000;}#kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kt-blocks-info-box-learnmore{color:#444;background:transparent;border-color:#444;font-family:Montserrat;font-style:normal;font-weight:300;border-width:1px 0px 0px 0px;padding:9px 8px 4px 8px;margin:15px 0px 10px 0px;}#kt-info-box_214ca4-a5 .kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap:hover .kt-blocks-info-box-learnmore{color:#000;background:#fff;border-color:#000;}<\/style>\n<div id=\"kt-info-box_214ca4-a5\" class=\"wp-block-kadence-infobox\"><a class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-link-wrap info-box-link kt-blocks-info-box-media-align-top kt-info-halign-center\" href=\"\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-media-container\"><div class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-media kt-info-media-animate-none\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-image-inner-intrisic-container\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-image-intrisic kt-info-animate-none\"><div class=\"kadence-info-box-image-inner-intrisic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bio.iitb.ac.in\/rbm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Munia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" class=\"kt-info-box-image wp-image-130\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kt-infobox-textcontent\"><h4 class=\"kt-blocks-info-box-title\"><strong><strong><strong>Dr. Munia Ganguli<br\/><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB)<br\/>India<\/h4><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 style=\"text-align:center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1237\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aXeW0v06r8Q\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bio.iitb.ac.in\/rbm\/speakers\/\">Back to Speakers Page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaker Bio: Dr. Munia Ganguli is a Senior Principal Scientist at the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), India working on Nanobiotechnology and its therapeutic applications. 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