Post Doctoral Fellows
Harini Kannan
I have completed my M.S., Ph.D. from IIT Madras. I joined the chromosome and plasmid segregation lab as an Institute postdoctoral fellow. Currently, I am working on computational aspects of analysing the Hi-C data from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. My research also focuses on molecular dynamics simulations of yeast chromosomal proteins in complex with Holliday Junction DNA.
E-mail: 2004098@iitb.ac.in
PhD Scholars
Ankita Joshi
(Ph.D. Student)
Hello, I have done my Masters in Zoology from Savitribai Phule Pune University. I qualified CSIR NET (JRF) in dec 2018 with AIR 55 and june 2019 with AIR 61. I joined the chromosome and plasmid segregation lab in January 2020 and my reasearch project is to elucidate the mechanism of functions of a chromatin remodeler in Candida albicans.
E-mail: joshiankita7597@gmail.com; j.ankita7@iitb.ac.in
Anjani Mittal
(Ph.D. Student)
Hello, I have done my masters in Medical Biochemistry from AIIMS, New Delhi. I have qualified DBT-JRF 2020 and CSIR-NET 2019. I am pursuing my PhD under the IITB-Monash Research Programme and my research project is to Study the reorganisation of protein complex at the kinetochore under stress conditions and cell cycle need. Email: anjanimittal250@gmail.com
Shubhomita Mallick
(Ph.D. Student)
Hello, I secured my integrated MSc degree in Biotechnology from St Xavier’s College Kolkata, 2021. I have then qualified CSIR-UGC JOINT NET (June,2021) and GATE BT & XL (Feb,2022). In 2023, I have worked as a JRF under DBT project in the same lab. I am now pursuing my PhD on the Joint project in between the chromosome & plasmid segregation and CryoEM structural biology lab. My current research involves structural characterization of the kinetochore multiprotein complex using budding yeast as my primary model system and utilize CryoEM approach.
Email: shubhomita.mallick@gmail.com, 23d0078@iitb.ac.in
Radhika Bera
(Ph.D. Student)
Hi, I obtained my Master’s in Biotechnology from D.Y. Patil Institute of Biotechnology and
Bioinformatics, Pune. After qualifying Joint CSIR-UGC NET June 2023, I joined the
Chromosome and Plasmid Segregation lab in January 2024 to pursue my PhD. My
research project involves elucidating the stability and maintenance of a selfish genetic
element, the 2-micron plasmid, naturally found in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
E-mail: radhika.bera98@gmail.com;
23D0077@iitb.ac.in
Gurpreet Kaur
(Ph.D. Student)
Hello, I did my master’s in Biotechnology from IIT Roorkee. Later, I qualified Joint CSIR-UGC NET in 2023 and the DBT-JRF in 2024. I am currently pursuing my PhD as part of a joint project between the Chromosome & Plasmid Segregation Lab and the Motor Protein Lab. My research focuses on investigating the role of nuclear lipid droplets in nuclear organization using yeast as a model system.
E-mail: gurpreetkaur14502@gmail.com;
24D0079@iitb.ac.in
Anushka Alekar
(Ph.D. Student)
Hello, I am Anushka Alekar, I have done my masters in Biomedical Science from Sunandan Divatia School of Science, NMIMS. I have qualified GATE 2024 BT and XL. In the year 2024, I served as a DBT JRF. Currently, I am studying the role played by a centromeric histone chaperone during mitosis and meiosis, using budding yeast as a model.
Email: alekar.an11@gmail.com; 24D0088@iitb.ac.in
Project Staff and Interns
Riya Khandge
Hello, I am currently pursuing my B.Tech in Medical Biotechnology from Dr.D Y Patil Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Institute, Pune and joined the Chromosome and Plasmid Segregation Lab for my final year dissertation project as an IRCC intern.My research is focused on the development of 2-micron based vector toolkit for efficient genetic manipulation in Candida albicans.
Email: riyaakhandge12@gmail.com
Alumni
- Gunjan Mehta : Assistant Professor , IIT Hyderabad, India
- Meenakshi Agarwal : Research Scientist, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, USA
- Syed Meraj Azhar Rizvi : Post Doctoral Fellow, UC Irvine, USA
- Priya Prasad : Assistant Professor, NIT Warangal, India
- Hemant Prajapati : Post Doctoral Fellow, NIH, USA
- Priyanka Mittal : Post Doctoral Fellow, NIH, USA
- Vinutha Balachandra : Post Doctoral Fellow, NIH, USA
- Aakanksha Sane : Post Doctoral Fellow, Colorado University
- Deepika Trakroo : Research Associate, IIT Jammu
- Deepanshu Kumar : Post Doctoral Fellow, UPen, USA
- Guhan K. A : Post Doctoral Fellow, UPen, USA
- Prakhar Agarwal : Post Doctoral Fellow, Oxford, UK
