Lab Members

Group Members (Past and Present)

Graduated PhD Students:

1. Subhra Dash (2019- as Supervisor)- Joined National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA for Postdoctoral Position after PhD.

2. Leena Fageria (2020- as Supervisor).

3. Heena Saini (2021- as Supervisor)- Currently employed as Scientist-C at All India Institute of Ayurveda, Delhi, India.

4. Karnam Laxmi Swetha (2023- as co-Supervisor)- Currently employed as Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York

5. Abhilasha Srivastava (2023- as co-Supervisor)- Joined Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, USA after submission of her thesis.

Current PhD Students as Supervisor

Name : Ankita Sharma

Qualification : M.Sc. Life Sciences (with specialization in molecular medicine), Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
Funding Agency: DST-SERB, BITS Pilani
Joining : September, 2018
Email Address: p20190006@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Supervisor: Prof. Rajdeep Chowdhury
Research Area: Understanding hyperglycemia induced alterations in non-coding RNA expression pattern and post–translational histone protein modifications contributing to drug-resistance and progression of pancreatic cancer

Name : Propanna Bandyopadhyay

Qualification : M.Pharm. (Pharmacology), BIT- Mesra, Ranchi
Funding Agency: DRDO-LSRB, BITS Pilani
Joining : January, 2020
Email Address: p20190424@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Supervisor: Prof. Rajdeep Chowdhury
Research Area: Exploring the role of autophagy in hypoxia-mediated thrombosis and understanding the molecular signatures associated with platelet functioning and other thrombotic events under low oxygen conditions

Name : Subhashree Chatterjeee

Qualification : M.Sc. Biotechnology, Sastra University, Tamil Nadu
Funding Agency: Institute Fellowship
Joining : November, 2020
Email Address: p20200060@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Supervisor: Prof. Rajdeep Chowdhury
Research Area: Understanding the interplay between chromatin writers and erasers contributing towards survival of colorectal cancer cells

Name : Chinmay Nayak

Qualification : M.Phil. Biotechnology, Sambalpur University, Odisha
Funding Agency: ICMR
Joining : September, 2021
Email Address: p20210007@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Supervisor: Prof. Rajdeep Chowdhury
Research Area: Understanding the role of histone demethylases involved in epithelial-mesenchymal transition and chemo-resistance

Name : Lavanya Suresh Iyer

Qualification : M.Sc. Biotechnology, Fergusson College (Autonomous), Pune
Funding Agency: BITS BioCyTIH Foundation
Joining : March, 2022
Email Address: p20210470@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Supervisor: Prof. Rajdeep Chowdhury
Research Area: Development of a gene signature based-cognitive model predicting chemotherapy response and designing prognostic probes for ovarian cancer

Name : Anasuya Banerjee

Qualification : M.Sc. Stem cell Technology and Regenerative medicine, Manipal Institute of Regenerative Medicine [MAHE]
Funding Agency: DST-SERB
Joining : September, 2022
Email Address: p20220004@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Supervisor: Prof. Rajdeep Chowdhury
Research Area: Understanding the functions of Semaphorins in tumor cells undergoing epithelial-mesenchymal transition, which are subjected to varied flow dynamics

Name : Priya Gupta

Qualification : M.Sc. Biotechnology, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergarh
Funding Agency: DBT Builder
Joining : January, 2023
Email Address: p20220406@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Supervisor: Prof. Rajdeep Chowdhury
Research Area: Understanding epigenetic alterations facilitating survival of tumor cells

Current PhD Students as Co-Supervisor:

Name : Ankita Daiya

Qualification : M.Sc. (Biological Sciences), CSIR-NET-JRF, CSIR-NET-LS, GATE (Life Sciences)
Funding Agency: CSIR
Joining : August, 2018
Email Address: p20180003@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Supervisor: Prof. Sudeshna Mukherjee
Research Area: Understanding the epigenetic adaptations harbored by tumor cells exposed to drug stress

Name : Anirudha Kumar Sahu

Qualification : M.Sc. (Agri) in Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, GATE Life Sciences, ICAR NET
Funding Agency: BITS Pilani
Joining : January, 2019
Email Address: p20180408@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Supervisor: Prof. Sudeshna Mukherjee
Research Area: Understanding the role of organelle dynamics and it’s association with Drug Resistance in Brain Tumor cells

Name : Mahima Choudhary

Qualification : M.Sc. Biosciences (Banasthali Vidyapith), CSIR-NET-JRF(Life Sciences), UGC-NET-LS (Environmental Sciences)
Funding Agency: CSIR
Joining : August, 2019
Email Address: p20190003@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Supervisor: Prof. Sudeshna Mukherjee
Research Area: Exploring the role of organelle dynamics in epithelial to mesenchymal transition in glioblastoma multiforme

Name : Simran Khanna

Qualification :M.E. Biotechnology, BITS Pilani
Funding Agency: BITS Pilani
Joining : September, 2021
Email Address: simran.p20190105@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in
Supervisor: Prof. Sudeshna Mukherjee
Research Area: Exploring nuclear membrane associated proteins involved in epithelial to mesenchymal transition and survival of tumor cells

Higher Degree Dissertation (ME) Students

1. Vidhyavathy N (ME-On Campus; ID: 2020H1290016P)

2. Amrutha Shree R (ME-On Campus; ID: 2019H1290570P)

3. Harshini Sridharan (ME-Off Campus; ID: 2019H1290561P)

4. Tejaswini (ME; completed)

5. Sanhita (ME; completed)

6. K Lohitesh (ME; completed)

7. Udit Saum (ME; completed)

8. Mohammed G Abdul Quadir (ME; completed)

First Degree Thesis Students:

1. Archit Gupta (2018B1A70149P; ongoing)

2. Shivam Arora (2016B1A10958P)

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Group Members (Past and Present)

Current PhD Students as Supervisor

Higher Degree Dissertation (ME) Students

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