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Name : Tapojyoti Das

Email: td1

Position : NIBMG Associate (Young Biotechnologist Awardee)

Highest Educational Qualification : MBBS, MMST (I.I.T. Kharagpur)

Past Appointments :

  • Medical Officer at B.C.Roy Technology Hospital, I.I.T. Kharagpur (2010-2011)
  • Student of Masters in Medical Science and Technology (MMST) at I.I.T. Kharagpur (2008-2011)

Awards & Honours :

  • Young Biotechnologist Award (2011)
  • Visiting researcher under the “Khorana Program for Scholars” 2010, a platform for scientific exchange between India and the United States, Jointly supported by the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, Department of Biotechnology (Govt of India) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • College topper in Final MBBS examination (2007)
  • Honors in Ophthalmology and Oto-rhino-laryngology (2006).
  • Stood first in the Gold Medal Examination for Obstetrics and Gynaecology and was awarded the First Certificate of Honor (2007). 
 

Research Interests:

  • Translational research in molecular oncology and therapy, Medical genetics.

Current Projects:

  • Role of Hedgehog pathway in primary CNS neoplasms, in collaboration with Bangur Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata and Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata

Past Major Projects:

  • Thesis research work entitled “Analysis of cisplatin-induced changes in DNA conformation by Raman Spectroscopy: A Study on the Kinetics of Molecular Mechanism”
  • Visiting Scholar under the Khorana Program, on a project entitled “Determining the Mechanism by which Tomosyn-2 Inhibits Insulin Secretion from Pancreatic Beta Cells”, under the guidance of Prof Alan D Attie at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. (2010)
  • Short term research fellowship at L.V.Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India. Completed a project entitled “Analysis of Expression of Proliferation and Differentiation Related Genes in Human and Rabbit Corneal Endothelium” under the mentorship of Dr Chitra Kannabiran, Dr Virender S Sangwan and Prof D Balasubramanian. (2009)
  • Project on the clinico-epidemiological analysis of microbial flora present in the respiratory epithelium of HIV infected children. Mentor: Prof. Dr Sangeeta Das Bhattacharya, School of Medical Science and Technology, I.I.T. Kharagpur. The work was conducted at the pediatric HIV clinic of Medical College Calcutta and National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata. (2008)

List of Publications

  • Sangwan VS, Das T. Current Status of Cultured Human Limbal Epithelial Cell Transplantation. Orissa J Ophthalmol 2009; 1-9.
  • Co-authored book chapter: “Amniotic Membrane Transplantation in Surface Ocular Diseases”; in the book titled “Atlas and Text of Corneal Pathology and Surgery”; Jaypee-Highlights Medical Publishers Inc., 2010; ISBN 978-9962-678-33-5

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