
RNA Biology Lab
Dr. Debojyoti Chakraborty heads a RNA Biology group at CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology where he currently holds a Principal Scientist position.
He finished his Masters in Molecular Biology from West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata and completed his PhD from Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology & Genetics in Dresden under Frank Buchholz. Following a post doctoral stint at the Medical Faculty in TU Dresden, he returned to India to setup his own lab at IGIB.
Dr. Chakraborty has been awarded CSIR Young Scientist Award (2020) and became one of the 30 EMBO Young Investigators (2020).
Besides his academic interests, Dr. Chakraborty is an acclaimed sitarist and has performed widely in India and abroad (www.debojyotichakraborty.com)
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Meet The Team
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Debojyoti Chakraborty
Principal Scientist

Poorti Kathpalia
Project Scientist I

Jaya Gandhi
Project Scientist I


Pallabi Bhattacharyya
Post-Doctoral Researcher
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Riya Rauthan
Ph. D candidate
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Manoj Kumar
Ph. D candidate
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Meghali Aich
Ph. D candidate
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Saumya Sharma
Ph. D candidate
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Mayank Bansal
Ph. D candidate
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Sundaram Acharya
Ph. D candidate
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Rhythm Phutela
Ph. D candidate
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Prabhleen Kaur
Ph. D candidate

Sajal Sarkar
Ph. D candidate

Arushi Goel
Ph. D candidate

Abdul Rahman
Project Associate I

Kanikah Mehndiratta
Project Associate I

Prosad Kumar Das
Project Associate I

Shubham Rana
Project Associate I
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Lalit Prakash
Lab Manager

Harshit Bhardwaj
Lab Assistant
Lab Alumni
Asgar Hussain Ansari, PhD Scholar
Sameer Dixit, Project Scientist I
Currently at Cornell University, U.S
Ashish Sharma, Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Sidak Minocha, Project Associate
Currently at University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Sneha Gulati, Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Jayram M., Project Fellow,
Shalini Roy Chowdhary, Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Currently at Medness
Sunaina Singh Rajput, Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Currently at Aurigene Discovery Technologies
Deepanjan Paul, Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Currently at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA
Mohd. Azhar, PhD Scholar
Currently at TATA Medical and Diagnostics Ltd
Namrata Sharma, Project Fellow,
Currently at Centre for Sustainable Agriculture
Smita Nahar, Phd Scholar,
Currently at Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI) in Basel
Arpit Mishra, Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Currently at University of Washington U.S
Nanda Kumar, Project Fellow,
Currently at FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milano
Shivaksh Ahluwalia, Senior Project Fellow,
Currently at IIT Delhi