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Principal Investigator

Dr. Prasad Kasturi

I completed my Bachelor degree in BSc (Botany, Zoology and Chemistry) from Silver Jubilee Govt Degree College, Kurnool and in Education (B.Ed) from Osmania University, Hyderabad. I obtained MSc (Biotechnology) from School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University. After spending a year as a project assistant at CCMB, Hyderabad, I moved to Switzerland for PhD (Department of Biology, University of Fribourg). After getting PhD, I worked briefly as a visiting fellow at University of Lyon, France. Later, I then, moved to Max- Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Germany. I was in the lab of Prof. Ulrich Hartl at Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry as a postdoc and group leader. I joined in IIT-Mandi as Assistant Professor in December 2019. [more]

PhD Scholars

Prajnadipta Panda, DST-Inspire Fellow

I have completed my BSc in Bio Sciences (2015-18) from Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Bengaluru and MSc in Life Sciences  (2018-20) from Central University of Gujarat. I have done my MSc dissertation from CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bio Resources and Technology. Currently I am a DST-Inspire Fellow at Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi. I am interested in protein quality control, protein aggregation and the pathways that modulate aging. As a part of PhD thesis, my aim is to identify novel modifiers of neuronal protein aggregation and regulators of lifespan using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system.

Pritam Mukherjee, PhD Scholar

I am interested to understand the ways by which we can age healthy and live longer. Specifically finding evidence of protective role of protein aggregation during aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. I did my under-graduation from St. Xavier's College, Burdwan and post-graduation from North Eastern Hill University, Shillong with DBT Studentship. I joined IIT Mandi in Feb, 2021. 

Master students

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