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6 Dr. Wriddhiman Ghosh (Microbiology) delivered a lecture entitled lShri Ramdeep Kaur Grewal (Division of Plant Biology) An lDesigns, synthesis and mechanistic insights of novel “34S Enrichment during Chemotrophic Sulfur Oxidation by Bacteria” endeavour towards understanding the host- pathogen antimicrobial peptides (AMP) using high resolution NMR STAFF NEWS th th interaction for bacterial leaf blight of rice. Supervisor: spectroscopy : Role of outer membrane permeability and at the Goldschmidt conference 2013 held between 25 and 30 Appointments : August 2013 at Florence, Italy. Prof. Sampa Das DNA-binding; SERB(DST); Dr. Anirban Bhunia (Biophysics); 1. Shri Animesh Jana joined as Stenographer on November 06, `.17,70,000; 3 years. Dr. Dhruba Gupta (Physics) visited Institut de Physique Nucleaire, lMs. Basabdatta Das (Division of Plant Biology) Genetic Diversity 2012 Analysis of a Set of Rice Landraces using DNA markers. l Orsay, France, for research collaboration and delivered an invited talk ALICE-Operation and Utilization; DST; Prof. Sibaji Raha 2. Shri Ratan Saha joined as UDC on December 24, 2012 Supervisor: Prof. Tapas Kumar Ghose (Physics); `.1,18,00,000; 1 year. on December 14, 2012; visited CERN, Geneva, Switzerland and 3. Shri Atanu Deb joined as UDC on December 24, 2012 delivered a talk at the ISOLDE Workshop and Users Meeting, December lShri Samik Sengupta (Division of Plant Biology) Genetic lHost phosphatases and kinases participating in CD40- 4. Shri Shaubhik Ghosh joined as UDC on December 24, 2012 17-19, 2012. An experiment at CERN-HIE-ISOLDE (CERN-INTC-2012- Diversity Analysis in Papaya (Carica papayaL.) using DNA induced anti-leishmanial vs. pro-leishmanial pathways; DBT; 049, INTC-P-350) proposed by Dr. D. Gupta and Dr. S. K. Saha of Physics markers. Co-Supervisor: Prof. Tapas Kumar Ghose Prof. Subrata Majumdar (Division of Molecular Medicine); 5. Ms. Tanusri Bhattacharyya joined as UDC on December 24, 2012 Department of Bose Institute has been approved. This is the first Indian lShri Subrata Kundu (Division of Plant Biology) Identification and `.29,80,400; 3 years. 6. Shri Tuhin Saha joined as UDC on January 02, 2013 proposal to be approved at HIE-ISOLDE at CERN, Geneva. characterization of proteins implicated in Mungbean Yellow lSetting up of a State-of-the-art 600 MHz FT-NMR with Mosaic India Virus resistance in Vigna mungo through Cryoprobe facility at Bose Institute, Kolkata; DBT; Prof. Gautam 7. Shri Sumanta Ghosh joined as Jr. Overseer-cum-Caretaker on RECENT AWARDS AND HONOURS proteomic approach. Supervisor: Prof. Amita Pal Basu (Biophysics); `.8,87,82,000; 18 months. February 28, 2013 l 6. Shri Satya Swarup Behera joined as Office Superintendent on l Shri Jayadri Sekhar Ghosh (Division of Plant Biology) Molecular lProduction and molecular characterization of somatic Prof. Sibaji Raha, Director, Bose Institute, has been unanimously March 13, 2013 reelected as Vice Chair of the FAIR International Council, characterization of a genotype specific marker in Bambusa hybrid mushroom strains between Agaricus bisporus + Germany, for a second term of two years beginning November balcooa and phylogenetic relationships assessment of tropical Pleurotus florida and Agaricus bisporus + Calocybe indica; 7. Shri Nitin Sharma joined as Office Superintendent on March 30, 2013. bamboo species based on ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DAE; Prof. Samir Ranjan Sikdar (Division of Plant Biology); 13, 2013 DNA. Supervisor: Prof. Amita Pal lDr. Banabihari Giri (Central Instrument Facility) has been `. 22,54,500; 3 years. 8. Smt. Ananya Malgope joined as Office Superintendent on awarded the Ramanujan Fellowship by the Department of lMs. Lekha Bandopadhyay (Division of Plant Biology) Exploring lExploration of promoters of biotechnological importance March 13, 2013 No. 40-41 May & November 2013 Science and Technology, New Delhi. the defence response of Rorippa sp. the wild crucifer challenged from metagenomic DNA; DAE; Dr. Tapan K. Dutta (Microbiology) 9. Smt. Ishani Chatterjee joined as Curator on September 17, l by the mustard aphid Lipaphis erysimi through functional Prof. Subrata Majumdar (Division of Molecular Medicine) has ?`.18,84,000; 3 years. 2013 The 75th Acharya J. C. Bose Memorial Lecture genomics. Supervisor: Prof. S. R. Sikdar Centenary Session of the Indian Science been elected (i) Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Sciences: 10. Smt. Noreen Bhattacharjee joined as Deputy Registrar on will be delivered by Prof. Mushirul Hasan, Dec., 2012; and (ii) Fellow of National Academy of Science, l lSuranjana Roy (Division of Plant Biology) Assessment of Studies on the binding mechanism of a global virulence October 01, 2013 Former Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia, Congress Allahabad, 2013. He has also received Governor of WB nominated phenotypic and genotypic diversity of Indian Sesame (Sesamum regulator SarA of Staphylococcus aureus; DAE; Dr. Subrata Sau Sevasree award from South Calcutta Sports and Cultural Society Retirements on Superannuation : Former Director General, National Archives of Bose Institute, along with Calcutta University, co-hosted indicum L). Supervisor: Prof. P. K. Saha, Co-Supervisor: Dr. D. Basu (Biochemistry); `. 18,40,300; 3 years. India and Currently Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow 2013. 1. Prof. Pratima Sinha, Sr. Professor, on November 30, 2012 the Centenary Session of the Indian Science Congress, lShri Arnab Basu (Microbiology) An investigation into the lInvestigating the role of ARID / HMG4 (Atlg04880) protein in on “From Prison to Power: Jawaharlal Nehru lDr. Sonali Sengupta, Staff Scientist (Division of Plant Biology) has 2. Shri Sankarnath Sinha, Assistant Registrar-II, on December 31, transcription regulation of cold stress responsive genes; with the overall theme "Science for shaping the future been awarded the "INSA Medal for Young Scientists" for 2013 from structure function relationship and evolution of a novel class of and the Making of Modern India”. CSIR; Dr. Shubho Chaudhuri (Division of Plant Biology); 2012 of India" in Kolkata, during January 3–7, 2013. Under the Indian National Science Academy (INSA). replication proteins represented by the Mycobacterial plasmid pAL5000 replication protein RepB. Supervisor: Prof. Sujoy K. Das `.21,00,000; 3 years. 3. Shri Subhash Senapati, Helper-G, on February 28, 2013 the leadership of the Director Prof. Sibaji Raha, who lArunava Mandal (Division of Plant Biology) was recipient of DIRECTOR'S DESK Gupta. l 4. Shri Shashanka Sk. Bera, Helper-G, on March 31, 2013 along with Prof. D. J. Chattopadhyay, Pro-Vice-chancellor, Student Travel grant award, American Society for Virology (ASV) Biophysical and Structural Aspects of Oncogenic G-Quartets The past year at Bose Institute has been quite eventful. Together nd 5. Shri Ashutosh Sarkar, Technical Officer-B, on April 30, 2013 32 Annual Meeting - July 20-24, 2013 at Penn State University, bound to Drugs: Screening, High Resolution NMR and Low with the University of Calcutta, Bose Institute had the onerous Calcutta University, was one of the secretaries of the 6. Dr. Romit Poddar, Technical Officer-II, on April 30, 2013 State College, Pennsylvania. GRANTS RECEIVED Resolution Spectroscopy(RGYI); DBT; Dr. Subhrangsu task of organising the Centenary Session of the Indian Science local organizing committee, staff members and students lArunava Mandal and Dr. Pallob Kundu (Division of Plant Biology) Chatterjee (Biophysics); `.30, 55,000; 3 years. 7. Shri Gobinda Das, Technical Officer-II, on June 30, 2013 Congress. With an attendance of over eighteen thousand, a major of Bose Institute actively participated in the mega event. won best poster awards in the plant science category at the 100th The following research proposals have been granted to the Bose lMicro-Regulatory Networks In Leukemia Stem Cells (RGYI); 8. Shri Pradip Kumar Mullick, UDC-I, on June 30, 2013 fraction of them coming at the last minute without prior The President of India, His Excellency Shri Pranab Indian Science Congress, Kolkata, January, 2013 for Transcriptional Institute during the last one year by different funding agencies. The DBT; Dr. Zhumur Ghosh (Bioinformatics Centre); `. 27,92,400; 9. Shri Motilal Singh, Helper – E, on August 31, 2013 intimation or pre-registration, the enormity of the organisational Mukherjee, inaugurated the Congress in the presence of regulation of a cell expansion gene upon Tomato Leaf Curl virus title of the project, funding agency involved, principal investigator, 3 years. 10. Prof. Indrani Bose, Senior Professor, on August 31, 2013 responsibility can be easily imagined. The entire community of national and international luminaries including infection. amount of grant and duration of the projects are indicated. lMolecular mechanisms of HSF1 mediated chromatin 11. Shri Sukumar Maitra, Assistant Registrar-I, on September 30, Bose Institute, faculty, staff and students alike, rose to the Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India, and lDr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty (Librarian) received “ILA-P. N. Kaula th lFunctional characterization of the lipid-binding FYVE remodeling during transcriptional inductions of human hsp 2013 occasion and made the event a success. Several participants Best Librarian Award-2012” from Indian Library Association (ILA) the General President of the 100 Indian Science protein from Giardia lamblia; CSIR; Dr. Srimonti Sarkar 70 by different stressors; SERB (DST); Dr. Mahadeb Pal (Division observed that the special feature of the Centenary Session of the Congress, at the Yuva Bharati