Gene Regulation Laboratory (PPD Laboratory)
Research Team
Partha Pratim Das. PhD.
Principal Investigator/Group Leader (Since March 2017-October 2022); Presently- Adjunct
Now Associate Director at Flagship Pioneering, Cambridge, USA
Education:
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PhD, Molecular and Developmental Biology
Gurdon Institute, The University of Cambridge, UK and University of Gottingen,
Germany (2005-2009).
Previous Research Experiences:
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (2010-2016)
Boston Children’s Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Center, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Prof Stuart Orkin’s Laboratory (HHMI Investigator)
https://www.hhmi.org/scientists/stuart-h-orkin
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Graduate student, PhD (2005-2009)
Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Prof Eric Miska’s Laboratory
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Research Assistant (2003-2004)
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Munich, Germany
Prof Ludger Hengst's Laboratory
Lab members
Pratibha Tripathi. PhD.
Research Fellow and Lab Manager (Since March 2017-July 2023)
Start-up Biotech, Cambridge, USA
Education:
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PhD in Neuroscience and Stem Cell Biology (2004-2009)
University of Munich (LMU), Institute of Stem Cell Research, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Germany
Previous Research Experiences:
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Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Associate (2010-2016)
Harvard University, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Cambridge, USA
Prof Kevin Eggan’s and Dr Joe Zhou’s Laboratories
https://hscrb.harvard.edu/res-fl-zhou
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PhD/Graduate Student (2004-2009)
University of Munich (LMU), Institute of Stem Cell Research, Helmholtz Zentrum Munich, Germany
Prof Magdalena Götz’s Laboratory
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Research Student (2003)
Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Munich, Germany (2003)
Prof. Benedikt Grothe’s Laboratory
http://www.neuro.bio.lmu.de/members/systems_neuro_grothe/grothe_b/index.html
Michael Bullen. BSc.
PhD student (Since Jan 2019-May 2023)
Now Scientist at Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia
Education:
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BSc in Genetics (Major) and Molecular Biology (minor) (2014-2018)
Monash University, Australia
Research Experiences:
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Honours Project (March 2018- Dec 2018)
BDI, Monash University, Australia
Dr Partha Das’s Laboratory
Varun Pandey.
PhD student (Jan 2019-Dec 2023)
Now Scientist at Paspa Pharmaceuticals, Melbourne, Australia
Education:
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MSc in Neuroscience (2006-2008)
Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India
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BSc in Biology (2002-2005)
Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India
Previous Research Experiences:
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Occupational Trainee (Sep 2017- Dec 2017)
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Dr Victor Anggono's lab (Synaptic Neurobiology Lab)
https://www.anggonolab.org/
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Research Assistant (2012-2017)
Biological Chemistry Department, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Dr Sebastian Kadener's lab (Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and RNA metabolism)
http://kadenerlab.huji.ac.il/
http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/faculty/kadener.html
Majid Mehravar. MSc.
PhD student (Since July 2018-Dec 2021)
Now Post-Doc at University of Sydney, Australia (Justin Wong's lab)
Education:
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MSc in Molecular Genetics (2011-2013)
Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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BSc in Zoology (2006-2010)
Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Golestan, Gorgan, Iran
Previous Research Experiences:
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Research Scientist at the Department of Molecular Biology (2014-2016)
CinnaGen Pharmaceutical Company, Iran
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Research Assistant (2012-2013)
Department of Genetics, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
Pushkar Dakle. MSc.
Research student (Computational Biology; Since 2021-2022)
Now PhD student at Monash University, Australia (with Prof Stephen Turner)
Education:
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MSc in Bioinformatics (2010-2012)
University of Pune, India
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BSc in Biotechnology (2006-2009)
University of Pune, India
Previous Research Experiences:
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Research Assistant (Jan 2018 - Nov 2019)
Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, NUS, Singapore
Prof. Phillip Koeffler's lab
https://www.csi.nus.edu.sg/web/h-phillip-koeffler/
https://samueli.ucla.edu/people/h-phillip-koeffler/
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Engineer II (Oct 2015 - Feb 2017)
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bengaluru, India
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Project Assistant (Sep 2013 - April 2015)
CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi, India
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Domain Analyst (June 2012 - June 2013)
Persistent Systems Ltd., Pune, India
Dhaval Hathiwala.
MSc student (July 2019-Feb 2020)
Now Research Assistant at PYC Therapeutics
Zhongming Zhang.
MSc student (Aug 2020-Nov 2021)
Now PhD Candidate at Monash University (with Prof Stephen Turner)
Muholan Kanapathy. MD. PhD.
Visiting Research Fellow (June 20018-Dec 2018)
Endeavour Scholarship Recipient
Now NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow (Plastic Surgery) at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
