Copper Metabolism Group

Main focus: Trafficking regulation of Cu transporters

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

Heartiest Congratulations to our dearest alumnus Dr. Sharon Mary Jose, for joining Prof. Ravi Manjithaya's Autophagy Lab as a postdoctoral researcher at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research @jncasr
Wishing her all the best in her future pursuits.
@iiserkol

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

We extend a huge congratulations to the seventh PhD scholar from our lab, Raviranjan Pandey @Raviranjan89788 for successfully defending his PhD thesis today.
Wishing Dr. Pandey the best for his upcoming future endeavors!
@iiserkol #Membranetrafficking #CopperMetabolism

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

It gives us immense pleasure and we extend our heartiest congratulations to the sixth scholar from our lab, Sharon Mary Jose, for successfully defending her doctoral thesis today.
Best wishes to Dr. Jose for her future endeavors.
@iiserkol #MembraneTrafficking #CopperMetabolism

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

Celebrating 9 years of dedication, scientific excellence, curiosity, collaborations and team work.
Here's to many more milestones and celebrations for Membrane Trafficking and Copper Metabolism lab in the years ahead!
@iiserkol

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

@GhoshRoyLab @BrindabanMaji @iiserkol Thank you 😀

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

The Traffickers sporting their new lab T-shirt!
@iiserkol
#MembraneTrafficking
#CopperMetabolism
#Microscopy

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

Mrittika Paul @MrittikaPaul8, research scholar from our lab, attended and presented her poster of her ongoing work on the "Role of adaptor proteins in apico basolateral trafficking in polarised epithelial cells" at OBMT 2026 conference, organised by NISER Bhubaneswar.
@iiserkol

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

Raviranjan @Raviranjan89788, a senior research scholar from our lab was selected to present his research work on Small-molecule therapeutics for the rare genetic disorder Wilson disease at the Indian Institute of Liver and Digestive Sciences (IILDS), Sonarpur.
@iiserkol

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

Late post!

The research scholars from our lab presented their ongoing work at the Poster presentation session of FIMB, 2026, organised by DBS, IISER Kolkata.
@iiserkol

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

Heartiest Congratulations to the team once again!
Do visit the link below to know more.
https://t.co/5vA2o7c9V7…
@iiserkol #MembraneTrafficking #CopperMetabolism

[J Cell Science @J_Cell_Sci]

Sharon Jose, Saptarshi Maji, Aayatti Mallick Gupta, Arnab Gupta and colleagues @CopperBioGroup @iiserko find that conserved inter-domain interactions drive trans-Golgi network localisation and trafficking of homologous copper-ATPases.
https://t.co/TGc5V6TTLj

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

Dr. Chakraborty @Kaustav_icmrsrf, a postdoc fellow from our lab, presented poster entitled 'Cadmium detoxification pathway : crosstalk with copper transport machinery' in 48th All India Cell Biology Conference 2025 at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur @IITKanpur
@iiserkol

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

Publication alert!
We are delighted to share the latest publication in Molecular Biology of the Cell from our lab. The team showed the non-canonical regulation of CTR1 via modulation of membrane mechanical properties.
Visit the link to know more https://t.co/wCtgTXrTGZ
@iiserkol

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

Swastika @swastikadey02 presented her poster at the International Conference on Recent Advances in Medical Science and Technology (RAdMed 2025) organised by @iitkharagpur.
She was later selected to deliver a flash talk on her ongoing work following the poster session.
@iiserkol

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

Prof. Gupta @ArnabGupta1977 was invited to deliver a talk on the dual between host and pathogen through the lens of Copper Metabolism Pathway at the International Conference on Recent Advances in Medical Science and Technology (RAdMed 2025) organised by @iitkharagpur.
@iiserkol

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

We are delighted to share that Prof. Arnab Gupta, has been elected as a Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (WAST).
We congratulate him on this well-deserved recognition and wishing him continued success in his academic and professional endeavors.
@iiserkol

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

Publication alert!
We are happy to share the latest publication in @J_Cell_Sci from our lab. Sharon Jose and the team show crosstalk between protein domains for TGN localisation and trafficking of ATP7A & ATP7B.
Do visit the link to explore more
https://t.co/HbxO9lezn6
@iiserkol

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

Publication alert!
We are thrilled to share the latest publication in Redox Biology from our lab, where @Raviranjan89788 and team has explored the therapeutic aspect of Melatonin in treatment of Wilson Disease.
To know more, check it out below.
https://t.co/Ok8YgQDzaC
@iiserkol

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

Sharon Mary Jose presented her pre-submission seminar today. In the last 5 years, she has worked on understanding the intra and inter molecular interaction of Copper ATPases, ATP7A/B. She will be graduating soon.
All the best Sharon.
@iiserkol

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

Raviranjan presented his 5 years of Doctoral work today through his pre-submission seminar entitled 'Developing and characterizing small molecules for the therapy of Wilson Disease'.
He will be graduating soon.
Wishing him the best! @Raviranjan89788
@iiserkol #CopperMetabolism

[Copper Metabolism Group @CopperBioGroup]

It's great to inform that @Raviranjan89788's work on Therapeutic Aspects of Melatonin has been shortlisted for oral talk for Young Investigator Award at the International Conference on Redox Biology and its Implications in Health and Diseases, (ICRB-IHD), at CSIR-IICB, Kolkata.