Samrat Mukhopadhyay

Professor & JC Bose National Fellow @IISERMohali
Visiting Professor @IITBombay
Formerly, Editor @BiophysJ
Attended @IIScBangalore @TIFRScience @ScrippsResearch

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

Five years ago, in October 2020, my institute appointed me to a full professorship. On this occasion, I select 10 representative research papers we published in the past 5 years. It's been an absolute privilege to work with my super-talented, industrious, and fearless students.

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

Happy to share that after a long-drawn-out process, my institute has removed the first word of my academic rank. First time in my academic life, I have got a "one-word" description of my position. I thank my incredible students for their contributions and my family for support.😀

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

@abandopa Yes, of course! 😀 Too bad, Levene passed away in 1940, 4 years before the publication of the 1944 Journal of Experimental Medicine paper by Avery & coworkers. Levene would've been fascinated to know that the molecule he painstakingly characterized was the molecule of heredity.

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

Sadly, Phoebus Levene (1869-1940) wasn't there to see the development. Had he lived longer, he would've discovered that the class of molecules he dedicated his life to would eventually turn out to be the molecules of inheritance, and that the tetranucleotide theory wasn't tenable

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

Want to learn about the history of the identification of the molecule of inheritance? I posted a thread on this story last year. I've now put it together in a LinkedIn article.

The Identification of the Molecules of Inheritance: A Historical Perspective https://t.co/IxYsioaaUQ

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

Want to learn about the history of the identification of the molecule of inheritance? I posted a thread on this story last year. I've now put it together in a LinkedIn article.

The Identification of the Molecules of Inheritance: A Historical Perspective https://t.co/IxYsioaaUQ

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

@indranilb4u @NatureInd @kajalGupta1995 @CVLab_IISERM @IiserMohali @DBS_IISERM Many congratulations to you and your team!!

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

Gorgeous academic block and library area of our beautiful IISER Mohali campus in the twilight as dusk fell after a rainy day.

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

@santosh7bhai @PJakhar_3097 @DBS_IISERM @IiserMohali @sbslab_IISERM Many congratulations to @PJakhar_3097 and @santosh7bhai!

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

Congratulations to my PhD student, Snehasis Sarkar @Snehasis_99 @DBS_IISERM, on receiving the Wiley Best Oral Presentation Award at the Advancing Peptide and Protein Science conference held at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali @INSTMohali.

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

It was wonderful to speak at a conference held at our neighboring institute @INSTMohali. My students were in the audience, watching me in full swing, wearing the Condensate Tie (designed by them) featuring a super-resolution image of multiphase protein-RNA condensates (PNAS 2023)

[Supratim Datta @taurine__]

Listened to two wonderful and eloquent talks by Samrat @SamratLabMohali and Mily @MilyBhLab at @INSTMohali. It was especially wonderful to see my own supervisor in action!

[Ash Jogalekar @curiouswavefn]

Born #OTD 1791, Michael Faraday, the English physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction. He showed that a changing magnetic field can generate an electric current, the principle behind electrical generators and transformers. He also established the laws of electrolysis, discovered benzene, and helped turn the electromagnetic field from a useful picture into a physical idea.

Faraday had little formal schooling. At fourteen he was apprenticed to a bookbinder and read the science books that passed through the shop. At twenty-one he attended Humphry Davy’s lectures, took detailed notes, and presented them to Davy while asking for a job. There was no opening, but a fight between two Royal Institution staff members led to one being fired; Davy remembered Faraday and hired him as a chemical assistant.

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

@indranilb4u @kajalGupta1995 @DBS_IISERM @IiserMohali @emboreports Many congratulations, Indranil and your team, on the publication of this beautiful work!

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

@shivaprasad_pv @NCBS_Bangalore @TIFRScience @ANRFIndia Many congratulations Shiva!

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

Isn't it interesting that Chandigarh-Mohali, now in the foothills of the Himalayas, was near the coastline ~ 50 million years ago (Ma)? Insular India, an island, existed for ~ 50 Ma after rifting from Gondwana. See this beautifully described video for geological shifts/evolution.

[Zatchfcb @zatchfcb]

Hands down the best Youtube short ever made. What an incredible edit! 👏

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

I posted this last year and am reposting for the new students and followers.

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

Last week, I started teaching the freshman biology class (BIO 101), which I'm very excited about. I'm sharing one of my introductory slides (now revised) on the 3 pillars of modern biology - evolution, genetics, and the molecular nature of genetic material. Exciting times ahead!

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

@Jain_Lab @pippalbhumika Many congratulations to Bhumika and her proud mentor Neha!

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

@SankarIITK Congratulations, Sankar! Richly deserved!!

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

@PenmatsaLab @insa_academy @MBU_IISc Many congratulations, Aravind. Very well deserved!

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

@santosh7bhai @NewPhyt @sbslab_IISERM @IiserMohali Many congratulations, Santosh!!

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

The link between geological transformations and evolution is a fascinating premise. It's interesting to think about the formation of Gondwana and the Cambrian explosion, which drove metazoan radiation. Read a new study @ScienceAdvances on Greater Gondwana.
https://t.co/tNGEp4PYZZ

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

In my first-year biology class, I inspired the students to think about the cosmic history & geological transformations in the context of the origin of life & evolution. Oxygenation events were pacemakers for evolution.
Read "The timetable of evolution".👇

https://t.co/wfCrQvpijb

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

@jayastuMD @EricTopol @ScienceMagazine Thank you so much, Jayastu, for bringing this to my attention! As you know, my lab is very interested in NPM1/HOX-associated leukemias. We should chat sometime.