Samrat Mukhopadhyay

Professor, JC Bose Fellow @IISERMohali
Studying biomolecular condensates
Formerly, editor @BiophysJ
Attended @JUFET @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.😀

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@abandopa Amazing stuff! Many congratulations to you and your team!!

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Every June reminds me of my cliff-hanging life-changing journey to @IIScBangalore (June 1997), almost a fairy tale. I narrated this story in June 2022 on the occasion of 25 years (now 29 years ago). I'm quoting it again if some youngsters want to draw inspiration from my story.👇

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

25 years ago: June 1997. I was selected for the highly competitive & coveted integrated PhD (MS + PhD) program at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore. My life changed forever. Whatever little I have done, I owe it to IISc. I narrate a fascinating story. Read on (1/n)

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@AliHShaib Totally agree! Science should always be fun! Supplementary Figure 6-7 is quite amazing. Congratulations again on this groundbreaking work. Who knows, at some point, we might be able to use your 1000ExM for our exciting work on biomolecular condensates.

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@kabirhbiswas Thank you so much!

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I've been invited to join the Executive Committee of the Society of Biological Chemists (India), headquartered at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Founded in 1930, SBC(I) has been playing a crucial role for ~100 years. Looking forward to working with SBC(I) colleagues.

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@DrVivekVaishnav Thank you!!

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@AshishJ87810510 Thank you so much!

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Thousandfold Expansion Microscopy (1000ExM) is going to revolutionize biological imaging (a billion-fold expansion in volume), entering the Ångstrom-scale resolution in optical imaging. Exciting times ahead!
Read the preprint: https://t.co/Y3ubvF7vGB

[Ali H. Shaib @AliHShaib]

Hello world, meet 1,000× Expansion Microscopy.
1,000,000,000× expansion by volume! A gel that starts at a few centimeters will then expand to the volume of an Olympic swimming pool. https://t.co/E43kxx4O5M
In our new bioRxiv preprint, work carried out between MIT and UMG, led by Helena Hu in collaboration with scientists from the labs of @eboyden3 Ed Boyden, Silvio Rizzoli, and myself, we present Thousandfold Expansion Microscopy.
By enlarging biological specimens across multiple rounds of expansion, molecular-scale features, as small as the distances between adjacent amino acids, can be visualized with conventional optical microscopes.
Democratizing super-resolution microscopy.

[Samrat Mukhopadhyay @SamratLabMohali]

A must-read piece, "The genie of synthetic biology is out, and with it comes power and peril" by @kvijayraghavan. I will use this article in my freshman BIO-101 course next semester. I should use the brilliant Oppenheimer quote, "See things not as they are, but as they might be."

[K. VijayRaghavan @kvijayraghavan]

This is a summary that does not quote from the piece. Do read the piece too. As always, your critical feedback and views are much appreciated. A link to a PDF https://t.co/i2nxlTwmHG

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@joshiamitabhevo Thank you!!

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@Sadhan24 Thank you!!

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@kvijayraghavan What a brilliant article - greatly enjoyed reading it.

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@maheshchemist Thank you!

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@Ahanjit Thank you!! It's a great society, and I'm glad you are part of it. Looking forward to your participation.

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@LonghiSonia Thank you!!

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@iamamardeeep Thank you!!

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@poonam_thakur6 Thank you!!

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@BhatiaRohit10 Thank you!!

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@santosh7bhai @Snehasis_99 Thank you!!

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@aroralisha20 Thank you!!

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Happy to share our latest preprint.
https://t.co/wBnqL7f81Y