Ipsita Maji

#PhD Candidate @University of South Florida, Tampa
She/ her/ hers

[Saurja DasGupta @SaurjaDasGupta]

New paper from the #DasGuptaLab!

Using directed evolution, we discovered RNA enzymes (ribozymes) that catalyze RNA ligation with absolute specificity for RNA sequences terminating in a 3′-phosphate - a molecular signature of broken RNAs.

[Flood Group @floodgroup_iub]

This chemistry had more stoppage time than expected⚽️. Our supramolecular polymers disassemble with trichloroacetic acid, pause in an unexpected acid–anion state, and then reassemble once that “transient” state decarboxylates—with help from added anions.
https://t.co/frv9YzNNhy

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Marie Curie died of aplastic anaemia on 4 July 1934, a result of years of exposure to radiation through her work. Even today her laboratory notebook from 1899-1902, is radioactive and will be for 1,500 years.

[Joy @Joy_Jayabrata]

What can automation and machine learning bring to synthetic chemistry?

Three years back, we set out to explore this exact question from @MichiganChem and built one of the biggest experimental datasets in Chemistry.

Now published in @J_A_C_S .

More details coming soon.

[Aspen Chen @xychenchem]

Excited to share our recent @J_A_C_S paper with the Houk group @houk1000 on a new approach to engineer the interior space of a molecular container via host-guest recognition. Congratulations to Ye-Qiang @hugh1002 and Ching Ching! @HKU_Chemistry @uclachem https://t.co/Ezw0uc9MYo

[Deblina Sarkar @DeblinaSarkar59]

During the first 2 years, more than 35 grants I wrote got rejected in a row!

Why? Reviewers mentioned that 𝐚 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲-𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 — 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 — 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞!

Things changed drastically when our research proved it was possible!

We demonstrated the first 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 and 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲-𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 brain implants creating unprecedented 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧-𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬.

We went on to receive the #NIH 𝐃𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫’𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 with the highest and rarely achieved impact score. The NIH official review statement called our technology  “𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞” & with “𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐫𝐚”

This technology has garnered many prestigious awards since then.

Through the hardest moments, my father’s teachings gave me indomitable strength:

“𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭, 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭”

And I modified this a little 😊

“𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭, 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝”

A click from one of those many days I stayed in the lab whole night and enjoyed the sunrise from my MIT office.

🎥 MIT Video: https://t.co/w0b7Hb13us

🧠 MIT News Release: https://t.co/qyXMq8lKoU

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@MIT
#MedTech #Neuroengineering #BrainCancer #HealthcareTech

#CMOS #microelectronics #nanoelectonics #nanofabrication #neuromodulation #DBS #DeepBrainStimulation #ImplantableMedicalDevices #BrainComputerInterface #BCI #TherapeuticBCI

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

“This is my first time in India, it’s been mind-blowing. There’s a real sort of bubbling confidence and aspiration. It feels like this is India’s moment — and India knows it.”

- Nobel Prize laureate David MacMillan at the Nobel Prize Dialogue India that took place earlier this week.

Missed the event? Not to worry, you can watch the full dialogue here featuring Macmillan and fellow laureate James Robinson: https://t.co/QBkGfpX1mz

[IISc Bangalore @iiscbangalore]

Tranquil mornings.

📸: Abishek Chandrasekhar

#IIScframes

[Florian Scheuer @Florian_Scheuer]

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ_uzh at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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[Wenqi Vince Liu @vincentchem]

Happy to see our work on synthetic lectins for glucuronate featured as cover art! @ACSPublications #MyACSCover https://t.co/EFlmxJIVfS

[Kevin Lam @KLchemistry]

🔬 #Stir or not to stir?
A new study (Huang et al. https://t.co/MscK1Uhh3W) tested 329 reactions and found almost no difference in yield between stirred and unstirred conditions, even at kilo scale and for eChem!
⚡ Maybe not every flask needs to be whirring away!
#RealTimeChem

[Science Magazine @ScienceMagazine]

Most researchers have nothing on Larry Richardson. Racking up more than 130 citations in 4 years, he seemed like a scientific superstar in the making. Except the studies were gibberish—and Larry is a cat.

This “exercise in absurdity” is an eye-opening look at byzantine world of scientific rank, and just how easy it is to manipulate. https://t.co/fRPjH9gGsY #InternationalCatDay

[Wenqi Vince Liu @vincentchem]

Check out our latest work by @alexchem1995
@ChemEurJ on a tetralactam macrocycle that binds hydrophilic sulfate in water. Structural and thermodynamic studies reveal the critical roles of H-bonding, electrostatics, and water release in effective binding. https://t.co/nY62yEJlcp

[Alex Mariscal @alexchem1995]

Sulfate Recognition in Water via Charge‐Assisted Hydrogen Bonding - Mariscal - My first paper has been published! Thanks to my lab mates and PI for all the support! Check out @vincentchem for more. https://t.co/Fv2G3USeRl

[Ipsita Maji @Ipsi_M]

@NgaiLab @SahilSh1608 Congratulations Sahil 🎉

[Garg Lab UCLA @GargLab]

We are thrilled to share our latest study, just published in @NatureSynthesis, on azacyclic 1,2,3-trienes. Congrats to Dominick, Dani, and Ana! https://t.co/7Yi1DKFM5W @ucla @uclachem @houk1000

[Deblina Sarkar @DeblinaSarkar59]

Imagine a smartwatch that keeps track of important cells in your blood all day long. Our recent paper introduces #CircTrek - a wearable device that can detect the faintest signals from even a single circulating cell trekking through the blood vessels. This technology creates a new horizon for health monitoring, early disease detection as well as assessing treatments of deadly diseases such as cancer.

Link to MIT news release: https://t.co/aeoT3AgJ5V

link to paper: https://t.co/QNbWxAkR6i

@mit @medialab @kochinstitute @mit_nano @mcgovernmit @mitsap

[UN Women @UN_Women]

“I want to see at least 50% of science and technology companies led by women.”

On this International Day of girls and #WomenInScience, we’re throwing it back to 2019 when 10-year-old programmer Anya Daneez Khan gave a powerful speech at the UN.

#EveryVoiceInScience

[Synthesis Workshop @MatthewHorwitz1]

Did you like our Advanced Organic Chemistry course Good news! You can now download all the PDFs on our project homepage: https://t.co/TKm0oXa9d8

Haven't seen the course yet? Check it out!
https://t.co/wJ01Y1zpGd

[Cody Ross Pitts @CRP_Laboratory]

What a blast! The final (and significantly expanded) version of this work is now published in @J_A_C_S. Congrats to the team! https://t.co/gzeCH3JZWi