DR. SHARMISTHA MAJUMDAR

Assistant Professor, Biological Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar

Research Interest:

• Evolution of mobile genetic elements/ transposons: mechanisms of transposition and control.

• Modifications of function in transposase homologs

• Biochemical/biophysical/structural characterization of nucleotide-binding & nucleic acid-binding proteins.

• Genomic and proteomic analysis of transposases and transposase homologs

BSc: Presidency College, Univ. of Calcutta, 1997

MSc: Madurai Kamaraj University, 1999

PhD: Cornell University, 2006

Email: sharmistham@iitgn.ac.in

HIRAL M. SANGHVI

PhD Scholar

B. Sc. : NVPAS college affiliated to SP University, Vallabh Vidhyanagar. 2009-2012

M.Sc. : Banaras Hindu University (2014)

Research Interests: I am exploring the molecular characterization of homo-oligomerization of HTHAP9 and Drosophila P element transposase

Email ID: sanghavi.hiral@iitgn.ac.in

VASUDHA SHARMA

PhD Scholar

B.Tech. : Punjab Technical University (2014)

Description of work: I am trying to find DNA binding sequence and the catalytic triad of THAP9

Hobbies: Reading, drawing, watching puppies and kitten videos on youtube :P

Email ID: vasudha.sharma@iitgn.ac.in

RICHA RASHMI

PhD Scholar

B.Tech. : Punjab College of Engineering and Technology (2014)

M.Tech. : IIIT Delhi (2017)

Research Interest: Predicting Function of THAP9 Gene and Protein from Sequence, Structure and Expression Data

Hobbies: Sketching, Playing Ukulele

Email ID: richa.rashmi@iitgn.ac.in

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/richarashmi/

DIBYADARSHI NEPAL

Masters Student

Previous College: Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Kavrepalanchowk, Nepal.

Research Interest:

• Isolation and characterization of taxol producing endophytic fungi from Taxus wallichiana

• Cloning and expression of various isoforms of human THAP-9

• Cloning of Host Cell Factor-1

Fun fact: Metalhead. One of the vocalists of IITGN, and have good hands in guitar and bass

Hobbies: Singing, playing musical instruments, traveling