Copper Metabolism Group
@copperbiogroup
Main focus: Trafficking regulation of Cu transporters
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https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~CuTraffickers/index.html 06-04-2023 11:45:22
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Swastika, Swastika Dey, a graduate student from our lab presented a poster at the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO'25) Satellite Meeting and Hands-on Workshop on Infection Biology: from microbes to host interface, held at IISER Tirupati IISER Tirupati. IISER Kolkata
Ravi Raviranjan Pandey, a final year graduate student from our lab delivered a talk on his ongoing work about "Melatonin for Wilson Disease treatment" at EASTERN-ZONE ACBI CONFERENCE Molecular & Cellular Basis of Bio-Medicine: Basic Insight for Translation IISER Kolkata AIIMS-Kalyani
Tisha Tisha Dash, a final year BS MS student from our lab, presented her poster at the 43rd Mahabaleshwar Seminar on Molecules, Membranes & Organelles, organized by TIFR Mumbai DBS TIFR #MSS2025 IISER Kolkata #MembraneTrafficking #Microscopy
Sharon Mary Jose, a final year PhD student from our lab, was invited to deliver a talk on her ongoing work "Evolutionary divergence of copper ATPase domains sheds light on trafficking regulation of human homologs ATP7A/7B" at the DBS seminar series organized by IISER K IISER Kolkata.
Tisha Tisha Dash, elucidated her work on the non-canonical regulation of CTR1 through modulation of membrane mechanical properties at the Learning Bridges: Algorithms and Experiments in Biophysics (AlEx) 2025, organised by Gangeya, the student chapter of Eastern India. IISER Kolkata
Ravi Raviranjan Pandey, a final year graduate student from our lab, was invited to deliver a talk on his ongoing work "Melatonin: a promising candidate for the management of Wilson Disease" at the DBS seminar series organised by IISER Kolkata IISER Kolkata
Check out the latest pre-print from our group to learn more about the "Non-canonical regulation of the plasma membrane copper transporter CTR1 through modulation of membrane mechanical properties" doi.org/10.1101/2025.0… IISER Kolkata #Microscopy #CopperMetabolism
Celebrating our trafficking legacy : 8 years and counting 🥳 IISER Kolkata #MembraneTraffickers #Microscopy
It was truly a pleasure having Prof. Anindya Ghosh Roy Anindya Ghosh Roy, from National Brain Research Centre, on our campus today. His talk sparked thoughtful conversation, fresh perspectives and inspired all of us. Grateful for the time and knowledge he shared with us. IISER Kolkata
Baivab Baivab Kumar Saha, Tisha Tisha Dash, Avijit Avijit Majumder & Aditya Aditya Borkar, four BS-MS students from our lab defended their MS thesis work. Congrats & best wishes to them for their future endeavors. Total 17 students graduated from our lab in past 7 years. IISER Kolkata
Check out the new findings from our group that delves into the crosstalk between protein domains necessary for trans-Golgi network localisation and trafficking of Cu-ATPases, ATP7A and ATP7B. To explore more, do visit the link below biorxiv.org/content/10.110… IISER Kolkata #Microscopy
4 BS MS and 1 IPhD student graduated from our lab today. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to these bright young minds. Wishing them great success as they embark on their future journey. Avijit Majumder Aditya Borkar Baivab Kumar Saha Tisha Dash and sharanya IISER Kolkata
A huge congratulations to Tisha Tisha Dash, a BS-MS graduate from our lab, on being selected for the prestigious 2025 Quad Fellowship. We are incredibly proud of her accomplishments and wish her continued success in reaching even greater milestones. IISER Kolkata #MembraneTrafficking
Documenting the undocumented : Our trafficking journey through the lens of journals over the past 8 years. Congratulations to The Traffickers! Many more to achieve. IISER Kolkata #MembraneTrafficking #CopperMetabolism
We are delighted to inform Ravi Raviranjan Pandey from our lab, presented his poster on the 'Therapeutic role of Melatonin' at the Cell Biology of Metals GRC 2025, held at University of Southern Maine Portland, USA. His expenditures were funded by Anusandhan National Research Foundation IISER Kolkata #ANRFIndia
Check out the new findings from our group that explores Melatonin as a dual-mode therapy for Wilson Disease - acting as a copper chelator and an antioxidant agent. To know more in details, do visit the link below doi.org/10.1101/2025.0… IISER Kolkata #Melatonin #CopperMetabolism
The Scientist, a science magazine, featured the findings of Dr. Kaustav Chakraborty, a Post Doctoral fellow from our lab. A huge Congratulations for the achievement! Kaustav Chakraborty To know more about the interview, do visit the link below. the-scientist.com/postdoc-portra… IISER Kolkata
The latest finding from our group uncovers the differential endocytic routes of Copper Transporter 1 & specific responses in copper homeostasis proteins upon Cisplatin treatment. To know more, check out the given link below: share.google/A5Ny7lbfmIqk8I… IISER Kolkata #Membranetrafficking
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! Raviranjan Pandey IISER Kolkata #CopperMetabolism
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. IISER Kolkata