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Openings: 

  1. PhD: Are you fascinated by how life first adapted to Earth’s most extreme environments? We invite motivated candidates to join our research group at Bose Institute, Kolkata, to pursue doctoral studies in the field of archaeal stress biology. Our lab investigates the molecular strategies that enable extremophilic microorganisms to survive and function under harsh environmental conditions. Focusing on Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, a thermoacidophilic archaeon of the TACK superphylum, we explore stress response systems such as heat shock proteins, toxin-antitoxin modules, and other adaptive mechanisms. Our approach combines biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics to uncover the evolutionary resilience of ancient microbial life. If you're passionate about fundamental microbiology and enjoy multidisciplinary research, we encourage you to get in touch regarding potential Ph.D. opportunities. Interested candidates may contact directly to Dr. Abhrajyoti Ghosh at aghosh78@gmail.com.

  2. RA/Postdoc: We are seeking a highly motivated and qualified postdoctoral candidate with a strong background in protein biochemistry, biophysics, and genetics. Prior experience in protein structural analysis is highly desirable. The successful candidate will be encouraged to apply for independent postdoctoral fellowships such as DBT-RA, NPDF, CSIR-RA, among others. The project focuses on investigating evolutionarily conserved type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems in archaea, with particular emphasis on the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Our research aims to unravel the regulatory mechanisms of these TA systems in stress adaptation using a combination of structural, biochemical, and genetic approaches. Interested candidates are encouraged to get in touch to explore potential postdoctoral opportunities. Interested candidates go through our research profile and can contact directly by email to Dr. Abhrajyoti Ghosh at aghosh78@gmail.com.

 

Updates:

  1. ​02/12/2024: We welcome our new lab member Dr. Sritama Baag who will be working in the Microbiology section of our lab as a DBT-RA. 

  2. 02/12/2024: It is with a bittersweet sentiment that we bid farewell to our esteemed alumni Dr. Arghya Bhowmick as he embarks on a new journey as a HHMI Research Associate at The Mullins Lab, University of California, San Francisco, USA.

  3. 13/11/2024: The biochemistry group has published a paper entitled “Role of VapBC4 toxin-antitoxin system of

  4. in heat stress adaptation” in the journal mBio.

  5. 01/11/2024: It is with a bittersweet sentiment that we bid farewell to our esteemed alumni Dr. Koustav Bhakta as he embarks on a new journey as a post-doctoral fellow at The George William Hooper Foundation, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco, USA.

  6. 18/07/2024: We welcome our new lab member Ms. Saheli Majumder who will be working in the Biochemistry section of our lab as a UGC-JRF. 

  7. 16/07/2024: We welcome our new lab member Ms. Sriparna Mondal who will be working in the Microbiology section of our lab as a UGC-JRF. 

  8. 14/06/2024: The biochemistry group has published a paper entitled “Functional diversity in archaeal Hsp60: a molecular mosaic of Group I and Group II chaperonin” in The FEBS Journal.

  9. 29/05/2024: The microbiology group has published a paper entitled “Exploring the dynamics of ISR signaling in maize upon seed priming with plant growth promoting actinobacteria isolated from tea rhizosphere of Darjeeling” in the journal Archives of Microbiology.

  10. 30/01/2023: We welcome our new lab member Ms. Shirsha Samanta who will be working in the Biochemistry section of our lab as a UGC-JRF.

  11. 01/02/2023 – 30/04/2023: Mr. Arghya Bhowmick visited the laboratory of Prof. Sonja Verena Albers at the University of Freiburg, Germany as a short-term EMBO fellow for collaborative experimental research work.

  12. 16/04/2023: It is with a bittersweet sentiment that we bid farewell to our esteemed alumni Dr. Chandrima Bhattacharyya as she embarks on a new journey as a post-doctoral fellow at the MIGAL Galilee Research Institute, Qiryat Shemona, Northern Israel. 

  13. 21/07/2023: We congratulate our alumni Dr. Mousam Roy as he joined Unilever UK as an enzymologist.

  14. 21/07/2023-28/07/2023: Mr. Arghya Bhowmick received the prestigious Carl Storm Inernational Diversity Grant for presenting a poster on “The role of chromosomal type II Toxin- Antitoxin system in the cross-stress adaptation of Sulfolobus acidocaldarius” in the GRS and GRC on Archaea, organized at Mount Snow, West Dover, Vermont, USA.

  15. 27/07/2023: The biochemistry group has published a paper entitled “Heat shock response in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and first implications for cross-stress adaptation” in the journal: Research in Microbiology.

  16. 28/11/2023: Mr. Arghya Bhowmick presented a poster and gave a lecture on the topic “Unlocking the secrets of archaeal stress adaptation: insights from Type II Toxin-Antitoxin systems in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius” at the student symposium held on the occasion of 107 th  foundation day of Bose Institute.

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