Contact:
Department of Biological Chemistry
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Phone: +91 33 2473 4971/3372 (Ext 519)
Fax: +91 33 2473 2805
E-mail: bcssj [ AT ] iacs.res.in, Siddhartha.jana [AT] gmail.com

Education:
B.Sc. Chem (H) 1992-1995, RKMRC, Narendrapur, University of Calcutta
M.Sc. (Biotechnology) 1995-1997, IIT-Bombay
Ph.D. (Biochemistry) 1997-2002, University of Delhi South Campus  (Supervisor: Prof. Debi P. Sarkar, UDSC)
Post doctoral training (Biochemistry/Cell Biology) 2002-2007, NHLBI, NIH, USA with Dr. Robert S. Adelstein (NIH, USA)

Assistant Professor @ IACS,  2008 -

Fellowships/Invited talks:

National scholarship (Govt. of India), 1995
Fogarty international fellowship (NIH) 2002- 2007
Fast track proposal for young scientist scheme, Department of Science and Technology, 2009

Invited Speaker:
1. Invited speaker at International Conference on “Perspectives of Cell Signaling and Molecular Medicine” 27-29 November, Bose Institute, Kolkata, India, (2008)
2. Invited speaker at 46th annual meeting of American Society for Cell Biology, Dec 9-13, San Diego, USA, (2006)

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CSIR NET qualified candidates with good academic record are encouraged to apply to ssjana.lab@gmail.com (ssjana[dot]lab[at]gmail[dot]com) for JRF position in the laboratory.

 

Research interests:

To establish a relationship between the presence of the alternative spliced isoform NMHC II-C1 and tumorogenesis (IACS fund).
Deciphering Signaling pathway that regulates Nonmuscle myosin II-C1 during cytokinesis in tumor cells (DST fast track, 2009-2012).
To test the role of NMHC IIs in virus-cell fusion (DBT-sponsored, 2009-2012).

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