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2024
Presented my work on the evolution of G4s in great apes at the Genomics Lecture Series
WWWGLS Meeting, 501 Wartik Bldg., Penn State
November 06, 2024
First first-author preprint appeared on bioRxiv Genomics
Evolutionary Dynamics of G-Quadruplexes in Human and Other Great Ape Telomere-to-Telomere Genomes
November 06, 2024
Had my first Ph.D. Thesis Committee Meeting
MCIBS, Penn State
September 16, 2024
Attended T2T-F2F (Telomere-to-Telomere Face-to-Face) conference
University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC), CA
September 03-04, 2024
Presented my poster titled "Evolution of G-Quadruplex Motifs across Ape Telomere-to-Telomere Genomes"
Symposium at SMBE '24 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico: Deciphering the functional and adaptive effects of genomic structural variation
July 10, 2024
Nominated to present at the International Webinar: Nucleic Acid Secondary Structures
G4s and Beyond
June 06, 2024
Abstract selected for Poster Presentation at SMBE '24
The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
April 27, 2024
2023
Passed my Ph.D. Qualifying Examination
MCIBS Ph.D. Program
November 27, 2023
Got selected in the The Tartu Winter school on Evolution, Genomics and Medicine 2023
cGEM - Centre for Genomics, Evolution and Medicine, The University of Tartu
November 17, 2023
Paper published in Science Advances
Acquired resistance to KRAS G12C small-molecule inhibitors via genetic/nongenetic mechanisms in lung cancer
October 13, 2023
Joined Prof. Kateryna D Makova's Lab as a Ph.D. student
Francis R. and Helen M. Pentz Professor of Biology at Penn State
January 3, 2023
2022
First paper published in J. Phy. Chem. B
Quantifying Mutational Response to Track the Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Variants
September 30, 2022
Started Grad School at the Penn State University
MCIBS, Huck Institutes of Life Sciences
August 15, 2022
Graduated with a BS-MS Dual Degree in Biological Sciences from IISER Kolkata
Chief Guest: Padma Shri Prof. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay
July 14, 2022
Launched my new personal Website
120th birthday of Barbara McClintock (Nobel Laureate)
June 16, 2022
Ranked under Category-I of DBT-BET-2022
Conducted by Department of Biotechnology
June 04, 2022
Defended and Submitted my Master's Thesis
Investigating drug-mediated conformational changes in KRas
May 23, 2022
Completed Teaching Assistantship in the Introduction to Computation (CS2201) under Dr. Kripabandhu Ghosh
Applying Python to numerical methods
January–May, 2022
Got an acceptance from BCM's CPSB Graduate PhD program
Baylor College of Medicine
March 15, 2022
Accepted to Penn State's MCIBS Graduate PhD program with a Braddock Scholarship Award
Pennsylvania State University
March 01, 2022
2021
Completed Teaching Assistantship in the Biology Laboratory (LS2102) under Dr. Dipjyoti Das
Computer simulations related to estimation of diffusion coefficient
August–December, 2021
Secured Global Rank–254 in Bioinformatics Contest–2021
Organised by Stepik, Bioinformatics Institute, ITMO University, Russia and Rosalind
June 27, 2021
Attended virtual workshop "Pharma & Biopharma: Molecule to Medicine–How it works in Industry"
Organised by DBS, IISER Kolkata in association with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
May–June, 2021
Qualified GATE-2021 with AIR (All India Rank)–29 in XL-stream
GATE Score–835
March 20, 2021
2020
Completed "Getting Started in Cryo-EM" Course by Prof. Grant Jensen
Course at Coursera
December 11, 2020
Joined Dr. Susmita Roy's lab for my MS Thesis Research
Academic-cum-Administrative Complex (AAC), IISER Kolkata
February 27, 2020
2019
Selected by Summer Research Fellowship Program (SRFP) under Prof. Namita Surolia
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru
May–July, 2019
Completed "Prevention of Antibiotic Resistance in Environment" (PARE) Course by Prof. Sharon Gusky
Conducted by ASM-IUSSTF at IISER Kolkata
January 3–10, 2019
2018
Pursued Summer Internship under Dr. Yogita K. Adlakha
National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Manesar
May–July, 2018
2017
Attended the National Vijyoshi Camp–2017
Organized by IISc, KVPY, IISER Kolkata and DST-INSPIRE
December 10–12, 2017
Admitted to IISER Kolkata with an AIR (All India Rank)–197
Through State and Central Board (SCB) Channel
July 31, 2017