Metabolism and Epigenetic Regulation: Implications in Cancer / Subcellular Biochemistry Bd.100 (PDF)

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Dr. Chandrima Das is Associate Professor in Biophysics and Structural Genomics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) Kolkata. Dr. Das obtained her Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India in 2007 with specialization in chromatin structural regulation by Nonhistone Chromatin Associated Protein (NCAP). She performed her post-doctoral research at University of Colorado Denver (2008-2010) and M D Anderson Cancer Center (2010-2012) on discovery and functional characterization of a novel human epigenetic mark, H3K56Ac. She was awarded Susan G. Komen Postdoctoral Fellowship for basic sciences in Breast Cancer Research (2009). In summer 2012, Dr. Das joined as a faculty in Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) and established the Chromatin Dynamics Laboratory. Her focus has been onthe modulation of chromatin structure by selective epigenetic recognition by a class of proteins entitled chromatin "reader/effector". She is trying to understand the diverse functions of this chromatin-binding transcription factors to dictate the on/off state of the underlying genes in different physiological conditions and pathological states like cancer, metabolic as well as infectious diseases. She has been awarded Ramalingaswami fellowship from Department of Biotechnology (2011-12), SwarnaJayanti Fellowship from Department of Science and Technology (2017-18) and S. Ramachandran - National Bioscience Award for Career Development - 2019, from Department of Biotechnology. She is an elected member of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (WAST), a Society that promotes basic and applied science and technology in the state of West Bengal, India. She is the Life Member of Indian Society of Cell Biology (ISCB), Indian Association for Cancer Research (IACR), Society of Biological Chemists (SBC), India, Chemical Biology Society (CBS), India and a Member of The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB). Recently, she has been nominated as a member of The ACS Chemical Biology Early Career Board.