Ramray Bhat

Associate Professor

Phone : +91-80-2293-2764 (O)
E-mail: ramray@iisc.ac.in
Website: https://morphogenesisiisc.wixsite.com/home

Research Interests: Cancer, morphogenesis, pattern formation

Educational History

Komen Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-2015), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PhD (2005-2010): New York Medical College, Valhalla (cell biology and anatomy)
Bachelors (1999-2005): MBBS, Medical College, University of Calcutta

Courses offered

RD210: Fundamentals of Physiology and Medicine
UB302: Developmental Biology

Awards / Honours / Affiliations

2024: IISc Award for Excellence in Teaching
2024: Royal Society Yusuf Hamied International Exchange Award
2022: Member, EMBO Global Investigator Network (-2026)
2021: Prof. Priti Shankar Award for excellence in teaching science, IISc
2019: Member of Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS)

Publications

  • Dutt T, Langthasa J, Umesh M, Mishra S, Bothra S, Vidhipriya K, Vadaparty A, Sen P, Bhat R. Rheological transition driven by matrix makes cancer spheroids resilient under confinement Life Science Alliance 2025: e202402601.
  • Kumar N, Samanta B, Km J, Raghunathan V, Sen P, Bhat R. Demonstration of Enhancement of Tumor Intravasation by Dicarbonyl Stress Using a Microfluidic Organ-on-chip. Small. 2025:e2405998.
  • Suresh M, Bhat R. Ovarian cancer cells exhibit diverse migration strategies on stiff collagenous substrata. Biophys J. 2024;123(22):4009-4021.
  • Prasanna CVS, Jolly MK, Bhat R Spatial heterogeneity in tumor adhesion qualifies collective cell invasion doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.05.559967 accepted, Biophys J. 2024