Positions Available
- 1st August 2024
Saksham, Moumita and Kiran join the laboratory as Ph.D. students. Welcome! - 21st July 2024
Congratulations to Yeswanth for winning the best phage therapy poster award at the Viruses of Microbes conference in Australia! - 15th June 2024
Ankan joins the laboratory for his Ph.D. He has converted from our M. Tech program to do his integrated M. Tech + Ph.D. with us. Congratulations and welcome! - 1st June 2024
Nisha, Bhagya and Rachit all present their work at World Biomaterials Congress (WBC) 2024 in Korea! - 1st May 2024
Husna joins the laboratory for her M. Sc project. Welcome! - 25th April 2024
Rachit has been selected as session co-chair for two sessions “Advances in Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Biomaterials” and “Biomaterials for organoids and organ models” in the conference World Biomaterial Congress (WBC) 2024. He is also awarded IISc international travel support of Rs. 2 lakhs. Congratulations! - 1st March 2024
Aditya joins the laboratory as IISc UG intern. Welcome! - 1st Feb 2024
Vishak, Madhumita and Aishwarya join the laboratory for their M. Tech projects. Welcome! - 1st December 2024
IISc iGEM team has won gold medal under the mentorship of Rachit! Kudos to the team. - 16th November 2023
Vishal won the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Global Health Travel Award for the C4 Tuberculosis: The Host-Pathogen Interface conference! This will enable him to attend the Keystone Symposium to be held at the Keystone Resort, Keystone, CO, USA on Mar 24 - Mar 27, 2024. He is also invited to give an oral presentation! - 6th November 2023
Pallavi successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations! Dr. Pallavi is joining as a post-doc at Gladstone Institute, San Francisco, USA - 19 June 2023
Pallavi successfully delivers her Ph.D. colloquium. Congratulations! - 5 June 2023
Rachit has been promoted to Associate Professor. Congratulations! - 9 May 2023
A collaborative project by ours and laboratory of Harinath Chakrapani's at IISER Pune has been recommended for funding the STARS, MoE to develop strategies for TB treatment! - 26 April 2023
Our laboratory signs and MoU with Achira Labs to foster collaboration and co-mentor an M. Tech student. Rohitraj has joined as our first M. Tech student for this project - 22 March 2023
Nisha and Bhagyashree has been awarded the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF). Congratulations to both of them! - 6th March 2023
Rituparna joins the laboratory as IISc IoE postdoctoral fellow. Welcome! - 21st January 2023
Congratulations to Vishal and Yeswanth for winning the best poster award in BSSE annual symposium 2023. Several lab members presented their research in this symposium. - 2nd January 2023
Tathagata joins the laboratory as a Ph.D. scholar. He is co-advised by Prof. Amit Singh (MCB, IISc). Welcome! - 11th November 2022
Ameya successfully defends his Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Ameya! Ameya is joining as a post-doc at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA - 23rd October 2022
Rachit presents lab research in Grand Challenges conference by the Gates foundation in Brussels, Belgium! - 29th September 2022
Rachit presents lab research in Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering conference in Bremen, Germany! - 29th July 2022
Vaishnavi joins the laboratory. Welcome! - 30th June 2022
Edna's and Avijit's manuscript on OMV coated gold particles for TB vaccine has been accepted at Biomaterials Advances. Congratulations! - 21st June 2022
Puvada and Akshi joins the laboratory. Welcome! - 1st June 2022
Kaamini successfully defends her Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations, Dr. Kaamini! - 18th May 2022
Ameya successfully delivers his Ph.D. colloquium. Congratulations! - 12th April 2022
Yeswanth has been awarded the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF). Congratulations! - 25th February 2022
Pallavi's story has been selected as the top 100 in the Ph.D. category for AWSAR award organized by Department of Science and Technology! - 17th February 2022
Kaamini's manuscript on Rapamycin microparticles has been accepted at Bioengineering and Translational Medicine. Congratulations! - 28th December 2021
Bhagyashree and Nisha joins the laboratory as a PhD. students. Welcome! - 26th November 2021
Kaamini successfully delivers her Ph.D. colloquium. Congratulations! - 23rd November 2021
Pallavi is selected as eLife Community Ambassador! - 24th September 2021
Ameya's manuscript on liposomal-RvD1 delivery has been accepted at Bioengineering and Translational Medicine. Congratulations! - 16th September 2021
Rajesh is selected as the top innovators in BRICS_YSF 2021 conclave! - 31st August 2021
Rachit is selected as an Early Career Editorial Board Member for the journal JBMR-A. Congratulations! - 31st August 2021
Anil has been appointed as a senior scientist in RapidDx Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Congratulations! - 15th July 2021
Debarshi joins the laboratory as IISc UG final year intern. Welcome! - 1st July 2021
Pranshu joins the laboratory as a project assistant. Welcome! - 23rd April 2021
Avijit has been appointed as senior scientist in Aten Porus Lifesciences Pvt. Ltd. Congratulations! - 5th April 2021
Avijit's manuscript has been accepted in Critical Reviews in Microbiology! - 17th Feb 2021
Anil has received the prestigious IISc IoE institute post-doctoral fellowship. Congratulations! - 17th Feb 2021
Neeraja joins the laboratory as PhD. student co-advised by Dr Kartik Sunagar (CES). Welcome! - 22nd Jan 2021
Anil joins the laboratory as post-doctoral fellow. Welcome! - 12th Jan 2021
Sharu joins the laboratory as JRF. Welcome! - 20th Nov 2020
Yeswanth's manuscript has been accepted in Frontiers in Microbiology! Also check out his interview with Bio Patrika here. - 1st Nov 2020
Avijit has been awarded the DBT-research associate fellowship. Congratulations! - 7th Sep 2020
Avijit Goswami and Priyanka Naik joins the laboratory as research associate and project associate respectively. Welcome! - 31st July 2020
Rachit receives Wellcome-Trust/DBT India Alliance Intermediate Fellowship for the period January 2021- December 2025. Congratulations! - 19th June 2020
First manuscript from the lab is now accepted in Biomaterials Science! Read more here. - 3rd June 2020
Kaamini receives the best oral presentation award for her work in Indo-UK Virtual Conference, ‘Current Innovations and the Future of Therapeutic Developments’ CIFTD-2020. Congratulations! - 26th February 2020
Rachit receives prestigious Har Gobind Khorana-Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award 2019 from Union minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan! See picture here. - 31st December 2019
PhD. Scholar Rajesh joins the lab. He is co-advised by Dr. Shashank Tripathi (Microbiology and Cell Biology). Welcome! - 23rd December 2019
Smriti joins the lab as lab as project assistant. Welcome! - 2nd December 2019
Shalini joins the lab as lab as project assistant. Welcome! - 26th November 2019
Ameya presents a poster at BioTerm conference at IIT Kanpur. - 15th November 2019
Rachit has been awarded Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (IYBA) 2019. Congratulations! - 17th October 2019
Rachit has been selected for Lakshmi Narayanan Young Investigator Award. Congratulations! - 11th September 2019
Latha joins the lab as secretarial assistant. Welcome! - 10th September 2019
Soumyadeep joins the lab as masters project intern. Welcome! - 21st August 2019
PhD. Scholar Kaamini passes her comprehensive exam. Congratulations! - 16th June 2019
Pallavi has been recognized in Himachal's local newspaper for her achievements! Read more here. - 1st June 2019
Rachit has been awarded 18 months funding through "Sentinels Initiative in India" under BIRAC for developing biomaterial-based tuberculosis vaccines. - 23rd May 2019
Edna joins the lab as research associate. Welcome! - 22nd April 2019
Yeswanth joins the lab as project assistant. Welcome! - 1st April 2019
Rachit has been awarded three year funding through Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for phage therapy project. - 29th March 2019
PhD. Scholar Pallavi passes her comprehensive exam. Congratulations! - 25th March 2019
PhD. Scholar Ameya passes his comprehensive exam. Congratulations! - 1st January 2019
PhD. Scholar Vishal joins the lab. Welcome! - 15th December 2018
Priyanka has been selected as Global Scientific Advisor with Novo Nordisk Service Centre (India) Private Ltd. Congratulations! - 2nd August 2018
Iti joins the lab as lab's first project assistant. Welcome! - 17th July 2018
Rachit's post-doc paper on Biomaterial-based delivery of bacteriophages to treat lung infections has been accepted in Nature BME! Also check out the Behind the paper story here. - 29th May 2018
Rachit's post-doc collaboration paper on Lysostaphin delivery through hydrogels to treat orthopeadic infections has been accepted in PNAS! - 9th May 2018
Rachit has been awarded the SERB Early Career Research Award to develop inflammation resolving carriers for treatment of Osteoarthritis! - 3rd May 2018
Abhirami joins the lab as summer intern. Welcome! - 2nd May 2018
Priyanka joins the lab as Research Associate. Welcome! - 1st January 2018
PhD. Scholar Kaamini joins the lab. Welcome! - 12th October 2017
Ameya's interview on how to prepare for GATE is published in Indian Express! - 1st October 2017
Rachit has been awarded the prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship! - 1st August 2017
Ph.D. Scholars Pallavi and Ameya join the lab as its first two PhD. students. Welcome! - 5th June 2017
Rachit joins the Centre for BioSystems Science and Engineering at IISc Bangalore as an Assistant Professor!
Postdoc: Those who can commit two or more years, are encouraged to apply to Rachit: rachit@iisc.ac.in
Project assistant: positions are not available.
Ph.D. positions: We are always looking for motivated Ph.D. students and have several positions. Please apply through IISc admissions. More information at: https://be.iisc.ac.in/admissions
IISc Undergraduates interested in doing their final semester projects and summer internship are encouraged to apply to Rachit: rachit@iisc.ac.in
Other Undergraduates: Semester long internships are not available. For summer internship, please apply through department's BEST program. More information at: https://be.iisc.ac.in/BEST.html
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