Dr. Somlata
PhD, Molecular Parasitology Lab,
School of Life Sciences,
Room No. 118, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi-110067, India.
E. mail: somlata83@gmail.com

Academic Qualifications:  

2006-2011 PhD from School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University under the supervision of Prof. Alok Bhattacharya, School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

2003-2005 Master of Sciences in Biomedical Sciences from Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi.

2000-2003 Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences from Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi (Ist Division with Distinction).

Research Experience :

Mar 2012-till date DST INSPIRE FACULTY Award at School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

June 2011- Feb 2012 Research Associate in Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.

Aug 2005-June 2011 Completed Ph.D. thesis entitled "Identification and Characterization of EhC2PK: a EhCaBP1 Binding Protein" at School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

Received Fellowships :

2007-2010 Awarded Senior Research Fellowship by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.

2005-2007 Awarded Junior Research Fellowship by the Council for Scientific and Industrial research (CSIR), ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.

2003-2005 Awarded "Catch them Young Fellowship" from Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India for 2 years in M.Sc.

Awards and Honors:

2005 Qualified NET (National Eligibility Test) and Junior Research Fellowship and shortlisted for Shayama Prasad Mukherjee Fellowship examination.

2005 Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE-2005) with 98.8 percentile, All India Rank: 68 conducted jointly by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

2000-03 1st Rank holder in University of Delhi in B.Sc. (H) Biomedical Sciences.

Publications :

  • Autophosphorylation of Ser428 of EhC2PK plays a critical role in regulating erythrophagocytosis in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Somlata, Kamanna S, Agrahari M, Babuta M, Bhattacharya S, Bhattacharya A. J Biol Chem. 30;287(14):10844-52. doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.308874 (2012).

  • A C2 domain protein kinase initiates phagocytosis in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Somlata, Sudha Bhattacharya and Alok Bhattacharya. Nat. Commun. 2:230 doi: 10.1038/ncomms1199 (2011).

  • Application of SNaPshot for analysis of thiopurine methyltransferase gene polymorphism. Gauri Kapoor, Arindam Maitra, Somlata and Vani Brahmachari. Indian J Med Res 129, May 2009, pp 500-505.

Poster Presented :

  • Attended and presented poster at US-India Joint Research Training Program, 21-24 January, 2008.

  • Attended and presented poster at 11th Meeting of the European Calcium Society on, "Initiation of phagocytosis in protistan parasite Entamoeba histolytica requires participation of EhC2PK and EhCaBP1." Somlata, R. Jain, N. Sahoo, S. Bhattacharya and A. Bhattacharya 6-9 Sept, 2010. Partial Travel Grant was awarded by SMM/Warsaw Organizers.

  • Attended SBCI 2010 and presented poster on "Initiation of phagocytosis in protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica involves participation of EhC2PK and EhCaBP1." Somlata, Sudha Bhattacharya, Alok Bhattacharya. School of Life Sciences, JNU. 13th-15th Dec, 2010.

  • Attended Amoebiasis 2012, EMBO Global Lecture Course and Symposium on 'Amoebiasis: Exploring the Biology and the Pathogenesis of Entamoeba.' Poster on "Autophosphorylation of Ser428 of EhC2PK plays a critical role in regulating erythrophagocytosis in the protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica." Somlata, Kamanna S, Agrahari M, Babuta M, Bhattacharya S, Bhattacharya A. School of Life Sciences, JNU. March4-7th, 2012.

  • Attended Amoebiasis 2012, EMBO Global Lecture Course and Symposium on 'Amoebiasis: Exploring the Biology and the Pathogenesis of Entamoeba.' Poster on "Structural and Functional studies of Coactosin from Entamoeba histolytica." Nitesh Kumar, Sankar Maiti, Saima Aslam, Somlata and S. Gaurinath. School of Life Sciences, JNU. March4-7th, 2012.

  • Selected for Summer School on Actin Dynamics 2012 organized by German Society for Cell Biology at Regensburg, Germany from 29-9-2012 to 5-10-2012.

Oral Presentation / Invited Talk

  • Biosparks, Annual Research Festival, JNU, 2011. Invited talk on "Initiation of phagocytosis in protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica requires participation of two Ca2+ binding proteins EhC2PK and EhCaBP1." Somlata, Sudha Bhattacharya and Alok Bhattacharya.

  • Amoebiasis 2012, EMBO Global Lecture Course and Symposium on 'Amoebiasis: Exploring the Biology and the Pathogenesis of Entamoeba.' Poster selected for oral presentation on "C2 domain containing protein kinase is involved in initiation of phagocytosis in protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica. March4-7th, 2012.

  • Selected for Oral presentation during Summer School on Actin Dynamics 2012 organized by German Society for Cell Biology at Regensburg, Germany from 29-9-2012 to 5-10-2012.

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