Our group
The immunosurveillance lab team in June 2024. We are a set of people with a passion for
immune cell biology, and a strangely common propensity to gravitate toward sports (esp. Badminton), painting, and cooking, in one form or the other.
Sudha Kumari
Principal Investigator
Sudha trained in cell biology with Prof. Jitu Mayor at NCBS, in immunology and immunotherapy-relevant biology with Prof. Michael Dustin at NYU/Oxford and Prof. Darrell Irvine at MIT. Sudha is a strong advocate of interdisciplinary science and equity in science. When not doing science she loves to read classic literature, learn new languages, see new places, and go birdwatching.
Srishti graduated from the Vellore Institute of Technology. Her research interest is to understand and modulate immunogen cellular display for boosting immune response in diseases. Both outside and inside the lab she is an avid dancer, and outside the lab, she enjoys sports of various kinds.
Srishti Mandal
Graduate Student
Sayanti Acharya
Graduate Student
Sayanti got her Master's degree in Biotechnology from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta. Currently, she is investigating the (dys)regulation of T cell activation in tumor contexts. She is a proud recipient of the 2024 eLife Ben Barres Spotlight Award. In her free time, Sayanti enjoys reading, dancing, playing badminton, and sleeping.
Aheria did her M.Tech. training at IIT Kanpur BSBE, with specialization in Gene Therapy. Her work in the lab is focused on how defects in signal integration in T cells may contribute to autoimmune reactions. Her hobbies include traveling, sketching, and cooking (big time!). She loves cycling, Badminton, and dancing as well.
Aheria Dey
Graduate student
Priyobrata got his Integrated M.Sc. degree from NISER Bhubaneswar. Here, he is starting his scientific journey to explore the fascinating cell biology of antigen-presentation in the complex plot of solid cancers. When the lab coat comes off, you'll find him fuelling his geek fire with anime, movies, books, and captivating conversations.
Priyobrata Biswas
Graduate student
Stuti got her Master's degree in Life Sciences from IISc and her Bachelor's degree in Zoology from BHU. Stuti is working towards understanding cytoskeletal regulation in lymphocytes. Stuti's hobbies include canvas painting and messing around with clay. She is a self-confessed bibliomaniac when it comes to fantasy or historical fiction.
Stuti
Mukherji
Graduate student
Parinaz completed her Bachelor's degree from Fergusson College, Pune. Parinaz's hobbies include art (sketching & painting), listening to music, and cooking (all of which remain to be validated). Parinaz is highly passionate about developing more effective immunotherapies.
Parinaz
Shekri
Int. Ph.D. student
Vijeta got her undergraduate degree in Radiotherapy from JIPMER, Puducherry. Her hobbies include playing badminton, canvas painting, and dancing. All of these remain to be validated.
Vijeta is currently busy studying immune responses in the infectious diseases context in collaboration with Amit Singh's group.
Vijeta Singh
Int. Ph.D. student
Aditya is a joint M.Tech student with Agasti lab at JNCASR. He got his BS-MS degree from IISER Kolkata with a thesis on Anti-microbial resistance in bacteria. Currently, Aditya is working on multiscale spatio-temporal tuning of immune cell function. Aditya spends his leisure time painting, playing cricket, or binging sitcoms.
Aditya Ghosh
M.Tech student
Varuni Nagesh
Masters thesis
student
Currently, Varuni is in her 5th year of the BS-MS course at IISER, Pune. Varuni plays the Carnatic classical violin, is a voracious and obsessive reader. She loves the outdoors and enjoys playing various sports. Varuni is helping Aheria develop an AI-based morphometric assay for immune cells.
Aditi is also in her 5th year of the BS-MS course at IISER, Pune. Aditi is an avid lawn tennis and basketball player, though she is always up for playing any sport. She enjoys painting and can easily spend hours with charcoal pastels, happily making a mess. When in the lab, she helps Priyobrata with newer immunological assays.
Aditi Palo
Masters thesis
student
Jyotirmoy is in his fifth year of BS-MS at IISc, Bangalore. He loves playing the Tabla, dancing, and delving into detective novels. Jyotirmoy is an avid sports enthusiast and plays cricket, badminton, and table tennis. Jyotrimoy is helping Aditya develop a multimodal tumor cytotoxicity assay.
Jyotirmoy Biswal
Masters thesis
student
Anish is in his 5th year of BS-MS at IISER Tirupati, with a passion for developing tumor therapeutics. Anish is an accomplished protein biologist and a "cells and chords" player. In his time outside the lab, he likes to play guitar and do sports such as badminton. In the lab, he is helping Sayanti on her Ovarian Cancer project.
Anish Mukhopadhyay
Masters Thesis
student
Sayali got her graduation degree from DY Patil University. Outside the lab, she enjoys cooking and playing chess and badminton (all at different time).
Sayali Lad
Lab Assistant
Past members
Sikha V. T.
Research Assistant Aug - June 2024.
Currently pursuing PhD at Turku University, Finland. at LMU Munich.
Sandeep Kumar
Postdoc October 2022- October 2023.
Currently Postdoc at OSU, USA.
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Mahitha S.
Summer student October 2021- August 2023.
Currently studying at NYU, New York.
Joanna P.
Project trainee July 2022- February 2023
Currently pursuing PhD at Erasmus University.
Adithi S.
Summer student April- August 2022.
Currently studying at LMU Munich.