Hello! I'm Saptarshi
'Researcher by profession, artist at heart' thats what I like to call my self. Science and art are not so different than each other, rather they are associated closely. While science seeks explanation for natural phenomena, art provides a subjective interpretation to it. By training, I am a molecular biologist who loves to uncover the mystries our life holds. I just finished my Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata. Besides being a researcher, I am an avid reader. In my leisure times, I write poetry and short stories in my mothertongue bengali. I am also passionate about photography, painting, playing guitar, and traveling.
Education
Research Scholar
Department of Biological Sciences
Integrated BS-MS
Masters in Biological Sciences, CGPA 8.09/10
Higher Secondary
From West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE), scored 89% in science
Secondary Level
From West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE), 95% in science
Experience
Research Experience
PhD thesis
Under the supervision of Dr. Arnab Gupta, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata
Master Thesis
Under the supervision of Dr. Arnab Gupta, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata
Summer Internship
Under the supervision of Prof. Saumitra Das, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore
Summer Internship
Under the supervision of Dr. Rhitoban RayChoudhury, Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali
Summer Internship
Under the supervision of Prof. Manabendra Ray, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati
Skills
Laboratory skills
- Animal cell culture
- Cellular and Molecular Biology techniques
- Super-resolution Microscopy
- Flow Cytometry
Computation skills
- PYTHON
- R
- LaTeX
- ImageJ
- MaxQuant
Communication skills
- Conversationally fluent in English
- Conversationally fluent in Hindi
- Mother tongue Bengali
Publications
- Saptarshi Maji, Marinella Pirozzi, Ruturaj, Raviranjan Pandey, Tamal Ghosh, Santanu Das, Arnab Gupta; Copper-independent lysosomal localization of the Wilson disease protein ATP7B, Traffic (2023)
- Basudeb Mondal*, Abinash Padhy*, Saptarshi Maji*, Arnab Gupta, Sayam Sen Gupta; Dual stimuli-responsive cross-linked nanoassemblies from an amphiphilic mannose-6-phosphate based tri-block copolymer for lysosomal membrane permeabilization, Biomater. Sci. (2023) (*equal contribution)
- Sumanta Kar*, Samarpita Sen*, Saptarshi Maji, Deepashri Saraf, Ruturaj, Rupam Paul, Sohini Dutt, Basudeb Mondal, Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan, Ryan Schreiner, Durba Sengupta, Arnab Gupta; Copper(II) import and reduction are dependent on His-Met clusters in the extracellular amino terminus of human copper transporter-1, J. Biol. Chem. (2022) (*equal contribution)
- Santanu Das, Saptarshi Maji*, Ruturaj*, Indira Bhattacharya, Tanusree Saha, Nabanita Naskar, Arnab Gupta; Retromer retrieves the Wilson disease protein ATP7B from endolysosomes in a copper-dependent manner, J. Cell Sci. (2020) (*equal contribution)
- Taniya Mandal*, Sumanta Kar*, Saptarshi Maji*, Samarpita Sen*, Arnab Gupta; Structural and Functional Diversity Among the Members of CTR, the Membrane Copper Transporter Family, J. Membr. Biol. (2020) (*equal contribution)
- Rupam Paul, Adrija Chakrabarty, Suman Samanta, Swastika Dey, Raviranjan Pandey, Saptarshi Maji, Aidan T. Pezacki, Christopher J. Chang, Rupak Datta, Arnab Gupta; Leishmania major-induced alteration of host cellular and systemic copper homeostasis drives the fate of infection, (pre-print)
- Ruturaj, Monalisa Mishra, Soumyendu Saha, Saptarshi Maji, Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan, Ryan Schreiner, Arnab Gupta; Regulation of apico-basolateral trafficking polarity of homologous Copper-ATPases ATP7A and ATP7B, J. Cell Sci. (2023)
- Kaustav Chakraborty, Santanu Das, Anusree Pal, Saptarshi Maji, Bhawana Rai, Arnab Gupta, Ashima Bhattacharjee; Wilson disease-causing mutations in the carboxyl terminus of ATP7B regulates its localization and Golgi exit selectively in the unpolarized cells, Metallomics (2023)
- Santanu Das, Ameena Mohammed, Taniya Mandal, Saptarshi Maji, Jay Verma, Ruturaj, Arnab Gupta; Polarized trafficking and copper transport activity of ATP7B: A mutational approach to establish genotype–phenotype correlation in Wilson disease, Hum. Mutat. (2022)
- Rupam Paul, Sourav Banerjee, Samarpita Sen, Pratiksha Dubey, Saptarshi Maji, Anand K Bachhawat, Rupak Datta, Arnab Gupta; A novel leishmanial copper P-type ATPase plays a vital role in parasite infection and intracellular survival, J. Biol. Chem. (2021)
- Moumita Maji, Sourav Acharya, Saptarshi Maji, Kallol Purkait, Arnab Gupta, Arindam Mukherjee; Differences in Stability, Cytotoxicity, and Mechanism of Action of Ru(II) and Pt(II) Complexes of a Bidentate N2O Donor Ligand, Inorg. Chem. (2020)
Contact Information
Please contact me in these addresses or follow me in my social media:
Email: sm18rs020@iiserkol.ac.in
Email: saptarshi.maji.iiserkol@gmail.com
Phone: +91-983-657-4045
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