Malancha Ta

Associate Professor
Dept: Biological Sciences (DBS)
E-mail: malancha.ta [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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Research Interest:
To study proliferation, immunomodulatory properties and migration of human mesenchenchymal stem cells under different physiological stress-like conditions.
Academic Background:
- Ph.D (virology), national Institute of Immunology (JNU), 2001
- M.Sc (Biotechnology), School of Biotechnology (JNU), 1995
- B.Sc (Hons) (Biochemistry), Daulat Ram College (Delhi University), 1993
Positions:
- Associate Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
- Sr Principal Scientist, Stempeutics Research Pvt Ltd (2008 - 2011)
- Post doctoral fellow, NIDDK, NIH (2002 - 2007)
Selected Publications:
- Goyal, Umesh and Ta, Malancha. 2020."A novel role of vitronectin in promoting survival of mesenchymal stem cells under serum deprivation stress." Stem Cell Res Ther . , 11, 181
- Sen, Ankita and Ta, Malancha. 2020."Altered Adhesion and Migration of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells under Febrile Temperature Stress Involves NF-?? Pathway.." Sci Rep, 10, 4473
- Goyal, Umesh and Ta, Malancha. 2018."p53-NF-?B Crosstalk in Febrile Temperature-Treated Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells.." Stem Cells Dev., 00, 00
- Arora, Sneha; Saha, Shekhar; Roy, Saheli and Ta, Malancha. 2015."Role of Nonmuscle Myosin II in Migration of Wharton's Jelly-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells." Stem Cells Dev, 24, 2065-77
- Sharma, Tulika; Kumari, Poonam; Pincha, Neha; Mutukula, Naresh; Saha, Shekhar; Jana, Siddhartha Sankar and Ta, Malancha. 2014."Inhibition of non-muscle myosin II leads to G0/G1 arrest of Wharton's jelly-derived mesenchymal stromal cells.." Cytotherapy, 16, 640-652
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