Rituparna Sinha Roy
Professor
Dept: Biological Sciences (DBS), Chemical Sciences (DCS)
E-mail: rituparna [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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Rituparna Sinha Roy is interested in designing peptide based therapeutics to develope immuno-combination therapy for aggressive breast cancer patients (Indian patent filed; received SERB POWER Fellowship Grant; manuscript under review). She has successfully developed efficient siRNA transporter for designing siRNA based therapeutics to treat aggressive breast cancer (Granted Indian Patent no. 429562, Publications in Chemical Science 2023, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2019, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2015 and Chemistry An Asian Journal 2022; received OPPI Women Scientist Award in 2020, Ramalingaswami Fellowship from DBT in 2011). Her work published in Chemical Science in 2023 was covered by Nature India, IndiaBioscience and BioPatrika. Her lab has also designed cancer nanomedicine for metastatic breast cancer patients (Granted Indian Patent no. 444719; Publications in ACS Applied Bio Materials 2022, Advanced Therapeutics 2018 and Bioscience Reports 2022). Her work on designing hemostat (Granted Indian patent no. 527743; Publications in ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering 2020, RSC Medicinal Chemistry 2020, The Scientific Reports 2017) to treat bleeding disorder was widely covered by media (Nature India, IndiaBioscience, medicare News, The Hindu, The Federal, Biotech Times, OutLook, WIRE (DST), Biospectrum etc). In 2023, she has received BIRAC BIG grant for her proposal to design clinically safe hemostat in the area of “Drug and related areas”. She is also developing wound care for diabetic wound and ischemic disease (Chemistry An Asian Journal 2021, Nanotechnology 2011, PNAS 2010).
- PhD (Conformational analysis of designed alpha omega hybrid peptides), Molecular Biophysics Unit,IISc (Indian Institute of Science (IISc Bangalore)), 2005
- MSc (Physical Chemistry) (Physical Chemistry), Jadavpur University, 1999
- BSc(Chemistry Hons) (Chemistry), Jadavpur University, 1997
- Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
- Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (2011 - 2018)
- Postdoc, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School (2007 - 2011)
- Postdoc, The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego (2005 - 2007)
- SERB-POWER fellowship from DST-SERB (2021)
- OPPI Woman Scientist Award 2020 from Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) (2020)
- Editorial Advisory Board Member of ACS Applied Bio Materials from ACS Applied Biomaterials (2019)
- Executive Council Member Indian Chemical Biology from Indian Chemical Biology (2018)
- Ramalingaswamy from DBT (2011)
- Travel Award from American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, USA (2010)
- Postdoctoral Scientist Award from American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, USA (2009)
- Best PhD Thesis Award (Shamrao Kaikini Medal) in the area of Biological Sciences and Chemical Scien from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2006)