Origin of Life, Evolutionary Game Theory, Bayesian Inference.
Academic Background
PhD (Physics), Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar (IOP), 2000, Thesis : Topological Defect Formation and Other Consequences of Phase Transitions in Field Theories.
MSc (Physics), IIT Kharagpur, 1994
BSc (Physics), Presidency College (Calcutta University), 1992
Positions
Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
Associate Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University (2007 - 2011)
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dalhousie University (2005 - 2007)
Post-Doctoral Fellow, McMaster University (2003 - 2005)
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Alberta (2000 - 2003)
Awards and Honors
Awards and Honors
Selected Publications
Selected Publications:
Basak, Amit and Sengupta, Supratim. 2024."Evolution of cooperation in multichannel games on multiplex networks." PLoS Computational Biology, 20, e1012678
Patra, Arunava; Sengupta, Supratim; Paul, Ayan and Chakraborty, Sagar. 2024."Inferring to cooperate: Evolutionary games with Bayesian inferential strategies." New Journal of Physics, 26, 063003
Roy, Suvam and Sengupta, Supratim. 2024."The RNA-DNA world and the emergence of DNA-encoded heritable traits." RNA Biology, 21, 1-9
Pal, Anuran and Sengupta, Supratim. 2022."Network rewiring promotes cooperation in an aspirational learning model." Chaos, 32, 023109
Roy, Suvam and Sengupta, Supratim. 2021."Evolution towards increasing complexity through functional diversification in a protocell model of the RNA world." Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288, 9
All Publications:
Basak, Amit and Sengupta, Supratim. 2024."Evolution of cooperation in multichannel games on multiplex networks." PLoS Computational Biology, 20, e1012678
Patra, Arunava; Sengupta, Supratim; Paul, Ayan and Chakraborty, Sagar. 2024."Inferring to cooperate: Evolutionary games with Bayesian inferential strategies." New Journal of Physics, 26, 063003
Roy, Suvam and Sengupta, Supratim. 2024."The RNA-DNA world and the emergence of DNA-encoded heritable traits." RNA Biology, 21, 1-9
Roy, Suvam and Sengupta, Supratim. 2022."The Effect of Environment on the Evolution and Proliferation of Protocells of Increasing Complexity." Life, 12, 1227
Pal, Anuran and Sengupta, Supratim. 2022."Network rewiring promotes cooperation in an aspirational learning model." Chaos, 32, 023109
Roy, Suvam and Sengupta, Supratim. 2021."Evolution towards increasing complexity through functional diversification in a protocell model of the RNA world." Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288, 9
Pathak, Spandan; Verma, Prateek; Ram, Sumit K and Sengupta, Supratim. 2020."How strategy environment and wealth shape altruistic behaviour: Cooperation rules affecting wealth distribution in dynamic networks." Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 287, 1-8
Roy, Suvam; Bapat, Niraja V; Derr, Julien; Rajamani, Sudha and Sengupta, Supratim. 2020." Emergence of ribozyme and tRNA-like structures from mineral-rich muddy pools on prebiotic earth." Journal of Theoretical Biology, 506, 110446
Mukherjee, Sumit; Mandal, Sukhen Das; Gupta, Nikita; Drory-Retwitzer, Matan; Barash, Danny and Sengupta, Supratim. 2019."RiboD: A Comprehensive Database for Prokaryotic Riboswitches." Bioinformatics, 36, 2
Kosakowski, Jakub; Verma, Prateek; Sengupta, Supratim and Higgs, Paul G. 2018." The Evolution of Antibiotic Production Rate in a Spatial Model of Bacterial Competition." PLoS One, 13, e0205202
Verma, Prateek; Nandi, Anjan K and Sengupta, Supratim. 2018."Bribery games on interdependent complex networks." Journal of Theoretical Biology, 450, 43-52
Mukherjee, Sumit; Retwitzer, Matan Drory; Barash, Danny and Sengupta, Supratim. 2018."Phylogenomic and comparative analysis of the distribution and regulatory patterns of TPP riboswitches in fungi." Scientific Reports, 8, 5563
Mukherjee, Sumit; Barash, Danny and Sengupta, Supratim. 2017."Comparative genomics and phylogenomic analyses of lysine riboswitch distributions in bacteria." PLoS One, 12(9), e0184314
Verma, Prateek; Nandi, Anjan K and Sengupta, Supratim. 2017."Bribery games on inter-dependent regular networks." Scientific Reports, 7, 42735
Chakraborty, Brinta; Mallick, Anish; Annagiri, Sumana; Sengupta, Supratim and Sengupta, Tapas K. 2016."Deciphering a survival strategy during the interspecific competition between Bacillus cereus MSM-S1 and Pseudomonas sp. MSM-M1." Royal Society Open Science, 1, rsos160438
Aggarwal, Neha; Bandhu, Ashutosh Vishwa and Sengupta, Supratim. 2016."Finite population analysis of the effect of horizontal gene transfer on the origin of an universal and optimal genetic code." Physical Biology, 13, 036007
Roy, Basudev; Panja, Mayukh; Ghosh, Subhrokoli; Sengupta, Supratim; Nandy, Dibyendu and Banerjee, Ayan. 2015." Exploring the phase explosion of water using SOM-mediated micro-bubbles." New Journal of Chemistry, 40, 1048-1056
Mukherjee, Sumit and Sengupta, Supratim. 2015."Riboswitch Scanner: An efficient pHMM-based web-server to detect riboswitches in genomic sequences." Bioinformatics, 32, 776-778
Retwitzer, Matan Drory; Kifer, Ilona; Sengupta, Supratim; Yakhini, Zohar and Barash, Danny. 2015." An Efficient Minimum Free Energy Structure-Based Search Method for Riboswitch Identification Based on Inverse RNA Folding." PLoS ONE, 10, e0134262
Verma, Prateek and Sengupta, Supratim. 2015." Bribe and Punishment: An evolutionary game-theoretic analysis of bribery." PLoS ONE, 10, e0133441
Sengupta, Supratim and Higgs, Paul G. 2015."Pathways of genetic code evolution in ancient and modern organisms." Journal of Molecular Evolution, 80, 229-243
Sengupta, Supratim; Aggarwal, Neha and Bandhu, Ashutosh Vishwa. 2015."Two perspectives on the origin of the Standard Genetic Code." Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 44, 287-291
Bandhu, Ashutosh Vishwa; Aggarwal, Neha and Sengupta, Supratim. 2014."Revisiting the Physico-Chemical Hypothesis of Code Origin: An Analysis Based on Code-Sequence Coevolution in a Finite Population." Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 43, 465-489
Singh, Payal and Sengupta, Supratim. 2012." Phylogenetic analysis and comparative genomics of Purine riboswitch distribution in prokaryotes." Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 8, 589-609
Sengupta, Supratim; Derr, Julien; Sain, Anirban and Rutenberg, Andrew D. 2012."Stuttering Min oscillations within E. coli bacteria: A stochastic polymerization model ." Physical Biology, 9, 056003
Dwivedi, Sanjiv K and Sengupta, Supratim. 2012."Classification of HIV-1 Sequences Using Profile Hidden Markov Models." PLoS One, 7, e36566
