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Phone: +91-33-2334-8092
Email: mbalaram @ iiserkol.ac.in
Research Interest
- Development
of methodologies for carbohydrate protecting group manipulations
- Synthesis
of biologically relevant saponin oligosaccharides
- Synthesis
of bacterial O-antigen repeating units and vaccine designing
- Glycoconjugates
for therapeutic use
- Glyconanoparticles
Academic Qualification
- Ph.D.
(Chemistry), Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science/Jadavpur
University, 2001
- M.Sc.
(Chemistry), Burdwan University, 1996
- B.Sc.
(Chemistry Hons.), Bankura Christian College, Burdwan University, 1994
Awards
“Bharat Sikhsha Ratan Award” from Global Society for Health and
Educational Growth, New Delhi
Positions
- Post
Doctoral Research Associate, School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy,
University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK (2001-2005)
- Scientist-C,
Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, Central Drug Research Institute,
Lucknow, (2005 - 2007)
- Assistant
Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
(2008 - )
Other Professional Services
- Editor: Trends in Carbohydrate Chemistry
(www.trendscarbo.com)
- Reviewer: Journal of Organic Chemistry
- Reviewer: Tetrahedron Letters
- Reviewer: Carbohydrate Research
- Reviewer: Synthetic Communications
Ongoing Research Projects
- Synthesis
of Biologically Active Resin Glycosides and Evaluation of their
Anti-cancer Properties (SR/FTP/CS-110/2005) Department of Science and
Technology, New Delhi.
- Synthesis
of galactose-hetereocycle hybrids as novel anti-inflammatory and
anti-tumor agents and of glyconanoparticles as galectin-targeting tumor
markers (Dnr 348-2007-6856) Swedish Research Council
- Synthesis
of the oligosaccharides related to the repeating units of the O-antigens
from Shigella boydii type-16 and type-17 and further vaccine designing
(SR/S1/OC-67/2009) Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi.
- Synthesis
hexasaccharide repeating unit of the O-antigen from E. coli O35 and a
tetrasaccharide related to the capsular polysaccharide repeating unit of
Vibrio cholerae serogroup O31 NRT36S [01(2370)/10/EMR-II] Council for
Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi.
Current Students
Ph. D.
- Mr. Santanu Mandal (CSIR-NET-SRF)
- Ms. Priya Verma (UGC-SRF)
- Mr. Prashant Ranjan Verma (IISER-JRF)
- Mr. Somnath Mukherjee (CSIR-JRF)
PBIP
- Ms.
Rituparna Das
MS
- Mr.
Nayan Sharma
- Mr.
Vipin K. Kabra
- Mr.
Ritu Raj
Students Graduated
- Dr.
Vishal Kumar Rajput (August 2009)
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Organic Chemistry Department, Lund
University, Sweden
- Dr.
Bimalendu Roy (September 2009)
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Unité de Recherches en Biocatalyse,
University of Nantes
- Somnath
Dasgupta (Thesis submitted, March 2009)
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of
Toronto
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