BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

PMDCB Lab

Plant Molecular & Developmental Cell Biology (PMDCB) lab led by Dr. Subramanian Sankaranarayanan works on understanding the molecular basis of pollination in plants

MoBiL Lab

Molecular Biology (MoBiL) lab led by Dr. Sharmistha Majumdar works on understanding the molecular basis of transposable elements and investigating their physiological and pathological relevance

MUSE Lab

Medical Ultrasound Engineering (MUSE) co-led by Prof. Karla Mercado-Shekhar lab works on developing and translating innovative ultrasound-based techniques to aid in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of diseases.

DB Lab

The Bhatia lab uses the principles of DNA nanotechnology and bionanotechnology to develop materials for translational applications in stem cells and regenerative therapeutics

Neurodegeneration and Peptide Engineering Research Lab
Biomaterials and Drug Delivery Laboratory

The Biomaterials and Drug Delivery Lab, led by Dr Mukesh Danka works at the interface of medicine, biology, chemistry, and materials science. Their highly interdisciplinary and collaborative research focuses on the fabrication of translatable technologies to solve unmet clinical problems.

CLOCK Lab

Computational Lab of Circadian Komplexes (CLOCK) led by Prof. Ashutosh Srivastava works on deciphering the molecular mechanism of Circadian rhythms using different approaches such as Integrative modeling, Mathematical modeling, Network biology, etc.

HoMeCell Lab

HoMeCell Lab led by Prof. Umashankar Singh is interested in the evolution of cellular homeostasis, focusing on the human gene CGGBP1

Quickly translatable hydrogels platform has been developed for better visualization and removal of GIT associated precancerous tumours. Published in journal “Small” by Hitasha Vithalani, Harshil Dave from Prof Mukesh Dhanka, Biomaterials and Drug delivery lab.
Read more about the innovation in this article by The Indian Express: https://lnkd.in/d4PdptP6

Honored to host Prof. Shekhar Mande at IITGN to share his vision on developing indigenous technologies for “Viksit Bharat.” Grateful to Vigyan Gurjari, GBRC Gujarat, GSBTM, DST, GoG, and all partners for their support in making this event possible.

CGGBP1 is a GC-rich DNA-binding protein crucial for genomic integrity, gene expression, and epigenome maintenance. This study reveals that its DNA-binding domain (DBD) restricts cytosine methylation, preserving transcription factor binding sites and regulating gene activity. Evolutionary analysis suggests this function evolved in vertebrates, highlighting CGGBP1’s key role in epigenetic regulation.

Read the full paper: click here

Announcements and Events
  • Congratulations to Krupa Kansara, postdoc from Dhiraj Bhatia's group for achieving prestigious Nanomission Postdoctoral fellowship from DST.
  • Congratulations to Payal Vaswani, PhD student from Dhiraj Bhatia's group for achieving the Best Oral presentation award at prestigious CRSI-ACS Early Career Researchers Meet at Bhuvaneshwar.
  • Summer research internship sponsored by GSBTM, DST, GoG comes to end @iitgn. 20 UG and PG students had extremely good hands on training on various research subjects in our department.
  • Congratulations to Prof. Karla Mercado-Shekhar for being named as a Scholar of the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control (UFFC) Society, which includes $5000 USD for travel to any international IEEE Symposium.
  • Prof. Sharad Gupta and Dhiraj Bhatia visited Savli Technology and Business Incubator and interacted with Dr. Anand Bhadalkar, Director STBI, and his team. We look forward to strengthening collaborations and fostering entrepreneurship and innovations.
  • Congratulations to Sakshi Oza, an M.Tech. student (2022-24 batch), for successfully defending her M.Tech. thesis and securing an academic admission to the University of California Los Angeles, U.S.A!
  • Congratulations to Aitihjya Kar, an M.Tech. student (2023-25 batch), for securing an academic internship at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata!
  • Congratulations to Sampurna Guha, an M.Tech. student (2022-24 batch), for being selected for The Director's Fellowship to pursue PhD at IIT Gandhinagar!
  • Congratulations to Prof. Dhiraj Bhatia for being awarded a grant from the Science Engineering Research Board!
  • Congratulations to Sneha Swain, an M.Tech. student (2023-25 batch), for securing an academic internship at the Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
  • Congratulations to Harshil Dave, an M. Tech student (2022-2024 batch), for successfully defending his thesis and securing multiple PhD offers.
  • Congratulations to Prof. Karla Mercado-Shekhar and the Medical Ultrasound Engineering (MUSE) Lab for receiving the DBT India Alliance Team Science Grant! This 5-year project is a collaboration with Prof. Himanshu Shekhar (Electrical Engineering) and collaborators from IISc and NIMHANS Bangalore.
  • Congratulations to M.Tech. students (2023-25 batch), Anisha Kamble and Anwesha Behera, for securing an industrial internship at Kashiv Biosciences Pvt. Ltd.!
  • Congratulations to Ashwin Rajeev, an M.Tech. student (2023-25 batch), for being selected for the JAIST (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)-IITGn Dual degree Program!
  • The Department of Biological Sciences and Engineering has received the DST-FIST grant for setting up the "Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility." Congratulations to the BioE team!

“I joined HoMeCell Lab in the Department of Biological Science and Engineering at IIT Gandhinagar. The diverse course work offered at the department enhanced my understanding of the cancer biology and molecular biology.”

“Dr. Umashankar Singh, my PhD advisor, have been very supportive and lab environment was full of inspiration. I graduated in December 2020 and joined Applied Tumor Genomics Program at Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland for postdoctoral research. I am studying the role of transposable elements in gene expression regulation in cancers.”

Divyesh Patel, Postdoctoral Researcher, Applied Tumor Genomics Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland

“The M.Tech program at IITGN offered me an exceptional academic journey, fostering a deep understanding of biomedical engineering principles and techniques. Thrilled to have studied and researched at the MUSE Lab, where my work on Doppler ultrasound imaging was truly transformative. Proud to have been part of such groundbreaking research!”
After his MTech thesis with Prof. Karla Mercado-Shekhar, Hari joined a PhD position at the University of Montreal, Canada.
Hari Nair, Doctoral researcher at University of Montreal, Canada.