Let’s welcome Debasish Rout to ComeInCell! Debasish joined Raya Sorkin’s lab this month to work on the DC14 project of our consortium.
His research will address the effects of membrane composition and tension on biomolecular condensate formation using mechanical single-molecule techniques and AFM imaging. The research will elucidate condensate-membrane interactions in both synthetic systems and cellular models, which could provide novel potential methods for targeting condensates to specific membrane locations.
Debasish completed his Master’s degree in Chemistry from Sambalpur University, India. His Master’s thesis centered on utilizing NMR spectroscopy for the analysis of organic molecules.
Prior to joining the ComeInCell project, Debasish worked on a project as a Junior Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Berhampur, where he investigated fluctuations in single-molecule biophysical processes. He also worked at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur, where he explored Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs binding to partially unfolded BSA protein in the presence of organized assemblies of cationic (CTAB) and anionic (SDS) micelles.
Welcome to our Doctoral Network, Debasish!