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Ishani Dasgupta
PeerJ Reviewer
80 Points

Contributions by role

Reviewer 80

Contributions by subject area

Biochemistry
Veterinary Medicine
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology
Translational Medicine
Microbiology
Internal Medicine

Ishani Dasgupta

PeerJ Reviewer

Summary

Biochemistry Biotechnology Cell Biology Developmental Biology Environmental Contamination & Remediation Genetics Immunology Infectious Diseases Metabolic Sciences Microbiology Molecular Biology Neuroscience

Past or current institution affiliations

Indian Institute of Science
Nanyang Technological University
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Work details

Postdoctoral Associate

University of Massachusetts Medical School
March 2017
Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Investigating the role of mechanical tension in signaling pathways involved in cancer, organ development, stem cell maintenance, cell proliferation using several molecular biology, proteomics, biochemistry and cell biology approaches.

Junior Research Fellow

Indian Institute of Science
November 2010 - June 2011
Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology
Elucidated the role of curcumin in the intracellular survival of vacuolar and cytosolic pathogens and studied the molecular pathogenesis of Salmonella.

PhD research scholar

Nanyang Technological University
August 2011 - July 2015
School of Biological Sciences
Examined the role of osmotic pressure in the regulation of actin cytoskeleton during mitosis, also examined how osmotic stress affects mitotic spindle assembly. Independently handled projects as well as worked with several collaborators. Also did a University teaching course and mentored undergraduates.Presented research findings in several international conferences.

Research Associate

Nanyang Technological University
August 2015 - June 2016
School of Biological Sciences
Investigated the role of osmotic pressure in the modulation of actin cytoskeleton during mitosis, handled independent projects, wrote scientific papers and presented work in several international conferences.

Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Nanyang Technological University
September 2016 - February 2017
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Studied microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) by selective production and enrichment of urease producing bacteria from activated sludge as inoculum using microbiological techniques.

PeerJ Contributions

  • Reviewed 1

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January 3, 2020
OLA1 is responsible for normal spindle assembly and SAC activation in mouse oocytes
Di Xie, Juan Zhang, JinLi Ding, Jing Yang, Yan Zhang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8180 PubMed 31915569