Joyoti Basu
Department of Chemistry
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Joyoti Basu graduated from Presidency College, Kolkata with Honours in Chemistry, and completed her MSc in Biochemistry from Calcutta University. She subsequently worked as a Research Scholar in Bose Institute and obtained her PhD in Biochemistry from Calcutta University under the guidance of Professor Parul Chakrabarti, working on the influence of fatty acid composition on the functions of yeast membranes. After a stint in the laboratory of Professor Jean-Marie Ghuysen at the University of Liege, Belgium, she initiated the characterization of mycobacterial peptidoglycan-biosynthesizing enzymes and understanding the players in mycobacterial cell division.
Research Interest
Molecular and Cellular Biology with special reference to mycobacteria
