Dr. Saumya Ray Chaudhuri
Microbial Technology
Institute of Microbial Technology
India
Biography
Dr. Saumya Ray Chaudhuri has 3 years of post-doctoral training in two different fields (Ribosomology in the lab of Late Prof James (Jim) Ofengand and Ocular Gene therapy with Dr. Richard L. Hurwitz), he started working in the field of microbial genetics and microbial physiology in CSIR- IMTECH. The current focus of his lab moves around the microbial world. Like us, microbes talk, decide and coordinate functions which are required for their sustenance in diverse environments. Currently, they are working with Vibrio cholerae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli as model organisms. The major areas are i) Quorum sensing: Microbial chatter; ii) Budding yeast model system to study virulence factors; iii) Metabolic fitness and its outcome on bacterial community. .
Research Interest
Molecular Biology; RNA modification; Ocular disease and Gene Therapy; Microbial Physiology; Microbiome; Yeast model system.
Publications
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Raychaudhuri, S., Mallam, N. J., Chévez-Barrios, P., Wadhwa, L., Ng, P., Hurwitz, M.Y., and Hurwitz, R. L (2007). Modulation of Adenoviral Transduction in vitro and in vivo by Hyaluronan and its receptor CD44. Mol Therapy. 15 566-70.
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Raychaudhuri, S., Jain, V., and Dongre, M (2006). Identification of a constitutively active variant of LuxO that affects production of HA/protease and biofilm development in a non-O1, non- O139 Vibrio cholerae O110. Gene. 369, 126-33.
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Raychaudhuri, S., Conrad, J., Hall, B. G., and Ofengand, J (1998). A pseudouridine synthase required for the formation of two universally conserved pseudouridines in ribosomal RNA is essential for normal growth of Escherichia coli. RNA. 4, 1407-17
