Physical Biology, Reader at IMSc
Joined October 2018
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Our group would be happy to host a DBT-RA in our lab @TIFR_Bio in case there are interested applicants. Our website: tifr.res.in/~dbs/faculty/kou…. Please RT.
Application Date Extended | DBT–Research Associateship (DBT-RA) 2025–26
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The deadline for submission of online applications has now been extended.
🗓️ Revised Last Date: 27th May 2026
🎓 Eligibility: Ph.D. / M.D. / M.S. in relevant fields
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Apr 29
New paper out in Nature Physics: we show that the embryonic epigenome forms according to universal physical rules. nature.com/articles/s41...
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Mar 20
Happy to share that this work is now in press at Nature Communications! Led by @jskrockstar working with a great team of @Sandeep_IMSc @SwagataGhatak @urssahu
Thanks to @niser_official @ANRFIndia @DAEIndia
@India_Alliance for support. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
2 Jun 2025
Excited to share our lab’s latest preprint!
Led by Jafar with great support from the whole team and in wonderful collaboration with @Sandeep_IMSc @SwagataGhatak, and @urssahu
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Gearing up to host the 3rd Organelle Biology and Membrane Trafficking Meeting (OBMT-2026, 14-16th March) in Puri! Organized by @niser_official
Supported by
@ANRFIndia @Co_Biologists
Looking forward to the cutting-edge science and stimulating discussions! sites.google.com/view/obmt20…
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Feb 22
@AyushPanda2002 will be presenting our recent work at @BiophysicalSoc 2026. Glad the the work got selected for promotion and public outreach. @Debrajkoiri biophysics.org/news-room?Art…
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Jan 30
Happy to share the latest preprint from the lab led by @Debrajkoiri, in a wonderful collaboration with Shobhana Kapoor (IITB).
Can pathogenic bacteria hijack the bystander host cells remotely even before encountering them ? Answer is Yes!
biorxiv.org/content/10.64898…
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#BPS2026 Newsroom Spotlight - Researchers Discover How Tuberculosis Bacteria Use a "Stealth" Mechanism to Evade the Immune System @ayushpanda2002 @ssaleem_m @debrajkoiri @kapoorshobhna @niser_official buff.ly/YHxQlzn
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How does Mycobacterium tuberculosis pack its massive genome while selectively silencing specific genes?
The answer is a dynamic physical process: Sequence-dependent co-condensation.
Our new work in provides insights into the mechanism! 🧵👇
academic.oup.com/nar/article…
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It was a great collaborative effort! Congrats to everyone!
Huge congrats to joint first authors Prakshi, @thejas_52 , and Rohit for elucidating this beautiful mechanism! 🎉
And a special thanks to our wonderful collaborators Amit Singh and @Sandeep_IMSc for their vital contributions to this work! @iiscbangalore @BICS_IISc
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7 May 2025
We're very excited to have the final version of our paper up in @Dev_journal. We describe a new system for spatial control of Nodal signaling in live embryos. Thanks to Development for a helpful and constructive review process!
Please reach out if you'd like to try our tools!
2 May 2025
Optogenetic control of Nodal signaling patterns
Read this Techniques & Resources Article by Harold McNamara, Alex schier, Adam Cohen, Nathan Lord and colleagues:
journals.biologists.com/dev/…
🎥Direct visualization of photopatterning of live zebrafish embryos
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4 Apr 2025
Tissue-like multicellular development triggered by mechanical compression in archaea @Archaeon_Alex @BrandeisLS | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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4 Apr 2025
Some of you would be interested!
4 Apr 2025
Symmetry-Preserving UV Cutoff - YouTube playlist launched to share updates on ongoing work.
Please like, share, subscribe, and engage to boost interaction. 😊
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2 Apr 2025
Fantastic work from Shashank's lab!
2 Apr 2025
📢Excited to share our new paper in @NaturePhysics : Cooperative hydrodynamics accompany multicellular-like colonial organization in the unicellular ciliate Stentor!
How do single-celled organisms benefit from teamwork? Let’s dive in! #Multicellularity
nature.com/articles/s41567-0…?
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31 Mar 2025
#authorinterview Dr. Debraj Koiri @Debrajkoiri Ph.D. in the Membrane Biology Lab with Dr. Mohammed Saleem at the School of Biological Sciences, NISER talks about his work on How M. tuberculosis Uses a Secretory Protein to Evade Immunity. biopatrika.com/academia/rese…
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8 Mar 2025
Glad that we could contribute! Debraj and Saleem carried out some truly beautiful experiments.
8 Mar 2025
Happy to share the recent work from the lab led by a brilliant graduate student @Debrajkoiri and all co-authors. Great collaboration with @Sandeep_IMSc. Thanks to @India_Alliance and @niser_official for the support.
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17 Feb 2025
I have a postdoc position in my group @imperialcollege @ImperialMaths through a joint @LeverhulmeTrust grant with @swainqbiolab. Deadline 27th of Feb. imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-j…
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5 Feb 2025
🚨📢 New paper alert! Our work showing that bilateral cellular flows display asymmetry prior to left–right organizer formation in amniote gastrulation is now published in PNAS @PNASNews 🥳😃 Congrats @shubham55200968 @Rieko_ASAI_PhD T. Mikawa @UCSF pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.24…
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22 Jan 2025
Our BharatSim paper, describing an open-source agent-based modelling framework for the Indian population is out today.
@AshokaUniv @thoughtworks @debayan0 @BMGFIndia @Mphasis
#PLOSCompBio: BharatSim: An agent-based modelling framework for India dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.…
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10 Jan 2025
📐 @areejitsamal and his team at @IMScChennai have created a maths-based framework to understand the impact of plastic additives, using computational toxicology to assess their potential health risks.
✍🏻 Story by @Subhrapr
🔗 Read more:
go.nature.com/3Psdl3h
#NatureIndia
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13 Jan 2025
Joint PhD position to develop statistical physics and machine-learning techniques to study proteins in single-molecule experiments, with
@RafaTRojo and @cdlorenz . @KCL_Physics
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Start in June 2025 apply by 31 January findaphd.com/phds/project/ma…
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We had loads of fun working on this project!
7 Jan 2025
Really excited to share our latest preprint in collaboration with @Sandeep_IMSc's lab. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Nucleoid Associated protein Lsr2 and DNA undergo sequence-dependent co-condensation. Check it out here:
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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