Research Interest
Cellular Organization and Signalling, Genetics and Development

Swadhin Chandra Jana
swadhin at ncbs dot res dot in

I am an accidental cell and developmental biologist based in Bangalore, India and Oeiras, Portugal. After graduating in Chemistry, Physics and Maths, I took a master in Bioinformatics and Biophysics. I then received a PhD for probing the mechanisms of assembly and functions of multi-protein complex transporters, viz., Kinesin-2 and Dynein. During my last postdoc, I focused on the centrioles and cilia, compartments essential for organism development.

I served as the co-supervisor and jury of MSc and PhD theses, reviewer of international journals, and won several internationally reviewed fellowships and grant. I have been teaching in different universities/institutes in India, Europe and the USA. I am an active member of several national/international groups/societies, e.g., ASCB, SEB and Ciliopathy Alliance (UK).

I am collaborating with numerous clinicians and researchers in India to establish a dynamic consortium aimed at addressing issues related to human disorders associated with the cytoskeleton/centrosome/cilium. This initiative includes addressing ciliopathies/cancer/ageing and establishing patient-led disease groups.

Ciliary Nexus, Ciliopathy pe Charcha, Ciliopathy niye Adda

Overall, in the last one and half decades, I developed a creative, collaborative, and open-minded career. I enjoy delving into new fields of research and following the results of our experiments into uncharted scientific territory (such as addressing concerns on Human Dieases, Animal Husbendory and Extremophilic Conditions on Earth). Learn more about our work by checking out OBL´s current projects and my past works/publications.

My Out-of-the-Box Initiatives/Commitments/Leadership roles

 

Co-Catalyser/Founder – a collaborative/consortium platform for Researchers-Clinicians to better solve problems related to Indian Ciliopathy patients.

 

Co- Principal Investigator (PI) – in building first indigenous devices to collect and analyse live-samples from deep ocean in Indian exclusive economic zone (EEZ) waters.

 

Member – Scientific Execution Committee- Indian Deep Ocean Mission for upcoming Advanced Marine Station for Ocean Biology (AMSOB), India (IN).

 

 

 

Member (Past) – Post-Doctoral Committee, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal (PT).

 

Scientific Consultant & Activist (Past) – Science Outreach Program, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), IN.

 

 

 

Co-founder – UMMED: A Social Solidarity Group, IN (facilitate education for under-served children´s from Semi-Urban/Rural Maharashtra).

 

 

 

Committee Member (Past) – Homi Bhabha Birth Centenary Commemoration, TIFR, IN.

 

Member (Volunteer Caregiver) – Able Disable All People Together, IN (ADAPT, formerly Spastic Society of India).

 

Volunteer & Donor – Various Orphanages and Society development programs that are spread across urban and rural India.