In charge
Basudeb Maji, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Ramalingaswami Fellow
Division of Molecular Medicine
Office # 425
Bose Institute, Kolkata
email id: bmaji.cu@gmail.com
About the PI
Professional background in brief
Basudeb received his Bachelor's in Chemistry from Asutosh College, Kolkata, and a Master's in Organic Chemistry from Scottish Church College under the University of Calcutta. He received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Subsequently, he moved to Harvard Medical School for postdoctoral research. At the same time, he worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a Postdoctoral Fellow. Since December 2020, he has worked as an Assistant Professor of Biology at the Trivedi School of Biosciences at Ashoka University. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine at Bose Institute, Kolkata.
Academic career
Research and education
Employment
Assistant Professor
2022- Department of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute
2020-22 Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University
Department of Chemistry, Ashoka University
Postdoctoral Fellow
2015-20 Harvard Medical School
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
2016-17 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry
Research Associate
2013-15 Indian Institute of Science
Ph.D.
2008-13 Indian Institute of Science, Department of Organic Chemistry
M.Sc.
2006-08 Scottish Church College, University of Calcutta
B.Sc.
2003-06 Asutosh College, University of Calcutta
Awards and Recognition
2018
Invited Speaker at Nature Chemical Biology conference
New York University, NY, USA
2017
Top 10 Retreat poster of the year 2017
Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA
2016
Partners Innovation Discovery Award
Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA, USA
2016
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Chemistry, MIT, MA, USA.
2016
Broad Next10 Research grant
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, MA, USA.
2015
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Harvard Medical School, MA, USA.
2013
Junior and Senior Research Associate
Fellowship
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
2008-2013
Junior and Senior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Lectureship
Fellowship
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India.
2006
Postgraduate Academic Excellence Scholarship
Foundation for Academic Excellence and Access (FAEA), New Delhi, India.
2004
Recipient of Jindal Trust Scholarships
2004
Undergraduate Academic Excellence Scholarship
Foundation for Academic Excellence and Access (FAEA), New Delhi, India.
Invited talks and conferences
August 15th, 2021
Time Traveling with CRISPR: From Bacteria to Bedside, IISER Berhampur
Nov 11, 2020
Modular CRISPR in Genome-engineering, Ashoka University, India
Oct 29th, 2020
2020 Nobel Prize Special Colloquium Series, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India
Aug 25, 2018
Genome Engineering: The CRISPR/Cas Revolution, (Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
Aug 13, 2018
NYU Nature Chemical Biology conference, NY, USA
Dec 18-19, 2017
13th Annual Broad Institute Scientific Retreat, Cambridge, MA, USA
May 7-9, 2017
Genome Engineering 5.0, Cambridge, MA, USA
August 17-19, 2016
Genome Engineering: The CRISPR/Cas Revolution (Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
May 6-7, 2015
Genome Engineering 4.0, Cambridge, MA, USA
February 6-8, 2014
International Conference on Chemical Biology: Disease Mechanism and Therapeutics (ICCB-2014), IICT, Hyderabad, India
October 1-12, 2012
Proceedings of ACS in India: Symposium, India
November 20-22, 2008
Current Trends in Organic Chemistry, Dept. of Organic Chemistry, Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
December 13-16, 2008
IISc-Centenary Conference, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
A Proud Alumnus of the Great Schools
Some memorable moments along the way
