Anirban Banerjee
@Banerjeeiitb
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PI @BsbeIitb @itbombay, work on host-pathogen interactions and cellular immunity, views my own
Powai, Mumbai
Joined September 2016
Shouldn’t this be the wake-up call for all living in this planet?
Tehran is going to be evacuated and the capital city moved as it is running out of water largely because of climate change. 'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media,
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Heartiest Congratulations to our own @SouravSGW who shared the Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award -2025 with Kotaro Tomuro from Japan for curiosity driven research embodied by Dr. Amon. Proud moment for @BsbeIitb @iitbombay for me as mentor and INDIA.
Thanks to all who attended the 2025 Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award ceremony. The award honors exceptional graduate work done outside the US & brings winners to the KI to share their science. Congrats to Sourav Ghosh & Kotaro Tomuro on engaging talks. https://t.co/1ztlSLsMhr
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Our commitment to advancing healthcare goes hand in hand with empowering those who drive it forward. Sun Pharma Science Foundation’s Science Scholar Fellowship supports young researchers whose work holds the promise to create lasting impact. Congratulations to the 2025 winners!
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Position after all Does Matter
Our manuscript describing subcellular localisation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis inside the macrophages. Its result of hard work of Naveen Baid and Shivani Sahu besides lots of help from Amit Tuli, Mahak Sharma, Vardharajan and Sanjeev Khosla.
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Freshly minted PhD from our lab. Sourav Ghosh @SouravSGW has successfully defended his thesis. He was key in shaping not only the lab’s scientific quest but also its culture and spirit. Wish you all the very best Dr. Ghosh for a stellar academic career ahead. Upwards and Onwards
@SouravSGW defended his PhD thesis on ‘Deciphering the role & regulation of a host AAA-ATPase, VCP/p97 as an innate cytosolic defense mechanism against bacterial infections'. Many congratulations to Sourav and his thesis advisor Prof @Banerjeeiit! #theBSBEgrad @iitbombay (1/3)
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Extremely happy to announce that Sourav Ghosh @SouravSGW from our lab is awarded the prestigious @SunPharma_Live Science Foundation Science Scholar Fellowship (SSSF)-2025 for his doctoral work on cell autonomous immunity.
Congratulations to @SouravSGW , PhD student in @banerjeeiitb lab, for winning the prestigious @SunPharma_Live Science Foundation (SSSF) Science Scholar Fellowship for the year 2025 @iitbombay #PhDAchievement
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Happy to inform you that our ‘Dietary Profile and Associated Metabolic Risk Factors in India from the ICMR-INDIAB study (INDIAB-12)’ was just published today in NATURE MEDICINE. Heartiest congratulations to all the co-authors and to all the PIs of the ICMR-INDIAB study. Big
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@kochinstitute Thanks @ANRFIndia @ignitelsf @India_Alliance for funding and all the current and past members of our lab for upholding the true spirit.
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This is a significant recognition of our curiosity driven discovery research program. Thanks @kochinstitute for recognising our efforts.
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Proud mentor moment. Sourav Ghosh @SouravSGW, a senior PhD student from our lab is a recipient of the prestigious Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award for 2025. He is the first Indian to receive the award @ANRFIndia @ignitelsf @BsbeIitb @iitbombay @India_Alliance
Congrats to Sourav Ghosh (@souravSGW) of IIT Bombay (@BsbeIitb) & Kotaro Tomuro (@KTomuro) of @RIKEN/@UTokyo_News_en - our 2025 Amon Young Scientist Award winners! They present Nov 6, 10 a.m. at the Koch Institute. MIT community & Amon Lab alumni welcome. https://t.co/NG99XHZRsk
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Need of the hour: “The Bend it like Beckham” kind of science in India
"India needs scientists who can bend it like Beckham! A focused emphasis on quality and efficiency rather than quantity in research is the competitive edge that India needs to succeed." https://t.co/YFolCGDjkH
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A conference to watch out.
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Salute to Dr. Prahlada Ramarao, the nation owes you Sir.
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May issue, 2025; Nature Microbiology @NatureMicrobiol
"Phollow" the link to our May issue to read about... 💥lysing bacterial pathogens ⛽microbial alkane oxidation 🌱importance of seed-borne bacteria 🙅♀️protective antibodies for norovirus 🚰E. coli in urban drinking water ...and more!👇 https://t.co/hst2VyEOYY
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Lung immune cells as peacekeepers against virus infiltration.
Nerve- and airway-associated interstitial macrophages mitigate SARS-CoV-2 pathogenesis via type I interferon signaling: Immunity https://t.co/JWkOh7pJQj Happy to share our new study in @ImmunityCP . Amazing work by @PayalYokota and @StephenTYeung @lab_khanna
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A study by a team led by Prof. Anirban Banerjee reveals how a host protein named VCP/p97 works like an elite special operation unit which detects external bacteria & neutralises them before they can make us sick. https://t.co/AcaGklexhg
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mumbai: People brush past strangers on a crowded train.
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Journey of @SouravSGW while discovering a brand-new facet of innate immunity against pathogens. Thank you @biopatrika for featuring this and kudos @SouravSGW, you deserve all the accolades. Hope you won’t stop here
#authorinterview @SouravSGW from @Banerjeeiitb lab @BsbeIitb @iitbombay talks about his work on "The Microbe Smasher: How Our Cells Use Tweezer-like Machines to Destroy Germs" https://t.co/6oN7zgMw0O via @biopatrika
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Glad to share that our collaborative project is now online in Nature Microbiology. Primarily conducted by PhD student Sourav Ghosh at IIT Bombay on how human cells can directly break ubiquitin tagged bacteria. Paper link https://t.co/KJd17fwvDJ In press https://t.co/BgfNSljTD4
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Nature Microbiology - Host AAA-ATPase VCP/p97 binds and extracts ubiquitinated proteins from the bacterial cell membrane causing bacterial lysis and death to confer cell-autonomous protection...
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