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 Dr. (Mrs) Dipshikha Chakravortty, Ph D
Assistant Professor
Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology
Room No. 215, Lab No. 201
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore 560 012, India
Email:- dipa@mcbl.iisc.ernet.in
Tel:- 0091 80 2293 2701 Fax: 0091 80 2360 2697
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
B Sc, 1991 Chemistry, Zoology
Microbiology Nagpur Univer. Nagpur.
Msc, 1993 Microbiology L.I.T., Nagpur
Ph D, 1994-1998 (2000) Biotechnology
Pune University, Pune, India National
Centre for Cell Science, Pune
Academic Distinction
M.Sc First Division and 2nd in the Merit
Research positions held
1994- 1995 Junior Research Fellow at
National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune
1995- 1998 Senior Research Fellow at
National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune
1998-2001(August) Visiting Scientist at
Department of Microbiolog y and
Immunology, Aichi Medical University, Japan
2001-November-Jan 2002-Fellow at
Institute for Clinical Microbiology
Immunology and Hygiene Friedrich-
Alexander University in lab of Prof. Dr.
Micheal Hensel, Wasserturm Str. 3/5
Erlangen 91054. Germany
Feb 2003-Jan 2004:- HUMBOLDT
FELLOW at Institute for Clinical
Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene
Fr i e d r i ch -Al e x a n d e r Un i v e r s i t y,
Wasserturm Str. 3/5 Erlangen 91054.
Germany
From Feb 9th 2004 :- Joined as Assistant
Professor in Department of Microbiology
Academic Distinction
Research positions held
and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore 560 012.
Awards and Honours
- Awarded Humboldt fellowship
award in Germany to carry out research
plan-2003-2004
- Winner of Daiko Foundation
fellowship for continuing Research in
Japan, Japan 1999-2000
- Gold Medal for the best research
work and research work presentation by the
Indian Association of Basic medical
- Scientist (IABMS) 1994
Best Research Paper
presentation from the IIIrd Maharashtra
Chapter of IAMM 1997,B.J Medical
College,Pune
- SERC-Young Scientist Award as
Principal Investigator by the Department
of Science and Technology
(DST),Government of India ,1995
- Gold Medal for the excellent
research work from the Honorable
President, Aichi Medical University, Japan
1999
Conferences/Workshop/Meetings attended
- Max-Planck India meeting at NCBS,
Bangalore , March 6-9, 2005:- Life
inside vacuole- Strategies employed by
salmonella to evade host defense
functions
- Attended the 25th All India Cell biology
Conference held at National center for
Human genomic research, Chandigarh ,
Dec 10-13th, 2004.
- Attended the Meeting with Nobel
Laureates in Lindau and participated
actively in discussion with eminent
Nobel-laureates in field of Biological
sciences , July 23-28th 2003
sLife inside vacuole-2003', presented a
research paper, Marburg, March27- 29
2003, Germany
- At t ended and org ani s ed `1s t
conference of Type three secretion
system, held in Klosterbans, Spet- 12-
15th 2002
- Attended the workshop organised by
EMBO on electron microscopy-
Heidelberg -May 22-June 2, 2002
sAt t ended Si x th Int e r na t iona l
conference of Endotoxin and
presented a paper International society
for Endotoxin Research, Paris, Sept 12-
15, 2000
- At t ended Fi f th Int e r na t iona l
conference of Endotoxin and
presented a paper International society
for Endotoxin Research, Santta fe, Sept
12-15, 1998
- Microplate detection of bacterial
contamination in tissue culture media.
Society for Biological chemists (India),
Central Drug Raesearch Institute,
Lucknow, oct-1994.
- Action of lipopolysaccharide of
Salmonella and E. coli in human small
intestinal lamina propria fibroblasts.
National congress of India Association
of Medical Microbiologists. Armed
Force Medical College, Pune, Oct 1994.
- Biotechnological detection of Enteric
diseases. Organised by All India
Institute of Medical Sciences, New
Delhi and University of Bergen,
Norway. Dec. 1994.
Papers abstracted in journals
Cheminay C, Chakravortty D,
Hensel M, Role of neutrophils in murine
salmonellosis, Immunobiology, Vol 208,
No. 1-3, pg 26, 2003
Her Topic at Bio Rujivith
immune evasion strategies by bacteria
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