Sourav Banerjee
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Background: Sourav graduated from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India. There he investigated transcriptional regulation of p53 by non-histone chromatin protein in Dr. Tapas Kundu's lab. After graduated from India, he moved to Dr. David Wells's lab at Yale University to study translational regulation of neuronal plasticity. He investigated combinatorial role of RNA binding protein and micro RNA in dendritic translation. Currently he moved to Dr. Ken Kosik lab to study the involvement of RNAi machinery in dendritic translation. Research Topic: Dendritic translation is a critical step for long-lasting synaptic plasticity. Several RNA binding proteins plays a significant role in the production of new protein synthesis at the synapse during synaptic activation. Increasing evidence suggest that RNAi machinery plays a significant role in orchestrated regulation of new protein synthesis at synapse in response to synaptic stimulation. Sourav is investigating the component of RNAi complex and their possible involvement in micro RNA transport, maturation and dendritic translation. E-mail: sbanerjee at lifesci.ucsb.edu |