Chandrima Jash

Meticulous and analytical Researcher with 12 years of educational and hands-on experience in Biophysics. Adaptive team player with in-depth knowledge of data collection, confidential document control and problem-solving. Analytical Research Specialist with experience in experimental research and data analysis. Detail-oriented and methodical professional successful in developing in-depth research projects. Reliable team player with excellent communication and problem-solving skills. Skilled Researcher enthusiastic about supporting advancements in Biophysics. Passionate about increasing knowledge to drive growth and needed improvements. Ready to apply knowledge and 12 years of experience in research.

• Chandrima Jash, Ayesha Kabir, Pavan V. Payghan, Nanda Ghoshal, and Gopinatha Suresh Kumar. Polyamines and its analogue modulates amyloid fibrillation in lysozyme: A comparative investigation. Biophysica Biochemica Acta-General subjects, 2020, 1864, 129557
• Chandrima Jash, Pritha Basu, Pavan V. Payghan, Nanda Ghoshal, and Gopinatha Suresh Kumar. Chelerythrine-lysozyme interaction: spectroscopic studies, thermodynamics and molecular modeling exploration. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 16630-16645
• Chandrima Jash, Pavan V. Payghan, Nanda Ghoshal, and Gopinatha Suresh Kumar. Binding of the Iminium and Alkanolamine Forms of Sanguinarine to Lysozyme: Spectroscopic Analysis, Thermodynamics, and Molecular Modeling Studies. J. Phys. Chem. B 2014, 118 (46), 13077-13091
• Chandrima Jash and Gopinatha Suresh Kumar. Binding of alkaloids berberine, palmatine and coralyne to lysozyme: a combined structural and thermodynamic study, RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 12514-12525
• Chandrima Jash, Akiva Feintuch, Shira Nudelman, Nurit Manukovsky, Elwy H Abdelkader, Sudeshna Bhattacharya, Gunnar Jeschke, Gottfried Otting and Daniella Goldfarb. DEER experiments reveal fundamental differences between calmodulin complexes with IQ and MARCKS peptides in solution, Structure, 2022, 30, 813-827

• Poster presentation on Spectroscopic Probing of the Microenvironment in Protein-Surfactant Assembly at 4th HOPE meeting, 2012 in Tsukuba, Japan
• Poster presentation on Exploring the interaction of Calmodulin with its IQ target peptide by EPR distance measurements at the 8th EFEPR School 2019, Brno, Czech Republic
• Poster presentation on Exploring the interaction of Calmodulin with target peptides by EPR distance measurements at ISMAR-APNMR-2021, Osaka, Japan

• POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW, WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, 2018-01-01, 2022-12-31, Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Prof. Daniella Goldfarb, Explored dynamics of the protein Calmodulin and its interactions with target peptides
• POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW, SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS, 2016-01-01, 2018-12-31, Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Dr. H. Raghuraman, Worked on Potassium Channels in Membranes undergoing Gating Related Dynamics
• PH.D., INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY, 2010-01-01, 2015-12-31, Department of Chemistry, Prof. Gopinatha Suresh Kumar, Thesis on "Biophysical studies on the interaction of Isoquinoline alkaloids with Lysozyme"

• Lifetime Member of the DNA Society of India
• Lifetime Member of Indian Photochemistry and Photobiology Society
• Gold Medal winner in M.Sc. Chemistry
• Awarded DST-SERB National Postdoctoral Fellowship (NPDF) in 2016
• Awarded DST-INSPIRE fellowship from DST, Govt. of India
• Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET), 2010, and Graduate Aptitude Test (GATE), 2009