Dr. Arka Som (PostDoc)

Contact:

Lab: 2224.02.131

Office: 2224.02.135

Phone: 39-23873

 

 

Research Topic:

Supramolecular material chemistry and synthetic carbohydrate vaccines

Curriculum Vitae:

Since 07/2023 Postdoctoral Researcher in the group of Prof. Dr. Pol Besenius, JGU Mainz
02/2023 - 06/2023 Research Associate in the group of Prof. Sarit S Agasti, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India
11/2022 - 02/2023 Research Associate (provisional) in the group of Prof. Sarit S Agasti, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India
08/2016 - 02/2023 Ph.D. in Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Sarit S Agasti, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India
2013 - 2015 Master of Science in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India
2010 - 2013 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Scottish Church College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

Publications:

[3] Supramolecular catch-and-release strategy for bioorthogonal fluorogenic imaging across the visible spectrum.
R. Sasmal, A. Som, P. Kumari, M. Pahwa, N.D. Saha, S. Rao, V. Sheeba, S.S. Agasti*,
bioRxiv 2023, 2023.04.24.538015. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.04.24.538015.

[2] Stereoselective primary and secondary nucleation events in multicomponent seeded supramolecular polymerization.
S. Sarkar, A. Sarkar, A. Som, S.S. Agasti, S.J. George*,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 11777-11787. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.1c05642.

[1] Multiplexed optical barcoding of cells via photochemical programming of bioorthogonal host–guest recognition.
A. Som, M. Pahwa, S. Bawari, N.D. Saha, R. Sasmal, M.S. Bosco, J. Mondal, S.S. Agasti*,
Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 5484-5494. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SC06860H.