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:

[5] The Impact of Single Amino Acid Insertion on the Supramolecular Assembly Pathway of Aromatic Peptide Amphiphiles.
A. Higuchi, A. Som, R. Wakabayashi*, M. Goto*, N. Kamiya*, P. Besenius*,
Chem. Eur. J. 2024, accepted for publication. DOI: 10.1002/chem.202404233.
Invited contribution to the special collection on Creation of New Supramolecular Matter.

[4] Enzymatic Reaction-Coupled, Cooperative Supramolecular Polymerization.
A. Das, S. Ghosh, A. Mishra, A. Som, V.B. Banakar, S.S. Agasti, S.J. George*,
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 14844-14855. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03588.

[3] Supramolecular Guest Exchange in Cucurbit [7] uril for Bioorthogonal Fluorogenic Imaging across the Visible Spectrum.
R. Sasmal§, A. Som§, P. Kumari, R.V. Nair, S. Show, N.S. Barge, M. Pahwa, N. Das Saha, S. Rao, S. Vasu, R. Agarwal, S.S. Agasti*,
ACS Cent. Sci. 2024, 10, 1945-1959. DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.4c01080.
bioRxiv 2023, 2023.04.24.538015. DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.24.538015.
(§ these authors contributed equally)

[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: 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: 10.1039/D0SC06860H.