Koushik Roy Ph.D.
Salt Lake City
Summary
15+ years of proficiency in Immunology in the animal model of infectious disease and vaccine. Discovered a molecular pathway and predictive biomarker for developing pathological B cell response. Creative and award-winning, highly motivated independent researcher with academic and industry experience. Build a cross-functional team to execute collaborative research to discover biomarkers of pathological B cell response. 20+ publications in internationally reputed journals. Presented research discoveries within institutions and international conferences.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
University of Utah
Salt Lake City
01.2021 - Current
- Discovered molecular mechanism on how the NFkB pathway controls the generation of plasma cells and memory B cells and germinal center B cells selection to prevent autoimmunity
- Targeting cell signaling pathways to enhance immune response and prevent autoimmunity
- Leadership role in study design, developing collaboration, funding acquisition, and mentoring a team of 3 scientists
- Publications: PNAS (2024), Lab on Chip (2024), Frontier in Immunology (2022)
Postdoctoral Research
University of California, Los Angeles
01.2014 - 01.2021
- Developed a novel single cell microscopic pipeline to predict biomarkers for aberrant B cell proliferation
- Discovered a new molecular pathway of plasma cell differentiation
- Publications: Immunity (2019), PNAS (2018), Methods Mol Biol (2018)
Doctoral Thesis Research
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
Kolkata, India
01.2007 - 01.2014
- Company Overview: Kolkata, India
- Project 1: Impaired antigen presentation and T cell activation in leishmania infection
- Discovered mechanism of impaired antigen presentation and reduced T cell activation in leishmaniasis
- Developed an assay method to study peptide-MHC II interaction using flow cytometry and surface plasmon resonance
- Publications: PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2016 and 2014), J Immunol
- (2014), J Lipid Res
- (2013), PLoS Pathog (2011)
- Project 2: Drug design based on the structure and function of protein-protein and protein-DNA interaction
- Design of a protein-based potential drug to enhance antibody production and immunity to malaria
- Publications: RSC Med Chem (2021), Chem Comm (2018), Vaccine (2013), ACS Chem Biol (2012)
- Kolkata, India
Research Scientist
Advinus Therapeutics Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, India
01.2006 - 01.2007
- Company Overview: Bangalore, India
- I was responsible for meeting deadline on synthesizing and characterizing important lactum molecules for drug development
- Bangalore, India
Education
Ph.D - immune response to infections and drug development
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
01.2014
Masters - Organic Chemistry
Jadavpur University
01.2006
Skills
- Flow cytometry
- Cell culture
- ELISA
- ELISPOT
- QPCR
- Cloning
- CRISPR Cas9
- Lentiviral transduction
- Omics techniques
- Quantitative immunoblot
- Surface plasmon resonance
- Liquid chromatography
- Mass spectrometry
- Protein expression
- Protein purification
- Peptide design
- Team building
- Collaboration
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
Googlescholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=l5Aa_OUAAAAJ&hl=en
Awards
- American Society of Hematology, Scholar Award, 2023
- Boyer/Parvin Postdoctoral Award; Recognizing Excellence in Postdoctoral Research, UCLA, 2019
Publications
20+, https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=l5Aa_OUAAAAJ&hl=en
Currentposition
Assistant Professor, Tenure Track, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 01/01/21
Timeline
Assistant Professor, Tenure Track
University of Utah
01.2021 - Current
Postdoctoral Research
University of California, Los Angeles
01.2014 - 01.2021
Doctoral Thesis Research
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
01.2007 - 01.2014
Research Scientist
Advinus Therapeutics Pvt Ltd
01.2006 - 01.2007
Ph.D - immune response to infections and drug development
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
Masters - Organic Chemistry
Jadavpur University
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