Namrata Chakravarty

Accomplished Biological Sciences Ph.D. with over 8 years of research experience spanning molecular biology, cell biology, microbiology, biochemistry, and biotechnology. Expertise in designing high-throughput screens and developing assays in collaboration with computational biologists.

• Runner-up, GENEWIZ Week Grant Contest (2023)
• Delaware DE-INBRE Core Facility Voucher, NIH-NIGMS Institutional Development Award (2023)
• Judge, DENIN Environmental Symposium, University of Delaware (2023)

• Graver, B. A., Chakravarty, N.*, & Solomon, K. V. (2023). Prokaryotic Argonautes for in vivo biotechnology and molecular diagnostics. Trends in Biotechnology.
• Chakravarty, N., Sharma, M., Kumar, P., & Singh, R. P. (2022). Biochemical and molecular insights on the
  bioactivity and binding interactions of Bacillus australimaris NJB19 L-asparaginase. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 215, 1–11.
• Chakravarty, N., Mathur, A., Singh, R. P. (2022). L-asparaginase: Insights into marine sources and
  nanotechnological advancements. In Engineered Nanomaterials for Innovative Therapies and Biomedicine. Springer.
• Shankar, S., Singh, J., Chakravarty, N., Mathur, A., Singh, R. P. (2021). Algal Biorefinery: Challenges and
  Opportunities. In Production of Top 12 Biochemicals from Renewable Resources. Elsevier.
• Chakravarty, N., Priyanka, Singh, J., Singh, R. P. (2021). A potential type-II L-asparaginase from marine isolate Bacillus australimaris NJB19. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 174, 527–539.

• Chakravarty N., Graver B., Barlow R., and Solomon K., (2024). Elucidating the heterocomplexes of
  prokaryotic Aargonautes for in vivo gene editing technologies. 2024 Synthetic Biology: Engineering,
  Evolution & Design (SEED), Atlanta, USA, 24-27 June 2024.
• Chakravarty N., Mathur A., Shankar S., and Singh R. P. (2021). Statistical optimization and in silico
  structural modeling of a type-II L-asparaginase derived from marine isolate Bacillus australimaris
  NJB19. International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and
  Health (BSAEH-2021), Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur, India, 04-08 April 2021.
• Singh, J., Chakravarty, N., and Singh, R. P. (2021). Gene expression dynamics and engineering of
  Desmodesmus sp. JS07 for enhanced lipid accumulation: An approach for Biofuel production.
  International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Health
  (BSAEH-2021). Jaipur, India, April 04-08, 2021.
• Mathur, A., Shankar, S., Chakravarty, N., Prasad, R., Singh, R.P. (2021). Bioremediation of synthetic
  dyes: A mycoremediation approach for azo dyes. International Conference on Biotechnology for
  Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Health (BSAEH-2021), Birla Institute of Scientific Research,
  Jaipur, India, 04-08 April 2021.
• Shankar, S., Mathur, A., Chakravarty, N., Singh, R.P. (2021). Nanocomposite: A Tool for Bioremediation
  of Azo Dyes. International Conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and
  Health (BSAEH-2021), Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Jaipur, India, 04-08 April 2021.
• Singh, J., Jain, D., Chakravarty, N., and Singh, R. P. (2019). Phytohormones: As potential biochemical
  modulators for enhanced biomass and lipid accumulation in the microalgae Desmodesmus sp. JS07.
  Ninth International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuel & Bioproducts. Boulder, CO, USA, June 17
  19, 2019.
• Chakravarty, N., Singh, J. and Singh, R.P. Exploring marine bacteria for novel L-Asparaginase with high
  therapeutic potential. 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research (ICCAR
  2018), Department of Biotechnology, IIT Kharagpur. December 15-17, 2018.
• Singh, J., Chakravarty, N., Jain, D., and Singh, R. P. (2018). Auxins: A potential modulator for cell growth
  and lipid accumulation in Chlorella emersonii and Scenedesmus opoliensis. 3rd Green & Sustainable
  Chemistry Conference. Berlin, Germany, May 13-16, 2018.
• Participated in the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute sponsored Indo-Canada online workshop on Nano
  Bioengineering jointly organized by the Department of Biotechnology, IIT Roorkee, and Centre for
  Biomedical Research (CBR), University of Victoria (UVic) Canada, March 13, 2021.
• Presented poster at the 'National Symposium on Recent Trends in Innovative Research at undergraduation: Science and Society' held at Venkateshwara College, University of Delhi, February 28- March 2, 2013.