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• Congratulations Anuradha for your new publication! TTK Overexpression as a Prognostic Indicator and Immune Modulator in Kidney Renal Clear Cell Carcinoma published in Molecular Carcinogenesis. 

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• Grant Award: Received funding support from Dassault Systèmes for research on TNIK inhibitor discovery!

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• Wonderful presentations for Master's dissertation by the students from the 2026 batch.

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• Our latest publication in Cell Biology International discusses how synergistic therapeutic combinations could help address some of these limitations by integrating chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and emerging targeted strategies.  

  • Synergistic Combinations for Improved Therapeutic Outcomes in Triple Negative Breast Cancer in Cell Biology International; https://doi.org/10.1002/cbin.70157 

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• Shashi and Anuradha presenting FEP+ protocol for predicting binding affinity, and AurKB targeting with pyrazolopyrimidine, respectively at CiS-2026 @ IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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• Anuradha presenting a poster on her recent work on MPS1 kinase using Metadynamics at IACBS-2025 @ IIT (ISM) Dhanbad:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

• Our work on a novel structure based drug design tool, Ligand FEP+, published in RSC Medicinal Chemistry. Congratulations, Shashi, on your first publication! 
  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D5MD00748H                                                                                                                                                                                           

• Congratulations, Avani, on your first publication!   https://doi.org/10.1007/s40203-025-00451-0                                                                                                                                                                                       

• Lab outing to Usri falls, Dhanbad.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

• ​Sushmita Mishra awarded the gold medal by the Honourable President of India,
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• Wishing the best of luck for their future endeavours to the graduating batch of M.Tech. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

• Avani converts to Integrated M.Tech-PhD program. Wishing you the best for your research endeavors!

• Congratulations, Shushmita Mishra, for placement at Parexel!
   

• Congratulations, Shubham, on your job offer from Indence Health!
   

• Congratulations, Asim Panda, for AIR 62 in CSIR-NET December 2024 exam, and admission to IIT Bombay!
   

• It was a pleasure to host Sreehari Babu, Founder and CEO of HyCON Labs, at the Chemical and Biochemical Industry Meet 2025 held at IIT Dhanbad
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

• Great presentations for Master's dissertation by the students from 2025 batch -
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

• A fun lab outing!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

• Congratulations, Samreen, on your job offer from Indence Health!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

• Congratulations, Anuradha, on your first publication! https://doi.org/10.1002/prot.26796​
  
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• Dr. R.N.Saha, Chief Scientific Advisor, Biophore Group, visits the lab.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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• Happy Diwali!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

• Congratulations, Asim Panda, for AIR 93 in CSIR-NET exam!

• ​A very eventful science fest organized by the lab for school students
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

• Congratulations, Amrita, for your admission in University of Edinburgh. Best wishes! 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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• Shashi converts to Integrated M.Tech-PhD program. Best wishes for your research endeavors!
   

• Pallabi Chakraborty joins the lab as part-time PhD student. Welcome, Pallabi!
   

• Arpan Das joins the lab as PhD student. Welcome, Arpan!
   

• Masters students' thesis presentation
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

• Congratulations Anubhav on your first publication! https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MD00003J
   

• Dr. Sunil Dubey, General Manager, Medical R&D, Emami visits the lab. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   

• Congratulations Amrita on your first publication! https://doi.org/10.1002/ptr.8187
   

• Samreen, Shashi, Sushmita and Shubham join the group for Masters dissertation. Welcome all!​
  
  
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• How does limiting conformational flexibility of small molecules kinase inhibitors improve the selectivity? 
  Check out our latest article in RSC Medicinal Chemistry!  https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MD00457K
   

• Publication alert! Lakkaniga, N.R. et al. Revisiting Aurora Kinase B: A promising therapeutic target for cancer therapy. Medicinal Research Reviews.
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• Anubhav Rai joins the group. Welcome Anubhav!
   

• Publication alert! 
  Sharma, P.D., Rallapalli, S. & Lakkaniga, N.R. An innovative approach for predicting pandemic hotspots in complex wastewater networks using graph theory coupled with fuzzy logic. Stoch Environ Res Risk Assess (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00477-023-02468-3
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• Congratulations Ayub for your placement!
   

• ​Anuradha Singh joins the group. Welcome Anuradha!
   

• ​Received SERB- Start-up research grant!
   

• New publication in RSC Medicinal Chemistry:
  Acharya, B., Saha, D., Armstrong, D., Lakkaniga, N.R. and Frett, B., 2022. FLT3 Inhibitors for Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Successes, Defeats, and Emerging Paradigms. RSC Medicinal Chemistry 2022, 13, 798