
Microscopy Facility
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune
Recent research publications using the resources of the microscopy facility
2022
Joshi, M. P., Uday, A., & Rajamani, S. (2022). Elucidating N-acyl amino acids as a model protoamphiphilic system. Communications Chemistry, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-022-00762-9.
Kundu, T., Das, S. S., Sewatkar, L. K., Kumar, D. S., Nagar, D., & Ghose, A. (2022). Antagonistic Activities of Fmn2 and ADF Regulate Axonal F-Actin Patch Dynamics and the Initiation of Collateral Branching. Journal of Neuroscience, 42(39). https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3107-20.2022.
Mitra, D., Swaminathan, A., Mundhe, G., & Rikhy, R. (2022). Imaging and quantification of apical microvilli in the syncytial blastoderm of Drosophila embryos. STAR Protocols. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101736.
Sakunthala, A., Datta, D., Navalkar, A., Gadhe, L., Kadu, P., Patel, K., Mehra, S., Kumar, R., Chatterjee, D., Devi, J., Sengupta, K., Padinhateeri, R., & K. Maji, S. (2022). Direct Demonstration of Seed Size-Dependent α-Synuclein Amyloid Amplification. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 13(28), 6427–6438. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c01650.
Sarkar, S., Dagar, S., Lahiri, K., & Rajamani, S. (2022). pH-Responsive Self-Assembled Compartments as Tuneable Model Protocellular
Membrane Systems**. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.14.491926.
Chowdhary, S., & Rikhy, R. (2022). Labeling and Tracking Mitochondria with Photoactivation in Drosophila Embryos. Bio-Protocol, 12(5). https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.4347.
Dubal, D., Moghe, P., Verma, R. K., Uttekar, B., & Rikhy, R. (2022). Mitochondrial fusion regulates proliferation and differentiation in the
type II neuroblast lineage in Drosophila. PLoS Genetics, 18(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010055.
Kulkarni, B., Malhotra, M., & Jayakannan, M. (2022). Fluorescent ABC-Triblock Polymer Nanocarrier for Cisplatin Delivery to Cancer Cells.
Chemistry - An Asian Journal, 17(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202101337.
Sharma, S., & Rikhy, R. (2022). Measurement of Contractile Ring Tension Using Two-photon Laser Ablation during Drosophila
Cellularization. Bio-Protocol, 12(6). https://doi.org/10.21769/bioprotoc.4362.
Tendulkar, S., Hegde, S., Garg, L., Thulasidharan, A., Kaduskar, B., Ratnaparkhi, A., & Ratnaparkhi, G. S. (2022). Caspar, an adapter for
VAPB and TER94, modulates the progression of ALS8 by regulating IMD/NFκB-mediated glial inflammation in a Drosophila model of
human disease. Human Molecular Genetics, 00, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddac076.
Chandroth, A., & Chattppadhyay, D. (2022). Micromorphy Offers Effective Defense Against Predation: Insights from Cost-Benefit Analyses of the Miocene Microgastropod Predation Record from Kerala, India. Contributions, 34(6). https://dx.doi.org/10.7302/3816.
2021
Labade, A. S., Salvi, A., Kar, S., Karmodiya, K., & Sengupta, K. (2021). Nup93 and CTCF modulate spatiotemporal dynamics and function
of the HOXA gene locus during differentiation. Journal of Cell Science, 134(23). https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.259307.
Kaniganti, T., Deogade, A., Maduskar, A., Mukherjee, A., Guru, A., Subhedar, N., & Ghose, A. (2021). Sensitivity of olfactory sensory
neurons to food cues is tuned to nutritional states by Neuropeptide Y signaling. Journal of Neurochemistry, 159(6).
https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.15488.
Kundu, T., Dutta, P., Nagar, D., Maiti, S., & Ghose, A. (2021). Coupling of dynamic microtubules to F-actin by Fmn2 regulates chemotaxis
of neuronal growth cones. Journal of Cell Science, 134(13). https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.252916.
Mohanasundaram, B., Bhide, A. J., Palit, S., Chaturvedi, G., Lingwan, M., Masakapalli, S. K., & Banerjee, A. K. (2021). The unique
bryophyte-specific repeat-containing protein SHORT-LEAF regulates gametophore development in moss. Plant Physiology, 187(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab261.
Sharma, V. K., & Lahiri, M. (2021). Interplay between p300 and HDAC1 regulate acetylation and stability of Api5 to regulate cell
proliferation. Scientific Reports, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95941-4.
Unni, M., Reddy, P. C., Pal, M., Sagi, I., & Galande, S. (2021). Identification of Components of the Hippo Pathway in Hydra and Potential
Role of YAP in Cell Division and Differentiation. Frontiers in Genetics, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.676182.
Dutta, S., Let, S., Shirolkar, M. M., Desai, A. v., Samanta, P., Fajal, S., More, Y. D., & Ghosh, S. K. (2021). A luminescent cationic MOF for
bimodal recognition of chromium and arsenic based oxo-anions in water. Dalton Transactions, 50(29).
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1dt01097b.
Sarkar, S., Dagar, S., & Rajamani, S. (2021). Influence of Wet–Dry Cycling on the Self‐Assembly and Physicochemical Properties of Model
Protocellular Membrane Systems. ChemSystemsChem, 3(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/syst.202100014.
Virmani, M., Deshpande, N. U., Pathan, S., & Jayakannan, M. (2021). Self-Reporting Polysaccharide Polymersome for Doxorubicin and
Cisplatin Delivery to Live Cancer Cells. ACS Polymers Au. https://doi.org/10.1021/acspolymersau.1c00042
Deshpande, N. U., Virmani, M., & Jayakannan, M. (2021). An AIE-driven fluorescent polysaccharide polymersome as an enzyme-
responsive FRET nanoprobe to study the real-time delivery aspects in live cells. Polymer Chemistry, 12(10).
https://doi.org/10.1039/d0py01085e.
Pardasani, M., Marathe, S. D., Purnapatre, M. M., Dalvi, U., & Abraham, N. M. (2021). Multimodal learning of pheromone locations. FASEB
Journal, 35(9). https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.202100167R.
Joshi, M. P., Steller, L., van Kranendonk, M. J., & Rajamani, S. (2021). Influence of Metal Ions on Model Protoamphiphilic Vesicular
Systems: Insights from Laboratory and Analogue Studies. Life, 11(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/life11121413.
Joshi, M. P., Sawant, A. A., & Rajamani, S. (2021). Spontaneous emergence of membrane-forming protoamphiphiles from a lipid-amino
acid mixture under wet-dry cycles. Chemical Science, 12(8). https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sc05650b.
2020:
Ghosh, R., Malhotra, M., Madhuri Sathe, R. R., & Jayakannan, M. (2020). Biodegradable Polymer Theranostic Fluorescent Nanoprobe for
Direct Visualization and Quantitative Determination of Antimicrobial Activity. Biomacromolecules, 21(7).
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00653.
Ghate, K., Mutalik, S. P., Sthanam, L. K., Sen, S., & Ghose, A. (2020). Fmn2 Regulates Growth Cone Motility by Mediating a Molecular
Clutch to Generate Traction Forces. Neuroscience, 448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.09.046.
Malla, J. A., Umesh, R. M., Yousf, S., Mane, S., Sharma, S., Lahiri, M., & Talukdar, P. (2020). A Glutathione Activatable Ion Channel Induces
Apoptosis in Cancer Cells by Depleting Intracellular Glutathione Levels. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 59(20).
https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202000961.
Dubey, S., Bhembre, N., Bodas, S., Veer, S., Ghose, A., Callan-Jones, A., Pullarkat, P., & Sens, P. (2020). The axonal actin-spectrin lattice
acts as a tension buffering shock absorber. ELife, 9. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.51772.
Sherlekar, A., Mundhe, G., Richa, P., Dey, B., Sharma, S., & Rikhy, R. (2020). F-BAR domain protein Syndapin regulates actomyosin
dynamics during apical cap remodeling in syncytial Drosophila embryos. Journal of Cell Science, 133(10).
https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.235846.
Chowdhary, S., Madan, S., Tomer, D., Mavrakis, M., & Rikhy, R. (2020). Mitochondrial morphology and activity regulate furrow ingression
and contractile ring dynamics in drosophila cellularization. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 31(21).
https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E20-03-0177.
Dey, B., & Rikhy, R. (2020). DE-cadherin and Myosin II balance regulates furrow length for onset of polygon shape in syncytial Drosophila
embryos. Journal of Cell Science, 133(10). https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.240168.
Mehrotra, S., Bansal, P., Oli, N., Pillai, S. J., & Galande, S. (2020). Defective Proventriculus Regulates Cell Specification in the Gastric
Region of Drosophila Intestine. Frontiers in Physiology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.00711.