PhD research scholar, @IISERPune. Synthetic biology. Membrane biophysics. Literature. Drama. Poetry. Lives.
Pune, India
Joined January 2020
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Voilà! Our latest publication on protocell population dynamics has been published. Check it out here... doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2025.01…. Published in Philosophical Transactions @royalsociety B: Biological Sciences. Kudos to @COoLLabSR @RuchiraPal1.
Watershed moment for Indian Science. Congratulations to Prof Dhar.
#Congrats to Prof. Deepak Dhar on being awarded the 2026 ICTP Dirac Medal, one of the most prestigious international honours in theoretical physics. Prof. Dhar shares this award with three other physicists Bernard Derrida (Collège de France, France), Marc Mézard (Bocconi University, Italy), Haim Sompolinsky (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and Harvard University, USA), and our congratulations to all!
Prof. Dhar was associated with #IISERPune from 2016 to 2024 in various capacities, including as Distinguished Visiting Professor and Distinguished Professor Emeritus, and made significant contributions to the academic and intellectual life of the Institute.
The 2026 Dirac Medal adds to an extraordinary list of distinctions received by Prof. Dhar, including the Padma Bhushan (2023), the Boltzmann Medal (2022), and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (1991). He is also an elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, National Academy of Sciences, India, and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).
On behalf of the #IISERPune community, we extend our heartiest congratulations to Prof. Dhar on this exceptional achievement and wish him continued excellence and success in his scientific endeavours.
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#ICTPDiracMedal #StatisticalMechanics #DeepakDhar
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Today, we celebrated the graduation of 363 students as part of the 13th #Convocation of #IISERPune✨✨🎓 Chief Guest Shri Sanjay Kirloskar delivered an inspiring #ConvocationAddress. He said that long-term success is built through disciplined, science-based decision-making and a commitment to societal relevance. IISER Pune Board of Governors #BoG Chairperson Shri M. Madan Gopal (IAS) spoke about the achievements of the institute members, the transformation India is witnessing, and encouraged all to be part of nation building. Director Prof. Sunil S. Bhagwat noted the strides being made by #IISERPuneAlumni in their chosen fields and urged the graduates to carry on this legacy and a culture of #excellence. Our best wishes to the graduates and their families many of whom traveled to the campus to celebrate this special day together!
Here are a few glimpses from the convocation ceremony! #GraduationDay #Convocation2026
Check out recent work from @COoLLabSR at that sheds light on the role of- Amino Acids as Molecular Linchpins in the Fundamental Prebiotic Processes. Now published in @Astrobiology_jn. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…. A fun collaborative venture with @uditabanerjee98 & @mulewarsahil
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Dr. Gayathri Pananghat, IISER Pune, shows how students move beyond classrooms and become part of real research environments early in their academic journey.
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A well-versed Marathi news article has been published in our recent publication on research conducted @COoLLabSR, which reports a potentially new pathway of chemical evolution of protocells on prebiotic Earth. Shoutout to Dr Niraja Bapat for her immense help in drafting this..
A short and fun illustration project for a break. Posting after years... Published in @NaturePhysics - rdcu.be/e9cW2.
The main source paper is also a very interesting one- rdcu.be/e9cYd from Prof Dieter Braun's group.
Did simple fatty acid membranes drive early evolution? thesciencematters.org/evolut…
Check out this fun news piece on exciting research done at @COoLLabSR @IISERPune. Now online in @tscimat. Original paper in pinned comment published in Philosophical Transactions B @royalsociety
Original source paper - doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2025.01…
This work explores multispecies protocell populations, which coexist in the same environmental 'niche ', and delineates how interactions in the backdrop of this diversity could confer functional advantages on some populations in prebiotic settings and drive membrane evolution.
Check out our recent elaborate review on Biomimetics. More on this line may be coming soon.😉
Recent review frm @COoLLabSR led by @Think_SoDa & @PGauri08, n supported by other lab members, got published in @EPJscience. It deals with 'Compartmentalization as a ubiquitous feature of life', wherein we aim to bridge basic membrane research in OoL/synth bio, with biomimetics.
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A News & Views piece that my dear colleague Elisa and I wrote for a neat piece of work by the Braun, Gerland and @christofmast groups...:) You can access the main article here: nature.com/articles/s41567-0…
Delighted to share our recent work: "Porphyrin in prebiotic catalysis: Ascertaining a route for the emergence of early metalloporphyrins" @SusovanSarkar7 @COoLLabSR @IISERPune which has now been accepted in @ChemBioChem 1/3
Link for the paper
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Looking forward to hosting a session and, enjoy the talks @COoLLabSR @NCBStheory
📢 We're very happy to announce a new virtual meeting:
🦠"Origins of Life & Evolving Chemical Systems Meeting 2022"
🗓️18th - 19th Feb 2022 | 9 am - 4 pm
🔗 Details: bit.ly/OOLmeet
💻 Watch here: bit.ly/OOL-meet-link
#OriginOfLife #ChemicalEvolution #Astrobiology
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Delighted to share the latest paper from our lab @COoLLabSR, which is now online @Life_MDPI
We thank @IISERPune @serbonline @ugc_india for all the support.
Great collaboration with Martin J. Van Kranendonk & @steller_luke from @AussieAstrobio @UNSW
mdpi.com/1408722 (1/4)
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Meet the Principal Investigator of the (a) COoL lab! She is a pioneer of Origins of Life research and astrobiology outreach in India.
@COoLLabSR @IISERPune
Kudos @COoLLabSR
🥰High cited article promotion
Formation of Abasic #Oligomers in #Nonenzymatic #Polymerization of Canonical Nucleotides
by Chaitanya V. Mungi et al.
@IISERPune @tokyotech_en @OISTedu
mdpi.com/2075-1729/9/3/57
From Special Issue: mdpi.com/journal/life/specia…
#mdpilife
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@COoLLabSR's review has just been published with @SpringerNature in The Journal of Membrane Biology! Great team effort @SusovanSarkar7 @Sourade68595553 @ShikhaDagar8 @CVMungi @AnupamS @PGauri08 🥰
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ALT Prebiological Membranes and Their Role in the Emergence of Early Cellular Life