Elliot Eton
Elliot is an undergraduate at Harvard University studying Biology and Chemistry. In the Drug Resistance Group, Elliot is focused on understanding how the stroma contributes to drug resistance in models of multiple myeloma. More importantly, he is addressing novel mechanisms that contribute to single nucleotide polymorphisms. He is collaborating with Dr. Nikhil Munshi and Dr. Masood Shammas to discover novel mechanisms that enable cancer cells to overcome drug pressure and regrow more aggressively in patients.
Siva Nataranjan
Siva is a member of the Drug Resistance Group, and is a graduate of SASTRA University with a degree in biotechnology. Siva has focused his projects on nanomedicine. More specifically, he is working to integrate novel combinations of drugs into single nanovehicles (chimeric nanomedicines) with the goal to address drug resistance and improve the outcome of immunotherapy.
Vineethkrishna Chandrasakar
Vineeth, also a member of the Drug Resistance Group and recent graduate from SRM University in biotechnology, has been focused on next-generation tools that can be harnessed to understand drug resistance dynamically in models of breast cancer. Using these discoveries, he implements nanotechnology to develop novel therapeutic interventions with rapid translation to the clinic.
Sheetal Sreeram
Sheetal comes from SASTRA University, India with a major in Biotechnology. Her interests are studying immune interactions during cancer progression and in other diseases. Sheetal aspires to to deepen her exposure and knowledge in the field of immunotherapy. Her research focus in the Laboratory for Translational Medicine is to use supramolecular nanochemistry as a platform for novel drugs in cancer immunotherapy. She was recently awarded a research fellowship by the Indian Academy of Science, and she has interned at Stanes India (2015) and at the prestigious JC Bose Lab in Kolkata India in 2016. When she’s not in the lab, her hobbies are science writing, yoga, and community service.
Logha Nandhini Murugeas
Logha Nandhini is a final year M. Tech Medical Nanotechnology (5 years Integrated) student in SASTRA university, INDIA. Her areas of interest include Nanomaterials, Cancer Biology and Tissue Engineering. Prior to joining Sengupta laboratory, she worked on projects like Surface Engineering Of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles And Exploring Surface Charge-dependent Bacterial Growth Inhibition, Electrospinning of nanofibers from Gum Rosin for biological applications at Centre For Nanotechnology And Advanced Biomaterials (CeNTAB), SASTRA university.
Anujan Ramesh
Anujan is a B.Tech in Bioengineering from SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India. His Research interests lie in the fields of targeted drug delivery and Nanomedicine in cancer models including osteosarcoma. He used to play college level soccer and has won medals in various inter-college tournament. He also plays the violin.