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Pratik Kumar
@dyechemist.bsky.social
Assitant Professor ncbsbangalore.bsky.social Making dye based molecular tools for imaging, cell biology and proteomics. Previously @hhmijanelia.bsky.social @stonybrooku.bsky.social, IISER-Kolkata, and JNCASR. Lab news: DyeCraftLab.com
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#CampusVisit
We recently welcomed 11th & 12th-grade students from DPS (N). They interacted with Dr Pratik Kumar & visited the labs of Prof Sanjay Sane & Dr Shashi Thutupalli.

The students learned how science is interdisciplinary and not done in silos.

@dyechemist.bsky.social @stpalli.bsky.social
June 17, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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#CampusVisit
Students of Bangalore International School visited NCBS last week.
They started the visit with an activity to learn critical thinking. @dyechemist.bsky.social spoke about life as a scientist & Aksha Chowdhary, wildlife master’s alum, shared her journey.
They also visited the Ear Lab
April 24, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Come and do some chemistry for biology with us!
#NewFaculty
Welcome to the campus Dr Pratik!
Dr Pratik is a 'tool builder' working at the intersection of Biology and chemistry.
We look forward to the contributions from his lab.
Know more: news.ncbs.res.in/spotlight/nc...

@dyechemist.bsky.social

🖊️@rupsykhurana.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 3:58 AM
If making chemical tools for biology excites you, consider applying to the NCBS graduate program! My lab plans to hire 1–2 graduate students this cycle. More info on my lab @ dyecraftlab.com
#AdmissionsAlert!
The National Centre for Biological Sciences announces the opening of online applications for admission to its PhD programme through National Exam Route.

Application Deadline: 24th March 2025
Joining: 1st August 2025

Apply here: bit.ly/4igBGFK
February 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Alternate abstract image for our latest manuscript
Our multifunctional ligands to BRD4 and histone H3.3:
January 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Ow boy! Just when I thought I couldn't be impressed by a JQ1 containing compound anymore... it gets mashed with my favourite Janelia Fluor dye (JF635) and a halotag ligand. Exceptional work #chembio
🧵Prepint alert! Optimizing Multifunctional Fluorescent Ligands for Intracellular Labeling | tinyurl.com/3n55hvsc. With Jason Vevea, Ed Chapman, and @so-lets-kilab70.bsky.social, we combined dye chemistry, HaloTag, microscopy and cell biology to make protein purification and manipulation tools.
January 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
🧵Prepint alert! Optimizing Multifunctional Fluorescent Ligands for Intracellular Labeling | tinyurl.com/3n55hvsc. With Jason Vevea, Ed Chapman, and @so-lets-kilab70.bsky.social, we combined dye chemistry, HaloTag, microscopy and cell biology to make protein purification and manipulation tools.
January 28, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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New to #ubiquitin? Been with it for a while? Either way this review may be for you 🤩

Excited to share our review article in @molcell.bsky.social, diving deep into everything #ubiquitin
Read here 👉: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

@cellpress.bsky.social
@wehi-research.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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We made a photoswitchable HaloTag (psHaloTag), which can reversibly turn-on fluorogenic dyes upon illumination 💡. Congrats to Franzi, Bego and all co-authors, check out our preprint below 👇
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Super excited to start my lab @NCBS_Bangalore
in March 2025! The lab will primarily be powered by chemistry, and we will build chemical tools for biology with a strong focus on fluorescence imaging. We will collaborate widely and are open to any relevant areas of biology.
January 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM