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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Our photoswitchable HaloTag is out in Angewandte Chemie @angewandtechemie.bsky.social ! We now also show that this system can be used to control emitter density in SMLM. Congrats to Franzi, Bego, and our amazing collaborators. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
A Photoswitchable HaloTag for Spatiotemporal Control of Fluorescence in Living Cells
Photoswitchable fluorophores are critical for advanced bioimaging. Here, we develop a photoswitchable self-labeling HaloTag that can reversibly modulate the emission of a bound fluorogenic dye via a ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Our photoswitchable HaloTag is out in Angewandte Chemie @angewandtechemie.bsky.social ! We now also show that this system can be used to control emitter density in SMLM. Congrats to Franzi, Bego, and our amazing collaborators. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
This work is now out @pnas.org. Result of fantastic collaborations with @so-lets-kilab70.bsky.social and Jason vevea @St Jude. Look out for two cool fluorescent ligands.
November 16, 2025 at 5:11 AM
This work is now out @pnas.org. Result of fantastic collaborations with @so-lets-kilab70.bsky.social and Jason vevea @St Jude. Look out for two cool fluorescent ligands.
Reposted by Pratik Kumar
#AwardHighlight
Mousumi Baruah, post-doctoral researcher from Dr Pratik Kumar's lab, is the recipient of the National Post-doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF) by The Anusandhan National Research Foundation, India
Congratulations!🎉
@dyechemist.bsky.social
Mousumi Baruah, post-doctoral researcher from Dr Pratik Kumar's lab, is the recipient of the National Post-doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF) by The Anusandhan National Research Foundation, India
Congratulations!🎉
@dyechemist.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
#AwardHighlight
Mousumi Baruah, post-doctoral researcher from Dr Pratik Kumar's lab, is the recipient of the National Post-doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF) by The Anusandhan National Research Foundation, India
Congratulations!🎉
@dyechemist.bsky.social
Mousumi Baruah, post-doctoral researcher from Dr Pratik Kumar's lab, is the recipient of the National Post-doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF) by The Anusandhan National Research Foundation, India
Congratulations!🎉
@dyechemist.bsky.social
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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
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
#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
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
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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
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
#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
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
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
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
Come and do some chemistry for biology with us!
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
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
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
Alternate abstract image for our latest manuscript
January 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Alternate abstract image for our latest manuscript
Reposted by Pratik Kumar
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
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 28, 2025 at 5:17 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.
Reposted by Pratik Kumar
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
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
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
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
Reposted by Pratik Kumar
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...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
January 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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.
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
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.
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.