Somdeb Mitra Email & Phone Number

Somdeb Mitra Education

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  PhD (PhD Advisor: Dr. Michael Brenowitz Dissertation title: " Conformational Dynamics that regulate the Folding of Group I Intron Ribozymes" American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS): 2006-Present RNA Society: 2005-2006)

  2006-2009
• Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  M.S. ( Secretary and Student Senator (2004-2006) - Graduate Student Council of the Sue Golding Graduate Division of Biomedical Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  RNA Society: 2005-2006)

  2003-2006
• Madurai Kamaraj University

  M.Sc. (2002-2003: Master’s dissertation. Advisor- Dr. R. Usha (School of Biotechnology) Dissertation title: “Molecular characterization of two Geminiviruses associated with Yellow Vein Disease of important crop plants of the Malvaceae family.” 2002: Summer research at Indian Institute of Science Advisor- Dr. Saumitra Das (Microbiology & Cell Biology) Project title: “Exploration of small RNA molecules as potential inhibitors of Hepatitis C virus IRES mediated translation.”)

  2001-2003

• B.Sc. (2000-2001 Research during Bachelor’s degree in Zoology; Advisor- Dr. Bulganin Mitra Zoological Survey of India, Govt. of India Project: Recording the diversity of pollinating insects in eastern India. (My responsibility being recording pollinating Lepidopterans).)

  1998-2001