Diptatanu Das

Charles F. Kade Fellow 2025

Ph.D. Candidate (Department of Biochemistry)

BS-MS (Indian Institute of  Science Education and Research Kolkata, 2022)

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Diptatanu received his BS-MS from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata with a major in Biological Sciences and a minor in Chemical Sciences. After graduating he moved to Champaign-Urbana in 2022 to pursue his Ph.D. in the Kalsotra lab.

Current Research

Diptatanu is interested in post-transcriptional regulation of liver development and disease. Currently, he is working on understanding how hepatic gene regulatory networks are rewired during chronic alcohol-associated liver disease. Using techniques like fluorescence microscopy and RNA sequencing, he is investigating the aberrations in the diseased liver spatiotemporally.

Outside the lab

Besides work, Diptatanu enjoys working out, and playing soccer, table tennis and swimming. He never misses a match of FC Barcelona and Messi. On weekends, he will most likely be found singing with his guitar and his friends.

Awards and Fellowships

  • Charles F. Kade Fellow 2025, Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2025
  • American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) Travel Grant, Cell Bio 2024 meeting
  • Poster Excellence Award, Rustbelt RNA Meeting 2023
  • LAS SSI Merit Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts & Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022-23
  • Ullyot Fellowship, Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2022
  • Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2017-2022

Publication

  • Chembazhi, U. V., Bangru, S., Dutta, R., Das, D., Peiffer, B., Natua, S., Toohill, K., Leona, A., Purwar, I., Bhowmik, A., Goyal, Y., Sun, Z., Diehl, A. M., & Kalsotra, A. (2025). Dysregulated RNA splicing impairs regeneration in alcohol-associated liver disease. Nature Communications, 16(1). doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-63251-2

  • Bangru, S., Chen, J., Baker, N., Das, D., Chembazhi, U. V., Derham, J. M., Chorghade, S., Arif, W., Alencastro, F., Duncan, A. W., Carstens, R. P., & Kalsotra, A. (2025). ESRP2–microRNA-122 axis promotes the postnatal onset of liver polyploidization and maturation. Genes & Development, 39(5–6), 325–347. doi: 10.1101/gad.352129.124

  • Adesanya, O.*, Das, D.*, & Kalsotra, A. (2024). Emerging roles of RNA‐binding proteins in fatty liver disease. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews – RNA, 15(2). doi: 10.1002/wrna.1840

  • Chakraborty, M. P., Das, D., Mondal, P., Kaul, P., Bhattacharyya, S., Das, P. K., & Das, R. (2024). Molecular basis of VEGFR1 autoinhibition at the plasma membrane. Nature Communications, 15(1). doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45499-2