Debanjan Goswami

955 Escalon Ave, Apt 608 Sunnyvale, CA, 94085 USA OBJECTIVE Science jobs in Cellbiology / Neuroscience. EDUCATION Oct 2009 - Present

E-mail: debanjan.goswami@gmail.com deb26@stanford.edu Home Phone: +16304308394 Cell Phone: +16304308394 Work Phone: +16507232034

Stanford University, USA; Post-Doctoral fellow in Neuroscience. Broad research goal: Molecular players involved in AMPA-receptor trafficking at synapses and their role in structural plasticity using two-photon high resolution microscopic technique. NCBS-TIFR, Bangalore India; Graduating towards Ph.D in July 2009, Cell Biology. Thesis Title: Modes of nano-scale clustering of GPI-anchored proteins at the cell surface. Credits: 26; Average grade: A. Calcutta University, India Master of Science, Biophysics and molecular biology Pursued M.Sc. degree in interdisciplinary course biophysics and molecular biology. Secured First Class with 71.5% in grand total; University Rank: 3rd Calcutta University, India Bachelor of Science, Microbiology with Honours Pursued B.Sc. Degree in interdisciplinary course Microbiology with honours and Physics and Chemistry as minor. Secured First Class with 72% in grand total; University Rank: 2nd

Aug 2003 Aug 2009 Aug 2001 - Jul 2003

Aug 1998 - Jul 2001

SKILLS Microscopy Development of multiphoton fluorescence microscope technique. Analysis of fluorescence/anisotropy decay using multiphoton excitation. Photo -Activation and -Uncaging of fluorophore in biological systems. Acute brain slice tissue imaging using multiphoton aided microscope. Extensive use of confocal and wide-field microscopy in cell biology. Fluorescence Dynamics Fluorescence lifetime measurements from cell membranes. Time resolved fluorescence anisotropy measurements on cells. Diffusion Studies Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy measurements on cell surface. Biological Systems Animal handling. Primary neuronal cell culture preparation and maintenance. Acute hypocamppal slices preparation. Organotypic brain slices preparation and maintenance. Usage of various cell lines. PUBLICATIONS LTP Requires Unique Postsynaptic SNARE Fusion Machinery Jurado S*, Goswami D*, Ying-sha Zhang, Thomas C. Sdhof and Robert C. Malenka. Under review in one of the renowned interdisciplinary journal. Dynamic imaging of homo-FRET in live cells by fluorescence anisotropy microscopy.

Ghosh S, Saha S, Goswami D, Bilgrami S, Mayor S. Methods Enzymol. 2012;505:291-327. Long-Term Potentiation Requires Postsynaptic Complexin Ahmad M*, Polepalli JS*, Goswami D, Yang X, Kaesar-Woo YJ, Sdhof TC and Malenka RC. Neuron. 2012 Jan 26;73(2):260-7. A DNA nanomachine that maps spatial and temporal pH changes inside living cells. Modi S, Swetha MG, Goswami D, Gupta GD, Mayor S, Krishnan Y Nat. Nanotech. 4, 325 - 330 (2009) Nanoclusters of GPI-anchored proteins are formed by cortical actin-driven activity. Goswami D*, Gowrishankar K*, Bilgrami S*, Ghosh S, Raghupathy R, Chadda R, Vishwakarma R, Rao M, Mayor S. et al. Cell. 2008 Dec 12;135(6): 1085-97 Nanoscale organization of hedgehog is essential for long-range signaling. Vyas N, Goswami D, Manonmani A, Sharma P, Ranganath HA, VijayRaghavan K, Shashidhara LS, Sowdhamini R, Mayor S. et al. Cell. 2008 Jun 27;133(7):1214-27. Precise Positioning of Myosin VI on Endocytic Vesicles In Vivo. Altman D*, Goswami D*, Hasson T, Spudich JA, Mayor S, PLoS Biol. Aug;5(8):e210. 2007 * equal first authorship AWARDS/ ACTIVITIES Jun 2012 Cell Biology of Neuron Gordon Research Conference I have attended and presented poster about my recent research work entitled "Identifying the postsynaptic syntaxin required for AMPA receptor exocytosis during LTP". Instructor in workshop on Optical Sectioning in Fluorescence Microscopy Olympus microscopy workshop. Total Internal Reflection Microscope - teaching and hands-on Invited speaker on Mechanosignalling in Cell and Developmental Biology, 34th Mahabaleshwar Seminar on Modern Biology, NCBS-TIFR, India Talk on active organization and kinetics of GPI-anchored protein
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Jun 2009

Feb 2009

Jun 2008

Cell Biology of Neuron Gordon Research Conference I have attended and presented poster about my recent research work entitled "Steady-state dynamics of GPI-anchored protein nanoclusters on cell surface". Student Award Biophysical Society Student award was given for presenting poster at 52nd annual meeting. International Travel Award Biophysical Society International travel assistance award to attend "Biophysical Society 52nd Annual Meeting". I presented a poster about my research activities. International Travel Award American Society for Cell Biology Travel award to attend summer meeting "Dynamic Interplay Between Cytoskeletal and Membrane Systems" held on June 27-30, 2007 at Dijon, France. I presented a poster about my research activities.

Feb 2008 Feb 2008

Jun 2007

Nov 2006

Sarojini Damodaran International Fellowship Program The award was given by Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India (http://www.tifr.res.in/~endowment/HTML/SAROJINI%20DAMODARAN%20IFP.ht ml) to pursue a collaborative work between our laboratory and Prof. Enrico Gratton's Laboratory at Univ. Of California, Irvine. Project includes better understanding and implementation of advanced fluorescence dynamics and analysis. Workshop and meeting Participant in an international meeting and workshop entitled "Functional Imaging in Cell and Developmental Biology", organized by EMBO held on Sep 12-19, 2004 in National Centre for Biological Sciences - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India.

Jan 2004

PERSONAL Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1980; Nationality: Indian; Sex: Male; Permanent Address: 6/2/2F-1, Naktala Road. Kolkata. 700047. India