Souvik Maiti (born in 1971) is an Indian chemist known for his studies in the fields of biophysical chemistry and chemical biology focusing on nucleic acids, DNA and RNA. He works at the

Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB) is a scientific research institute devoted primarily to biological research. It is a part of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India. The institute was founded i ...

. He is also visiting scientist at National Chemical Laboratory Pune. He graduated with a Bachelor (1993) and Master (1995) degree in Chemistry from

Jadavpur University Jadavpur University is a public state university located in Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1905 as ''Bengal Technical Institute'' and was converted into Jadavpur University in 1955. In 2022, it was ranked fourth am ...

, Kolkata. He completed his doctoral research in 1999 in the field of Polymer Chemistry from CSIR-

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, Hyderabad. He is known for his studies on biophysical aspect of quadruplexes, locked nucleic acids. He is also known for his work on silencing microRNAs by small molecules. His group has invented nucleic acid based enzyme as silencers for microRNA, known as antagomirzyme
Antagomirzymes: oligonucleotide enzymes that specifically silence microRNA function
ref name="Antagomirzymes: oligonucleotide enzymes that specifically silence microRNA function"> He is recipient of CSIR, NASI-Scopus, CDRI, AVRA Young Scientist Awards and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Chemistry,

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s in 2014.,

National Bioscience Award for Career Development The National Bio-science Award for Career Development or N-BIOS Prize is an Indian science award for recognizing excellence and promoting research in bio-sciences disciplines. It was instituted in 1999 by the Department of Biotechnology of the Gov ...

of the

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in 2015. in Biology, as well as Swarnajayanti Fellowships in Biological Sciences. He is fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore and Indian National Academy of Science, Delhi. Along with his colleague, Debojyoti Chakraborty, he has co-invented a rapid test for COVID-19, FnCas9 Editor-Linked Uniform Detection Assay, FELUDA. (named after

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, a popular fictional detective created by the late

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has obtained license from CSIR for commercial launch of this test. Tata group has established a new company, TATA MD and launched this test as a brand name "TATA MD Check". In 2021, CSIR and Tata MD partner to ramp up Covid testing capacity across tier 2, 3 towns and rural areas.

References

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/csir-tata-md-partner-to-ramp-up-covid-testing-capacity-across-tier-2-3-towns-and-rural-areas/articleshow/83636670.cms

External links

Souvik Maiti's Home Profile
1971 births 20th-century Indian chemists Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Jadavpur University Jadavpur University alumni N-BIOS Prize recipients Scientists from West Bengal {{India-scientist-stub