Cell tracking & analysis of motion in border cell migration:

The overall aim is to understand how cells integrate multiple guidance cues during migration. This project will involve the acquisition and analysis of experimental videos of cell motion in close collaboration with the Fly lab (Co-PI: Mohit prasad).

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Measuring length distributions of dynamic actin filaments:  

The aim here is to understand how size (length) is regulated in dynamics cytoskeletal filaments via molecular processes. This work demands in vitro nucleation experiments followed by imaging (in ) and subsequent analysis in collaboration with Actin Cytoskeleton Research Lab (Co-PI: Sankar Maiti).

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Population dynamics of interacting microbes in changing environment:

Here the overarching aim is to decipher bacterial predator-prey interactions mediated by unique secretion systems in a gut-like environment. This work requires experiments with bacterial co-cultures followed by colony counts in various environmental conditions. This project will evolve in collaboration with the Host-Pathogen Interaction Lab (Co-PI: Amirul I. Mallick). 

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NOTE: All the works mentioned above will progress in parallel with theory and model building in our lab.  Projects will have both computational and experimental components. Students are expected to spend time in the theory lab as well as in the experimental lab of our collaborators.