Diganta Chaudhury PhD scholar / IIT Bombay
Biology researcher / Mallik Lab

Studying metabolic disorders.

I’m Diganta Chaudhury, a PhD scholar at IIT Bombay. I am interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms that contribute to metabolic disorders.

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01 / Research

Metabolic disorders, lipid biology, and the molecular interactions behind them.

My current work aims to identify the minimal peptide sequence derived from the kinesin-1 tail domain peptide (KTDP) that binds phosphatidic acid (PA) and disrupts the PA–kinesin interaction.

PhD scholar · Roop Mallik’s Lab · IIT Bombay
Current focus

An extension of prior KTDP work in the lab, investigating how disrupting this interaction can affect VLDL formation and secretion.

  • Lipid–protein interactions
  • Phosphatidic acid
  • Kinesin-1
  • VLDL secretion
  • Peptide design
  • MASLD
  • Mitophagy
02 / Background

A path through biotechnology, pharmaceutical sciences, and cell biology.

I like to follow an interesting question wherever it leads. That instinct has taken me from biotechnology to metabolic disease research—and now to lipid biology in the context of metabolic disorders.

Now

PhD scholar · IIT Bombay

Investigating lipid–protein interactions in a project connected to VLDL formation and secretion.

2025

M.Tech · IIT Dhanbad

Pharmaceutical Sciences and Engineering. Master’s dissertation: the role of mitophagy in MASLD at THSTI, under Dr. Ruchi Tandon.

2023

B.Tech · Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata

Biotechnology.

2018

South Point School

Proud Pointer.

03 / Building

Two things I build outside the bench, for the same reason.

01 Biology toolkit

Biology 101

Calculators, sequence tools and laboratory utilities in one place. Every calculation cites the formula it uses, and nothing you type leaves your browser.

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02 Film & TV

OnAir

Find where a film or series is streaming, and in which countries’ libraries it lives. Built for the kind of viewer who keeps a list.

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04 / Outside the lab

A cinephile, a reader of captivating stories, a guitarist, and a perpetual learner—usually with Linkin Park in the background.

Cinema Books & stories Music Guitar Video games Web development Learning