Shashwat Samudra

Recognized for his kindness and thought leadership as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay, India, Shashwat Samudra has been working with fellow scientists to someday find the cure for certain tropical diseases and cancer in his native India. His research interests include Host-Pathogen Interactions and Cellular Immunity, but Shashwat primarily focuses on Proteomics. Proteomics refers to the study and characterization of the complete set of proteins that can be found in organ systems, cells or organisms at a given time.

In his laboratory, Shashwat Samudra employs proteomic techniques that can be distinguished for their extreme throughput and which include the following: mass spectrometry, protein microarray and two-dimensional difference in gel electrophoresis, among many others. His purpose is to discover biomarkers in cancer and tropical diseases such as malaria in India. Mr. Samudra hopes that his laboratory would someday be able to evaluate protein-to-protein interactions and make it possible for the discovery of drug targets. In silico studies have already utilized Mr. Samudra’s collected information in his laboratory and from his research program. Model computing has also been a beneficiary of his lab work and it has led to the enhancement of the understanding for the scientific world on a systematic approach to the study of diseases.

A beloved Assistant Professor, Shashwat Samudra handles classes at the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering (DBBE) of IIT on Topics in Biotechnology II, Cellular and Molecular Biology, which is an Institute elective, as well as Proteomics: Principles and Techniques.

Just some of Shashwat Samudra’s publications include the following: Kamath KS, Samudra, S. Trivedi VD and BVamsee-Krishna C, Serum proteome analysis of vivax malaria: An insight into the disease pathogenesis and host immune response. J Proteomics. 2012, 75, 3063-3080; and Ray T, Phale L, Sditya B., Samudra, S. et al, Curcuminoids-loaded lipid nanoparticles for antimalarial activity: preparation, physicochemical characterization and in vivo antimalarial activity. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 81(1):263-273.