Dr Rudrarup Bhattacharjee
Postdoctoral Researcher
School of Biomedicine
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Rudra's PhD work focused on deciphering the mechanism of transcription-mRNA export factor THOC2 associated neurodevelopmental disorder. He recently joined the Polo Group at the Adelaide Centre for Epigenetics for his post-doctoral studies.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2024 - ongoing Postdoctoral Researcher University of Adelaide -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2022 Award Vernon Roy Bequest Best Poster Award for research towards betterment of patients suffering from Neurological Diseases University of Adelaide Australia - 2022 Award Florey Postgraduate Conference-2022 Best Poster People's Choice Award University of Adelaide Australia - 2022 Scholarship Adelaide Graduate Research School Travel Award 2022 The University of Adelaide Australia - 2022 Scholarship Robinson Research Institute Travel Award (International) Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide Australia - 2022 Award Adelaide Medical School/Biomedicine Research Travel Awards-2022 University of Adelaide Australia - 2022 Fellowship Millennium Science and PacBio Access HiFi Fellowship PacBio & Millenium Science Australia - 2021 Award Adelaide Medical School – HDR Research Support Awards University of Adelaide Australia - 2021 Fellowship IUBMB MilliporeSigma Virtual Meeting Fellowship INTERNATIONAL UNION OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY Australia - 2021 Award Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA) Travel Award HGSA Australia - 2020 Scholarship Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship, University of Adelaide University of Adelaide Australia - 2019 Fellowship DST-INSPIRE Fellowship Department of Science and Technology India - 2019 Scholarship Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), Canada PhD Offer through PAIR Scholarship (Not Availed) Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) Canada - 2019 Achievement CSIR-National Eligibility Test for Junior Research Fellowship and Lectureship Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research (CSIR) India - 2018 Achievement National Eligibility Test-I, ICAR India Indian Council of Agricultural Research (Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) India - 2018 Nomination Commonwealth PhD Fellowship Nomination from Govt. of India The Ministry of Education, formerly the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India India - 2018 Distinction University Gold Medal Assam (Central) University, Silchar India - 2018 Recognition University Merit Award Assam (Central) University, Silchar India - 2017 Distinction University Gold Medal Assam (Central) Univeristy, Silchar India - 2016 Scholarship Post Graduate Merit Scholarship University Grants Commission, Govt. of India India - -
Language Competencies
Language Competency Bengali Can read, write, speak and understand spoken English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Hindi Can read, speak and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2020 - 2023 The University of Adelaide Australia PhD (Medicine) 2015 - 2017 Assam University India M.Sc. in Life Science(Zoology)- Gold Medalist 2012 - 2015 Assam University India B.Sc. (Honours)-Zoology- Gold Medalist -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country — National Eligibility Test (NET) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research India — NET Council of Scientific and Industrial Research India — National Eligibility Test Indian Council of Agricultural Research India -
Research Interests
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Medical and Health Sciences Child and Adolescent Health Neuroscience, Behaviour and Brain Health Innovative Therapeutics Translational Health Outcomes Regenerative medicine (incl. stem cells) Cell Biology Cell Development, Proliferation and Death Central Nervous System Neurogenetics Cell and Nuclear Division Genomics and transcriptomics
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 de Nys, R., van Eyk, C. L., Ritchie, T., Møller, R. S., Scheffer, I. E., Marini, C., . . . Gecz, J. (2024). Multiomic analysis implicates nuclear hormone receptor signalling in clustering epilepsy. Translational Psychiatry, 14(1), 1-9.
Scopus2 Europe PMC22024 Bhattacharjee, R., Jolly, L. A., Corbett, M. A., Wee, I. C., Rao, S. R., Gardner, A. E., . . . Gecz, J. (2024). Compromised transcription-mRNA export factor THOC2 causes R-loop accumulation, DNA damage and adverse neurodevelopment. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1210-1-1210-5.
Scopus6 Europe PMC42024 de Nys, R., Gardner, A. E., van Eyk, C., Tasheva, S., Thomas, P. Q., Bhattacharjee, R., . . . Gecz, J. (2024). Proteomic analysis of the developing mammalian brain links PCDH19 to the Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway. Molecular Psychiatry, 29(7), 2199-2210.
Scopus3 Europe PMC12023 Kumar, S., Ahmad, M. F., Nath, P., Roy, R., Bhattacharjee, R., Shama, E., . . . Puniya, A. K. (2023). Controlling Intestinal Infections and Digestive Disorders Using Probiotics.. Journal of medicinal food, 26(10), 705-720.
Scopus4 Europe PMC42022 Bhattacharjee, R., Das Roy, L., & Choudhury, A. (2022). Understanding on CRISPR/Cas9 mediated cutting-edge approaches for cancer therapeutics. Discover Oncology, 13(1), 15 pages.
Scopus3 WoS1 Europe PMC12018 Choudhury, A., Bhattacharjee, R., Adapa, D., Chakraborty, I., Banerjee, T. S., & Vana, D. R. (2018). Understanding the role of resveratrol in major neurological and lifestyle diseases: an insight into molecular mechanisms and druggability. PHARMACEUTICAL BIOPROCESSING, 6(2), 64-83.
WoS22018 Choudhury, A., Chakraborty, I., Bhattacharjee, R., Banerjee, T. S., Vana, D. R., Adapa, D., & Bhardwaj, R. (2018). An update on pathological implications of enzymatic dysregulation in alzheimer’s disease. Biomedical Research (India), 29(10), 2215-2226.
Scopus42017 Bhattacharjee, R., Das Purkayastha, K., Adapa, D., & Choudhury, A. (2017). CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Journal of RNAi and Gene Silencing, 13(1), 585-591.
Scopus3- Role of Ginseng in therapeutic management of Alzheimer’s Disease (n.d.). The Neuroscience Chronicles, 1(1).
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2023 Kumar, S., Nath, P., Bhattacharyya, A., Mazumdar, S., Bhattacharjee, R., & Satyanarayana, T. (2023). Diversity and biotechnological applications of microbial glucoamylases. In A. Goyal, & K. Sharma (Eds.), Glycoside Hydrolases: Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biotechnology (pp. 365-387). Elsevier.
DOI Scopus22022 Kumar, S., Bhattacharjee, R., & Satyanarayana, T. (2022). Fungal Glucoamylases: Developments in
India and Recent Trends. In T. Satyanarayana, S. K. Deshmukh, & M. V. Deshpande (Eds.), Progress in Mycology. Biology and Biotechnological Applications (pp. 45-72). Springer.
DOI2017 Roychoudhury, S., & Bhattacharjee, R. (2017). Environmental Issues Resulting in Andropause and Hypogonadism. In Bioenvironmental Issues Affecting Men's Reproductive and Sexual Health (pp. 261-273). Elsevier.
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Conference Papers
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Preprint
Year Citation 2025 Amare, A. T., Beyene, M., Visvanathan, R., Alemu, R., Benyamin, B., Bhattacharjee, R., . . . Beard, J. (2025). A genome-wide association study identified 10 novel genomic loci associated with intrinsic capacity.
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Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2025 - ongoing Co-Supervisor Exploring the epigenetic mechanisms of KDM6A/B in Meningioma progression University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Angela Kloutsiniotis
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2025 - ongoing Convener ASMR South Australia Commiittee The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Australia 2024 - 2024 Treasurer The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR), SA Branch Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Australia 2022 - ongoing Member Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) University of Adelaide Australia 2020 - 2022 Secretary Health Sciences Postgraduate Association The University of Adelaide Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2025 - ongoing Member Royal Society of Biology United Kingdom 2022 - ongoing Member Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology Australia 2022 - ongoing Member Society for Neuroscience United States 2021 - ongoing Member Human Genetics Society of Australasia Australia 2021 - ongoing Member Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Australia 2021 - ongoing Member Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Australia
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