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 transcriptomicsDr Rudrarup Bhattacharjee
NHMRC Grant-Funded Postdoctoral Research Fellow
School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science
College of Health
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.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Postdoctoral Researcher | University of Adelaide |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Bhattacharjee, R., Agarwala, S., Mazurkiewicz, D., Gecz, J., & Sharma, R. (2025). Transcription-Export complex in neurodevelopmental disorders. Current Opinion in Genetics and Development, 94, 102380-1-102380-9. WoS1 |
| 2025 | Beyene, M. B., Visvanathan, R., Alemu, R., Benyamin, B., Bhattacharjee, R., Beyene, H. B., . . . Amare, A. T. (2025). A genome-wide association study identified 10 novel genomic loci associated with intrinsic capacity. The Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 80(11), glaf196-1-glaf196-14. |
| 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. Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC3 |
| 2024 | 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. Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC8 |
| 2024 | 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. Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC4 |
| 2023 | 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. Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC6 |
| 2022 | 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. Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC2 |
| 2018 | 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. WoS4 |
| 2018 | 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. Scopus4 |
| 2017 | 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 (2020). The Neuroscience Chronicles, 1(1). |
| 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 Scopus3 |
| 2022 | 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. DOI Scopus1 |
| 2017 | 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. DOI Scopus3 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Amare, A., 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. DOI |
| 2025 | Arthurs, A. L., Bhattacharjee, R., Smith, M. D., Medina, D., Menkhorst, E., Mora, G., . . . Roberts, C. T. (2025). Late-Onset Preeclampsia is characterised by Accelerated Placental Aging.. DOI |
| 2025 | Riley, S., Nguyen, V., Bhattacharjee, R., Ng, P. Q., Ritchie, T., Fisk, I., . . . Searle, I. (2025). TMT-based quantitative proteomic assessment of <i>Vicia sativa</i> induced neurotoxicity by β-cyano-L-alanine and γ-glutamyl-β-cyano-L-alanine in SH-SY5Y cells. DOI |
2024-2025: Establishing a comprehensive iPS Cell-Based Platform for Modelling Neurodevelopmental Disorders of the Epigenetic Machinery; Funding scheme: MRFF - Stem Cells Therapies Mission; CIs: Polo J, Lister R, Sullivan A, Poppe D, Bhattacharjee R; AIs: Thomas P, Bonser E
2025: Deciphering the mechanism of Rubinstein-Taybi Neurodevelopmental Syndrome and screening new therapeutic options; Funding Scheme: TIA Pipeline Accelerator 2024-2025; Fund Name (Organisation):Therapeutic Innovation Australia
CI: Bhattacharjee, R; AI: Polo, J
Physiology 2B Course (2023): Demonstrator/Tutor
Precision Medicine: Guest Lecturer (2024)
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Cancer Epigenetics | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Suchandana Deka |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Investigating the role of epigenetic regulation in neural development and disease | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Ruoxuan Jia |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Investigating the role of epigenetic regulation in neural development and disease | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Ruoxuan Jia |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Cancer Epigenetics | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Suchandana Deka |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Location | Program | Supervision Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | Optimizing Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapy for Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome in Human iPSC-Derived 2D and 3D Neural Models | The University of Adelaide | Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences Honours | Honours | Full Time | Riviinyaa Moorthy |
| 2025 - ongoing | Co-Supervisor | Exploring the epigenetic mechanisms of KDM6A/B in Meningioma progression | University of Adelaide | - | Honours | Full Time | Angela Kloutsiniotis |
| 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 |
| 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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