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'''Satyajit Mayor'''
'''Satyajit Mayor'''
(born 1963)<ref name="insa">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=p04-1361 | title=Indian Fellow&nbsp;— Professor Satyajit Mayor | publisher=[[Indian National Science Academy]] | accessdate=23 November 2012}}</ref> is an Indian [[biologist]]. He serves as director of the [[National Centre for Biological Sciences]], [[Bangalore]]. Mayor is the former director of the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem) at Bangalore which has a focus on the study of [[stem cell]] and regenerative biology.
(born 1963)<ref name="insa">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=p04-1361 | title=Indian Fellow&nbsp;— Professor Satyajit Mayor | publisher=[[Indian National Science Academy]] | accessdate=23 November 2012}}</ref> is an Indian [[biologist]]. He serves as director of the [[National Centre for Biological Sciences]], [[Bangalore]]. Mayor is the former director of the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem) at Bangalore, which has a focus on the study of [[stem cell]] and regenerative biology.


In 2012, Mayor won the [[Infosys Prize]] for [[life sciences]] for his study of regulated [[Cell (biology)|cell]] surface organization and membrane dynamics.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news
In 2012, Mayor won the [[Infosys Prize]] for [[life sciences]] for his study of regulated [[Cell (biology)|cell]] surface organization and membrane dynamics.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news
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==Education==
==Education==
Mayor studied [[chemistry]] at the [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]] and was awarded his PhD in [[life sciences]] from [[The Rockefeller University]], New York. He worked as a post-doctoral fellow at [[Columbia University]], where he developed tools to study the trafficking of membrane lipids and GPI-anchored proteins in mammalian cells using quantitative [[fluorescence microscopy]].
Mayor studied [[chemistry]] at the [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]] and was awarded his PhD in [[life sciences]] from [[The Rockefeller University]], New York. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at [[Columbia University]], where he developed tools to study the trafficking of membrane lipids and GPI-anchored proteins in mammalian cells using quantitative [[fluorescence microscopy]].


==Research==
==Research==
Mayor started his laboratory at NCBS in 1995 after the completion of his post-doctoral research at Columbia University.
Mayor started his laboratory at NCBS in 1995 following completion of his postdoctoral research at Columbia University.


"The broad aim of Prof Mayor’s laboratory is to provide an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of [[endocytosis]] in [[metazoan]] cells, and study this phenomenon at many scales. At the molecular scale his group wants to uncover the molecular players in endocytic processes; at the mesoscopic scale research in his laboratory attempts to provide a physical description of [[cell membrane]] structure and organization process and its material properties; at the cellular scale the work is aimed at synthesizing a role for endocytosis in [[cellular signalling]] and cell surface homeostasis; at the scale of the tissue the group wishes to determine how control of endocytosis impinges on many developmental programs in tissue morphogenesis (http://www.ncbs.res.in/mayor)."
"The broad aim of Prof Mayor’s laboratory is to provide an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of [[endocytosis]] in [[metazoan]] cells, and study this phenomenon at many scales. At the molecular scale his group wants to uncover the molecular players in endocytic processes; at the mesoscopic scale research in his laboratory attempts to provide a physical description of [[cell membrane]] structure and organization process and its material properties; at the cellular scale the work is aimed at synthesizing a role for endocytosis in [[cellular signalling]] and cell surface homeostasis; at the scale of the tissue the group wishes to determine how control of endocytosis impinges on many developmental programs in tissue morphogenesis (http://www.ncbs.res.in/mayor)."


Professor Mayor is the recipient of several national and international awards such as the Wellcome Trust International Senior Research Fellowship, Swarnajayanti Fellowship, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award and the JC Bose Fellowship.
Professor Mayor is the recipient of several national and international awards such as the Wellcome Trust International Senior Research Fellowship, Swarnajayanti Fellowship, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, and the JC Bose Fellowship.


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
* Elected as Foreign Associate of the US [[National Academy of Sciences]], 2015.
* Elected as Foreign Associate of the US [[National Academy of Sciences]], 2015.
* Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Bombay, 2013
* Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Bombay, 2013
* Elected [[EMBO]] Fellow, 2013
* Elected [[European Molecular Biology Organization|EMBO]] Fellow, 2013
* [[Infosys Prize]] for Life Sciences, 2012
* [[Infosys Prize]] for Life Sciences, 2012
* [[TWAS Prize]] in Biology, 2010<ref name="Prizes and Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://twas.org/opportunities/prizes-and-awards |title=Prizes and Awards |date=2016 |publisher=The World Academy of Sciences}}</ref>
* [[TWAS Prize]] in Biology, 2010<ref name="Prizes and Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://twas.org/opportunities/prizes-and-awards |title=Prizes and Awards |date=2016 |publisher=The World Academy of Sciences}}</ref>
* EMBO Global Lecturer, 2010
* EMBO Global Lecturer, 2010
* [[JC Bose Fellowship]], DST, 2006-2011 (renewed till 2016).
* [[JC Bose Fellowship]], DST, 2006–2011 (renewed till 2016).
* [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award]], CSIR, 2003.
* [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award]], CSIR, 2003.
* [[Swarnajayanti Fellowship]], DST, 2003-2008.
* [[Swarnajayanti Fellowship]], DST, 2003–2008.
* [[Wellcome Trust International Senior Research Fellow]] (Biomedical Research, India), 1999-2004.
* [[Wellcome Trust International Senior Research Fellow]] (Biomedical Research, India), 1999–2004.
* [[Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience Award]], 2001
* [[Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience Award]], 2001
* [[Helen Hays Whitney]] Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1992-1995.
* [[Helen Hays Whitney]] Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1992–1995.
* The Rockefeller-Oxford Student Exchange Program Recipient, 1988.
* The Rockefeller-Oxford Student Exchange Program Recipient, 1988.
* Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust Graduate Fellowship, 1986-1991.
* Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust Graduate Fellowship, 1986–1991.
* Visiting Students Research Program Recipient (TIFR), 1984.
* Visiting Students Research Program Recipient (TIFR), 1984.


Latest revision as of 19:16, 18 November 2023

Satyajit Mayor
Born (1963-01-26) 26 January 1963 (age 61)
NationalityIndian
Alma materIIT Bombay
Rockefeller University
AwardsInfosys Prize for Life Sciences (2012)
JC Bose Fellowship, DST (2006-2016)
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, CSIR,(2003)
Scientific career
FieldsBiology, Cell biology, Membrane Biology, Cell signaling
InstitutionsNational Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore
Doctoral advisorGeorge A.M. Cross
Websitehttps://www.ncbs.res.in/faculty/mayor

Satyajit Mayor (born 1963)[1] is an Indian biologist. He serves as director of the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore. Mayor is the former director of the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem) at Bangalore, which has a focus on the study of stem cell and regenerative biology.

In 2012, Mayor won the Infosys Prize for life sciences for his study of regulated cell surface organization and membrane dynamics.[2]

Education[edit]

Mayor studied chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and was awarded his PhD in life sciences from The Rockefeller University, New York. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University, where he developed tools to study the trafficking of membrane lipids and GPI-anchored proteins in mammalian cells using quantitative fluorescence microscopy.

Research[edit]

Mayor started his laboratory at NCBS in 1995 following completion of his postdoctoral research at Columbia University.

"The broad aim of Prof Mayor’s laboratory is to provide an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of endocytosis in metazoan cells, and study this phenomenon at many scales. At the molecular scale his group wants to uncover the molecular players in endocytic processes; at the mesoscopic scale research in his laboratory attempts to provide a physical description of cell membrane structure and organization process and its material properties; at the cellular scale the work is aimed at synthesizing a role for endocytosis in cellular signalling and cell surface homeostasis; at the scale of the tissue the group wishes to determine how control of endocytosis impinges on many developmental programs in tissue morphogenesis (http://www.ncbs.res.in/mayor)."

Professor Mayor is the recipient of several national and international awards such as the Wellcome Trust International Senior Research Fellowship, Swarnajayanti Fellowship, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, and the JC Bose Fellowship.

Awards and honors[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Indian Fellow — Professor Satyajit Mayor". Indian National Science Academy. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Subrahmanyam, Chaudhuri get Infosys Prize". The Hindu. Bangalore. 24 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Prizes and Awards". The World Academy of Sciences. 2016.

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