Dhiraj Bhatia
Department : Biological Engineering
Research Interests
● DNA nanotechnology
● Chemical biology
Professional Summary
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (September 2023 to present)
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (July 2018 to September 2023)
Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) Post Doctoral Fellow, Institute Curie (2014 – 2017)
Curie Post Doctoral Researcher, Institute Curie (2013 – 2014)
Publications
1. Dhiraj Bhatia, Senthil Arumugam, Michel Nasilowski, Himanshu Joshi, Christian Wunder, Valerie Chambon, Ved Prakash, Prabal Maiti, Ludger Johannes, Benoit Dubertret & Yamuna Krishnan, “Quantum dot-loaded monofunctionalized DNA Icosahedra for single particle tracking of targeted endocytic pathways in living cells”, Nature Nanotechnology, 2016, 11, 1112-1119.
2. Dhiraj Bhatia, Sunaina Surana, Saikat Chakraborty, Sandhya P. Koushika and Yamuna Krishnan*, “Synthetic, icosahedral DNA-based host-cargo complex for functional bio-imaging in vivo”, Nature Communications, 2011, 2:339.
3. Dhiraj Bhatia, Shabana Mehtab, Ramya Krishnan, Shanthinath S Indi, Atanu Basu and Yamuna Krishnan*, “Icosahedral DNA Nanocapsules by modular assembly”, Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 2009, 48, 4134-4137.