Dr. Saumyak Mukherjee

Dr. Saumyak Mukherjee

Postdoctoral Researcher

Current Research Focus

Liquid-liquid phase separation of biomolecules and formation of membraneless organelles

Expertise

Theoretical and computational chemistry and biophysics, Molecular dynamics simulations, Statistical mechanics

Education and Experience

  • Postdocotral Researcher – Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany – since 2024
  • Postdocotral Researcher – Rurh University Bochum, Bochum, Germany – 2021—2024
  • Research Associate – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India – 2020—2021
  • PhD (Theoretical Chemistry) – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India – 2015—2020
  • Masters (M.Sc.) (Physical Chemistry) – Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India – 2013—2015
  • Bachelors (B.Sc.) (Chemistry) – Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India – 2013—2015

Selected Publications

Mukherjee, S.; Ramos, S.; Pezzotti, S.; Kalarikkal, A.; Prass, T. M.; Galazzo, L.; Gendreizig, D.; Barbosa, N.; Bordignon, E.; Havenith, M.; Schäfer, L. V.
Entropy Tug-of-War Determines Solvent Effects in the Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation of a Globular Protein.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 15, 4047 (2024)
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Mukherjee, S.; Schäfer, L. V.
Thermodynamic Forces from Protein and Water Govern Condensate Formation of an Intrinsically Disordered Protein Domain.
Nature Communications 14, 5892 (2023)
DOI
Mukherjee, S.; Mondal, S.; Acharya, S.; Bagchi, B.
Tug-of-War between Internal and External Frictions and Viscosity Dependence of Rate in Biological Reactions.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 128, 108101 (2022).
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Mukherjee, S.; Mondal, S.; Bagchi, B.
Mechanism of Solvent Control of Protein Dynamics.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 122, 058101 (2019)
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Mukherjee, S.; Mondal, S.; Bagchi, B.
Distinguishing Dynamical Features of Water inside Protein Hydration Layer: Distribution Reveals what is Hidden Behind the Average.
The Journal of Chemical Physics 147, 024901 (2017).
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