Hallo! I am originally from the industrial city of Durgapur, West Bengal, India. I did my schoolings in Durgapur. Thereafter, I did my predoctoral research in the laboratory of  Dr. Manoj K. Chakrabarti in the division of Pathophysiology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (which is a permanent institute of Indian Council of Medical Research). In February, 1999 I came to United States of America and joined the laboratory of Dr. Raju Ramasamy in the department  of Microbiology as a Post Doctoral Research Associate. My study is concerned with molecular biology of alphavirus replication and diseases.   Here is the member of sindbis virus group in the Virology Laboratory of Dr Ramasamy at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.:

Dr. Raju Ramasamy Professor Principal Investigator Ph.D: Indian Institute of Science Post Doc: University of Geneva, Switzerland                 Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya, (Durgapur, India) Post Doctoral Research Associate Ph.D: National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases           (Indian Council of Medical Research ), Calcutta University

Mr. Fredercik D. James (Georgia) Graduate Student B.S. Payne College, Georgia

Ms. Cherise Guess (San Diego, California) Graduate Student B.S.