Biography:

Debayan Das is a fourth year Doctoral student in the Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, under the supervision of Dr. Somdeb BoseDasgupta. My research work focuses on the host-pathogen interactions with particular emphasis on how Mtb virulence factor, ESAT-6 modulate host immune signalling and cellular metabolism. It aims to elucidate the immunometabolic mechanisms by which Mycobacterium tuberculosis reprograms macrophage function to promote persistence, with the broader goal of identifying novel targets for host-directed therapeutic strategies.