The work is now online @cp-starprotocols.bsky.social and we hope it will make life easier for researchers requiring regular fibroblast culture and finally address the long-standing issue of reliably maintaining a continuous Passage 1 population.

This actually began as a chance discovery when we were struggling with low yield and inconsistent digestion using Trypsin-based established methods. All credit goes to Shubhangi and Supratim(now Dr. Pradhan) for creatively turning a challenge into a solution.

And to top it off, Denesh's application (1st year Phd, co-supervised with Mainak Bose, IIT kgp) was selected for the EMBL-EBI Microscopy Data Analysis Workshop—with a full fee waiver. Too much good news at once feels suspicious… so we’ll enjoy it while it lasts 🙂. Here are few snippets

Debolina (final year Phd) who presented online while doing something slightly important (like getting married), won Best Online Presentation and also had her poster selected for a flash talk at RAdMed-2025. Priorities perfectly balanced 👏

Shubhangi (2nd year Phd) won Best Oral Presentation at NBRCOM (AIIMS Jodhpur) and followed it up with another Best Presentation Award at the SBC Annual Meeting. Peer praise + ₹50k prize = serious celebration 🎉

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isolates of Leishmania, that provides them with a replicative edge over sensitive counterparts.

Would like to thank all the members of the lab for their hard work and dedications to make this happen. Thanks ICMRDELHI and MHRDSTARS for funding support. And thanks 2024 for being so kind. @emboreports.org and
@plos.org couldn't have asked for more!!