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Hello! I am Sumanta Kar. Currently I am living in Berlin, Germany. I am appointed as a post-doc fellow here at Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie Berlin (FMP-Berlin).

Research experience
Post-doctoral training
May 2023- Present: Prof. Thomas Jentsch Lab, Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP Berlin), Germany
Project: Characterization of regulatory mechanism of human Chloride channels and exchangers.
Doctoral training
July 2017- July 2023: Dr. Arnab Gupta Lab, Department of Biological Sciences,
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata (IISER-Kolkata), India.
Project: Studies on regulatory mechanism of human Copper Transporter CTR1.
Masters' project
December 2016- May 2017: Under Prof. Swati Mittal, Department of Zoology, Banaras Hindu University, India.
Project: Effect of different doses Lead Nitrate toxicity on the enzymes of gill in fresh water catfish Heteropneustes fossilis.
Bachelors' project
May 2014- June 2015: Under Dr. Surajit Majumder, Department of Zoology, Bankura Sammilani College, The University of Burdwan, India.
Project: Effect of different physico-chemical parameters in the micro-faunal distribution of freshwater ponds
Bachelors' field-based project
May 2014- June 2015: Under Mr. Biswaranjan Dhua, Department of Zoology, Bankura Sammilani College, The University of Burdwan, India.
Project: Animal Behaviour
Breeding, Nesting & Feeding Behaviors of Asian Open bill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)
List of publications

Assembly and disassembly dynamics of nonmuscle myosin II control endosomal fission.
Kar, Joy, Sumanta Kar , Arnab Gupta, and Siddhartha S. Jana. 42, no. 2 (2023).

Toxicopathological impact of sub-lethal concentrations of lead nitrate on the
gill of the catfish Heteropneustes fossilis
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Copper (II) import and reduction are dependent on His-Met clusters in the extracellular amino terminus of human copper transporter-1

Copper dependent ERK1/2 phosphorylation is essential for the viability of neurons and not glia
Kar, Sumanta, Samarpita Sen, Saptarshi Maji, Deepashri Saraf, Rupam Paul, Sohini Dutt, Basudeb
Mondal et al.Journal of Biological Chemistry 298, no. 3 (2022).
Chakraborty, K., Kar, S., Rai, B., Bhagat, R., Naskar, N., Seth, P., ... & Bhattacharjee, A. (2022). Copper dependent ERK1/2 phosphorylation is essential for the viability of neurons and not glia. Metallomics, 14(4), mfac005.

Structural and functional diversity among the members of CTR, the membrane copper transporter family
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Zooplankton diversity influenced by hydro
biological parameters in some ponds of south eastern part of Bankura town of WB, India
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Beyond the Lab
Out of the Lab, I like other activities also

At Chamonix, France

During Euro Cup Final in Berlin, Spain vs England
Get in Touch
Buch, Berlin, Germany
+91 9564970439, +49 17628809796