Satyajit mayor biography of william

BANGALORE: He brings the passion of an artist to the field of research in biology. No wonder the thrill of discovering something new is far more satisfactory than receiving any award, says Satyajit Mayor, who recently won the InfosysPrize for Life Sciences.
The professor of Cellular Organization and Signalling at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) won the coveted prize, ranking among the highest monetary awards in the country that recognizes scientific research, for his outstanding contribution in the field of biology.
Mayor's works provide new insights into regulated cell surface organization and membrane dynamics, necessary for understanding self-organization and trafficking of membrane molecules in living cells, and in signalling between cells.
However, there is nothing organized about the journey of the 49-year-old alumnus of IIT-Bombay. Born to a Malayali mother and a Punjabi father, he grew up in Baroda, now Va

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