Nitin Gupta

PhD (University of California San Diego)

Office Phone: 0512-259-4384

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering (BSBE)

Specialization
Systems neuroscience, olfaction, computational biology.

Research Interest

The remarkable capabilities organized by the brain from seeing to singing, from remembering to running -- originate in the electrical activities of neurons. Neurons interact with each other forming circuits, which process sensory information and drive appropriate behaviors. We are interested in understanding the fundamental mechanisms used by neural circuits for processing information. Our initial focus is on circuits in deeper layers of the olfactory system (sense of smell). We use a variety of insects as model systems, including grasshoppers, flies and mosquitoes, and a variety of techniques, including in vivo electrophysiology, histology, behavioral observations, genetic manipulations, and computational modeling.

Education

PhD program in Bioinformatics & systems biology, University of California San Diego, 2009.
Thesis Title: Computational and Comparative Proteogenomics: Annotating Genomes and Proteomes using Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Thesis Supervisor: Pavel Pevzner
B.Tech., Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Kanpur, 2004.

Website(s)

Homepage

CV

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Computational Biology, Neuroscience

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Gupta N, Stopfer M (2014). A temporal channel for information in sparse sensory coding. Current Biology.
Gupta N, Stopfer M (2012). Functional analysis of a higher olfactory center, the lateral horn. Journal of Neuroscience 32:8138–8148.
Gupta N, Aron AR (2011). Urges for food and money spill over into motor system excitability before action is taken. European Journal of Neuroscience 33:183–188.
Gupta N, Pevzner PA (2009). False discovery rates of protein identifications: a strike against the two-peptide rule. Journal of Proteome Research 8:4173–4181
Gupta N, Benhamida J, Bhargava V, Goodman D, Kain E, Kerman I, Nguyen N, Ollikainen N, Rodriguez J, Wang J, Lipton MS, Romine M, Bafna V, Smith RD, Pevzner PA (2008). Comparative proteogenomics: combining mass spectrometry and comparative genomics to analyze multiple genomes. Genome Research 18:1133–1142.

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2010-2014: Post-doc at the National Institutes of Health, USA.
2014-Present: Assistant Professor, BSBE, IIT Kanpur.

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NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence, 2013
Gordon Fellowship Medal and Graduate Engineering Leadership Award, awarded by UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering, 2009
Diane Lin Prize, awarded by the University of California and the Friends of the International Center Society, 2009
Ratan Swarup Memorial Award for "the best all-round performance amongst all Bachelor of Technology and Master of Science (Integrated) students", at IIT Kanpur Convocation, 2004
National Talent Search Scholarship awarded by the Government of India, 1998

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Office
Department of BSBE, IIT Kanpur
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016

Office Phone: 0512-259-4384 (O)

Email: guptan[AT]iitk.ac.in

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neuroscience, olfaction, brain, neurophysiology, bioinformatics, proteomics, computational biology