{"id":697,"date":"2020-05-04T23:27:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T03:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/kchakrab\/?page_id=697"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T17:07:04","slug":"chakrabarti-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/kchakrab\/","title":{"rendered":"RNA Genomics, RNA-Protein Interactions &amp; Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Research<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chakrabarti Lab<\/strong> is interested in understanding the <strong>role of RNA in genome regulation<\/strong> and engineering RNA to be programmable for biomedical applications. Major focuses are on understanding how RNA-protein interactions regulate molecular functions related to cell proliferation and genome integrity in blood-borne pathogens, <em>Plasmodium falciparum<\/em> (Malaria) and <em>Trypanosoma brucei<\/em> (Neurodegenerative disease), and in human cancers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2025\/05\/05\/engineering-rna-to-be-programmable\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/kchakrab\/research\/\" style=\"border-radius:3px;background-color:#006ba6\" rel=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/kchakrab\/about\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>News<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kaitlin Successfully defended her Ph.D dissertation on March 17, 2026. <strong>Congratulations Dr. Klotz! <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tiffany successfully defended her Ph.D dissertation on Nov 5, 2025. <strong>Congratulations Dr. Barwell! <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kaitlin Received <strong>UNC Charlotte Chancellor&#8217;s Award in 2025<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaffairs.charlotte.edu\/about-us\/honors-awards\">https:\/\/studentaffairs.charlotte.edu\/about-us\/honors-awards<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius:3px;background-color:#006ba6\" rel=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/kchakrab\/lab-news\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Events<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignleft has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"761\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"967\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/kchakrab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1189\/2020\/05\/cl-graduate-program-flyer-761x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/kchakrab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1189\/2020\/05\/cl-graduate-program-flyer-761x1024.jpg 761w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/kchakrab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1189\/2020\/05\/cl-graduate-program-flyer-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/kchakrab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1189\/2020\/05\/cl-graduate-program-flyer-768x1033.jpg 768w, 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class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contact<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Chakrabarti<\/strong><br><strong>Office:<\/strong>&nbsp;Woodward Hall 390A<br><strong>Lab:<\/strong>&nbsp;Woodward 367<br><strong>Phone:<\/strong>&nbsp;704) 687-8681<br><strong>Email:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:kchakrab@uncc.edu\">k.chakrabarti@charlotte.edu<\/a><br><strong>Twitter:<\/strong> Chakrabarti_Lab (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KausikChakraba5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@KausikChakraba5<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background wp-element-button\" style=\"border-radius:3px;background-color:#006ba6\">Get in 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Program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/biology.uncc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Department of Biological Sciences<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/clas.uncc.edu\/academics\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>College of Liberal Arts &amp; Sciences<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/biology.uncc.edu\/research\/genome-integrity-group-0\" target=\"_blank\">Genome Integrity Group (GIG)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ffdff75b-7ca2-4f73-b392-d76c2bd6880d\" 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