I did my PhD in India from Dr. Dipak Dutta’s lab (CSIR-IMTECH), where I studied the molecular mechanism of intrinsic alkalization mediated by glutamine metabolism and its physiological significance in manganese toxicity and pH homeostasis. In Jade’s lab my research interest is identifying the different genetic interactions in antibiotic-induced persistence and the underlying mechanism in bacteria. When I am not doing research, I like to indulge myself with my creative skills in painting, and also love to travel new places.
Publications
- Bhardwaj K, Kalita A, Verma N, Prakash A, Thakur R, Dutta D (2023) Rho-dependent termination enables cellular pH homeostasis. J. Bacteriol. 206(1):e0035623 PMC10810219 · Pubmed · DOI
- Kalita A, Mishra RK, Kumar V, Arora A, Dutta D (2022) An intrinsic alkalization circuit turns on mntP-riboswitch under manganese stress. Microbiol. Spectr. 10(5):e0336822 PMC9603457 · Pubmed · DOI
- Kumar V, Mishra RK, Ghose D, Kalita A, Dhiman P, Prakash A, Thakur N, Mitra G, Chaudhari VD, Arora A, Dutta D (2022) Free spermidine evokes superoxide radicals that manifest toxicity. eLife. 11:e77704 PMC9038194 · Pubmed · DOI
- Kalita A, title: Deciphering the role of glutamine synthetase in cellular metabolism under manganese toxicity in Escherichia coli (PhD Thesis) 2022