Prof Amitabha Chattopadhyay, deputy director, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, has been selected for the J C Bose National Fellowship, 2008, constituted by the Department of Science and Technology (DST).

He has been selected to further his pioneering contribution on the role of membrane lipids in the organization and function of G-protein coupled receptors, and its implications in health and disease.

The J C Bose Fellowship was instituted to give a boost to scientific research in the country on August 5, 2005. The fellowship, constituted by the DST, Government of India, recognizes active, performing scientists and engineers in the country, for their outstanding performance and contributions, below the age of 60 years.

The fellowships are scientist-specific, very selective and have close academic monitoring. A High level Search-cum-Selection Committee under the Prime Minister of India has made the selection.

The J C Bose Fellows are provided a fellowship of Rs 20,000 per month in addition to their regular income. A contingency of Rs 5 lakh per annum is provided towards conference participation and other expenses. The fellowship will be for a term of five years initially.

Prof Chattopadhyay joined CCMB in 1989 and has published more than 140 research papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals, and reviewed and edited 5 books. He is the recipient of the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Dozor Fellowship (Israel), Ranbaxy Research Award, to name a few, for his outstanding research contributions. He is member of editorial boards of several international journals.