Department of Biochemistry and Medical Biotechnology

Faculty and Staff

Name Designation
Dr. Mandira Mukherjee Associate Professor & HOD (In-Charge)
Dr. Sujata Law Assistant Professor (Stem Cell Biology)
Dr. Anusri Tripathi Assistant Professor (Molecular Biology)
Dr. Biswanath Chakraborty Chemist
Dr. Anjan Kumar Basu Demonstrator
Mrs. Shanta Paul Medical Technologist
Mrs. Jayeeta Das Medical Technologist
Ms. Ankana Bhattacharyya Medical Technologist
Mr. Bappa Halder Medical Technologist CCU (Contractual)
Mr. Dhurpa Soren Group D

Academic Courses

Ongoing research projects

Investigator Title of the Project
Dr. Mandira Mukherjee Antibiotic resistance in clinical isolates of uropathogenic Escherichia coli - Understanding the role of universal stress protein A (UspA) as a target for therapeutic intervention
Dr. Mandira Mukherjee An insight into the fimH gene polymorphisms and regulation of phase variation in Type 1 Fimbriae operon in uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from hospitalized patients- A Molecular Perspective
Dr. Sujata Law Characterization of Cord Blood-derived Plasma Factor (CBPF) And Associated Environment and Analysis of Growth factor/Cytokine Profile Including Cellular Behavior for Therapeutic Hint
Dr. Sujata Law An experimental approach towards Bone marrow and microenvironment in Leukemia by using Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) and Bhringaraj (Eclipta alba): Two candidate inhibitors of Hedgehog and NF-κβ pathways
Dr. Anusri Tripathi Screening of anti-cancer activity of a few traditional medicinal plants of north east India
Dr. Anusri Tripathi Evaluation and characterization of crucial biomarker profiles for stratifying Dengue disease severity
Dr. Anusri Tripathi Identification of prognostic markers for dengue disease severity and determination of antiviral effect of Quercetin against dengue virus

Publications

  1. Koley S, Bose A, Mallik S, Halder P, Mukherjee M, (2022). COVID-19 Infection and Acute Kidney Injury in Paediatric Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Int J Res Rev; , Nov; 9(11),7-20, doi: 10.52403/ijrr.20221102
  2. Koley S, Mukherjee M, Halder P, Bose A, Lahre D, Mukhopadhyay S, Mallik S. (2022). Clinico-microbiological profile of Urinary Tract Infection with special reference to uropathogenic E coli : Antibiotic susceptibility pattern, phylogenetic background and virulent factor distribution from West Bengal, India J Indian Med Assoc 120 (10): 48-53
  3. Bandyopadhyay, D., Mukherjee, M.(2022). Systematic comparison of the protein-protein interaction network of bacterial Universal stress protein A (UspA): An insight into its discrete functions. Biologia, doi.org/10.1007/s11756-022-01102-x
  4. Manna S, Biswas P , Haldar R, Naskar TK, Law S. (2022) Cord and peripheral blood erythrocyte analysis by scanning electron microscopy and flow cytometry. International Journal of Laboratory Hematology (Wiley).44 (3), 679-687.
  5. Bhattacharyya S., Law S. 2022. Environmental Pollutant ENU Induced Leukemic NF-κβ Signaling Amelioration by Eclipta Alba In Murine Model. International Journal of Environmental Health Research. (Taylor and Francis) https://doi.org/ 10.1080/09603123.2021.1969341. 32(11):2435-2449
  6. Bhattacharyya S. , Law S. 2022. Environmental pollutant ENU- induced leukemic NLRP3 inflammasome activation and its amelioration by Eclipta prostrata and its active compound Wedelolactone. Environmental Toxicology (Wiley), DOI: 10.1002/tox.23400 , 37(2):322-334
  7. Law S, Ghosh S. 2022. Book Chapter: " Handbook of Oxidative Stress in Cancer: Therapeutic Aspects”. Therapeutic modalities regarding ROS in leukemia and hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell perspective. © Springer Nature Singapore Pvt. Ltd. S. Chakraborti et al. (eds.), Handbook of Oxidative Stress in Cancer: Therapeutic Aspects. (Springer Nature)
  8. Sengupta, S., Bhattacharya, N., & Tripathi, A. (2022). Association of C-reactive protein polymorphisms with serum-CRP concentration and viral load among dengue-chikungunya mono/co-infected patients. Antiviral Research, 197, 105225. doi.org /10.1016/ j.antiviral. 2021.105225.
  9. Dutta, S. K., Sengupta, S., & Tripathi, A. (2022). In silico and in vitro evaluation of silibinin: a promising anti-Chikungunya agent. In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal, 58(3), 255-267. doi.org/10.1007/s11626-022-00666-x.
  10. Mukherjee, S., Saha, B., & Tripathi, A. (2022). Clinical significance of differential serum-signatures for early prediction of severe dengue among Eastern Indian patients. Clinical and experimental immunology, 208(1), 72-82. doi.org/10.1093/ cei/uxac018.
  11. Ghosh, P., Mukherjee, S., Saha, B., & Tripathi, A. (2022). Importance of NF-κβ, IL-10 serum levels and DC-SIGN polymorphic haplotypes in determining dengue disease severity among eastern Indian patients. Microbial pathogenesis, 173(Pt B), 105870. doi.org/ 10.1016/ j.micpath.2022.105870.
  12. Sengupta, S., Bhattacharya, N., & Tripathi, A. (2022). Increased CRP, anti-CCP antibody, IL-2R, COMP levels in prognosis of post-chikungunya chronic arthritis and protective role of their specific genotypes against arthritic manifestation. Virus research, 323, 198998. doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2022.198998