Prof.
(Dr.) Maitree Bhattacharyya
Director, JBNSTS
Biography:Prof. (Dr.) Maitree Bhattacharyya graduated from Presidency College with Honours in Physics and obtained M.Sc degree from Calcutta University. She started her research career in Department of Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Calcutta University with a PhD degree in 1991.She joined Calcutta University as an Assistant Professor in 1994 to start with independent research laboratory. She was awarded DBT Overseas fellowship and worked as Visiting Scientist in UCSD, USA. Finally she became the Professor, Department of Biochemistry , University of Calcutta . In 2015, she joined as the Director of Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search.
Twenty-five research scholars have been awarded PhD degree under her supervision. She has published more than hundred research papers , several reviews and book chapters.
Research Interest:
Study of microbial diversity in coastal and estuarine water and soil sediment in the world heritage site, Sundarbans. Inventorisation of microbial diversity along Indian coast.
Identification of risk factors and biomarkers in the disease dynamics of diabetes associated cardiovascular disease and dyslipidemia.
Application of green chemistry in bioremediation and biotransformation of heavy metal toxicity in industrial effluent, green synthesis of nanoparticles.
Protein structure- function and interactions with special interest to heme proteins, bio molecular interaction.
Apart from academic research and
teaching, she aims,
To develop Scientific and Technological sphere of India especially the human resource to the level of highest possible International Standard.
To develop Science and Technology of modern India to make India self-reliant in all spheres including Agriculture, Industry and Medicine.
To inculcate scientific and rational temper within the younger section of the population towards developing a modern India based on logical foundation, objective and realistic state of mind and against all kinds of superstition, obscurantism and illogical thinking and actions.
Research Article Published
:
1.
Turban Kar, Pijush Basak, Rittik Kumar Ghosh, Maitree Bhattacharyya, Protective effects of curcumin against gamma ray induced conformational change of Human Serum Albumin, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2017 (Accepted). .
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.02.105
2.
Rudrdip Pattanayak , Pijush Basak , Srikanta Sen and Maitree Bhattacharyya, An insight to the binding of Ellagic acid with Human serum albumin using spectroscopic and isothermal calorimetry studies, Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports 2017 (Accepted) ,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrep.2017.03.001.
3.
Manas Guria, Medha Majumdar, Maitree Bhattacharyya. Green synthesis of protein capped nano-gold particle: An excellent recyclable nano-catalyst for the reduction of nitro-aromatic pollutants at higher concentration, Journal of Molecular Liquids,222, 549, 2016.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2016.07.087.
4.
Satabdi Banerjee, Arnab Pramanik, Sanghamitra Sengupta, Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, Maitree Bhattacharyya* .Distribution and source identification of heavy metal concentration in Chilika Lake, India: An assessment over salinity gradient . Current science, 112, 87, 2016. 10.18520/cs/v112/i01/87-94.
5.
Subarna Dutta , Maitree Bhattacharyya and Kaushik Sengupta, Implications and Assessment of the Elastic Behavior of Lamins in Laminopathies Cells 2016, 5(4), 37; doi:10.3390/cells5040037.
6.
Paulami Mandal, Maitree Bhattacharya* and Joydeep Chowdhuryb-Targeting G-quadruplex DNA and B-DNA with a natural alkaloid: a comparative spectroscopic study RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 109846-109856.
7.
Rudrdip Pattanayak , Pijush Basak , Srikanta Sen and Maitree Bhattacharyya, Interaction of KRAS G-quadruplex with natural polyphenols: A spectroscopic analysis with molecular modeling , International Journal of Biological Macromolecules , 2016 , 89 , 228-237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.04.074.
8.
Kakali
Ghoshal, Sangita Das, Krishnendu Aich,
Shyamaprosad Goswami, Subhankar
Chowdhury, Maitree Bhattacharyya, A
novel sensor to estimate the prevalence
of hypochlorous (HOCl) toxicity in
individuals with type 2 diabetes and
dyslipidemia,. Clinica Chimica Acta,
2016, 458 ,144-153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cca.2016.05.006.
9.
Pijush Basak , Arnab Pramanik , Sohan Sengupta , Sudip Nag , Anish Bhattacharyya , Debojyoti Roy ,Rudradip Pattanayak , Abhrajyoti Ghosh, Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay , Maitree Bhattacharyya, Bacterial diversity assessment of pristine mangrove microbial community from Dhulibhashani, Sundarbans using 16S rRNA gene tag sequencing , Genomics Data , 2016 , 7: 76-78
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gdata.2015.11.030.
10.
Arnab Pramanik , Pijush Basak , Satabdi Banerjee , Sanghamitra Sengupta , Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay , Maitree Bhattacharyya , Metagenomic exploration of the bacterial community structure at Paradip Port, Odisha, India, Genomics Data , 2016 , 7: 94-96
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gdata.2015.12.005
11.
Sohan Sengupta, Arnab Pramanik, ,
Abhrajyoti Ghosh, Maitree Bhattacharyya
; Antimicrobial activities of
actinomycetes isolated from unexplored
regions of Sundarbans mangrove
ecosystem; BMC Microbiology (2015)
15:170, DOI 10.1186/s12866-015-0495-4
12.
Anish Bhattacharyya, Niladri Shekhar
Majumder, Pijush Basak, Shayantan
Mukherji, Debojyoti Roy, Sudip Nag,
Anwesha Haldar, Dhrubajyoti
Chattopadhyay, Suparna Mitra, Maitree
Bhattacharyya, and Abhrajyoti Ghosh;
Diversity and Distribution of Archaea in
the Mangrove Sediment of Sundarbans;
Hindawi Publishing Corporation,
Archaea,Volume 2015, Article ID 968582;
doi.org/10.1155/2015/968582
13.
Sangita Das, Shyamaprosad Goswami,
Krishnendu Aich, Kakali Ghoshal, Ching
Kheng Quah, Maitree Bhattacharyya; ESIPT
and CHEF based highly sensitive and
selective ratiometric sensor for Al3+
with imaging in human blood cell; New
Journal of Chemistry (Impact Factor:
3.09). 08/2015; DOI: 10.1039/C5NJ01468A
Suranjana Ray Haldar, Arpita Chakrabarty,
Subhankar Chowdhury, Atish Haldar,
Sanghamitra Sengupta, Maitree
Bhattacharyya; Oxidative Stress-Related
Genes in Type 2 Diabetes: Association
Analysis and Their Clinical Impact;
Biochem Genet 53:93-119, 2015, Springer Science+Business Media.
10.1007/s10528-015-9675-z
16.
Arpita Chakraborty, Arindam Chakraborty,
Subhankar Chowdhury, SanghamitraSengupta,
Maitree Bhattacharyya; Association of
MTHFR 677C>T genetic polymorphism with
hyperhomocysteinemia in type 2 diabetes
patients; Cogent Medicine (2015), 2:
1017973; doi.org/10.1080/2331205X.2015.1017973
17.
Pijush Basak, Arnab Pramanik , Ranita
Roy, Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, Maitree
Bhattacharyya; Cataloguing the bacterial
diversity of the Sundarbans mangrove,
India in the light of metagenomics;
Genomic data , 2015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gdata.2015.03.014
18.
Arnab Pramanik, Pijush Basak, Satabdi
Banerjee, Sanghamitra Sengupta,
Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, Maitree
Bhattacharyya; Pyrosequencing based
profiling of the bacterial community in
the Chilika lake, the largest lagoon of
India; Genomic data , 2015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gdata.2015.04.003
19.
Kakali Ghoshal, Maitree Bhattacharyya;
Adiponectin: Probe of the molecular
paradigm associating and obesity; World
Journal of Diabetes; 2015 February 15;
6(1): 151-166; ISSN 1948-9358 (online);
DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v6.i1.151
20.
Arpita Chakraborty, Amit Bera, Arghya
Mukherjee, Pijush Basak, Imroze Khan,
Arindam Mondal, Arunava Roy, Anish
Bhattacharyya, Sohan SenGupta, Debojyoti
Roy, Sudip Nag, Abhrajyoti Ghosh,
Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay, Maitree
Bhattacharyya; Changing bacterial
profile of Sundarbans, the world
heritage mangrove: Impact of
anthropogenic interventions; World
Journal of Microbiology and
Biotechnology; February 2015; Date: 06
Feb 2015; DOI: 10.1007/s11274-015-1814-5
21.
Pijush Basak, Niloy Kundu, Rudradip
Pattanayak, Maitree Bhattacharyya;
Denaturation Properties and Folding
Transition Statesof Leghemoglobin and
Other Heme Proteins; ISSN 0006_2979,
Biochemistry (Moscow), 2015, Vol. 80,
No. 4, pp. 463-472; DOI:
10.1134/S0006297915040100
22.
Shyamaprosad Goswami, Sangita Das,
Krishnendu Aich,Prasanta Kumar Nandi,
Kakali Ghoshal, Ching Kheng Quah,
Maitree Bhattacharyya,Hoong-Kun Fun and
Hatem A. Abdel-Aziz: A rhodamine-quinoline
based chemodosimetercapable of
recognising endogenous OCl_ in human
blood cell , RSC Adv ( 2014), 4, 24881
DOI: 10.1039/C4RA03200D
23.
Suranjana Ray Haldar and Maitree
Bhattacharyya: Oxidative Stress: Lipid
peroxidation Products as Predictors in
Disease Progression, Journal of
experimental and Integrative Medicine
(2014), 4(3), 151-164.
10.5455/jeim.210414.rw.007
24.
Pijush Basak, Rudradip Pattanayak, Sudip
Nag and Maitree Bhattacharyya: pH
induced conformational isomerism of
Leghemoglobin isolated from Arachis
hypogae, Biochemistry (Moscow) (2014),
79(11), 1255-1261. DOI
10.1134/S0006297914110133
25.
Pijush Basak, Rudradip Pattanayak and
Maitree Bhattacharyya: Transition metal
induced conformational change of heme
protens, Spectroscopy letters (2014)
(Journal ISSN:0038-7010 (Print), ISSN:
1532-2289 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00387010.2014.881380
26.
Tanusri Karmakar , Sanjaya K Mallick,
Arpita Chakraborty, Animesh Maiti,
Subhankar Chowdhury and Maitree
Bhattacharyya: Platelets indices:
signature biomarkers in Diabetes
Mellitus and associated Cardiovascular
Diseases, Clinical hemorheology and
microcirculation (2014) 59(1) 67-81
(Journal ISSN: 1386-0291) DOI
10.3233/CH-141818
27.
Kakali Ghoshal and Maitree Bhattacharyya
: Overview of platelet physiology: Its
hemostatic and non hemostatic role in
disease pathogenesis, The Scientific
World Journal (2013) (Journal ISSN:
2356-6140 (Print), ISSN: 1537-744X
(Online))( doi:10.1155/8086)
28.
M. K. Guria, A.K. Guha and M.
Bhattacharyya (2014) A green chemical
approach for biotransformation of Cr(VI)
to Cr(III), utilizing Fusarium sp. MMT1
and consequent structural alteration of
cell morphology. Journal of
Environmental Chemical Engineering
2:424-433
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2014.01.016
29.
Pijush Basak and Maitree Bhattacharyya :
"Intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence and
related energy transfer in Leghemoglobin
isolated from Arachis Hypogea", Turkish
Journal of Biochemistry, December, 2013,
38 (1), 9-13 (Journal ISSN: 0250-4685)
(doi:10.5505/tjb.2013)
30.
Kaberi Chaudhuri, Suman Manna, Kakoli
Sen Sarma, Pankaj Naskar, Somenath
Bhattacharyya and Maitree Bhattacharyya
: Physicochemical and biological factors
controlling water column metabolism in
Sundarbans estuary, India, Aquatic
Biosystems 2012, 8:26 (
doi:10.1186/2046-9063-8-26)
31.
Arpita Chakrabarty and Maitree
Bhattacharyya, Diabetes, Hypertension
and Cardiovascular Disease-An unsolved
enigma, A chapter in Phytotherapy in the
Management of Diabetes and Hypertension
(DOI: 0.2174/97816080501471120101 ,eISBN:
978-1-60805-014-7, 2012 ISBN:
978-1-60805-567-8), 2012 , P 97-130
Editor: Mohamed Eddouks
32.
Arpita Chakraborty, Tanusri Karmakar,
Subhankar Chowdhury, Maitree
Bhattacharyya: Effect of Metformin on
pathological indices related to
cardiovascular disease in diabetes,
American Journal of Bio-pharmacology
Biochemistry and Life Sciences 2012, 01:
53-64 [Online ISSN: 2166-126X ].
33.
Manna S, Chaudhuri K, Sen Sharma K,
Naskar P, Bhattacharyya S and
Bhattacharyya M: Interplay of physical,
chemical and biological components in
estuarine ecosystem with special
reference to Sundarbans, India ---a
chapter in Ecological Water
Quality-water treatment and reuse
,Edited by Kostas Voudouris and Dimitra
Voutsa Published by InTech.2012 Chapter
. 10 : 205-238 (ISBN 979-953-307-638-5).
34.
Mandal B, Mukherjee D,Bhattacharyya
M.Structure function alteration of
hemoglobin in Arsenocosis patients : A
probable pathway to exert toxicity . J.
Appl. Toxicol. 2012, 32: 581-589 (Online
ISSN: 1099-1263) DOI 10.1002/jat.1656
35.
Chakraborty A ,Chowdhury S,Bhattacharyya
M. Effect of metformin on oxidative
stress, nitrosative stress and
inflammatory biomarkers in type 2
diabetes patients. Diabetes research and
clinical practice. (Available online 13
December 2010.)Awarded as highly cited
article DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2010.11.030
36.
Roychowdhry S, Chakraborty A,
Bahttacharyya M. Cervical Cancer Induced
Structural Disorganization of Human
Erythrocyte Membrane. IJBPS. December,
2010. p 27-31 ISSN: 1752-3788.
37.
Manna S, Chaudhuri K, Bhattacharyya S,
Bhattacharyya M. Dynamics of Sundarban
estuarine ecosystem:eutrophication
induced threat to mangroves. Saline
Systems, 2010, 6:8. DOI:
10.1186/1746-1448-6-8
38.
Adak S, Sengupta S , Chowdhury S and
Bhattacharyya M. Co-existence of risk
and protective haplotypes of Calpain 10
gene to type 2 diabetes in the eastern
Indian population. Diabetes and Vascular
Disease Research. 2010; 7; 63 DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1177/1479164109351370
39.
Adak S, Chowdhury S and Bhattacharyya M.
Dynamic and electrokinetic behavior of
erythrocyte membrane in diabetes
mellitus and diabetic cardiovascular
disease Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)
- General Subjects. (2008) Biochimica et
Biophysica Acta ,1780, 108-115
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagen.2007.10.013
40.
Arindam Saha, Sangeeta Adak, Subhankar
Chowdhury, Maitree Bhattacharyya (2005),
Enhanced Oxygen releasing capacity and
Oxidative stress in Diabetes Mellitus
and Diabetes Mellitus Associated
Cardiovascular Disease: A comparative
study, Clinica Chimica Acta,( Elsevier)
361,141-149
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cccn.2005.05.018
41.
Atanu K. Khatua & Maitree Bhattacharyya
(2001), NADPH-induced oxidative damage
of rat liver microsomes: Protective role
of chlorpromazine and trifluoperazine,
Polish Journal of Pharmacology, 53(6):
629-634. PMID: 11985337 .
42
Dibyendu Chakraborty & Maitree
Bhattacharyya (2001), Antioxidant
defence status of Red Blood cell in B-thalassemia
patient, Clinica Cheimica Acta
(Elsevier), 305,123-129
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0009-8981(00)00428-9
43.
Dibyendu Chakraborty & Maitree
Bhattacharyya (2000), Deferiprone (LI)
induced conformation change of
Hemoglobin: A fluorescence and CD
spectroscopic study, Molecular and
Cellular Biochemistry, 204. 17-20. DOI:
10.1021/jp9062115
44.
J. Bhattacharyya, M. Bhattacharyya, A.
S. Chakrabarty, U. Chaudhuri & R.K.
Poddar (1998), Structural organisation
of hemoglobin and myoglobin influence
their binding behaviour with
phenothiazines, International Journal of
Biological Macromolecules (Elsevier),
23, 11-18.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0141-8130(98)00006-3
45.
J. Bhattacharyya, M. Bhattacharyya, A.S.
Chakrabarty, U. Chaudhuri & R. K. Poddar
(1996), Trifluoperazine is more
effective than Chlorpromazine in
releasing Oxygen :trom hemoglobin and
myoglobin, Journal of Pharmacy &
Pharmacology. 965-967.
10.1111/j.20427158.1996.tb06013.x
46.
Maitree Bhattacharyya, J. Bhattacharyya,
A. S. Chakraborty, U. Chaudhuri and R.
K. Poddar (1994), Binding of
chlorpromazine with hemoglobin and
myoglobin: A comparative study
-Biochemical Pharmacology (pergamon
Press), 11, 2049-2053.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0006-2952(94)90080-9
47.
Maitree Bhattacharyya, A. N. Ghosh, R.
K. Poddar and U. Chaudhuri (1992),
Chlorpromazine induced filamentation of
haemoglobin: Electron Microscopic
evidence, Biophysical Chemistry
(Elsevier Publishers), 44, 209-217. PMID:
1420950.
48.
Maitree Bhattacharyya, U. Chaudhuri and
R. K. Poddar (1990), Evidence for
cooperative binding of chlorpromazine
with haemoglobin : Equilibrium dialysis,
fluorescence, quenching and oxygen
release study, Biochemical Biophysical
Research Communications, (Academic
Press), 167, 1146-1153.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0006-291X(90)90643-2
49.
Maitree Bhattacharyya, U. Chaudhuri and
R.K.Poddar (1990), Studies on the
interaction of chlorpromazine with
haemoglobin, International Journal of
Biological Macromolecules, (Butterworths)
12, 297-301.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0141-8130(90)90017-5
50.
Maitree Bhattacharyya, U. Chaudhuri and
R.K.Poddar (1990), Interaction of
chlorpromazine with haemoglobin, Indian
Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
27, 240-244.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0141-8130(90)90017-5
51.
Maitree Bhattacharyya, U. Chaudhuri and
R.K. Poddar (1989), Cooperative binding
of chlorpromazine with haemoglobin ,
Biochemistry International (Academic
Press),12, 1363-1372. PMID: 2635866 .
NLM ID: 8100311.
52.
Maitree Bhattacharyya, U. Chaudhuri and
R. K. Poddar (1989), Viscometric studies
on the effect of near UV light
irradiation on DNA in presence of
chlorpromazine, Current Science, (India)
58, 710- 712. PMID: 2635866 .
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