Dibyendu Banerjee
 
 

Scientist C
Molecular and Structural Biology Division
 
Educational Qualifications M.Sc. (2000) Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
Ph.D. (2007) Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Date of Birth 14.12.1976
E Mail d.banerjee@cdri.res.in
 
POSITIONS/ EMPLOYMENT
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 2002 -2007- Junior and Senior Research Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
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 2007- 2010- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas, USA.
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 2010- 2011- Post Doctoral Senior Research Associate, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
HONORS/AWARDS
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 Graduate Aptitude Test for Science (GATE) conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India, 2000.
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 Recipient of Centre for Advanced Studies Fellowship from University Grants Commission (UGC) at the Department of Zoology, BHU, Varanasi, India, Sept 2000 to Dec 2001.
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 Recipient of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-NET) Fellowship for research all over India conducted by CSIR/UGC, 2002-2007.
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 Best poster award, Spandan (Annual All-India Research Festival), 2005, JNU
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 CSIR travel award to attend the FEBS Advanced Lecture Course in Fungal Pathogens, La Colle sur Loup, Nice, France 2004.
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 Recipient of Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR) Fellowship, Sept 2006 to Nov 2006.
 
CURRENT AREA OF INTEREST
 
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 Role of DNA ligases in DNA replication and Repair
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 DNA ligases as targets for Cancer therapy.
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 Multidrug Resistance (MDR) in Candida albicans, an opportunistic human fungal pathogen.
 
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
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 Preferential repair of oxidized base damage in the transcribed genes of mammalian cells. Banerjee D, Mandal SM, Das A, Hegde ML, Das S, Bhakat KK, Boldogh I, Sarkar PS, Mitra S, Hazra TK. J Biol Chem. 2011 Feb 25;286(8):6006-16. Epub 2010 Dec 17
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 Response of pathogenic and non-pathogenic yeasts to steroids. Prasad R, Devaux F, Dhamgaye S, Banerjee D. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2010 Nov 27
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 Iron deprivation induces EFG1-mediated hyphal development in Candida albicans without affecting biofilm formation. Hameed S, Prasad T, Banerjee D, Chandra A, Mukhopadhyay CK, Goswami SK, Lattif AA, Chandra J, Mukherjee PK, Ghannoum MA, Prasad R. FEMS Yeast Res. 2008 Aug;8(5):744-55. Epub 2008 Jun 10.
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 Responses of pathogenic and nonpathogenic yeast species to steroids reveal the functioning and evolution of multidrug resistance transcriptional networks. Banerjee D, Lelandais G, Shukla S, Mukhopadhyay G, Jacq C, Devaux F, Prasad R. Eukaryot Cell. 2008 Jan;7(1):68-77. Epub 2007 Nov 9.
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 Candida drug resistance protein 1, a major multidrug ATP binding cassette transporter of Candida albicans, translocates fluorescent phospholipids in a reconstituted system. Shukla S, Rai V, Saini P, Banerjee D, Menon AK, Prasad R. Biochemistry. 2007 Oct 30;46(43):12081-90. Epub 2007 Oct 9.
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 A genome-wide steroid response study of the major human fungal pathogen Candida albicans. Banerjee D, Martin N, Nandi S, Shukla S, Dominguez A, Mukhopadhyay G, Prasad R. Mycopathologia. 2007 Jul;164(1):1-17. Epub 2007 Jun 16.
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 Structure and function analysis of CaMdr1p, a major facilitator superfamily antifungal efflux transporter protein of Candida albicans: identification of amino acid residues critical for drug/H+ transport. Pasrija R, Banerjee D, Prasad R. Eukaryot Cell. 2007 Mar;6(3):443-53. Epub 2007 Jan 5.
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 Characterization of Cdr1p, a major multidrug efflux protein of Candida albicans: purified protein is amenable to intrinsic fluorescence analysis. Shukla S, Rai V, Banerjee D, Prasad R. Biochemistry. 2006 Feb 21;45(7):2425-35.
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 Genome-wide expression profile of steroid response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Banerjee D, Pillai B, Karnani N, Mukhopadhyay G, Prasad R. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2004 Apr 30;317(2):406-13.