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Research training:
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Research Fellow in Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics from 1971 to 1977
Intracellular replication of bacteriophage phiX174
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Associate Research Scientist, Department of Molecular Biophysics and
Biochemistry, Yale University from 1985 to 1987.: Interferon induced gene
expression.
Details of the Nature and Duration of present and past employment :
- Lecturer, Department of Physics, Calcutta University 1977 June –1989.
- Reader, Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of
Calcutta from 1989 to 1994
- Officer-in-charge DBT,GOI sponsored Distributed Information Centre CU (Addl.charge)
April 1993-Feb.2001
- Professor: Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Genetics
University of Calcutta. 1994 onwards to February 09,2009
- Director (Addl.charge): Computer Centre Calcutta University Dec.22,1997-
- Pro-Vice Chancellor, Jadavpur University March1, 2001- Dec.22, 2003
- Member Task Force on Bioinformatics, DBT, GOI
- Chairman Review Committee for CLTP in Schools in West Bengal, July'02-April'03
- Pro-Vice Chancellor, West Bengal University of Technology, from Dec.23, 2003 to
September 20, 2004, and
- Vice Chancellor of West Bengal University of Technology from September 21, 2004 to
May21, 2008
- Vice Chancellor West Bengal State University (Barasat. North 24 Pgs) May21,2008
- Awards:
(i)National Science Talent Search Scholarship from 1965 to 1968.
(ii)Atomic Energy Commission Scholarship from 1968 to 1970
(iii)Research Fellowship of Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
No.of Ph.D.s supervised:11
No. of Ph.D. Thesis examined in management area: 2; one from IITDelhi and one
from BITS Pilani
Major Fields of Research:
The major research interests are in the areas of -
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Industrial application of microbes isolated especially in Bioremediation in areas
of sulfate and nitrate reduction
- Microbial Biodiversity Screening of East Calcutta wetlands Dhapa. Calcutta.
- Molecular Biology of Methanosarcina barkeri and its molecular mechanism of
double strand break repair. Identification and purification of DNA replication and
repair proteins and enzymes like topoisomerase, SSB etc.
- Structure-function correlation of various forms of DNA by statistical analysis of
local doublet parameter obtained through Crystallographic data mining , Monte
Carlo simulation technique & molecular dynamics approach.
- Application of sequence dependent DNA flexibility parameter in phylogenetic
study and its role in gene expression.
Research Grant:Since 2000 |
| 1 |
Ionizing radiation induced
DNA DSB studies of
methanogens isolated from
East Calcutta Wetlands |
Rs 3,09,000/- |
IUC-DAE |
Completed |
| 2 |
Bioinformatic tools and
comparative microbial
community analysis |
Rs 5,40,524/- |
DST-DAAD |
Completed |
| 3 |
Studies on nanocrystal
formation in microbes
undergoing heavy ion
irradiation. IUAC-UGC |
Rs 1,94,000/- |
IUAC-UGC |
Ongoing |
| 4 |
Studies on heavy ion irradiated
metal induced radiation
sensitization in Bacillus
subtilis. IUAC-UGC |
Rs 2,91,000/- |
IUAC-UGC |
Ongoing |
| 5 |
Development of sulphate
reducing bioremediation
package from Jaduguda
effluent discharge. 2005/36/31/
BRNS/2574 |
Rs 24,82,600/- |
BRNS |
Completed |
| 6 |
Characterization and
optimization of functioning of
bacterial consortia for nitrate
reduction in low level
radioactive liquid waste |
Rs15,18,200/ |
BRNS |
Completed |
| 7 |
Development of a bioremedial
microbial package based on
Bioinformatic approaches for
removal of metal toxicity. |
Rs8,19,000/- |
DST |
Ongoing |
| 8 |
Developing a laboratory scale
biofilm based metal removal
system using heavy metal
tolerant radioresistant marine
coastal microbes |
Rs 3,63,000/- |
IUC-DAE |
Ongoing |
| 9 |
Studies on bioreactor(200Lt)
using SRB for sulfate
bioremediation of Uranium
mining effluent (UCIL
effluent) |
Rs.27,03,000/- |
BRNS |
Ongoing |
Membership of Societies:
- Indian Biophysical Society. Member National Exec.Comm 1993-1999
- Environmental Mutagen Society of India Mem.Natl.Exec.Comm.1991-92
- Indian Statistical Institute
- Asiatic Society
- Governing Council of Indain National Academy of Engineering
- Member Task Force Technical Education Group National Knowledge Commissionl
- Fellow West Bengal State Academy of Science & Technology
- President Institute of Open Technology and Application
Publications:(upto 2000) :
- Nasipuri,P., Pandit,G. G., Thakur, A.R., and Ray Chaudhuri, S. 2011.
Microbial Consortia from Taptapani Hot Water Springs for Mining Effluent
Treatment. American Journal of Microbiology (in press).
- Madhusmita Mishra, Poulomi Nandy, Sarvani Debsarma, Mainak Dutta, Aditya
Kunar Sarkar,2Anindita Chakraborty, Timir Baran Samanta, Ashoke Ranjan
Thakur and Shaon Ray Chaudhuri. 2011. Condoms-As Sources of Extracellular
Enzyme Producing Microbes. American Journal of Microbiology (in press).
Chowdhury S., Thakur., A.R., Raychaudhuri S. 2011. Novel Microbial
Consortium for Laboratory Scale Lead Removal from City Effluent. Journal of
Environmental science and Technology, J.Environ.Science Technol. 4: 41-54
- P.Nasipuri, L.E.Alex, I.Mukherjee, G.G.Pandit, A.R.Thakur and S. Ray
Chaudhuri, 2010. Enhancement of Crystal Size by Microbes. Research Journal
of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 1 (1): 42-47, 2011.
- Jaysankar Sing Yadav, Sanhita Chowdhury and Shaon Ray Chaudhuri 2010.
Purification and Characterization of an Extracellular Protease from
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from East Calcutta Wetland. Journal of
Biological Sciences, 10(5): 424-431.
- Nasipuri, P., Pandit, G.G., Thakur, A.R., Ray Chaudhuri, S., 2010.
Comparative Study of Soluble Sulfate Reduction by Bacterial Consortia from
Varied Regions of India. Am. J. Environ. Sci., 6 (2): 152-158.
- Sujata Roy and Ashoke Ranjan Thakur Two models of Smad4 and Hoxa9
Complex are Proposed: Structural and Interactional Perspective Journal of
Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics, ISSN 0739-1102 Volume 28, Issue
Number 5, (2011)
- Sujata Roy and Ashoke Ranjan Thakur, 2010, 20ns Molecular Dynamics
Simulation of the Antennapedia Homeodomain-DNA Complex: Water
Interaction and DNA Structure Analysis. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and
Dynamics. 27(4) 443-456.
- Indranil Mukherjee, Pranami Bhaumik, Madhusmita Mishra, Ashoke Ranjan
Thakur and Shaon Ray Chaudhuri, 2010. Bheri- a unique example of Biological
Complex System. Special Issue on Biological Complexity: Trends and
Perspectives. Online Journal of Biological Sci ences. 10(1): 1-10.
- Sanhita Chowdhury, Anindita Chakraborty, Ashoke R Thakur and Shaon Ray
Chaudhuri, 2009. Radiation Induced DNA Double Strand Break Studies Of A
Metal Sensitive Novel Bacterial Isolate From East Calcutta Wetland. American
Journal of Environmental Sciences. 5(3): 398-405.
- Poulomi Nandy, Soumen Roy, Ashoke Ranjan Thakur and Shaon Ray
Chaudhuri (2008-2009) Comparative study on characterization of three
Staphylococcal isolates from varied origin. Journal of Culture Collection 6:
52-60.
- Sanchita Roy, Amar Nath Ghosh, Ashoke Ranjan Thakur 2008 Uptake of Pb2+
by a cyanobacteria belonging to the genus Synechocystis, isolated from East
Kolkata Wetlands. Biometals DOI 10.1007/s10534-008-9138-7.
- Ramesh Malathu, Sanhita Chowdhury, Madhusmita Mishra, Sumana Das,
Prabhat Moharana, Joydeep Mitra, Ujjal K. Mukhopadhyay, Ashoke Ranjan
Thakur and Shaon Ray Chaudhuri. Characterization and Wash Performance
Analysis of Microbial Extracellular. American Journal of Applied Sciences,
American Journal of Applied Sciences 5 (12): 1650-1661, 2008.
- Adarsh V K, Madhusmita Mishra, Sanhita Chowdhury, M Sudarshan, A. R.
Thakur and S Ray Chaudhuri. Studies on metal microbe interaction of three
bacterial isolates from East Calcutta Wetland. Online Journal of Biological
Sciences, OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences 7 (2): 80-88, 2007.
- Sanhita Chowdhury, Madhusmita Mishra, Adarsh V K, Anindita Mukherjee,
Ashoke Ranjan Thakur, Shaon Ray Chaudhuri. Novel Metal Accumulator and
Protease Secretor Microbes from East Calcutta Wetland. American Journal of
Biochemistry and Biotechnology, American Journal of Biochemistry and
Biotechnology 4 (3): 255-264, 2008
- Ray Chaudhuri, S., S. Salodkar, M. Sudarshan, I. Mukherjee and A. R. Thakur.
Role of Water hyacinth mediated Phytoremediation in Waste Water Purification
at East Calcutta Wetland. Environmental Sciences, Environmental Sciences,
5(1): 53 – 62, 2008.
- Shaon Ray Chaudhuri, Ashoke Ranjan Thakur, Poulomi Nandy and Santanu
Samanta. 2008 Urinary Tract Infection-A Survey of Local Population.
American Journal of Infectious Diseases 4(2): 117-123.
- Ray Chaudhuri, S., M. Mishra, P. Nandy and A. R. Thakur, 2008. Waste
management: A case study of ongoing traditional practices at East Calcutta
Wetland. American Journal of Agricultural and Biological sciences, 3: 315-320.
- Raychaudhuri, S., M Mishra, S Salodkar, M Sudarshan and A R Thakur 2008.
Traditional Aquaculture Practice at East Calcutta Wetland: The Safety
Assessment American Journal of Environmental Sciences, 4 (2): 140-144.
- Pradhan, A., P. Bhaumik, S. Das, M. Mishra, S. Khanam, B. Amin Hoque, I.
Mukherjee, A.R. Thakur and S. Ray Chaudhuri, 2008. Phytoplankton diversity
as indicator of water quality for fish cultivation. American Journal of
Environmental Sciences, 4(4):271-276.
- Ray Chaudhuri, S., S. Salodkar, M. Sudarshan and A. R. Thakur, 2007.
Integrated Resource Recovery at East Calcutta Wetland – how safe is these?
American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Scienes, 2: 75-80.
- Nandy, P., A. R. Thakur, and S. Ray Chaudhuri, 2007 Characterization of
bacterial strains isolated through microbial profiling of urine samples. Online
Journal of Biological Sciences. 71(1): 44-51.
- Ray Chaudhuri S, Pattanayak A K and Thakur A R. 2006 Microbial DNA
extraction of samples of varied origin. Current Science 91(12), 1697-1700.
- S Ray Chaudhuri and A R Thakur. 2006 Microbial genetic resource mapping of
East Calcutta Wetland. Current Science 91(2), 212-217.
- S Ray Chaudhuri, P Karmakar, D Choudhary, A Sarma and A R Thakur. 2003
Effect of heavy ion irradiation on DNA DSB repair in Methanosarcina barkeri.
Anaerobe 9, 15-21.
- Sengupta A., Ghosh I.,Mallick J., Thakur AR., Datta K.(2004)Presence of a
human Hyaluronan binding protein 1 (HABP1) pseudogene-like sequence in
Methanosarcina barkeri suggests its linkage in evolution.DNA Cell Biol. 2004
May;23(5):301-10.
- Chattopadhyay BD Thakur AR Inhibition of methanogenesis by interaction of
aluminium ion with co-factor, F-420, in Methanosarcina barkeri.Indian J Exp
Biol. 2003 Aug;41(8):915-7
- Kundu S., Bhattacharyya D., Thakur A.R. and Majumdar R. (2001)Sequence
based structural signatures of genome evolution. Ind. J. Biochem. Biophys. 38
(1&2):104-106
- Kundu S., Bhattacharyya D., Thakur A.R. and Majumdar R. (2001)Nucleosomal
positioning and genetic divergence study based on DNA flexibility map
.J.Biomol.Struct.Dyn vol.18(4):527-533.
- RayChaudhuri S., Karmakar P. and Thakur A.R. (2000):- ray induced DNA
damage and repair in Methanosarcina barkeri. Anaerobe 6(6), 325-331 (2000)
- Das N. and Thakur A.R. (2000) Identification of a type I topoisomerase from a
mesophilic archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri.Anaerobe
vol.4(1075-9964):241-247
- Dey S.,RayChaudhuri S., Sarma A.and Thakur A.R. (1999) Effect of Ionizing
radiation on Supercoiled and Denatured supercoiled DNA and minichromatins
formed on them. Ind.J.Phys. 73B(5), 795-804.
- Bhattacharyya D., Kundu S., Thakur A.R. and Majumdar R. (1999) Sequence
directed flexibility of DNA and the role of cross- strand Hydrogen bonds
.J.Biomol.Struct.Dyn.17,289-300
- Kundu S., Lahiri A. and Thakur A.R. (1998) Denaturation of supercoiled DNA :
A Monte Carlo Study Biophysical Chemistry 75, 177-186.
- Majumdar R. and Thakur A.R. (1996) A theoretical analysis of looped out DNA
structure during replication. Prog.Biophys.Mol.Biol. 65 (Suppl.) 69.
- Chattopadhyay B.D., Thakur A.R. , Pangal P.C., Purkait N. RayChaudhuri S.,
Karmakar P. and Thakur A.R. (2000):-ray induced DNA damage and repair in
Methanosarcina barkeri. Anaerobe 6(6), 325-331 (2000).
Book Chapters:
(iv)Studies on East Calcutta Wetland: A unique biological complex system. Shaon
Ray Chaudhuri, Ashoke Ranjan Thakur and Christian Ulrichs. In Advances in
Environmental Research, Ed: Albert T. Riley, Volume 3, Chapter 7, ISBN:
978-1-60876-168-5, 2009 Nova Science Publishers, Inc. (in press).
(v)Understanding the multi potent novel Acinetobacter isolates from East Calcutta
Wetland. Shaon Ray Chaudhuri, Madhusmita Mishra, U Mukherjee, M Sudarshan
and Ashoke Ranjan Thakur. (Accepted)
(vi)Heavy metal accumulating and enzyme secreting novel Pseudomonas sp. from
East Calcutta Wetland: Implications for environmental sustainance. Shaon Ray
Chaudhuri, Madhusmita Mishra, Pragyan Ranjan Rout, Sudhir Mohapatra, M
Sudarshan and Ashoke Ranjan Thakur. (Accepted)
450 sequences submitted to GenBank
Other Projects carried out and currently under progress or completed :
- CASTLE Project (Computer Aided Studies, Teaching and Learning Environment)
using Bengali Linux OS on LTSP cluster using One Server and 4 terminals at an
affordable cost for the package that would contain teaching material for students
from Class VI to Class X. Implemented at Bijira High School, West Bengal.
- Implementation of Open Source Digital Library Software after customization of
Koha with DSpace creating a fully functional Digital Library System Software.
- Examination reforms carried out to ensure publication results within time.
- Registration of students with barcoded UID of 17 digits
- Implementation of SIT installation in 102 colleges affiliated to WBUT across the
state for setting up a University Wide Network. Work was completed and during
UGC visit was utilised for networking with affiliated colleges
- We have implemented WiMax capability in the West Bengal State University and
integrated NMEICT 1 Gbps connectivity for seamless operation efficiencyto our
server system which is currently a six blade HP server with dual processor each
being quadcore.
- We have also filed for patenting invention in enzyme mediated processes
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