Dr.
Ayush Agarwal
Male
Affiliation
Assistant Professor
Department of
Neurology
Dr.
Varun Surya
Male
Oral Pathology and Microbiology
Affiliation
Assistant Professor
Department of
Centre for Dental Education and Research
Dr.
Rajiv B.
Male
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Deformities
Affiliation
Assistant Professor
Department of
Centre for Dental Education and Research
Dr.
Sidhartha Sharma
Male
Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics
Affiliation
Assistant Professor
Department of
Centre for Dental Education and Research
Dr.
Arun Kumar N.
Male
Maxillofacial Prosthodontics
Affiliation
Assistant Professor
Department of
Centre for Dental Education and Research
Dr.
Karthikeyan P
Male
MD, PhD
Affiliation
Assistant Professor
Department of
Biochemistry
Contact
Email :
karthikeyan_p[at]aiims[dot]edu
Office Address
Address : Room No: 3013 (Seminar Room), Department of Biochemistry,
3rd Floor Teaching Block, AIIMS, New Delhi – 110029
Public profiles:
Orcid | Google Scholar | Research Gate | YouTube | Goodreads
Academic Qualifications:
| Sr. No. | Degree | Year | Subject | University/Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | MBBS | 2010 | All Subjects | Kanyakumari Government Medical College |
| 2. | MD | 2015 | Biochemistry | Maulana Azad Medical College |
| 3. | DNB | 2016 | Biochemistry | National Board of Examinations |
| 4. | PhD | 2022 | Biochemistry | AIIMS, New Delhi |
Work Experience:
| Sr. No. | Positions held | Name of the Institute | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Junior Resident | Maulana Azad Medical College | 2012 - 2015 |
| 2 | Senior Resident | AIIMS, New Delhi | 2015 - 2018 |
| 3 | Research Associate II | AIIMS, New Delhi | 2019 - 2022 |
| 4 | Assistant Professor | Maulana Azad Medical College | May 2022 – Jan 2023 |
Book and Book Chapters:
- Biochemistry For Undergraduates, First Edition, CBS Publishers (ISBN – 9789388725972)
- Eleven chapters in Springer - Nature publication, Encyclopaedia of Animal Cognition and Behaviour
Memberships:
- Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences, India (MNAMS)
- Life member of Association of Medical Biochemists of India (AMBI)
- Life Member of Clinical Biochemists of India (ACBI)
- Life Member of Indian Immunology Society
Positions Available in the Lab:
If you are interested in working on similar projects as ours or have a unique idea in any field that you wish to pursue, please send an email to karthikeyan_p[at]aiims[dot]edu.People with independent fellowships are welcomed. Let's explore opportunities for collaboration and growth together.
Professional Recognition/Award/ Prize/Certificate:
| Sr. No | Name of Award | Awarding Agency | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIRST PRIZE in Biochemistry Quiz Competition | Association of Medical Biochemists of India | 2014 |
| 2 | Certificate for BEST JOURNAL CLUB PRESENTATION | Dept. of Biochemistry, AIIMS, Delhi | 2017 |
| 3 | Acknowledgement in Harper illustrated Biochemistry, 31st edition for suggestions and corrections | Victor W. Rodwell (chief editor) | 2018 |
| 4 | Research Associate Fellowship | Indian Council of Medical Research | 2019 |
| 5 | Certificate for Quiz Master | Indian Immunology Society | 2020, 2021, 2022 |
Research focus
Leukemia Biology, Bioinformatics, Medical Education
Publications (PubMed indexed only):
| Sr. No | Author(s) | Title | Name of Journal | Volume | Page | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pethusamy K, Seethy A, Dhar R, Karmakar A, Chaudhary S, Bakhshi S, P JK, Chopra A et al. | Loss of TET2 with reduced genomic 5-hmC is associated with adverse-risk AML | Leukemia & lymphoma | 63(14) | 3426-3432 | 2022 |
| 2 | Sahoo OS, Pethusamy K, Srivastava TP, Talukdar J et al. | The metabolic addiction of cancer stem cells. | Frontiers in oncology | 12:955892. | eCollection | 2022 |
| 3 | Chattopadhyay I, Dhar R, Pethusamy K, Seethy A et al. | Exploring the Role of Gut Microbiome in Colon Cancer | Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology | 193(6) | 1780-1799 | 2021 |
| 4 | Seethy A, Pethusamy K, Chattopadhyay I, Sah R et al. | TETology: Epigenetic Mastermind in Action | Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology | 193(6) | 1701-1726 | 2021 |
| 5 | Dhar R, Seethy A, Singh S, Pethusamy K, Srivastava T et al. | Cancer immunotherapy: Recent advances and challenges. | Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics | 17(4) | 834-844 | 2021 |
| 6 | Dhar R, Singh S, Mukherjee I, Pethusamy K, Purkayastha K et al. | EMTiness in pseudo-malignant behavior of trophoblasts during embryo implantation. | Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark | 26(4) | 717-743 | 2021 |
| 7 | Seethy AA, Singh S, Mukherjee I, Pethusamy K et al. | Potential SARS-CoV-2 interactions with proteins involved in trophoblast functions - An in-silico study. | Placenta | 103 | 141-151 | 2021 |
| 8 | Chakraborty M, Singh P, Dsouza JMP, Pethusamy K et al. | Fasting and postprandial lipid parameters: A comparative evaluation of cardiovascular risk assessment in prediabetes and diabetes. | J Family Med Prim Care | 28;9(1) | 287-292 | 2020 |
| 9 | Dhar R, Pethusamy K, Singh S, Mukherjee I et al. | Draft genome of Ompok bimaculatus (Pabda fish). | BMC Research Notes | 26;12(1) | 825 | 2019 |
| 10 | Dhar R, Seethy A, Pethusamy K, Singh S et al. | De novo assembly of the Indian blue peacock (Pavo cristatus) genome using Oxford Nanopore technology and Illumina sequencing. | Gigascience | 1;8(5) | giz038 | 2019 |
Dr.
Pragyan Acharya
Male
Affiliation
Assistant Professor
Department of
Biochemistry
Contact
Phone :
91-011-26546431
Laboratory of Liver Disease Signaling and Immunology (LLDSI)
About the Principal Investigator:
- Name of Faculty MemberPragyanAcharya, Ph.D.
- Designation Assistant Professor
- Address Room No. 3002, 3rd floor Teaching Block, Department of Biochemistry, AIIMS, New Delhi-29.
- Official Phone +91-011-26546431
- Email id pragyan.acharyaATaiims.edu
- Social media links
https://in.linkedin.com/in/pragyan-acharya-40599b16
@Acharya3Dr
Notable Awards and Society Memberships
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
- SERB POWER Grant 2022 towards in-depth characterization of neutrophil phenotypes in Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF).
- AYUSH Extramural Grant 2021 towards identification and characterization of phytomedicine preparations from Indian traditional medicines.
- 2016- DBT BioCARE Award
- 2016-DST Early Career Award
- Grant for 2017 EMBO Global Exchange Lecture Course entitled Malaria Genomics and Public Health.
AWARDS AND HONORS:
- Editorial Board Member, PeerJ
- Indian National Association for the Study of the Liver (INASL) 2022 Plenary Session Award for our work on biomarkers of acute kidney injury (AKI) in acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF)
- Indian National Association for the Study of the Liver (INASL) 2021 Plenary Session Award for our work on neutrophil phenotypes in acute-on-chronic Liver Failure (ACLF).
- Fellows Award for Research Excellence 2015- sponsored by the NIH Scientific Directors, the Office of Intramural Training & Education and FelCom/NIH.
- Fellowship in the Khorana Nirenberg Scholars Program (US-India Career Transition Award- sponsored by DBT, India and NIH, USA) 2011
- Ranbaxy Science Scholar 2010
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:
- Indian Society of Translational Research
- Proteomics Society of India
- Human Proteome Organization
- Indian Immunology Society
- Indian National Association for the Study of the Liver
LAB MEMBERS:
Front : Dr. Pragyan Acharya
Back row (L to R): Nidhi Gauniyal, Shalini Sharma, Swati Srijaya Samantaray, Ditam Chakraborty, Rohini Saha, Aditya Roshan, Souvik Roy
WHAT THEY DO:
Rohini Saha- Studies neutrophil heterogeneity and its role in the Pathogenesis of Acute-on-Chronic Liver failure (ACLF). Rohini has also led some of the biomarker discovery projects in the lab.
Shalini Sharma- Studies the relationship between reactive oxygen species generation and organ dysfunctions
Ditam Chakaraborty- Studies the effect of ayurvedic formulation on the SARS-COV2 main protease in various cellular systems
Swati Srijaya Samantaray- Is involved in omics- driven biomarker discovery in organ dysfunctions and validation by various methods.
Nidhi Gauniyal- Is involved in establishing novel diagnostic methodologies for inherited liver disorders.
Aditya Roshan and Souvik Roy- are the newest additions to the lab and will be involved in studying neutrophil transmigration and NETosis respectively.
# As Corresponding author; * As First Author
- Saha R, Pradhan SS, Shalimar, Das P, Mishra P, Singh R, Sivaramakrishnan V, Acharya P#. Inflammatory signature in acute-on-chronic liver failure includes increased expression of granulocyte genes ELANE, MPO and CD177. Sci Rep. 2021. Sep 22;11(1):18849. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98086-6.
- Acharya P*#, Chouhan K, Weiskirchen S and Weiskirchen R# Cellular Mechanisms of Liver Fibrosis.Front. Pharmacol. 202112:671640. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.671640
- Mandage R, Pramanik A, Kaur C, Sinha V, Kodan P, Singh A, Saha A, Pandey S, Wig N, Pandey RM, Soneja S, Acharya P#. Association of Dengue and Leptospira Co-infections with Malaria Severity. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2020. 26; 8; https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2608.191214
- Kaur, C, Pramanik, A, Kumari, K, Mandage R, Dinda A.K, Sankar, J, Bagga A, Agarwal, S.K., Sinha A., Singh G, Acharya P#. Renal detection of Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium knowlesi in malaria associated acute kidney injury: a retrospective case–control study.BMC Research Notes 2020 13, 37; doi:10.1186/s13104-020-4900-1
- Singh A, Pramanik A, Acharya P, Makharia GK. Non-Invasive Biomarkers for Celiac Disease. Journal of Clinical Medicine 2019Jun 21;8(6). pii: E885; doi:10.3390/jcm8060885
- Acharya P*, Kutum R, Pandey R, Mishra A, Saha R, Munjal A, Ahuja V, Mukerji M, Makharia GK. First Degree Relatives of Patients with Celiac Disease Harbour an Intestinal Transcriptomic Signature that Might Protect them from Enterocyte Damage. Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology 2018 Oct 8;9(10):195. doi: 10.1038/s41424-018-0059-7
- Alampalli S, Grover M, Chandran S, Tatu U, Acharya P#. Proteome and Structural Organization of the Knob Complex on the Surface of the Plasmodium Infected Red Blood Cell. Proteomics- Clinical Applications 2017 Oct 5. doi: 10.1002/prca.201600177
- Acharya P#, Garg M, Kumar P, Munjal A, Raja KD. Host-Parasite Interactions in Human Malaria: Clinical Implications of Basic Research. Frontiers in Microbiology 2017 May 18;8:889. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00889. eCollection. Review.
- Acharya P*, Chaubey S, Grover M, Tatu U. An exported heat shock protein 40 associates with pathogenesis-related knobs in Plasmodium falciparum infectederythrocytes. PLoS One 2012;7(9):e44605.
- Acharya P*, Pallavi R*, Chandran S, Dandavate V, Sayeed S K, Rochani A, Acharya J, Middha S, Kochar S, Kochar D, Ghosh S K, Tatu U. PLoS One2011; 6(10):e26623. *These authors have contributed equally.
- Pallavi R, Acharya P*, Chandran S, Daily JP, Tatu U. Chaperone expression profiles correlate with distinct physiological states of Plasmodium falciparum in malaria patients. Malaria Journal 2010 Aug 19;9: 236.
- Pesce E R, Acharya P, Tatu U, Nicoll W S, Shonhai A, Hoppe H C, Blatch G L. International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology2008; 40(12): 2914-26.
- Acharya P*, Kumar R, Tatu U. Chaperoning a cellular upheaval in malaria: heat shock proteins in Plasmodium falciparum. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology 2007 Jun; 153(2):85-94. Epub 2007 Jan 17. Review.
Book Chapters
- Duffy P E, Acharya P and Oleinikov A. Cytoadherence of the Malaria Parasite. Encyclopedia of Malaria. Springer Publications. 2015.
- Acharya P*,Grover M and Tatu U. Systems Biology of Malaria. Encyclopedia of Systems Biology. Springer Publications. 2013.
Dr.
Biswarup Mukherjee
Male
PhD
Affiliation
Assistant Professor
Department of
Biomedical Engineering
Contact
Email :
bmukherjee[at]cbme[dot]iitd[dot]ac[dot]in
Additional Responsibility
Ultrasound imaging, Bioinstrumentation, Biomechatronics, Prosthetics and Rehabilitation, Haptics
Dr.
Jayanta Bhattacharyya
Male
PhD
Affiliation
Assistant Professor
Department of
Biomedical Engineering
Contact
Email :
jayanta[at]cbme[dot]iitd[dot]ac[dot]in
Phone :
+91-11-2659-1337 (O)
Additional Responsibility
Bio-materials, Nanoparticles, Genetically engineered polypeptides, Drug delivery, Healthcare. Development of bioinspired and bio-derived materials to meet unmet needs in treating and diagnosing disease.
Dr.
Deepak Joshi
Male
PhD
Affiliation
Assistant Professor
Department of
Biomedical Engineering
Contact
Email :
joshid[at]cbme[dot]iitd[dot]ac[dot]in
Phone :
+91-11-2659-1155 (O)
Additional Responsibility
Brain-Computer Interface (BCI), Development of Intelligent Prosthesis, Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Neuroprostheses, Neuromusculoskeletal modelling.
